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• Brandon Maxwell's mom joins him for his NY Fashion Week bow

  10-02-2019 23:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Tears flowed at the New York Fashion Week show of Brandon Maxwell when his mom accompanied him on the runway for his bow.Pam Woolley has had a ...
  
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• Longchamp's woman takes a NY Fashion Week trip to Paris

  10-02-2019 23:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Models Kendall Jenner and Liu Wen took a break from the catwalk to sit front row for Longchamp's second appearance at New York Fashion Week, and creative ...
  
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• Companies make room for the office power nap, recognizing need for rest

  10-02-2019 15:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Snoozing on the job isn't just permitted at Bob Vaez's software company, it's encouraged.The Toronto boss of EventMobi describes himself as "the only CEO that promotes people to ......
  
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• Loveseat sales are up 4,500%. Are we madly in lust – or just short of space?

  10-02-2019 15:00
  Huge sofas are out and velvet loveseats are in. No wonder, when more and more Britons are crammed into shoebox homesWhen is a sofa not a sofa? When Valentine’s Day is around the corner, of course, and it becomes a loveseat. According to the online furniture retailer Swoon, seizing on this marketing opportunity, its loveseats have become enormously popular, with sales rocketing by 4,500%.A loveseat is a small sofa, more bougie than a two-seater, on which you can stretch out languidly like a
  
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• Hard day’s night: causes of sleep deprivation

  10-02-2019 14:00
  Restorative rest is not just about the quantity of sleep we get – the quality is important, too. Our lifestyles are not helping common disorders such as snoring and apnoeaSleep deprivation can be torture, quite literally. After a week of being kept awake, a 19th-century Chinese merchant who had been sentenced to death by sleep deprivation was begging for “the blessed opportunity of being strangled, guillotined, burned to death, drowned, garrotted, shot, quartered, blown up with gunpo
  
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• Vietnam Residence Hosts Family Home and Rice Business

  10-02-2019 13:00
  Lan House, a Vietnam residence and rice business venue in Ba Ria–Vung Tau Province, is a dual-purpose home designed by H2 Architecture Studio. The unconventional dwelling accommodates working spaces and a rice storage unit on its bottom floor, while the upper level serves as a welcoming family home.
  They split this Vietnam residence into two parts by a staircase and central hallway. “The front side hosts the kitchen, dining room, living room and restroom with laundry. All interiors a
  
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• Pilgrims' progress: a new mountain hotel in Vietnam

  10-02-2019 13:00
  Devout locals have trekked to the holy peak of Yen Tu for years but a new ‘village’ at its foot is drawing other visitors to its pagodas, pools and forestsWe’ve all done it: fetched up somewhere so idyllic on our travels that we hate the thought of going home to stress and normal life.More than 2,000 years ago, a Chinese wise man, An Ky Sinh, felt this way when he arrived at Yen Tu mountain in northern Vietnam. He had been sent by China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang (259
  
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• What I learned about love from Poundland’s Valentine’s aisle | Eva Wiseman

  10-02-2019 09:59
  Eva’s heart soars as she peruses the £1 engagement ring, House Husband Dusting Slippers, a transparent heart and the You’ll Do mugI found myself walking the aisles humming “Valentines at Poundland” to the tune of Lullaby of Birdland, I was that happy. How long did I stand there, in front of the Valentine’s display, in its vulvic shades of pink and brown? Long enough to finally understand the plastic business of love.The gifts could be roughly separated into th
  
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• Let them eat casabe: Camilla and Charles in Cuba

  10-02-2019 09:59
  The Duchess of Cornwall is ‘not sure’ about the food, but our man in Havana– or at least a frequent visitor –begs to differThe restaurant critic AA Gill once described Cuban food as not just bad, but as the very opposite of food. It was, he said, “unfood”.It’s a view of the Caribbean nation’s culinary skills that has spread like beetroot juice, and which seems to have coloured the Duchess of Cornwall’s expectations. Last week she revealed not
  
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• All rise: a bread-making break in Spain's Sierra Nevada

  10-02-2019 08:00
  It’s more D’oh! than dough at first but our writer warms to the art of baking on a retreat where the mountain views are as heady as the aromaMy pizza dough is stuck to the table. It couldn’t be more steadfastly attached if I’d superglued it. I forgot to put flour on the surface but, in my defence, I was distracted by the view.I’m in the Sierra Nevada at a sourdough baking retreat, run by E5 Bakehouse’s Ben Mackinnon at Las Chimeneas hotel. Owned by British pai
  
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• Sherry recipes | Nigel Slater

  10-02-2019 07:00
  So much more than a pre-dinner tipple, sherry adds depth and subtle flavour to dishes both savoury and sweetStanding in a bar in San Sebastián, mid-morning. An elderly woman comes in, puts down her shopping and orders a small glass of sherry and a pintxo or two, which she sips at leisure, then she picks up her shopping and leaves. I have never punctuated a shopping trip with 10 minutes on a bar stool, but scuttling between the fishmonger, grocer and butcher I often think about that woman
  
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• Gilpin Spice, Windermere – restaurant review | Jay Rayner

  10-02-2019 07:00
  A vivid fusion of Chinese and Indian cooking makes for an unexpected haven in CumbriaGilpin Hotel, Crook Road, Windermere LA23 3NP (01539 488818). Snacks and small dishes £5-£12. Larger dishes £12-£17.50 Desserts £6-£8. Wines from £22.Gilpin Spice is an act of bravery, fashioned from raw wood, vibrant dangling lampshades, tamarind, garlic, ginger, noodles and open guttering flames. Its interest in southeast Asia and, in particular, Desi-Chinese food, a v
  
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• Beauty tips: swing back to 60s lashes

  10-02-2019 07:00
  Eye candy, a scent with literary aspirations and a low-cost exfoliator you won’t be able to do withoutA nod to the 60s, yes, but being Prada, there’s a subversive twist: bleached eyebrows and trompe l’oeil eyeshadow. But let’s just talk lashes. Prep them with a primer – it helps avoids a clumpy finish. Layer mascara on lower and upper lashes – apply while looking down at a mirror. Finish with super matt skin and nude lips. You could, of course, just cheat and
  
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• I was dropped by new friends and dread not seeing them again | Dear Mariella

  10-02-2019 06:59
  You may have tampered with the balance of power with this couple, says Mariella Frostrup. Is there something you are not divulging?The dilemma For the past few months I have been befriended by a lesbian couple who welcomed me into their lives as family. I am a 40-year-old single, straight female and was greatly flattered by their attention. I enjoyed helping them out, unasked, financially, as I often do with family members I am close to. After spending a terrific week together (at their invitati
  
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• Christian Siriano wins best-view award at NY Fashion Week

  10-02-2019 04:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - If there were a best-view award at New York Fashion Week, Christian Siriano would win it. The sights outside the designer's runway show atop Rockefeller Center were ......
  
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• Jorja Smith shines in vibrant looks - in pictures

  10-02-2019 00:55
  Jorja Smith talks to Tim Lewis about her grammy nomination for her debut album, collaborations and her childhood Continue reading...
  
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• The edit… Valentine's day accessories to make your heart soar

  10-02-2019 00:50
  From heart-shaped shades to statement sweatshirts, love is all around Continue reading...
  
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