Tag: opening
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UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honored in Queen’s New Year List
By Adela Suliman LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic athlete Mo Farah, tennis star Andy Murray, actor Mark Rylance, comedian Ken Dodd and Kinks musician Ray Davies have been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honors List. Spice Girl and designer Victoria Beckham was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) while other…
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Gucci in the pink as Michele turns up the flamboyance
Alessandro Michele unveiled his most extravagantly flamboyant Gucci collection yet on Wednesday with a pink-hued spectacular on the opening day of the latest Milan fashion week.
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Fairytale and army-inspired looks open Milan fashion week
By Giulia Segreti MILAN (Reuters) – A kaleidoscopic fairytale by Gucci and Fay's military-inspired looks opened Milan's womenswear fashion show on Wednesday with a display of clothing and accessories for spring and summer 2017. For the next six days the Italian capital of fashion will be the setting for runway shows, art exhibitions, boutique openings…
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Vera Wang, Victoria Beckham debut their spring/summer 2017 looks
For spring 2017, American fashion designer Vera Wang's muse is a sexy, powerful woman who is not afraid to show her feminine side. During New York Fashion Week, Wang's models on Tuesday strutted down a solemn black runway, each wearing sky-high platform heels. The collection had two main colors: black and white.
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Roland Mouret moves flagship store into New York townhouse
French designer Roland Mouret has moved his flagship New York store into a townhouse on Madison Avenue that will house a mix of retail along with his personal art collection and porcelain sculptures. Mouret has relocated his store just a block down the road into a larger space that that will use the first floor…
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Fencers cross over to the catwalk
A day after star model Gisele Bundchen sashayed down the middle of the opening Olympic ceremony to rapturous applause, the crowd was going crazy for another graceful, long-haired Brazilian model strutting her stuff on the fencing piste. Nathalie Moellhausen, whose sixth-place finish on Saturday was the best ever for a Brazilian woman, has walked for…
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Olympics-Fencers cross over to the catwalk
A day after star model Gisele Bundchen sashayed down the middle of the opening Olympic ceremony to rapturous applause, the crowd was going crazy for another graceful, long-haired Brazilian model strutting her stuff on the fencing piste. Nathalie Moellhausen, whose sixth-place finish on Saturday was the best ever for a Brazilian woman, has walked for…
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Supermodel, dancers to lead Rio opening ceremony show
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, trailblazing transgender beauty Lea T and carnival dancers will show off Brazil in its multicolor glory at the Olympic opening ceremony Friday. Rio has a hard act to follow after London 2012's alternately humorous and jaw-droppingly sophisticated version. This opening ceremony, held in a country suffering its deepest recession in almost a…
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Queen Elizabeth’s dresses on show to mark 90th birthday
Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress is on display at Buckingham Palace in a collection of her clothes that will open to the public on Saturday, part of celebrations of the 90th birthday of the world's oldest monarch. Elizabeth is by far the oldest monarch in British history and last year she surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria…
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Colour is power for brightly-dressed Queen
Exhibits at the Buckingham Palace show range from her christening gown to the eye-catching bright green wool-crepe and silk dress she wore at one of her 90th birthday celebrations earlier this year. The queen's wedding dress from 1947 and the one she wore at her coronation in 1953 are also exhibited together for the first…