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• Burberry's Tisci brings contrasting Britain to London catwalk

  17-02-2019 23:42
  Burberry Group Plc creative head Riccardo Tisci went back to his fashion-student days in 1990s London for his second catwalk show for the luxury label on Sunday, presenting a collection he said...
  
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• Beckham looks to '70s, Westwood turns catwalk into protest

  17-02-2019 21:20
  Victoria Beckham looked back to the 1970s at London Fashion Week on Sunday, while Vivienne Westwood turned her catwalk into a stage to protest issues ranging from climate change to Brexit.
  
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• Beckham family steals the show at London Fashion Week

  17-02-2019 19:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - Victoria Beckham doesn't need celebrities at her fashion shows — her A-list family provides more than enough star power.The designer's husband, retired soccer superstar David Beckham, and the ...
  
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• Insider Q&A: Grailed CEO talks about popular men's fashion

  17-02-2019 19:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - If you don't know fashion labels Supreme or Off-White, you've probably also never heard of Grailed, an eBay-like marketplace where those brands are bought and sold.It was ......
  
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• Alexa Chung goes 'off the grid', Holland dresses 'global citizen' at London Fashion

  17-02-2019 17:18
  Model, presenter-turned-designer Alexa Chung went back in time for her second catwalk show in London on Saturday, showing a collection inspired by the idea of a group of women escaping to...
  
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• Retailers, fashion brands struggle with racial insensitivity

  17-02-2019 15:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Retailers and top fashion brands like Gucci and Prada keep apologizing for products that smack of racial insensitivity.The big question is: Why does it keep happening?Experts say ......
  
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• Are Farmhouse Sinks Still Trendy?

  17-02-2019 13:00
  Farmhouse sinks have been all the rage for several years now.  The old-world charm of farmhouse sinks, also known as apron sinks, is due to the character and functionality that they provide. Farmhouse sinks also work well in a variety of kitchen styles, ranging from rustic to modern. But are they still trendy? We asked several experts, including designers, realtors and manufacturers, to weigh in.
  Survey resultsElkay Crosstown Stainless Steel Single Bowl Farmhouse SinkElle H-Millard, certifi
  
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• On location: six walking trails made famous in TV and film

  17-02-2019 12:00
  From Fair Isle and Jimmy Perez to Requiem’s Snowdonia: Shetland creator Ann Cleeves opens our pick of magical walks as seen on screenStart/end Bird Observatory
  Distance 4 miles
  Time 2 hours if you go all the way south Continue reading...
  
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• From Bogart to millennials: Italian hat maker tries new look

  17-02-2019 11:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SPINETTA MARENGO, Italy - Hats off, Bogie.The traditional Italian hat maker Borsalino, whose fedora has defined the rough-and-tumble images of Robert Redford, Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, has a plan ......
  
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• Suit yourself: why men's fashion has smartened up its act

  17-02-2019 10:00
  Last season, streetwear reached saturation point. Luckily for menswear, this spring is all about tailoring, on and off the catwalk – and not a fusty old suit in sightRead more from the spring/summer 2019 edition of The Fashion, our biannual fashion supplementThe streetwear brand Supreme shocked the fashion world last year. No, it wasn’t the red-and-white logo-covered pinball machine, inflatable kayak or even the branded breathalyser it was selling. It was something so innocuous, so u
  
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• Rich pickings: parenting tasks I’d pay never to do again | Séamas O’Reilly

  17-02-2019 10:00
  The dirty bits of parenting we’d use Jacob Rees-Mogg levels of wealth to protect ourselves fromIf there’s a universal truth about money, it’s that rich people spend it avoiding the parts of life that are most taxing. Like paying tax, for example. Similarly, I’ve always thought parenting fell into the same category. The dirty jobs of parenting, at least. A graph that plotted ‘net worth’ vs ‘time spent picking snot out of a child’s nostril’ wou
  
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• My cat loves to be petted, but the comfort is mine, too | Hannah Jane Parkinson

  17-02-2019 10:00
  A Swedish study found the risk of heart attack was 11% lower in pet ownersI have a cat. He is called Miles. He is a rescue cat who languished in his cage because he was extremely shy and therefore no visitors bonded enough with him to give him a chance. Eventually I took him home, with a “pet pack” I bought from the cattery. This included a “food scoop”, which was, in fact, just a plastic shot glass. Miles arrived in my flat and bolted under the desk and didn’t come
  
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• An outbreak of chicken pox raises a tricky question

  17-02-2019 10:00
  The rights and wrongs of having children – they didn’t ask to be born! – is an ethical scab best left unpickedA man in Mumbai is trying to sue his parents for creating him. It’s not possible for people to ask children for consent before they are created (he calmly explained to the BBC) therefore it’s wrong to have them at all.I read this on my phone at 3am as my daughter snored beside me, her chicken pox gleaming in the moonlight. She had been retching into a bowl h
  
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• Alexa Chung’s crisis dress code: tights and rollneck

  17-02-2019 10:00
  The model-turned-designer reveals a darker, more thoughtful take on a troubled world in her latest show“I feel like I’ve aged about a thousand years in the last six months,” said Alexa Chung backstage after her second London fashion week show.The progression from being a model and muse to designing capsule collections and, as of last year, to staging fully fledged catwalk shows has been “unbelievably intense. The behind-the-scenes mechanics of running a business are insan
  
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• Roma sets the scene: the magical Mexico City district behind the film

  17-02-2019 08:00
  Alfonso Cuarón’s award-winning movie takes place in a gritty, colourful barrio that has retained its stylish eclecticismMexico City’s Roma for me has long been a place of secrets and spells, where the boundary between real and imaginary dances like clothes fluttering in the breeze on the barrio’s rooftop washing-lines. Related: A local’s guide to Mexico City: 10 tipsContinue reading...
  
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• How smart are Gmail’s ‘smart replies’?

  17-02-2019 08:00
  When Seamas O’Reilly responded to all his emails for a week using only Smart Reply, our columnist’s messages suddenly became spookily jaunty. Did his friends spot the difference?The philosopher Jeremy Bentham was famed for his panopticon, a hypothetical circular prison that was designed in such a way that its inmates never knew whether or not they were being observed. This would, his theory went, encourage prisoners to presume they were always being watched, and thus act accordingly.
  
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• Sweet and savoury recipes for early rhubarb | Nigel Slater

  17-02-2019 07:00
  Pretty pink rhubarb gives a fresh, acidic zip to roast meats and winter dessertsThe greengrocer has a frayed wicker basket of rhubarb, the pale pink stalks laid in a soldierly row, like sticks of rock in a Blackpool sweetshop. I part with a king’s ransom for a kilo of spears so delicate they wouldn’t be out of place in a vase. Yes, I could have bought half a dozen mangoes for the same price, but the rhubarb will make a crumble second only to gooseberry, and a rose-pink fool when ligh
  
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• Parker’s Tavern, Cambridge: ‘Crowd-pleasing? You won’t want to leave’ – restaurant review

  17-02-2019 07:00
  Whether intellectual or not, we can all indulge in Tristan Welch’s first-class cookingParker’s Tavern, University Arms Hotel, Regent Street, Cambridge CB2 1AD (01223 606 266). Starters £7-£16, mains £14-£26, desserts £5-£8, wines from £20Cambridge is a city of furrow-browed intellect, which is why it needs a restaurant like Parker’s Tavern. It is a dining room where the most fundamental of emotions are tended to. Our lunch begins with a
  
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• In the cold, there’s hungry birds, thick ice and frogs to liberate

  17-02-2019 07:00
  The pond ice was an inch thick, so Allan Jenkins broke through with a heavy hoe and launched Operation Free the FrogsPerhaps it is time I learned patience. First surgery, then snow, now pretty constant rain. The sacks of manure, split in the frost, still wait sullenly. The last shards of last year’s growth stand stark against the ground.The hungry pigeons have stripped the kale and chard, as I hadn’t the heart to deny them. The chicory, too, is finally defeated, though I love the flo
  
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• I can’t get past my strained relationship with my mother | Dear Mariella

  17-02-2019 07:00
  It’s time to leave the past behind and forge a new bond, and the first step should be yours, says Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma I don’t have a very good relationship with my mum most of the time. It looks fine from the outside and she would probably disagree with me, but I often feel unhappy about it. I’m in my 30s and have always felt like my brother is treated very differently to me. I can see that she really loves him, but I don’t think she feels the same way about me,
  
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• Hunker down and see out the winter with Valpolicella

  17-02-2019 07:00
  Three lush and rich reds from the VenetoBuglioni Valpolicella Classico, Veneto, Italy 2016 (£14.95, Slurp) As the second-biggest wine-producing region in the world’s largest wine-producing country, the Veneto, in North East Italy, makes a huge amount of wine. It’s home, along with the Treviso province, to the biggest selling vinous hit of the past decade, prosecco, as well as a star of yesteryear: the often maligned but, in the hands of producers such as Pieropan, Gini, Coffele
  
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• Beauty tips: putting the focus on both eyes and lips

  17-02-2019 07:00
  Heavy eyes and matte lips, liquid exfoliators and flawless foundationsEyes or lips? At Chanel’s couture show, loosely inspired by David Bowie and 18th-century fashion, makeup artist Lucia Pica threw out the rule that says you can’t have both. There is something glorious about looking “done”, the audacious sister of “no makeup makeup” but it’s a fine line – you could easily veer into 80s relic territory. The trick is to add a modern touch. Pair heav
  
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• The edit… Ankle boots for women - in pictures

  17-02-2019 00:45
  Dazzling faux snakeskin or deep purple and velvet… This season boots for women are all short and to the point Continue reading...
  
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