There are straight shoulders, emphasized waists, and straight cuts. There is subtle femininity, bare flesh revealed through a low neckline, and the volume of a A-line skirt light as air. But though there may be Fifties reminiscences or the feel of a ride to Napa Valley, the colours of a Californian season give a subtle stamp to this Paris couture free from any hint of the vintage.
Born out of a vibrant complicity between the artist Carlos Cruz-Diez and the fashion designer, the new collection Oscar Carvallo Couture spring-summer 2014, Voyage cinétique II, has been introduced in Paris last Tuesday 21st January.
The designer and the artist already have collaborated in 2009 for an event in the Musée des Arts décoratifs and this new collection Couture spring-summer 2014 has been revealed through a second visual and sensorial trip.
U.S. Legal Advisor Steven Donziger Introduces New Appellate Team as Final Briefs Filed in Retaliatory RICO Case
More than 40 U.S. civil society groups are coming to the defense of the Ecuadorian indigenous and farmer communities who won a historic environmental lawsuit against Chevron but have been subject to vicious retaliatory attacks by the company, according to a letter released today.
“Have you cruised before?” Four words, one question on a constant loop inside the mind, even now we’ve been back in the UK long enough to celebrate Christmas and New Year, and recover from both.
For two first time shipmates the answer was simple enough, ensuring the constant repetition never became too painful. “No”, we would respond, and then wait, either for genuinely useful advice or another verbal love letter about how this is the finest thing to happen to international travel since the birth of international travel.
My career started in 1983 when I worked for a small whisky company on the east coast of Scotland. I had the best of both worlds working there; I was 18 and I had a job, but I was also given the opportunity to go and study chemistry in Aberdeen at the same time. Working for such a small company gave me an incredible range of experience so, when the opportunity came up to join the Pernod Ricard family, I already had a very solid grounding in the whisky business. I became Master Blender of Ballantine’s at the end of 2005, and there is no better job as far as I’m concerned.
Although retrospect abounds in December, it seems as though we're still not done with re-analysis just yet. Copious re-issues from cult 1970s outfit T Rex arrived in the office this week, serving as a stark reminder of Mark Bolan's genius. Meanwhile, in London movie lovers are preparing to celebrate one of the country's most culturally productive boroughs, along with the world's longest-running film studios, with the focal point being heritage.
La Rosiere
Variety is the spice of life and an invitation to ski at La Rosiere, a French resort that had never featured on my radar, was irresistible. Lots of familiar names around: Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Aosta Valley, and in sight across the valley: Val d’Isere so there were obviously good prospects.
Whistler sets a standard that many other ski resorts have to match; right up there with Aspen and some European resorts but for very different reasons. The main concern for many is the flight; eleven hours but you do not lose skiing time as it is overnight and you are chasing the sun outbound. Passing through Vancouver airport is quick and the transfer is less than two hours to Whistler, the roads are good and it’s worth keeping awake for the stunning scenery.
Equities are favoured by European investors:
The European mutual fund industry, with overall net inflows of €12.7bn for long-term mutual funds, showed a healthy growth pattern for November 2013. As in the previous month money market products suffered net outflows for November (-€11.7bn). The inflows were mainly driven by inflows into equity funds (+€9.8bn) and mixed-asset funds (+ €4.8bn) as well as into property products (+€0.4bn). “Other” (-€1.5bn), commodity (-€0.3bn), and hedge funds (- €0.3bn) as well as bond (-€0.2bn) products showed net outflows.
