"If you look at tuxedos, they're a mixture of different textures and fabrics, " Mr. Ossendrijver said.
There's a world of pleasure for a man in collecting styles and fabrics and putting them all together.
Rogers says "soft" commodities like grains, oilseeds and fabrics, which have generally not shared in the boom, are likely to outperform.
Biella's experts research and develop new woollen yarns and fabrics continually, spinning fibres ever thinner and gaining ever more precise control over their cloth.
By the time Indian girls exit puberty, they are acquainted with these regional designs and fabrics, having acquired an education during countless family shopping expeditions.
While clothes and fabrics with computer chips and sensors have already been created, particularly for military and technical use, the advantage of the patches lies in their versatility, re-usability and accesibility.
This showroom of locally designed clothing, textiles and accessories reveals strong Nordic influences, with ceramics and carved juniper wood used for homewares, and fabrics often adopting the patterns found in traditional Estonian folk dress.
Above these wood accents and around the two-part center armrest, dark "Marble Gray" leather is used, with light beige "St Tropez" leather, trim pieces, and fabrics used beneath the wood accents and on the seats.
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Although Bulgari has thoughtfully provided two in-house shops to browse for Indonesian antiques and fabrics or the latest baubles from Milan, Bali's culture outside the walls is, of course, unbelievably rich in arts and natural beauty.
But once inside guests enjoy an elegant lobby with a minimalist fireplace, relaxing rooms with handsome gray marble tubs, black lacquer shutters and fabrics in deep violet and brown hues, all thanks to British designer Anouska Hempel.
Jones said shoppers will see coated and bonded fabrics, and sheer chiffons backed by wool.
Even teenagers, with their boundless enthusiasm for looking ridiculous, have to draw the line somewhere, and the artificial fabrics and science-fiction design of glam rock's outfits, which make the costumes in the closing credits of "Mamma Mia!"
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Its polymer technology also carries the potential for other application markets, including water desalination, ultra-capacitors and energy generation, chemical and biohazard resistant fabrics, and immersion coatings.
It was the beginning of what has been called the Great Male Renunciation, which would see men abandon the wearing of jewellery, bright colours and ostentatious fabrics in favour of a dark, more sober, and homogeneous look.
There are big bucks to be made in surgical and medical fabrics-gross profits for surgical packs, gowns, caps, masks, sponges, bandages and tape run 25% to 30%-and in allergen- and pollution-trapping filters for heating and air-conditioning (50% to 60%), both made by 3M.
Luckham and Torres milled down old fabrics and mixed the fibers with a polymer, then added a solvent that would evaporate before the formula hit a surface and turned solid on contact.
They've since renovated the chateau (which had been used for government conferences), furnishing each bathroom with Italian marble, covering chairs and beds in rich brocade fabrics and sourcing 17th-century furniture for a truly palatial effect.
Wessely runs Formax UK, which makes expensive stitch-bonded fiberglass and carbon fabrics for use in industry.
Its 12 suites are vast and elegant, with period furnishings and rich fabrics.
Instead, Baptista propelled the 108-year-old French label boldly forward with strong colors, clean cuts and chic fabrics.
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Their dresses are a mixture of modern cuts, African-inspired prints and precious fabrics from all around the world.
The 14th-century patrician house is decorated with handcrafted Alsatian furniture and French fabrics.
Glo Hotel Kluuvi (the older sibling of the new Glo Hotel Art) portrays true contemporary style, with minimalist furnishings and colourful fabrics throughout.
Large windows make the most of the sea view while the interior is nautically styled, with bright furnishings and striped fabrics.
Take note: next autumn, she says, light greys and browns will be back, together with oriental influences, layers and exotic fabrics.
Artistic director and hotel design guru Jacques Garcia decorated the 56 rooms and suites with Moorish tiles, stuffed furniture and stylish fabrics.
The wall covering creates a shimmery backdrop for a charcoal linen-velvet headboard, a painterly silk carpet, silver-leafed night stands and rosy fabrics.
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And there were shorts, albeit in fall and winter fabrics, like houndstooth.
Nano-Tex, a leading company in the field, has developed processes that make traditional cotton and silk fabrics resistant to spills that would normally ruin clothing.
Reminded of a look she had seen in the Palazzo Brandolini in Venice, she used swaths of African and Indian fabrics to make patchwork hangings to cover the walls.
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