Lucien Pellat-Finet, Fashion’s ‘King of Cashmere,’ Dies at 78

Lucien Pellat-Finet, Fashion’s ‘King of Cashmere,’ Dies at 78

Lucien Pellat-Finet, the French fashion designer whose brash, irreverent and unapologetically expensive sweaters earned him the nickname King of Cashmere, died on Feb. 26 in Trancoso, Brazil, where he had owned a home for more two decades. He was 78. A niece, Camille Dauchez, said that Mr. Pellat-Finet (pronounced pell-ah …

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Large statue of Egyptian Pharoah Ramses II found in Egypt

Large statue of Egyptian Pharoah Ramses II found in Egypt

A section of a limestone statue of Ramses II was unearthed by an Egyptian-US archaeological mission in El Ashmunein, south of the Egyptian city of Minya, Egypt in this handout image released on March 4, 2024. —Reuters An archaeological mission conducted by Egyptian and US archaeologists has discovered a large …

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