Tag: UK news
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Former swimming baths in south London to reopen as art gallery
Turner prize winners Assemble are designing £4m gallery, which will open in September
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1,000-year-old silk shirt expected to fetch £500,000 at auction
Golden garment made by Sogdian people decorated with images of ducks wearing scarves
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The rise and rise of Kanye West’s influence on fashion
Virgil Abloh’s appointment at Louis Vuitton marks a new high for West and for streetwear
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Stella McCartney buys Kering’s 50% stake in her fashion label
Designer takes control of brand she founded 17 years ago in joint venture with luxury goods group
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Pensioner stunned as old vase kept in a shoebox fetches £381,000
Unnamed UK buyer pays record sum for Hans Coper piece – bought for £250 in the 1970s – suggesting a boom in ceramics market
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Make mine a magnum: the rise of supersize wine bottles in Britain
Waitrose reports sales have doubled as larger bottles move into the mainstream