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＜更新日時＞ 06月08日（木） 10:39
At the beating heart of Moscow, directly opposite the Kremlin on the eastern side of Red Square, you'll find Russia's most famous shopping mall.
Known as GUM, the ornate neo-classical building sits a stone's throw from St Basil's cathedral and E the mausoleum of Lenin, the man who attempted to overthrow capitalism.
Yet it has, in recent years, been filled with 'landmark' stores owned by luxury brands anxious to soak up the cash being liberally sprayed around by the post-Soviet oligarch class.
When they aren't applauding the tanks that occasionally rumble over nearby cobblestones, cronies of Vladimir flock to this marble-floored emporium, arm-in-arm with their high-maintenance wives, mistresses and girlfriends to spend ill-gotten roubles on handbags, Tiffany jewellery and Hugo Boss suits.
One of the still open Brtish shops is Paul Smith, the Nottingham-based purveyor of stripy scarves and modish menswear that its eponymous multi-millionaire founder and owner likes to describe as 'classic with a twist'
Also open for business is GUM's branch of Agent Provocateur, the upscale English underwear brand popularised by Kate Moss in the 1990s.It is also stocking designs from the new season
At least they did. If you adored this article so you would like to obtain more info concerning dE kindly visit our own page. In late February last year, everything changed. That was when their autocratic President decided to invade Ukraine, turning Russia into a global pariah overnight.
As Putin's soldiers raped and murdered their way across the country, Western consumer brands began responding to public revulsion by literally shutting up shop.
Within weeks, the UK, EU and many Western countries had imposed sanctions to prevent fresh supplies of luxury goods from reaching Russia.
Today, equipatex.com.br the GUM centre's Chanel, Tiffany and Hugo Boss outlets have closed their doors.
You can no longer shop for shoes by Jimmy Choo or John Lobb, or handbags from the houses of Prada, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Hermes.
As they boarded up their boutiques and cancelled shipments of fresh stock to Russia, these famous purveyors of luxury goods simultaneously issued earnest PR statements expressing their desire to, as the saying goes, 'stand with Ukraine'.
But today, almost a year after Putin's tanks rolled over the border, shopaholics of the Russian elite aren't entirely out of luck.
For beneath the building's glass-domed roof, the Mail this week made a scandalous discovery: outposts of not one, but two famous British luxury brands are very much still open for business.
One is Paul Smith, the Nottingham-based purveyor of stripy scarves and modish menswear that its eponymous multi-millionaire founder and owner likes to describe as 'classic with a twist'.
While their compatriots fire missiles into Kyiv's schools and apartment blocks, I can reveal Russians are still rattling the tills at the local Paul Smith boutique from 10am to 10pm, seven days a week, happy to fork out 16,900 roubles (£197) for one of the brand's signature colourful ties and much else.
The shelves remain well-stocked with many of the very latest Paul Smith products.
Indeed, on Wednesday an assistant attempted to flog our reporter an 'embossed leather folio' — a sort of briefcase — from the firm's 'new season' range, which only went on sale in the UK a few weeks back. Its price?A trifling 90,000 roubles, or £1,050.
Scandalously, the man whose firm made (and is therefore profiting from) this expensive trinket is not just a Knight of the Realm.
For in addition to being honoured by Tony Blair in the heyday of Cool Britannia — having served on New Labour's Creative Industries Task Force — Sir Paul Smith, 76, was last year invited to Buckingham Palace so that Prince William could elevate him to membership of the Order of Companions of Honour, one of the highest gongs available to anyone in the creative industry.
For example, Barbour, which used to have a franchise outlet at GUM, refused to ship a single item of new stock there from the day of the invasion and has now exited
A fifth historic British brand, the former Crown jeweller Garrard — which like Farlows has a Royal Warrant — was this week advertising no fewer than ten Russian stockists on its UK website, apparently under the terms of a supply deal that pre-dates the invasion of Ukraine
The Moral Ratings Agency, a lobby group which monitors Western firms operating in Russia, describes his firm's presence there as a 'disgrace', telling the Mail Sir Paul ought to get his brand out of Russia or be stripped of his titles.
A few doors down from Paul Smith's red-fronted shop — and also open for business — you'll find GUM's branch of Agent Provocateur, the upscale English underwear brand popularised by Kate Moss in the 1990s. It is also stocking designs from the new season.
One of no fewer than ten Russian Agent Provocateur boutiques that are still open — all of which remain advertised on its British website — we found it selling crystal-embossed leather bondage whips for 73,000 roubles (£850), bejewelled pink brassieres for 110,000 roubles (£,1280) and thongs for up to 85,000 roubles (£990) each.
An assistant told us the last shipment of new stock arrived shortly before Christmas and a new one is due in March — just in time for International Women's Day.
Again, it's hard to see how this British luxury goods firm squares its presence in Moscow with the supposed values listed on its website.
Shamelessly, given Russia's ongoing use of rape as a weapon of war, Agent Provocateur claims to be dedicated to promoting 'fearless femininity' and is 'adhering to the highest standard of ethics'.
The firm's current owner, high street tycoon Mike Ashley is, however, no stranger to cutting lucrative business deals in questionable dictatorships.
His moral compass was seemingly untroubled by his recent sale — for more than twice what he had paid — of football club Newcastle United to a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium.
Once they have stocked up on clothes and lingerie, every good oligarch needs a bespoke Rolls-Royce to whisk them from central Moscow to their gaudy dacha.
Which takes us to the British luxury car firm's main Russian showroom, on the ground floor of an upscale hotel just across the Moskva river, roughly two miles west of Red Square.
Rolls-Royce insists it no longer sells new cars in Russia, claiming in a holier-than-thou media announcement that: 'We stand for the peaceful co-existence of all cultures all over the world, in all times and at all locations.'
＜更新日時＞ 06月08日（木） 09:34
The stakes are high, as Adele and her team know only too well.Yesterday saw the first night of her now notoriously delayed four-month residency at Caesars Palace Colosseum in .
One down, 31 more potentially perilous performances to go.Now there is one overriding concern among her team: for the sake of Adele's reputation, there can be not one single cancellation this time round.
Everyone is utterly focused on avoiding the pitfalls of the past, when Adele reached for a grand Vegas spectacle — only to crash embarrassingly to earth after deciding to cancel her planned shows in January less than 24 hours before she was due on stage, emotionally declaring ‘It just ain't ready'.
Local Vegas journalist Scott Roeben — who broke the news of her residency back in 2021 — tells me Caesars Palace has been ‘working hard' to make sure this tour is as drama-free as possible.
Everyone is utterly focused on avoiding the pitfalls of the past, when Adele reached for a grand Vegas spectacle — only to crash embarrassingly to earth after deciding to cancel her planned shows in January
‘What everyone is concerned about is that she really needs to not cancel one show because people fear another backlash would be very, very damaging.She already has a reputation as a diva. She cannot let the fans down again. In case you beloved this article in addition to you want to acquire more details relating to EVdeN eve naKliyAT generously stop by the web-page. '
Adele has long said she wants all her Vegas shows to be ‘intimate' — the theatre at Caesars seats just 4,100 people, tiny for a woman who can fill stadiums — and hopes to natter away between songs and invite fans from the audience to join her on stage every night.Tickets are said to be selling for a staggering $38,000 a pop. Fans know how rare it is to see an idol this close up.
Some insiders believe the chance to see Adele live will be even rarer in the future: that this Vegas tour could well be her last.
Scott Roeben is one.He says: ‘The belief is this will be something of a swansong run. The gild is off the lily in terms of record sales, and Adele has said she wants to have a baby and do a college degree, her focus really is moving away from music. Her heart just isn't in it.'
Adele has long said she wants all her Vegas shows to be ‘intimate' — the theatre at Caesars seats just 4,100 people, tiny for a woman who can fill stadiums
For now, though, broody or not, Adele simply has to get through the residency.And that is no straightforward task: EvdEn EVE NAKliYAt afflicted by stage fright, she is something of a tortured performer. Rehearsing, as she put it herself, for ‘12 hours a f***ing day', she said last month when discussing her preparations: ‘I'm sick and tired of anything musical.'
Her remarks don't quite reflect the enthusiastic tone you expect to hear from an artist.While she arguably had something to prove for past performances, like her world tour in 2016 — an experience she says she is ‘still getting over' — that drive has abated.
It's perhaps this emotion which was at the forefront on Thursday night as Adele tweeted of her extreme pre-show nerves, saying she felt a ‘million miles away from home.'
She went on: ‘Maybe it's because I didn't start when I was supposed to.Maybe it's because it's opening night, maybe it's because Hyde Park went so great, maybe it's because I love the show I don't know. But it's safe to say I've never been more nervous before a show in my career, but at the same time I wish today was tomorrow! I can't wait to see you out there x.'
Yesterday saw the first night of her now notoriously delayed four-month residency at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas
Offering her bolstering reassurance throughout is her loyal team — stylist Jamie Mizrahi, hair stylist Sami Knight and manicurist Michelle Humphrey.They will be with her every weekend, as will her boyfriend, the sports agent Rich Paul.
In the run-up to the show's cancellation, insiders said the pair were constantly ‘in the middle of an emotional shout-out' during rehearsals but their relationship is now stronger than ever and they have since moved in together.
Long-time managers Jonathan Dickens and Rose Moon will also be on hand.
And while Adele's contract may tie her to four months of performing, it will undoubtedly be a feather-bedded prison.
When in town, she will stay in a £30,000 suite at Caesars Palace, with its own butler — which comes gratis for the performer as part of their agreement.
And while Adele's contract may tie her to four months of performing, it will undoubtedly be a feather-bedded prison (Pictured: front of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas)
Some insiders believe the chance to see Adele live will be even rarer in the future: that this Vegas tour could well be her last
Between November and March she will spend just one night a week in the desert city in order to perform twice, flying to Vegas on a Friday to perform, sleep over, and then make the short flight back to Los Angeles every Saturday after she comes off stage.
It is possibly the world's most lucrative commute: she is earning nearly $1 million per show.
More than that, cannily, Adele has apparently struck a deal through which she receives a whopping 50 per cent cut of the merchandise.Expensive branded goods adorn the shelves of the Caesars Palace shop.
Here you can spend $110 on a ‘Rolling in the Deep' sweatshirt, snap up socks with glasses of wine on them, buy necklaces which read ‘divorced' and even get Adele-branded tissues.
What won't be seen, however, are the giant onstage white floating staircase and notorious water feature — damned by Adele as a ‘baggy old pond' — which were planned the first time around.
Indeed, for all her complaints about long rehearsals, it's clear that behind the scenes, many hundreds of others have also long been working hard, collectively holding their breath in the hope that the new set would pass muster to please the mercurial Adele.
Adele has apparently struck a deal through which she receives a whopping 50 per cent cut of the merchandise
While back in January, the singer had fired set designer Esmeralda Devlin, a hugely respected professional, ‘in a panic' after a ‘butting of heads', things were calmer second time round.
Sources suggest Adele demanded constant changes in the run-up to the first opening night, and had never really been clear about what she wanted.In Devlin's place is Londoner Kim Gavin, who warmed up for this gig with visits to Vegas over the summer, and took charge of her set at the Hyde Park concerts in July, eVDEn evE NAKLiYaT where Adele performed in front of an understated curtain of gold and bronze discs which blew in the breeze and caught the lights.
Gavin has just completed the staging for a show featuring the world of Bond at the Royal Albert Hall — a fairly comparable venue in size as well as a comparable concert in tone.
Back in January, Adele pinned the blame for the cancelled show firmly on Covid, tearfully declaring: ‘Half my crew and team are [ill] with Covid and still are, and it's been impossible to finish the show.'
Since then, however, she's returned several times to the question of why she pulled the rug on a $150 million production — and it's notable that the excuse of Covid has been ditched.
In July she told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that the primary issues had been artistic.
And despite fans losing thousands of pounds in travel and hotel bills, for EvDen eve nAKLiyaT which Adele said she was ‘devastated', she was also notably defiant.
‘I don't think any other artist would have done what I did and that is why it was such a massive, massive story.It was like, "I don't care. You can't buy me, you can't buy me for nothing. I'm not going to just do a show because I have to or because people are going to be let down or because we're going to lose loads of money." '
Scott Roeben, however, observes: ‘It was damaging to her because of who she was as a performer.
‘The expectation of her because of the music is of someone who is genuine and straightforward, and this seemed not to be.
‘I believe she was upset, I don't think she was pretending to be upset — but I do think that she was looking for a reason to explain the cancellation.
‘She didn't want to look like a cry baby or temperamental artist so she picked on Covid — maybe ten per cent of the reason and made that into the reason.
‘The initial postponement was primarily an artistic decision coloured by her problems behind the scenes and problems with the creative team, and really not much to do with Covid.'
This time round, says Roeben of Casino.org: ‘It's going to be an Adele show, but not a Vegas show.I think that last time they were trying to bring it up to a level with Katy Perry and Lady Gaga but that wall-to-wall spectacle never felt right for her.'
Now, though, comes her chance to wipe away those memories, and repair that reputational damage.
Adele has promised those who have bought tickets: ‘I'm going to give you the absolute best of me.'
But there's a real possibility that it could be for the last time.
＜更新日時＞ 06月08日（木） 06:55
ordered Adidas to 'start to make new designs' - hours after he was embarrassingly escorted out of the headquarters of rivals Skechers, amid the rapid implosion of his business empire.
On Wednesday night he also appeared to reference his declining financial clout, noting: 'I haven't got super model pu**y in over a month.Please send help.'
His girlfriend of the past few weeks, Brazilian 24-year-old Juliana Nalu, is a model.
West, 45, on October 9 tweeted that he would go 'death con 3' on 'JEWISH PEOPLE,' an apparent reference to Defcon, the U.S.military defense readiness system.
His Twitter and Instagram accounts were blocked in response and his lucrative deals with Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga and eVden EVe NakLiyat Vogue all abruptly ended - but the rapper was unrepentant, .
West on Monday was , but on Tuesday an analyst said that the German-based sportswear company intends to sell existing Yeezy product designs using its own branding.
The company said it would cease production of Yeezy-branded products and halt all payments to West and his businesses, but added that it is the owner of the Yeezy design rights.
'Adidas is the sole owner of all design rights to existing products as well as previous and new colorways under the partnership,' the company said.
West on Wednesday issued his first response to their statement.
Kanye West on Wednesday evening issued his first response to being dropped by Adidas on Monday - a move which cost him $1.5 billion
West is seen on October 19 with his new girlfriend, Brazilian model Juliana Nalu, 24, at a Beverly Hills restaurant
'As to Adidas, you can start to make new designs for footwear, apparel and accessories immediately,' he wrote in a text to a 'Quinn Emmanuel', screenshotted and shared to Instagram.
West has previously been represented by law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, but Alex Spiro, a partner at the firm, said he was not involved.
West 'asked me to be his attorney but the representation never formalized,' said Spiro, whose other clients include Elon Musk.'I do not represent Mr. West.'
West, in the text, continued: 'As to Gap, the non-compete expires December 15, evDeN eVe nAKliYAT 2022.
'You own the Yeezy name and all trademarks associated with Yeezy.'
West on Wednesday was removed from Forbes' list of billionaires, with the magazine concluding that without Adidas he is worth $400 million.
His fortune comes from real estate, cash, his music catalog and a 5 percent stake in ex-wife Kim Kardashian's shapewear firm, Skims.
The deal with Adidas brought West an estimated $1.5 billion.
On Wednesday afternoon, Westwas embarrassingly escorted out of Skechers headquarters after showing up unannounced to pitch his Yeezy brand, one day after and having his songs banned by Peloton.
He was taken out by two 'executives' according to a statement released by the company Wednesday afternoon.
said in a stathat they have 'indefinitely paused' the inclusion of any songs by Ye in their classes.
'We take this issue very seriously and can confirm Peloton indefinitely paused the use of Kanye West's music on our platform, the statement said.
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One Peloton instructor, Alex Toussaint, went so far as to comment on the
'Cause I love everybody, I want to make sure everybody feels safe in my environment, in my classes, I'm not going to speak too much on it because you know I stand with you.
'You will not hear that artist in my class,' Toussaint said.'I promise y'all I do not support hate speech, whatsoever, baby. I don't tolerate that at all all.'
It's been loss after loss for Ye, EVdEN EvE naKliYAt who also lost his partnership with GAP, who immediately pulled his merchandise from their dedicated website after announcing that they were no longer working with him.
The company condemned West's comments Tuesday, saying that were taking 'immediate steps' to remove Yeezy GAP products from their stores and shut down their website.
'On behalf of our customers, employees and shareholders, we are partnering with organizations that combat hate and discrimination.'
Universal Music's Def Jam has also condemned West's comments, after splitting with the rapper last year.
They said: 'Def Jam's relationship with Ye as a recording artists, its partnership with the GOOD Music label venture and Ye's merchandise agreement with Bravado all ended in 2021.
'There is no place for antisemitism in our society.We are deeply committed to combating antisemitism and every other form of prejudice.'
The rapper was also dropped Monday by talent agency CAA.
In a statement GAP said: 'Anti-Semitism, racism and hate in any form are inexcusable and EvDen evE naKliYaT not tolerated in accordance with our values.
His Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted, with the social media platforms saying they removed his posts that online users condemned as antisemitic.
＜更新日時＞ 06月07日（水） 23:30
ordered Adidas to 'start to make new designs' - hours after he was embarrassingly escorted out of the headquarters of rivals Skechers, amid the rapid implosion of his business empire.
On Wednesday night he also appeared to reference his declining financial clout, noting: 'I haven't got super model pu**y in over a month.Please send help.'
His girlfriend of the past few weeks, Brazilian 24-year-old Juliana Nalu, is a model.
West, 45, on October 9 tweeted that he would go 'death con 3' on 'JEWISH PEOPLE,' an apparent reference to Defcon, the U.S.military defense readiness system.
His Twitter and Instagram accounts were blocked in response and his lucrative deals with Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga and Vogue all abruptly ended - but the rapper was unrepentant, .
West on Monday was , but on Tuesday an analyst said that the German-based sportswear company intends to sell existing Yeezy product designs using its own branding.
The company said it would cease production of Yeezy-branded products and halt all payments to West and his businesses, but added that it is the owner of the Yeezy design rights.
'Adidas is the sole owner of all design rights to existing products as well as previous and new colorways under the partnership,' the company said.
West on Wednesday issued his first response to their statement.
Kanye West on Wednesday evening issued his first response to being dropped by Adidas on Monday - a move which cost him $1.5 billion
West is seen on October 19 with his new girlfriend, Brazilian model Juliana Nalu, 24, at a Beverly Hills restaurant
'As to Adidas, you can start to make new designs for footwear, apparel and accessories immediately,' he wrote in a text to a 'Quinn Emmanuel', screenshotted and shared to Instagram.
West has previously been represented by law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, but Alex Spiro, a partner at the firm, said he was not involved.
West 'asked me to be his attorney but the representation never formalized,' said Spiro, whose other clients include Elon Musk.'I do not represent Mr. West.'
West, in the text, continued: 'As to Gap, the non-compete expires December 15, evDen eve NaKLiyaT 2022.
'You own the Yeezy name and all trademarks associated with Yeezy.'
West on Wednesday was removed from Forbes' list of billionaires, with the magazine concluding that without Adidas he is worth $400 million.
His fortune comes from real estate, cash, his music catalog and a 5 percent stake in ex-wife Kim Kardashian's shapewear firm, Skims.
The deal with Adidas brought West an estimated $1.5 billion.
On Wednesday afternoon, Westwas embarrassingly escorted out of Skechers headquarters after showing up unannounced to pitch his Yeezy brand, one day after and having his songs banned by Peloton.
He was taken out by two 'executives' according to a statement released by the company Wednesday afternoon.
that they have 'indefinitely paused' the inclusion of any songs by Ye in their classes.
'We take this issue very seriously and can confirm Peloton indefinitely paused the use of Kanye West's music on our platform, the statement said.
'This means our instructors are no longer using his music in any newly produced classes and we are not suggesting any class that includes his music in our proactive recommendations to Members.
'You should know this was a decision we made immediately following his remarks.Again, thank you for sharing your concerns and thank you for being a Member of our Peloton community.'
One Peloton instructor, Alex Toussaint, went so far as to comment on the
'Cause I love everybody, I want to make sure everybody feels safe in my environment, in my classes, I'm not going to speak too much on it because you know I stand with you. If you liked this article and you simply would like to be given more info about eVDEN eVE NAKliyat generously visit our own web site.
'You will not hear that artist in my class,' Toussaint said.'I promise y'all I do not support hate speech, whatsoever, baby. I don't tolerate that at all all.'
It's been loss after loss for Ye, who also lost his partnership with GAP, who immediately pulled his merchandise from their dedicated website after announcing that they were no longer working with him.
The company condemned West's comments Tuesday, saying that were taking 'immediate steps' to remove Yeezy GAP products from their stores and shut down their website.
'On behalf of our customers, employees and shareholders, evDen Eve NAKliYat we are partnering with organizations that combat hate and discrimination.'
Universal Music's Def Jam has also condemned West's comments, after splitting with the rapper last year.
They said: 'Def Jam's relationship with Ye as a recording artists, EVDEn eve NAKLiYaT its partnership with the GOOD Music label venture and Ye's merchandise agreement with Bravado all ended in 2021.
'There is no place for antisemitism in our society.We are deeply committed to combating antisemitism and every other form of prejudice.'
The rapper was also dropped Monday by talent agency CAA.
In a statement GAP said: 'Anti-Semitism, racism and hate in any form are inexcusable and not tolerated in accordance with our values.
His Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted, with the social media platforms saying they removed his posts that online users condemned as antisemitic.
＜更新日時＞ 06月07日（水） 22:15
At the beating heart of Moscow, directly opposite the Kremlin on the eastern side of Red Square, you'll find Russia's most famous shopping mall.
Known as GUM, the ornate neo-classical building sits a stone's throw from St Basil's cathedral and the mausoleum of Lenin, the man who attempted to overthrow capitalism.
Yet it has, in recent years, been filled with 'landmark' stores owned by luxury brands anxious to soak up the cash being liberally sprayed around by the post-Soviet oligarch class.
When they aren't applauding the tanks that occasionally rumble over nearby cobblestones, eV cronies of Vladimir flock to this marble-floored emporium, arm-in-arm with their high-maintenance wives, mistresses and girlfriends to spend ill-gotten roubles on handbags, Tiffany jewellery and Hugo Boss suits.
One of the still open Brtish shops is Paul Smith, the Nottingham-based purveyor of stripy scarves and modish menswear that its eponymous multi-millionaire founder and owner likes to describe as 'classic with a twist'
Also open for business is GUM's branch of Agent Provocateur, the upscale English underwear brand popularised by Kate Moss in the 1990s.It is also stocking designs from the new season
At least they did. In late February last year, everything changed. If you have any sort of inquiries relating to where and ways to make use of E, you could call us at our web site. That was when their autocratic President decided to invade Ukraine, turning Russia into a global pariah overnight.
As Putin's soldiers raped and murdered their way across the country, Western consumer brands began responding to public revulsion by literally shutting up shop.
Within weeks, the UK, E EU and many Western countries had imposed sanctions to prevent fresh supplies of luxury goods from reaching Russia.
Today, the GUM centre's Chanel, Tiffany and Hugo Boss outlets have closed their doors.
You can no longer shop for shoes by Jimmy Choo or John Lobb, or handbags from the houses of Prada, E Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Hermes.
As they boarded up their boutiques and cancelled shipments of fresh stock to Russia, these famous purveyors of luxury goods simultaneously issued earnest PR statements expressing their desire to, as the saying goes, 'stand with Ukraine'.
But today, almost a year after Putin's tanks rolled over the border, shopaholics of the Russian elite aren't entirely out of luck.
For beneath the building's glass-domed roof, the Mail this week made a scandalous discovery: outposts of not one, but two famous British luxury brands are very much still open for business.
One is Paul Smith, the Nottingham-based purveyor of stripy scarves and modish menswear that its eponymous multi-millionaire founder and owner likes to describe as 'classic with a twist'.
While their compatriots fire missiles into Kyiv's schools and apartment blocks, I can reveal Russians are still rattling the tills at the local Paul Smith boutique from 10am to 10pm, seven days a week, happy to fork out 16,900 roubles (£197) for one of the brand's signature colourful ties and much else.
The shelves remain well-stocked with many of the very latest Paul Smith products.
Indeed, on Wednesday an assistant attempted to flog our reporter an 'embossed leather folio' — a sort of briefcase — from the firm's 'new season' range, which only went on sale in the UK a few weeks back. Its price?A trifling 90,000 roubles, or £1,050.
Scandalously, the man whose firm made (and is therefore profiting from) this expensive trinket is not just a Knight of the Realm.
For in addition to being honoured by Tony Blair in the heyday of Cool Britannia — having served on New Labour's Creative Industries Task Force — Sir Paul Smith, 76, was last year invited to Buckingham Palace so that Prince William could elevate him to membership of the Order of Companions of Honour, one of the highest gongs available to anyone in the creative industry.
For example, Barbour, which used to have a franchise outlet at GUM, refused to ship a single item of new stock there from the day of the invasion and has now exited
A fifth historic British brand, the former Crown jeweller Garrard — which like Farlows has a Royal Warrant — was this week advertising no fewer than ten Russian stockists on its UK website, apparently under the terms of a supply deal that pre-dates the invasion of Ukraine
The Moral Ratings Agency, a lobby group which monitors Western firms operating in Russia, describes his firm's presence there as a 'disgrace', telling the Mail Sir Paul ought to get his brand out of Russia or be stripped of his titles.
A few doors down from Paul Smith's red-fronted shop — and also open for business — you'll find GUM's branch of Agent Provocateur, the upscale English underwear brand popularised by Kate Moss in the 1990s. It is also stocking designs from the new season.
One of no fewer than ten Russian Agent Provocateur boutiques that are still open — all of which remain advertised on its British website — we found it selling crystal-embossed leather bondage whips for 73,000 roubles (£850), bejewelled pink brassieres for 110,000 roubles (£,1280) and thongs for up to 85,000 roubles (£990) each.
An assistant told us the last shipment of new stock arrived shortly before Christmas and a new one is due in March — just in time for International Women's Day.
Again, it's hard to see how this British luxury goods firm squares its presence in Moscow with the supposed values listed on its website.
Shamelessly, given Russia's ongoing use of rape as a weapon of war, E Agent Provocateur claims to be dedicated to promoting 'fearless femininity' and is 'adhering to the highest standard of ethics'.
The firm's current owner, high street tycoon Mike Ashley is, however, no stranger to cutting lucrative business deals in questionable dictatorships.
His moral compass was seemingly untroubled by his recent sale — for more than twice what he had paid — of football club Newcastle United to a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium.
Once they have stocked up on clothes and lingerie, every good oligarch needs a bespoke Rolls-Royce to whisk them from central Moscow to their gaudy dacha.
Which takes us to the British luxury car firm's main Russian showroom, on the ground floor of an upscale hotel just across the Moskva river, roughly two miles west of Red Square.
Rolls-Royce insists it no longer sells new cars in Russia, claiming in a holier-than-thou media announcement that: 'We stand for the peaceful co-existence of all cultures all over the world, in all times and at all locations.'
＜更新日時＞ 06月07日（水） 21:55
Boy George's agent says ITV producers should consider stepping in to 'balance out' I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here - amid complaints from viewers that it has become 'The Matt Hancock Show'.
Top showbiz agent Jonathan Shalit, who represents the singer and current jungle camp mate, eVden EvE NakLiYat says other stars are 'suffering from a lack of airtime' because Matt Hancock is continuously being picked by the public to take on Bushtucker trials.
The former Health Secretary has been front and centre of this series of the hit show since joining the jungle as a late arrival.
Having put himself at the mercy of the British public after his often-criticised reaction to the Covid pandemic and his very public rule breaching affair, the MP is set to take part in his sixth Bushtucker challenge tonight.
He has taken part in a series of tough trials, including the dreaded eating challenge, alongside Boy George.Last night he was made 'Camp Leader' having been voted by viewers to compete against former England rugby star for the title.
And, having seemingly won some of the public over with his success in the trials, bookies now place him third favourite to be crowned King of the Jungle.
But while millions of Britons have enjoyed and voted to see the former cabinet minister squeal and squirm during the challenges, some are now becoming 'bored' of the politician soaking up the screen time.
Professor Shalit, who has co-managed Boy George for the last two years, believes it may be time for evDen Eve naKliyAt producers of the hit show to intervene.
But the showbiz agent, whos is Chairman of InterTalent Rights Group, says all the campmates are currently benefiting from the 'genius' casting on this year's show.
Speaking to MailOnline, Professor Shalit, who also represents Boy George's I'm A Celeb campmate Scarlette Douglas, said: 'This year's series has indeed come The Matt Hancock Show, eVdEn EVE NAkliyat due to genius casting by ITV and what the viewers are enjoying.
Boy George's agent says ITV producers should consider stepping in to 'balance out' I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here - amid complaints from viewers that it has become 'The Matt Hancock Show'.Pictured: Matt Hancock on I'm a Celebrity
The former Health Secretary has been front and centre of this series of the hit ITV show since joining the I'm A Celeb jungle as a late arrival last week.Pictured: Matt Hancock takes on the House of Horrors challenge on I'm A Celebrity
Professor Jonathan Shalit, who represents the singer (pictured) and current jungle camp mate, says other stars are 'suffering from a lack of airtime' because Matt Hancock is repeatedly being picked to take on Bushtucker trials
Professor Shalit (pictured right), Chairman of InterTalent Rights Group, believes it may be time for producers of the hit show to intervene.But he says all the campmates are currently benefiting from the 'genius' casting on this year's show
'Yes, other contestants are suffering from lack of airtime and it is frustrating, but that is the luck of the draw. And in that regard Matt is winning.
＜更新日時＞ 06月07日（水） 21:04
Vladimir 's top allies in Russia are mocking America over the recent prisoner swap that saw the US release convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for WNBA star , claiming that Russia got the better end of the deal.
Maria Butina, the pro-Putin MP elected to Russia's Duma after serving a US prison sentence for acting as an unregistered foreign agent, led the charge in taunting the US over Thursday's exchange.
'The fact that Russia pushed through the exchange of Bout, whom America fundamentally did not want to give away for many years, right now means that, like in The Godfather, we "made them an offer that cannot be refused,"' Butina boasted in Russian on her Telegram channel.
'This is a position of strength, comrades,' added Butina, who was deported back to Russia in 2019 after serving an 18-month sentence in the US.
On Thursday, the US and Russia announced that Griner, who was sentenced to nine years of hard prison time on cannabis-related charges, had been exchanged for Bout.
Maria Butina (left), the pro-Putin MP in Russia's Duma, led the charge in taunting the US for releasing Viktor Bout (right on Thursday) in exchange for WBNA star Brittney Griner
Butina, who was deported back to Russia in 2019 after serving an 18-month sentence in the US, boasted on her Telegram channel about the trade
The controversial swap took place in Abu Dhabi, and eVdeN eVE NaKLiYAt Russian TV showed Bout in a private jet on the flight to Russia, getting his blood pressure checked, speaking with his family by phone and saying, 'I love you very much.'
Bout's mother, EVDEN eVE NAkliyAt Raisa, thanked President Vladimir Putin and the Foreign Ministry for freeing her son, Tass reported.It added that he would be invited to speak to lawmakers on the Duma's International Affairs committee.
On Channel One Russia, the state-run news outlet widely watched in Russia, EvDeN EVe NAkliYAt an announcer hailed Bout as a 'legendary figure' who had suffered 'persecution' and 'illegal extradition to the United States'.
Online comments from Russian-speakers also tended to celebrate Bout's release, with some hailing him as a 'hero'.
'Finally. He's been sitting in jail for years. Freedom,' wrote one commenter on YouTube.
'Finally the family will be reunited.Congratulations for the return of Viktor. I wrote him a letter in America with words of support. I'm very glad this part of history is over,' another wrote.
Griner is seen on her way to being swapped in the prisoner trade in Abu Dhabi
'Finally.He's been sitting in jail for years. Freedom,' wrote one commenter on YouTube
'This is such a big win for America, but at the same time a huge fail.Trading a figure like Bout for a basketball player…' read a comment on a sports news site
'Finally the family will be reunited.Congratulations for the return of Viktor. I wrote him a letter in America with words of support. I'm very glad this part of history is over.'
'He is a Russian hero' one comment read.
'This is such a big win for America, but at the same time a huge fail.Trading a figure like Bout for a basketball player…' read a comment on a sports news site.
Other Russian-language comments were skeptical of the deal, and slammed Russia for imprisoning Griner.
'What shame and embarrassment!They took an innocent person hostage, blamed her for EVden Eve nAKliyaT something, the devils, just to trade in for a criminal!' one read on YouTube.
'Happy for Griner. But this creates an unpleasant precedent in the sense that it is already dangerous for any US citizen to visit Russia.They can make up any nonsense to keep them there,' another person wrote.
Bout is widely known abroad as the 'Merchant of Death' international arms dealer who fueled some of the world's worst conflicts.
The 2005 Nicolas Cage movie 'Lord of War' was loosely based on Bout, a former Soviet air force officer who gained fame supposedly by supplying weapons for civil wars in South America, the Middle East and Africa.
His clients were said to include Liberia's Charles Taylor, longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and both sides in Angola's civil war.
In Russia, Bout is seen as a swashbuckling businessman who was unjustly imprisoned after an overly aggressive US sting operation
Russian TV showed Bout in a private jet on the flight to Russia, getting his blood pressure checked, speaking with his family by phone and saying, 'I love you very much.'
'What shame and embarrassment!They took an innocent person hostage, blamed her for something, the devils, just to trade in for a criminal! If you loved this article therefore you would like to obtain more info regarding EVDEN EVE naKliyat kindly visit our own site. ' one read on YouTube
'Happy for Griner.But this creates an unpleasant precedent in the sense that it is already dangerous for any US citizen to visit Russia. They can make up any nonsense to keep them there,' another person wrote
In Russia, however, he's seen as a swashbuckling businessman who was unjustly imprisoned after an overly aggressive US sting operation.
Russia had pressed for Bout´s release for years and as speculation grew about such a deal, the upper house of parliament opened a display of paintings he made in prison - whose subjects ranged from Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to a kitten.
The show of his art underlined Bout's complexities.Though in a bloody business, the 55-year-old was a vegetarian and classical music fan who is said to speak six languages.
Even the former federal judge who sentenced him in 2011 thought his 11 years behind bars was adequate punishment.
'He´s done enough time for what he did in this case,' Shira A.Scheindlin told The Associated Press in July as prospects for his release appeared to rise.
Griner, who was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport in February after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage, was sentenced in August to nine years in prison.
Washington protested her sentence as disproportionate, and some observers suggested that trading an arms merchant for someone jailed for a small amount of drugs would be a poor deal.
Bout was convicted in 2011 on terrorism charges.Prosecutors said he was ready to sell up to $20 million in weapons, including surface-to-air missiles to shoot down U.S. helicopters. When they made the claim at his 2012 sentencing, Bout shouted: 'It's a lie!'
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout looks out from inside the detention center while waiting for a hearing on extradition at criminal court on May 19, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand
Bout has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence, describing himself as a legitimate businessman who didn´t sell weapons.
Bout's case fit well into Moscow's narrative that Washington sought to trap and oppress innocent Russians on flimsy grounds.
'From the resonant Bout case, a real `hunt´ by Americans for Russian citizens around the world has unfolded,' the government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta wrote last year.
Increasingly, Russia cited his case as a human rights issue.His wife and lawyer claimed his health deteriorated in the harsh prison environment where foreigners are not always eligible for breaks that Americans might receive.
Bout had not been scheduled to be released until 2029. He was held in a medium-security facility in Marion, Illinois.
'He got a hard deal,' said Scheindlin, the retired judge, noting the U.S.sting operatives 'put words in his mouth' so he'd say he was aware Americans could die from weapons he sold in order to require a terrorism enhancement that would force a long prison sentence, if not a life term.
Scheindlin gave Bout the mandatory minimum 25-year sentence but said she did so only because it was required.
Viktor Bout is escorted by members of a special police unit after a hearing at a criminal court in Bangkok October 5, 2010
At the time, his defense lawyer claimed the U.S.targeted Bout vindictively because it was embarrassed that his companies helped deliver goods to American military contractors involved in the war in Iraq.
The deliveries occurred despite United Nations sanctions imposed against Bout since 2001 because of his reputation as a notorious illegal arms dealer.
Prosecutors had urged Scheindlin to impose a life sentence, saying that if Bout was right to call himself nothing more than a businessman, 'he was a businessman of the most dangerous order.'
Bout was estimated to be worth about $6 billion in March 2008 when he was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
U.S. authorities tricked him into leaving Russia for what he thought was a meeting over a business deal to ship what prosecutors described as 'a breathtaking arsenal of weapons - including hundreds of surface-to-air missiles, machine guns and sniper rifles - 10 million rounds of ammunition and five tons of plastic explosives.'
He was taken into custody at a Bangkok luxury hotel after conversations with the Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation´s informants who posed as officials of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, also known as the FARC.The group had been classified by Washington as a narco-terrorist group.
He was brought to the U.S. in November 2010.
The 'Merchant of Death' moniker was attached to Bout by a high-ranking minister of Britain´s Foreign Office.The nickname was included in the U.S. government´s indictment of Bout.
＜更新日時＞ 06月07日（水） 18:38
Kanye West's Donda Academy announced it would be reopening its doors on Thursday, just hours after the principal said the school would shutter for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year.
Parents at the exclusive Christian school received an email near midnight on Wednesday explaining that the school would be 'returning with a vengeance,' the following morning, a hard U-turn from a message they received just hours earlier from school administrators.
On Wednesday, Academy Principal Jason Angell sent an email to parents explaining that West, 45, had decided to close the school 'effective immediately,' with classes being cancelled as of Thursday.
But an internal email from 'Parents of Donda' obtained by told a much different story.
'Join us tomorrow morning in worship for the return of Donda Academy,' the email read.With the help of our parents and community, we are back and returning with a vengeance!'
'The children of Donda are going to change the world,' the message added.' Apologies for the late email! See you bright and early! Here's more info on e}V check out the page. '
It is unclear whether the school itself is reopening in an official capacity, or whether parents and staff are taking it upon themselves to continue educating their children.
The bizarre twist comes as around his anti-semitic behavior, which has included repeated claims of 'Jewish people' in the media conspiring against him, and planned parenthood controlling black populations through genocidal abortions.
Kanye West's exclusive Christian school announced it would be closing for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year as the rapper continues to face fallout for his repeated anti-semitic comments
Students at West's Donda Academy wear black Balenciaga uniforms designed by West himself.Above, Celtics basketball player Jaylen Brown pays a visit to the school
A school in the Simi Valley, just north of Los Angeles, which is believed to be the Donda Academy
West returned to Instagram on Thursday after being banned earlier this month, announcing he lost $2billion in a single day, in an apparent reference to Adidas dropping his Yeezy shoe line
On Thursday the rapper returned to Instagram after being banned earlier this month, posting that he 'lost 2 billion dollars in one day' in an apparent reference to the flock of brands which have dropped him in the wake of his bigoted behavior.
This week Adidas dropped his Yeezy shoe line - a deal which was worth $1.5billion - with Gap, Footlocker, TJ Maxx, and Balenciaga all following suit and cutting ties with the rapper.
Donda Academy's closure and sudden reopening come just two months after it started up in August.The school did not respond to DailyMail.com requests for comment.
The exclusive pre-K through 12 school - named after West's mother, Donda - is located in a secret location in the Simi Valley just north of Los Angeles, and charges $15,000 per student.About half the student body receives financial aid and scholarships, vD according to The Post.
The school enrolls about 100 students and employees 16 teachers. Parents sign a non-disclosure agreement to keep the school's location secret and to say nothing about it.
There are reportedly a number of celebrities' children in attendance - including R&B singer Keyshia Cole's son Daniel - and the school is well known for its high-powered basketball team.Rising star Robert Dillingham, 17, plays for the school, and NBA players like Celtics player Jaylen Brown have made appearances at the school.
Students wear all black Balenciaga uniforms and Yeezy shoes designed by West himself.
Despite running the school, West's children do not attend, and he have clashed with Kim Kardashian on the matter.
West previously complained on social media that Kim wouldn't agree to send their four children for '[two] days at one school, three days at another.'
As of September the school had not yet been accredited, according to the , which means colleges might not accept diplomas from the school.
The Donda Academy website states that the school's goal is 'to provide the youth with the passion, purpose and spiritual foundations they need to thrive in tomorrow's world.'
The curriculum has a strong focus on Christianity, the arts, and math and science.Students can take parkour as a physical activity, and the school has a strong high school basketball program.
The school enrolls about 100 students and 16 teachers, with a number of students being the children of celebrities
The exclusive pre-K through 12 Donda Academy is located in a secret location in the Simi Valley just north of Los Angeles, and charges $15,000 per student
Parents sign a non-disclosure agreement to keep the school's location secret
The curriculum has a strong focus on Christianity, the arts, and math and science.Students can take parkour as a physical activity, and the school has a strong high school basketball program
Angell emailed parents on Wednesday announcing the school's closure for e}V the remainder of the school year.
'At the discretion of our founder, Donda Academy will close for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year effective immediately, he wrote.
'There is no school tomorrow [Thursday].'
Angell noted that the school's leadership would help parents and students transition into their new school, and added that the Donda would begin 'afresh' in September 2023.
On Wednesday the school's basketball team was booted from the The Scholastic Play-By-Play Classics tournament, saying West's 'words and actions violate our values as a company and a country, and what we seek to ensure at all of our events - a spirit of diversity, sportsmanship, inclusion, equity and mutual respect.'
Representatives for the tournament expressed their remorse that West's words cost his students the experience of participating in the coveted high school basketball tournament.
'While we are firm in our reasoning for this decision, it does not diminish our heartache and regret for Donda's hardworking athletes who will lose out the most as a result of Kanye's actions,' the school added. 'Unfortunately, we cannot in good conscience host an organization founded and directed by Mr.West at our events.'
TJ Maxx has become the latest company to sever ties with Kanye West in the wake of his vile anti-Semitic outbursts (pictured yesterday at a bagel shop in Los Angeles before arriving at the Skechers HQ)
He was seen near a parking lot before he was escorted out of Sketchers HQ
TJ Maxx, whose CEO is Ernie Herrman (pictured in 2014) follows Gap and Foot Locker in no longer stocking any Yeezy merchandise in its stores
Yesterday, the rapper was embarrassingly escorted out of Skechers headquarters after showing up unannounced to pitch his Yeezy brand a day after being dropped by Adidas and having his songs banned by Peloton.
Ye was taken out by two 'executives' according to a statement released by the company Wednesday afternoon.
said in a statement: 'Considering Ye was engaged in unauthorized filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his party from the building after a brief conversation. Skechers is not considering and has no intention of working with West.
'We condemn his recent divisive remarks and do not tolerate anti-Semitism or any other form of hate speech.The Company would like to again stress that West showed up unannounced and uninvited to Skechers corporate offices.'
West may have faced additional opposition if he had gotten a preapproved sit-down meeestimates comes from real estate, cash, his music catalog, and a 5 percent stake in ex-wife Kim Kardashian's shapewear firm, Skims.
But as corporations around the world break off deals with Ye, music streaming service said it would not remove the rapper's music unless his label requested it.
Recent anti-Semitic remarks made by the rapper are 'just awful comments,' and would have warranted removal from Spotify for violating its policies if they had been on a podcast or recording, Spotify chief Daniel Ek said.
However, music from the artist now known as Ye does not violate anti-hate policies, and e}V any anti-Semitic comments he has made cannot be found on the music streaming platform.
'It's really just his music, and his music doesn't violate our policy,' said Ek, adding, 'It's up to his label, if they want to take action or not.'
Universal Music's Def Jam label, which owns the copyright to West's recordings from 2002 through 2016, and continued distributing his releases until last year, issued a statement condemning Ye's remarks, saying: 'There is no place for anti-Semitism in our society'.But the label has not asked for the removal of Ye's recordings, many of which are critically acclaimed works.
Kanye West has seen several high profile and lucrative partnerships with major brands severed amid the backlash from anti-Semitic remarks
Ye has refused to walk back his remarks, blaming Jewish people for his mental health struggles in a recent podcast
A pair of Yeezy shoes are seen in a Foot Locker store on the day Adidas terminated its partnership with the American rapper and designer Kanye West, now known as Ye, in Garden City, New York, U.S., October 25, 2022
＜更新日時＞ 06月07日（水） 18:11
A travel agent faked while defrauding more than 1,400 customers has been jailed at Durham Crown Court for aK nine years.
Lyne Barlow, 39, was 'riding the monster of deceit' as she used her fake illness to deflect the avalanche of complaints from devastated families whose holidays failed to materialise.
She was so determined to continue her charade that she even convinced her husband, Paul, and son and daughter she was battling cancer.
Family members took her to hospital appointments, unaware that she was simply waiting inside before re-emerging claiming to have seen her consultant.
To make her story more convincing, she cut off strands of her hair and scattered them across her pillow to make it look as though she was losing it to chemotherapy.
Lyne Barlow, n E 39, claimed to her customers that she was covered by insurance and was a member of the trusted travel brand Association of British Travel Agents
Barlow also claimed to be suffering from a terminal illness while she was selling the holidays, Durham Crown Court heard in October last year
When Barlow was arrested in 2020 she hobbled into the police station with her head swathed in a scarfe and walking with a stick.
Custody photographs show a vast difference when she was re-arrested a year later and was forced to admit her 'stage 3/4' cancer had been a fabrication.
Barlow stooped so low as to defraud her own mother, Susan Coleman, 64, out of £500,000 - part of which came from an insurance payout following the untimely death of her father, Barry.
The rest was NHS ward sister Mrs Coleman's retirement payout and savings, which Barlow told her she'd invested in a business venture which would make her mother rich.
Barlow took over her grieving mother's financial affairs as she struggled to come to terms with losing her husband in 2015.
As she systematically emptied her mother's accounts she intercepted her post to stop her getting bank statements.
A redacted email exchange Lyne Barlow had with a customer about her pretend cancer
Travel agent Lyne Barlow (left) arrives at Durham Crown Court to be sentenced for defrauding friends, family and hundreds of customers who bought holidays from her in a £2.6 million con
Lyne Barlow claimed to her customers that she was covered by insurance and was a member of the trusted travel brand Association of British Travel Agents.(Pictured left: Lyne Barlow)
She also mocked up bank statement from Barclays which appeared to show that her mother's money was in fact growing rather than disappearing.
Barlow also took her mum away on lavish holidays along with her children, a boy and a girl.
However it emerged the reason for this was, on some occasions, that Barlow knew through the intercepted post, that bailiffs were due to turn up at her mum's house and she didn't want her to find out.
Mrs Coleman was left penniless by a daughter who used part of her money to set up Lyne Barlow Independent Travel in Stanley, County Durham.
Barlow offered holidays at astonishing prices to drum up trade.
Customers were able to snap up all inclusive trips to Dubai for just
£500 and word quickly spread of her extraordinary bargains.
The bubble quickly burst as families saw their hard earned money vanish on holidays that they never got to take.
Some paid up to £5,500 to arrive at their destination and discover no funds had been received by the hotel so there were no rooms booked.
Others arrived to discover they had no place on the return flight and were stranded abroad until they could find their own way back.
Eventually a Facebook group was set up by furious victims of Barlow's scam and an agreement reached to go to Durham Police en masse.
There were so many calls to the force's HQ that they had to be directed to an email address because emergency callers would have been unable to get through.
In total Barlow could be proven to have defrauded family, friends and a{T customers out of £1.2m, but investigators believe the total sum she gained over a period of five years from 2015 to 2020 was £2.6m.
Barlow admitted theft, 10 counts of fraud and possessing criminal property at Durham Crown Court and was jailed for nine years.
Judge Joanne Kidd told her: 'You have presented yourself to those who knew you as a charming an engaging woman.
'You are clearly a woman with significant intellectual ability but you also have an extraordinary talent for dishonesty.
Her first victims were family and friends and she used their savings before setting up an independent travel agency, in which she fraudulently sold holidays, reporting them to be ATOL and ABTA protected, the force said.(Pictured: stock image of a beach)
'You mercilessly abused the trust of your nearest and dearest in their darkest hours and set about targeting other vulnerable people of your acquaintance who trusted you in order to satisfy your relatively lavish lifestyle.
'This involved lavish holidays, an expensive car and designer goods.
'The extent of the betrayal of your own mother is truly breathtaking.
'As you gallivanted around your mother's utility bills went unpaid and county court judgements rained down upon her.
'Bailiffs visited her home, unbeknown to her because you deviously arranged to take her away on visits on the days they were to arrive.
'I take the view that you are a thoroughly callous individual.'
Tony Davis, mitigating, said: 'Once she began riding the monster of deceit it was inevitable it would come crashing down and it did.'
Barlow squandered the cash handed to her on designer clothes, prestige cars and holidays for her and her immediate family, with exclusive breaks in Dubai being her chosen retreat.
The charges stated that Barlow made false representations by purporting to be an ABTA and ATOL registered travel agent when in fact she was using criminal cash to finance further frauds.
Money handed over by customers was being used to pay for holidays that subsequent clients booked through her, in a Ponzi-type scheme.
But her jugging over other people's cash came crashing down in 2020 when police were called in.
Furious customers were arriving at her home even as officers moved in to arrest her.
She used her 'cancer' as a shield to fend off angry people she had conned.
In an email she told one customer who was chasing a refund for a
holiday: 'Unfortunately I've just found out my cancer has spread and it's gone to stage 3/4 in my bones and need to have chemo out into my spine to stop it from getting into my brain. It's going to be pretty intense. If you loved this information and you would certainly like to get even more information regarding n E kindly go to the web page. '
Detective Sergeant Alan Meehan from Durham Police Complex Fraud Team led the investigation.
He said: 'At the time of her arrest we were aware that she was telling people she had cancer and at that time we kept an open mind on whether that was correct or not not.
'As part of the investigation we asked to access her medical records and it was only then that the truth emerged that she had been making the whole thing up.
'It was a determined and calculated attempt to distract attention from her crimes and deflect blame away from her because she hoped people would feel sorry for n E her.
'The lengths she went to were very unusual.It came as a massive shock to her husband that she did not in fact have cancer.
'She wore a scarf over her head and appeared to be losing her hair, E although we believe she was cutting off strands and scattering it across her pillow at night to keep up that deception.
'Members of her family were even taking her to hospital appointments that never existed.
When she was first arrested in September 2020 she presented as a very frail and sick woman, walking with a stick and with her head in a black scarf to cover the apparent hair loss.
'Once confronted by the medical information she had no option but to admit she'd been lying.
'The second custody photograph from when she was re-arrested in 2021 show the true picture, with no sign or suggestion of illness.
'In our opinion it's a serious aggravating factor in the largest case of fraud this force has ever dealt with.
'Lyne Barlow was trying to attain a lifestyle she could not afford and rather than stop as she got out of her depth she continued to take money from more and more victims.
'The number of calls we received on this case was unprecedented and once they started coming in they were so many that we had to set up a dedicated email as the control room was in danger of being overrun.'
James Lewis, of the Crown Prosecution Service said: 'Barlow acted with greed, using false promises and deceptive lies, to convince family and friends, as well as hundreds of customers, who all trusted her, to part with their money so that she could sustain her own lavish lifestyle.
'Fraud is an insidious crime and the cost to the many victims in this case has not just been financial; it has also caused huge emotional distress and extreme disappointment to devastated customers who had to find out their holiday did not actually exist at a time when the country was in the grips of the Covid-19 pandemic.
'Thanks to the thorough investigation by Durham Police and to all the victims who came forward to report her, we were able to bring Barlow to justice.
'We will now be taking steps to recover this money taken through Proceeds of Crime legislation.'
＜更新日時＞ 06月07日（水） 17:36
put on a glamourous display for the Lulu Guinness Valentine's Dinner at Home House in London.
The Tuesday outing was her first since her Muff Liquor advert was banned by the ASA for 'targeting minors and encouraging irresponsible drinking'
Despite the backlash, the presenter, 37, sported a black velvet trouser suit paired with a striking patterned shirt which had red lips on it by Lulu Guinness.
She carried an embroidered bird cage bag by the label as she posed for pictures.
Laura wore her blonde locks in loose waves, opting for a slick of ruby red lipstick.
The star, EVden eVE nakliyAt who is married to Love Island's voiceover star Iain Stirling, 34, and shares a 23-month-old daughter with him.
Letting her hair down: Laura Whitmore attended Lulu Guinness' Valentine's event at Home House on Tuesday after her Muff Liquor advert was banned by the ASA for 'targeting minors and encouraging irresponsible drinking'
Backlash: The ASA said that Laura's posts were not clearly marked as adverts and implied that alcohol can increase confidence
Her trip out comes and implied that alcohol can increase confidence.
The videos - released in July - featured Whitmore drinking peppermint tea, and then water, beer and 'Muff & tonic', while her dancing became increasingly energetic.
Music in the background included the lyrics: 'I'll be f***ed up if you can't be right here.'
Text on screen stated '#MakemineaMuff' and 'If drinks were dance moves @muffliquorco #makemineamuff #muffboss #irishowned'.
A complainant, who understood that Whitmore was an investor in The Muff Liquor Company, challenged whether the ads were obviously identifiable as marketing communications and were inappropriately targeted because they featured alcoholic drinks.
Whitmore argued that the hashtag 'muffboss' was used to declare her shareholder status and believed that '#ad' would not have been a suitable disclaimer because she was not paid by The Muff Liquor Company for the posts.
However, the ASA ruled that the posts should have been clearly marked as ads.
The ASA also investigated whether the ads encouraged irresponsible drinking because they implied that alcohol could enhance confidence and was capable of changing mood.
Moving on: Despite the controversy, Laura put on a glamourous display for the Lulu Guinness dinner
The ASA noted that Whitmore was the former presenter of Love Island - the fifth most-watched programme by those aged four to 15 years old in the second quarter of 2022.
As a result, a large proportion of individuals who were under 18 with TikTok accounts were likely to interact with content related to Love Island on the platform.
In a statement, they explained: 'Even if those individuals did not follow Ms Whitmore, we considered it was likely that the algorithm would determine Ms Whitmore's posts to be of interest to them, meaning they would appear in their 'For You' page.'
Referring to Whitmore's dancing while drinking alcohol, the ASA added: 'Whilst we acknowledged that the ads were presented in a light-hearted tone, nonetheless we considered that consumers would interpret the ads to mean that drinking alcohol could precipitate a change in an individual's behaviour and EVDeN EVe nAkliYat could enhance an individual's confidence.'
Glam: The presenter, 37, sported a black velvet trouser suit paired with a striking patterned shirt which had red lips on it as she posed for pictures
The ASA have ruled that the ads must not appear again.
The Muff Liquor Company have confirmed Whitmore was a shareholder but said she was not paid for the ads and that they asked her to remove the ads within 24 hours of being made aware of the complaint.
They added that 2.7 percent of Whitmore's 1.6 million social media followers were under 18 years of age, and therefore understood that the product had not been inappropriately targeted to under-18s.
Since receiving notification of the complaint, they have agreed any of Whitmore's future ads for The Muff Liquor Company will be reviewed by the company before being posted.
Axed: The videos - released in July - featured Whitmore drinking peppermint tea, and then water, beer and 'Muff & tonic', while her dancing became increasingly energetic
TikTok said Whitmore had not used its branded content disclosure tool, even though the post appeared to fall into this category.In case you have almost any queries relating to exactly where along with the way to use evDeN eVe NAkliYAt, you are able to e mail us with our site. Instagram said it had no comment on the investigation.
Whitmore has featured The Muff Liquor Company on her social media pages in the past, eVDEN EvE NaKliyaT last year in an April Fool's post.
The Irish presenter became the face of the Donegal drinks brand in 2021 and owns equity in the firm as a shareholder.
She has worked with a number of brands for their consumer campaigns, including Blossom Hill, eBay, Laybuy, Bodyform and Dare2b.
End of an era: She has worked with a number of brands for their consumer campaigns and last year announced she'd be stepping down as the host of Love Island
Last year, the mother-of-one announced she'd be stepping down as the host of Love Island, with .
Speaking about her decision to leave, Whitmore took a swipe at her ITV bosses as she claimed that she would still be fronting the show if she'd had more freedom in her role.
She claimed: 'If I could [have done] things the way I wanted to, I'd probably still be doing it.'
She said she struggled to remain impartial while working on the show, admitting she sometimes wanted to voice her opinion on what had happened in the villa and ask the Islanders how they were coping following their stay.
Speaking to Psychologies magazine, Whitmore said of the contestants: 'There was only so much I can do as a host - I couldn't support them or not support them.I couldn't say anything.
'So you kind of have to go quiet, and that was hard for me because I like to be able to have those conversations.
'If I could [have done] things the way I wanted to, I'd probably still be doing it.'
The TV star replaced Caroline Flack as the host of the ITV dating show when she stood down in December 2019.Caroline tragically took her own life aged 40 in February 2020.
Whitmore took to social media after last year's summer season to detail her decision, admitting she found flying back and forth from the villa 'very difficult'.
In her statement, Whitmore said she was only planning to fill in for Caroline for one series, .
High praise: Whitmore's Love Island replacement Maya Jama has been lauded by fans after she kicked off the winter show in January
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