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Frame and Sotheby’s team up in a stylised tribute to 1980s art-world chic

Frame, the California-based fashion brand known for its denim and minimalist sensibility, has entered into its first partnership with Sotheby’s, the 281-year-old auction house. The result is a 31-piece capsule collection that fuses preppy classics with the sartorial mood of 1980s Upper East Side, a decade when art and finance competed—and often...

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Fashion mogul's library set to raise millions for AIDS research

The first part of French fashion mogul Pierre Berge's renowned library -- one of the most priceless in private hands -- goes under the hammer in Paris Friday. The lover and business partner of the late Yves Saint Laurent is putting almost his entire collection of rare books and manuscripts up for auction in six sales that could raise 40 million...

Culture

Pierre Berge sells off library in sequel to art 'sale of the century'

Six years after selling off his art collection in a record-breaking "sale of the century", the French businessman and philanthropist Pierre Berge is now putting his renowned library under the hammer. The lover and business partner of the late designer Yves Saint Laurent told AFP he is putting almost his entire collection up for auction, one of...