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It’s tea time (again)

The full-skirted, floral, feminine dress from the 1940s is making a comeback

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Produkty Klasztorne (Monastery Products), which pays Cistercian monks a licensing fee to use their trademark, recipes, and raw material is listing on the Warsaw stock exchange
Gold has a special place in the hearts of the Chinese. So while investors around the world were dumping gold last month, shoppers in China have been lining up in droves outside jewellery stores
This week, the country’s auto retail trade group released numbers showing that vehicle sales rose 25 per cent during the first four months of the year
Tom Ford’s shantung silk evening jacket From LIFE & ARTS 6:26pm

Smooth as silk

It’s feminine and hard to care for. Will men go for this season’s hot fabric?

Clockwise from top left: Nanette Lepore, designer of an eponymous line; Paul Andrew, shoe designer; Pomme Chan, designer, ‘What If’; Louise Olsen, designer and co-founder of Dinosaur Designs in Sydney; Tim Kaeding, co-founder and designer of Mother Denim; and Camilla Franks, Sydner-based designer From LIFE & ARTS 6:27pm

Out with the old

How do designers organise their own wardrobes from season to season?

Rupert Sanderson's spring/summer 2013 bestseller 'Elba' From LIFE & ARTS 6:26pm

Have I got nudes for you?

Flesh-coloured shoes elongate the legs and go with any outfit

Vanessa Friedman from LIFE & ARTS 6:29pm

Vanessa Friedman: Beckham’s next goal

To make high-end menswear would empty the athlete’s brand of its values

©McLaren Automotive Ltd From SPECIAL REPORTS May 23, 2013

McLaren P1: Revolutionary road

With its Formula One technology and humungous hybrid horsepower, the hotly anticipated McLaren P1 has all the makings of the world’s most thrilling road car

A shopper enters the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in New York From RETAIL & CONSUMER May 23, 2013

Buyout groups target US retailers

Rue21 has hallmarks of a typical buyout target    

Gérard Lamarche, Albert Frère and Ian Gallienne of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert ©David Plas From INDUSTRIALS May 23, 2013

Frère’s GBL happy to play the long game

Veteran prefers to invest where his influence can bring rewards

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 23, 2013

Faultlines emerge on EU-US trade pact

European Parliament backs demands to exclude cultural fare

Hermes The Last Word from MANAGEMENT May 23, 2013

A luxury house take its artisans on tour

Hermès is showing consumers the skills that influence its pricetags

From RETAIL & CONSUMER May 23, 2013

Ralph Lauren profits overcome weaker sales

Ongoing macroeconomic pressures weigh on retailer

From MARKETS May 23, 2013

Silver’s slide shows hedging benefits

The successful hedging programmes may convince sceptics

From WORLD May 22, 2013

How the hotel tide turned for Abu Dhabi

Delays to tourist developments have left a problem of oversupply

From LEX May 21, 2013

Burberry: entrenched in Asia

UK luxury group should provide more detail about its sales

From LEX May 22, 2013

Pandora: this charming brand

Danish jewellery maker is in better shape, but still has much to do

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 21, 2013

China property boom not abating

Government restrictions and taxes have not been fully implemented

From MANAGEMENT May 21, 2013

A start-up that is fit for purpose

The husband and wife behind Zaggora used social media to build a hot activewear brand

From SPECIAL REPORTS May 20, 2013

Ups and downs: Consumers luxuriate in shopping on the web

Prada leads the catwalk pack, says Louise Lucas

May 21, 2013

China demand lifts Burberry sales to £2bn

Luxury goods group counts on Chinese demand

From SPECIAL REPORTS May 20, 2013

Innovation cedes to refinement

The times appear to have settled into being neither stellar nor devastating for world’s favourite names, writes Louise Lucas

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