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    Simon Mills

    Simon Mills

    Simon Mills is Life & Times Editor of The Blend

    German actress Barbara Sukowa on the set of the film Lola, une femme allemande directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. (Photo by Rialto Film/Trio Film/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

    The twists and turns in lipstick's colourful history

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      Sense Check Q&A: artist Daniel Arsham

      Artist and Hublot collaborator DANIEL ARSHAM listens to Nas, does not cook and wakes up to views of his Japanese-style garden

      By Simon Mills

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      The mullet is enjoying a celebrity-led renaissance in the 21st century

      Just don't touch the back

      By Simon Mills

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      All hail the high-collared naval sweater

      The submariner’s friend has joined the roll call of winter warmers

      By Simon Mills

    • St. Moritz, Switzerland

      How the historic ski resort St. Moritz got its groove back

      Swiss destination has been long-accustomed to hosting kings, writers, aristocrats, stars and tsars

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      By Simon Mills

    • Actresses Edwina Carroll and Maya Koumani holding canapés while seated on a staircase at a social event, February 19th 1957

      A bite-sized history of the canapé

      Auguste Escoffier, who ran kitchens at The Savoy in London and The Ritz in Paris, set the standard for the modern canapé

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      By Simon Mills

    • Glass act: the story of the champagne coupe

      Celebrating the charm of the champagne coupe, the classiest glass of them all

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      By Simon Mills

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