A full war chest, Mr. de Blasio and others suggested, sends a message to prospective opponents that even asking for sacrifices like higher property taxes has not made them more vulnerable.
The tailcoat, waisted and padded on the chest, was de rigueur, accompanied by a waistcoat and close-fitting trousers called pantaloons, which were first buckled at the ankle and later, after 1820, strapped under the instep.
Good standbys are Clinique's CX Neck and Chest De-Aging Cream (£73, clinique.co.uk), which, despite a faint whiff of just-off salad, does the job well, and Clarins's reliably gentle and subtly fragrant Advanced Extra-Firming Neck Cream (£44, houseoffraser.co.uk).
A Huffington Post review of campaign finance reports and city budget documents found that the campaign war chests of de Blasio and Council Speaker Christine Quinn, another mayoral candidate, have been padded with donations from individuals tied to nonprofits they've funded.
Both laws were "extorted with a bayonet at our throats and a gun to our chest," said Estela de Carlotto, a director of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a leading human rights group here.
Shirts that are cut to accommodate a thinner waist and larger chest will also de-emphasize your bust.
Or the Fleur de Noyer chest of drawers by Think Fabricate, which features what the company calls "Fleur de Tech" — a fancy way of saying it has a built-in charging station for electronic devices.
He spent nearly five years refurbishing the villa, restoring the stables and the ancient frescoes, and filling the grand rooms with museum-quality art and antiques: marble statues and Flemish tapestries, as well as a gilded 15th-century bed and a carved dowry chest belonging to Maria de' Medici.
"For some, $900,000 Georgian tall chests are no longer de rigueur," said Stephanie Stokes, a Manhattan designer who deals with a wealthy clientele.
8 In addition, de-identified chest x-rays of the first five patients enrolled at each site will be sent to CCC for validation by the primary investigators.
It began with his "discovery", in 1965, of a batch of memoirs wrapped in oilskins and packed in a tea-chest in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in Leicestershire.
