Helen knitted and watched women’s basketball on television, Rocky read a schoolbook about the Industrial Revolution in England, and the Schipperke slept on the rug by the fireplace.
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Tom Drury,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Sep. 2026
Windswept hair, a scarf draped over one shoulder, a Fair Isle knit made for the moors of Scotland.
The two styles are both hand-embroidered with a Japanese anemone floral on linen, recalling the needlework and textile traditions of the Georgian era.
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Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2026
The four-meter-long veil, which was intricately embroidered with crystals and micro-beads forming star constellations, was a nod to Dove’s middle name, Celeste.
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