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2 months, 2 weeks ago

How to get rid of sentimental objects and heirlooms and feel good about it.

Slate

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. A pair of silver boots meant for a New Year’s Eve party in Los Angeles. In the process of cleaning things out, I was reunited with the ’80s cassette player my late father had given me when I was a kid. I wanted to get rid of the …

Thing Boom Box

7 months ago

How to honour and organise personal treasures and family heirlooms to stop the clutter

ABC

A handwritten recipe, an envelope overflowing with printed photographs and a shoebox filled with quirky ornaments and dusty sports medals. "Everyone's got a little treasure that they hold on to because it has a power and memory to it," Dr Jensen says. Dr Jensen says inherited and everyday objects are "living parts" of our family history and that sharing their …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Memories Woven In Priceless Heirloom

Deccan Chronicle

Heirloom sarees are all about family legacy and memories. With the help of a designer, I often recycle the borders of heirloom sarees and make classy dupattas from the silk sarees.” Dr Kinnari treasures her sarees to pass them to her daughter. “The future generation must know that heirloom sarees spell sustainability, have memories, and deserve to be revered,” adds …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Fendi's gender-busting men's collection is inspired by Princess Anne, 'chicest woman in the world'

Hindustan Times

MILAN — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished them with details long released from the feminine realm for a highlands-stomping menswear collection previewed Saturday during Milan Fashion Week. HT Image Venturini Fendi said she was inspired by Princess Anne, whom she called “the chicest woman in the world,” capable of “maintaining her femininity …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Fendi’s gender-busting men’s collection is inspired by Princess Anne, ‘chicest woman in the world’

Associated Press

MILAN — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished them with details long released from the feminine realm for a highlands-stomping menswear collection previewed Saturday during Milan Fashion Week. Venturini Fendi said she was inspired by Princess Anne, whom she called “the chicest woman in the world,” capable of “maintaining her femininity while wearing …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Lahaina family finds cherished heirlooms and devastation in first home visit after deadly wildfire

Associated Press

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Leola Vierra stepped gingerly among the hardened pools of melted metal, charred wood and broken glass that are almost all that remain of the home where she lived for nearly 50 years. “This was my home.” Vierra, her husband and two adult children returned to the property Tuesday for the first time since the deadliest U.S. wildfire …

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1 year, 6 months ago

German curator on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families by the Nazis

LA Times

In Munich, Germany, Matthias Weniger, curator of the Bavarian National Museum, lifts a silver object stolen from Jews by the Nazis during the Third Reich. That’s when they ordered all German Jews to bring their personal silver objects to pawn shops across the Reich — one of many laws created to humiliate, punish and exclude Jews. “These silver objects handed …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Murdaugh family member mysteriously buying up family heirlooms on auction

Raw Story

Disgraced South Carolina ex-lawyer and convicted murder Alex Murdaugh's sister-in-law has stepped up, and is mysteriously buying up items from the family estate before they can be auctioned off, Newsweek reported on Monday. A previous report indicated a "frenzy buying" situation at the auction for Murdaugh items as people all over the South came forward to try to purchase items …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Al Capone's treasure trove of heirlooms sells for $3.1m

Daily Mail

The star lot was Capone's favorite gun, which he called 'sweetheart' and which sold for more than $1million The remarkable collection included several monogramed items of jewelry and Capone family photographs A treasure trove of items belonging to notorious Chicago mobster Al Capone, including the gangster's favorite gun - called 'sweetheart' - sold at auction for $3.1million. Sold for $56,700: …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Indians offload gold heirlooms as coronavirus deepens financial pain