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The man who brought high fashion to New York

Jewish businessman Henri Bendel rose from running a plantation store in the deep south to becoming a Manhattan retail king

By Melanie Abrams

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Henri Bendel's 57th Street store in the 1960s. (Photo: Bendel press office)

Artful: Lee Miller and Pablo Picasso in his Paris studio, in 1944

Vogue model and war journalist Lee Miller’s Jewish friends and lovers

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The fashion icon bringing his trendspotting eye to the world of books

The fashion icon bringing his trendspotting eye to the world of books

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Pictures by a shy man

Pictures by a shy man

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‘Fashion will survive — but altered’

This weekend London Fashion Week Men’s morphs into a digital platform

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June 12, 2020 13:05

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Fashion that crosses borders

At first glance the Adish brand is classic sportswear - track pants and T-shirts. But the clothes pack a powerful message of co-existence

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August 22, 2019 14:18

Fashion that crosses borders

From Tel Aviv to Paris Fashion Week - the bag you'll want in your wardrobe

If you're looking for the latest IT bag look no further than fashion week - and the pop into Browns boutique for the latest must-have arm candy from Tel Aviv

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March 11, 2019 09:49

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Linda McCartney in the frame

The V&A’s new photography centre will showcase the work of Linda McCartney - her photography was over shadowed when she married a Beatle, but is now appreciated as natural and spontaneous

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September 13, 2018 13:29

Israeli costume designer Buki Shiff makes opera shine

Melanie Abrams meets the costume designer whose creations are on display in opera houses across the world

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December 18, 2017 16:57

Israeli costume designer Buki Shiff makes opera shine

Designing Israeli style

Young Israeli artists are winning international awards, and a new book shows why

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December 4, 2017 12:27

Designing Israeli style

‘You don’t forget a Leibovitz image’

The iconic photographer has a new coffee table book showcasing photographs from 2005 to 2016; a visual who’s who and what’s what of the era.

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October 27, 2017 10:23

‘You don’t forget a Leibovitz image’

Chim: Photography's forgotten hero

He was one of the best photographers of his era, and helped found the influential Magnum agency. So why has he been neglected for so long?

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April 3, 2013 16:30

Chim: Photography's forgotten hero

The photographer who got up close and personal with Elvis

Alfred Wertheimer’s intimate photos of Elvis Presley are being seen at last

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February 14, 2013 11:58

The photographer who got up close and personal with Elvis

Roman Polanski: the great survivor

He has faced the Holocaust, his wife’s murder, a sex scandal and exile from the United States. In between, he’s made some classic films

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January 10, 2013 10:43

Roman Polanski: the great survivor

How Edith Head gave Hollywood its dress sense

With a record-breaking eight Oscars and a whopping 35 nominations, Edith Claire Posenor is a Hollywood legend

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November 8, 2012 11:38

How Edith Head gave Hollywood its dress sense

Changed faces and altered points of view

A celebrated photographer's imaginative retrospective

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September 28, 2012 13:56

Changed faces and altered points of view

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