His trademark work with unconventional fabrics like embellished denim and leather, mixed with wild animal prints and exotic patterns, was embraced by the jet set and Cavalli opened his first boutique in Saint Tropez in 1972.

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Irwin's capsule collection has expanded to include ikat, geometric, floral, animal and children's patterns.

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The event was held at the grand ballroom of the Four Seasons hotel which was outfitted to have the same atmosphere as a Tory Burch boutique, replete with plush seating, pops of orange, animal prints, and geometric patterns.

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There are even abstract patterns of roses, animal faces and skulls.

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Since animal coats and tiger-bush patterns look alike, Dr Kealy and Dr Wollkind reasoned that the ways they are produced might be akin, too at least mathematically.

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Smarr is filling a nature reserve at UC Irvine with sensors to transmit environmental data to San Diego supercomputers, which are modeling weather patterns, seismic activity and behavior of animal populations.

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According to the media, the well-dressed woman this spring will be wearing bold patterns in stripes, checks, polka dots and animal prints.

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The Signal And The Noise is aptly titled as we humans still make many of the same mistakes our animal brethren elsewhere in the world make, prone to look for patterns or meaning in the noisiest of data sets.

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