Hikmat Mohammed

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LONDON - What sparkles come rain or shine? For fine jeweler Jessica McCormack - who has just set up her first international outpost on Madison Avenue neighboring a string of luxury brands including Chanel, Boucheron, Pomellato and Bottega Veneta - it's diamonds. The London-based designer has brought a taste of home to the store with oakwood furnishing and trims that can be found in her brand's flagship on Carlos Place, as well as artwork from her kitchen and store.

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Athénée, a fine dining restaurant that turns into a cocktail bar by night in Athens, Greece, has become the destination for a glossy crowd, so much so that Isabella Rossellini, Valentino Garavani, Diane von Furstenberg and Jean Paul Gaultier have become regulars. The restaurant opened its doors in 1939 and was a hot spot for Greek poets and creatives such as Odysseas Elytis, Nikos Gatsos and Manos Hatzidakis. But it was also visited by film stars Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn.

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What could be more British than Burberry and the royal family? In 1983, the-then Prince Charles stepped out with Princess Diana on holiday in Nova Scotia, Canada wearing matching his-and-hers trenchcoats from the British brand, which has held a royal warrant from Queen Elizabeth II and Charles, who is now King Charles III.

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The notorious British chef Gordon Ramsay is taking his cuisine to new heights. His latest opening at 22 Bishopsgate, one of the tallest buildings in London, features not one, but three restaurants. The first is Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, a 12-seat chef's table experience that's 890 feet above the ground with swivel chairs and a view that makes the city's skyscrapers look like a paper town. It's also the tallest restaurant in Europe.

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Marina Abramović is a workaholic, and a brave one at that. In the name of art, she has laid inside a burning wooden star; been strangled by thick snakes; fasted for 12 days, and let an audience take control of her body using objects such as glass, candle, rose, hairbrush, mirror, gun, chains, axe and an array of sharp knives.