Easter Blossoms

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‘Flower talk’ is the way to go this Easter and what better gift than Easter lilies, that speak to your near and dear ones in style?

Perhaps more widely known as Madonna Lilies, these glorious, trumpet-shaped, heavily perfumed, waxy-white blooms, make an Easter statement all of their own and – depending on flower size and the number of buds – are available for Rs 150-450 per stem. With a daily change of water and a little stem trimming, they are long lasting cut flowers.

If white lilies are not your style then present that special person with a stem or two of Stargazer lilies; their powerful perfume wafts out from dark pink, brown speckled trumpets which is impossible to ignore. Stargazer lilies come in the same price range as Madonna lilies do.

Eating In Colour

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In her bestselling book Eating in Color: Delicious, Healthy Recipes for You and Your Family, health expert Frances Largeman-Roth highlights the benefits of eating vegetables and fruit of varying colours.

She further states that if parents refer to fruit and vegetables according to their colours, they will succeed in encouraging their children to eat them. For example,     Largeman-Roth offered her daughter Willa “reds, oranges and greens” instead of beets, sweet potatoes and broccoli, which she claims resulted in Willa trying new, healthy foods.

The book has spawned a ‘coloured food revolution’ of sorts, and has led to nutritionists recommending fruit and vegetables of different colours to patients due to their health benefits, which include improved overall health and even weight loss.

Here is a guide to eating in colour:

Marching Out From Peshawar To The World!

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The British often boast, with some merit, that they brought democracy, irrigation, railways and the blue-fin trout to the Subcontinent. Recently it seems they decided to take something back in terms of inspiration.

The world famous British designer Paul Smith launched a new $595 sandal called ‘Robert’. The sandal is identical to the ubiquitous Peshawari chappal, that hallmark of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), with the exception of a pronounced pink neon stripe around the base of the shoe. The launch had many a nationalist up in arms claiming that nothing screams “Pakhair Raghlay” (a Pashtho greeting) more than naswar, chappli kababs and the Peshawari chappal.

 

Radiant Orchid – Pantone’s Colour Of 2014

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After crowning emerald Colour of the Year in 2013, Pantone recently surprised the design industry by reaching across the colour wheel to ‘radiant orchid’, as the colour of 2014.

This captivating hue is a harmonious composition of fuchsia, purple and pink, and while it lends itself well to fashion and décor, its feminine undertones make it a challenging colour to incorporate within the architecture of a house.

Amin Jaffer Picks The Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication No. 97912

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The Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication
No. 97912 (1898)
An 18 carat pink gold open-face, perpetual calendar chronograph
with moon phases
Estimated price: $1,000,000-1,500,000
Price realised: $1,701,690
A world auction record for a Patek Philippe complication.

A pocket watch by Patek Philippe which was sold for $2.2 million at Christie’s in New York last month has caused quite a stir! Never seen before in public, The Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication No. 97912 will send scholars back to the reference books to rewrite the history of Grand Complications – the most covetable and complex of all timepieces.

Amin Jaffer Picks An Exceptional Padparadscha And Diamond Ring

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An Exceptional Padparadscha And Diamond Ring
Within a brilliant-cut diamond surround, floral motif gallery and trifurcated shoulders, mounted in 18k rose gold
Ring size: 6.25
Estimated price: $1-1.5 million

I couldn’t resist talking about this beautiful ring set with an oval-shaped padparadscha. The name padparadscha is derived from Sanskrit: padma meaning lotus and raga meaning colour. The colour of the gemstone resembles the famed and beautiful lotus flower of Sri Lanka, the first source of these remarkable gems.