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Bernard Dubois incorporates nightclub references into Courrèges' Paris store

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Optimistic and full of energy, the late designer's creations placed emphasis on structured lines and featured a predominantly white colour palette. Its interior is lined in fabric and thick carpet. ges store, Dubois deliberately exposed the raw concrete walls, creating a contrast with the softness of the fabric and the carpet.

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Studio Anne Holtrop creates gypsum walls that look like fabric for Maison Margiela store

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This unconventional casting method is intended to reflect a garment construction technique used by the fashion house that is designed to disrupt the "anonymity of the lining" and reveal the inner workings of a garment. The walls and columns are turned inside out – we look at the lining, the interior of the wall.".

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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cities,” says Steve Kaufman, former Editor-in-Chief of VMSD from 1998 until 2009. In 1913, the windows at Marshall Field’s in Chicago displayed a line of merchandise inspired by Japanese culture and tradition. In sharp contrast to the harsh realities of the Depression, the 1930s was the most elegant period in Hollywood’s history.

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The Democrats Really Are That Dense About Climate Change

Robinson Meyer

That line was how she closed. Republicans, by contrast, have a plausible path to more than 60 seats, allowing them to pass legislation over that institution’s filibuster. This became the rhetorical leitmotif of her remarks—Congress had to act “for the children.” Climate action was “for the children” in the 1990s.

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The Planet Needs Jerome Powell

Robinson Meyer

In 2009, by contrast, then–Fed Chair Ben Bernanke warned about the deficit just as President Barack Obama sought to pass a climate bill. During the Trump administration, climate activists seemed to choose the former, lining up behind the only ever notionally described Green New Deal.

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