If we all had to grow our own crops, make our own clothes, and manufacture our own medicines, we would never enjoy the standards of living we now enjoy.

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' We may not have been the greatest creators in Europe, but we were brilliant editors of all the influences, bringing the functional and the beautiful back from Italy to our gardens and interiors, adding our own practical dynamic to French clothes.

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"In our hotels we offer something that in its own way equates perfectly with the spirit of Armani's clothes, " says Harding.

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