His line, called Chado in homage to the Japanese tea ceremony, exalts craft and luxurious fabric, paying little heed to the fashion decrees of this season or next -- an attitude that has just won him a nomination from the Council of Fashion Designers of America as Women's Wear Designer of the Year.
Sure, the background of the case unfolding in the department in northwest China was unchanged and, let's face it, unhelpful: Police Chief Qi Fang had, indeed, been found embroiled in a pair of simultaneous love affairs with two women, who worked for the police department and whom he had promoted through the ranks, while keeping them in a luxurious apartment, paid for by the public treasury.
The Banyan Tree Seychelles, one of the country's most luxurious hotels, pays tribute to the islands' unique culinary past.
In an age of distraction, nothing could feel more luxurious than paying attention.
The show's Kodak time machine has spun to December , 1967 and Don is on a luxurious Hawaiian vacation, paid for by a client.
At one point, the musical director of his urbane 12-piece band – including a three-piece string section and two backing singers, essential for filling out the luxurious ELO sound – pays effusive tribute to Lynne's songwriting gifts and receives an emphatic crowd roar in return.
That, to me, is one of the more enjoyable "wins" of traveling frugally — feeling like you're getting away with having a luxurious experience while not paying what everyone else is paying.
Such courses allow students to listen to fine lecturers without having to pay for luxurious dormitories or armies of college bureaucrats.
His ticket out of Johannesburg came from winning a scholarship to Stanford University; insight into a computerised application system opened the way to an internship at Goldman Sachs; and an understanding of its Darwinian hiring system led to a job, luxurious perks, and high pay.
The government statement also banned the use of public money to pay for luxurious feasts and what it called high-end entertainments during the festival period.
