Next Showcases New in Summer Exclusives
For the ladies, this season is also about power prints, pretty pastels and eye-catching Aztec designs; the new additions to the summer and holiday shop are no exception. A wardrobe essential is the return of the statement blazer with a gorgeous …
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Ghosts, fine food and frivolity
… is Kinsale fishing port – a holiday resort that is a charming and colourful seaside town with a medieval history. Brightly painted cottages and shop fronts line its maze of narrow streets, stocking everything from books, fashion, jewellery, linen, …
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Great British Escapes: The coast
Inside, the yurts have been styled with contemporary furnishings, including king-size linen-dressed beds, and each has an en-suite bathroom with overhead shower or rolltop bath. Luxury Yurts at Priory Bay (01983 613146; priorybay.co.uk), from £200 per …
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Entertaining marks passing of time, in a less formal way
She came to Bluffton as a new bride to teach kindergarten but instead has learned by heart the rhythmic ingredients of life: weddings, christenings, graduations, weddings, christenings, holiday celebrations, golden anniversaries, funerals .
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Lithuania's blue blooms gone as flax farming ends
Now, fibres produced from the plants to make Lithuania's popular linen cloth must be imported, mainly from France, Italy and Belarus. Local farmers did not plant a single hectare of flax in 2010 to be used for textile production — a strong sector for …
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Lithuania's blue blooms gone as flax farming ends
Now, fibres produced from the plants to make Lithuania's popular linen cloth must be imported, mainly from France, Italy and Belarus. Local farmers did not plant a single hectare of flax in 2010 to be used for textile production — a strong sector for …
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Eclectic English cottage
"In particular, for the dining room," Plantard explained, "we chose a Schumacher-striped canvas fabric for each side panel, adding a large banding featuring a medallion motif in hand-embroidered linen." Plantard worked with the client's well-used …
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Panel of Experts: Boosting Laundry Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation …
In others (example: Signature table linen), fabric has been developed to wash cleaner at lower temperatures, thereby lowering energy costs and even processing time. The most recent textile improvement impacting energy efficiency is microfiber fabrics.
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EU offers more concessions
“Ethyl alcohol, woven fabric, and toilet linen will be included in the list of earlier selected seven items for tariff rated quotas likely to be announced this year,” said an official. The earlier offered TRQs on the products of textile and footwear …
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How Hello! weddings are destroying the happy ever after
'Most couples spend more time planning a foreign holiday than they do thinking about what it is like to be married,' said one of the vicars I interviewed for my book. 'Some of them will have come from broken homes, so they don't have any good examples …
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48 hours in Titanic Belfast
Although there are still some rough neighbourhoods that remain segregated and aren't tourist-friendly around July 12 (A public holiday when historic tensions can reignite), most of the main streets in central Belfast where warring paramilitary groups …
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Natural-fiber clothing that can power your smartphone
By Kirsten Korosec | April 20, 2012, 4:00 AM PDT The clothes on your back could someday keep your smartphone, computer and MP3 devices charged and ready to use, thanks to research underway at Colorado State University. CSU researchers and students are …
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Blind fashion designer aims to make TV shows
… billowing dress accented with swoops of golden-brocaded fabric. Able to see only vague combinations of light and shadow, Ewing discovered his blindness had enhanced his ability to distinguish the textures of silks, lace, linen and cotton twill.
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What I Might Wear to the Party
I refer here to the clothes in your closet you keep for the life that exists only in your head. Ask any woman. Aspirational dressing is part of our collective unconscious. For M., it's a black, ankle-length Max Mara dress, of paper-thin Italian linen.
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Beautiful Bahama Hand Prints
They work in cotton poplin, twill, silk and linen. Bahama Hand Prints will also custom-print fabric to your specifications. You can choose from any of their prints, in-house ground fabrics (stored on the premises) and Pantone colors.
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Retro, graphic MonaLuna fabrics now at Boxed Online
The fabric is made in India, printed with AZO-free dyes, and is ideal for quilting, dressmaking and home accessories such as cushion covers and table linen. Her very lovely seagull print Soar Marin fabric is especially recommended.
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