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AN OSCARS DRESS worth over $150,000 (€133, 400) was stolen from the hotel room of Lupita Nyong’o.
The custom Calvin Klein Collection pearl-studded gown was worn by the actress to the Academy Awards on Sunday.
It was reported stolen from her hotel room at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, California late on Wednesday night. Representatives for the actress reported the theft.
The London Hotel released a statement saying: “This is a terribly unfortunate situation, and we are working with law enforcement on their investigation.”
Associated Press reports that detectives suspect the garment was stolen sometime between 8 and 9 pm on Wednesday.
They were at the hotel today looking for clues – including whether surveillance footage would reveal what happened to the gown.
The dress – which included 6,000 pearls of various sizes- took months to create and was designed by Francisco Costa in collaboration with Nyong’o.
The actress told a reporter for Yahoo Style that she was involved in the design process of the dress.
We talked about it being fluid and liquid…I wanted it to be a homage to the sea.
Nyong’o won a best supporting actress Oscar last year for her role in “12 Years a Slave”and was a presenter at Sunday’s ceremony.
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Since when are big bag of cans with the lads classed as groceries?
@I Crow: They’re more than groceries , they’re staples!!!
I’m basically 95% Bulmers and 5% Iceberger these days.
That’s hilarious. Heatwave- buy extra groceries, clothes, furniture, toys…. Poor weather conditions- buy extra groceries, clothes, toys. Buy buy buy!
Where do kantar get these figures ? How accurate are they. Dunnes, lild and Aldi are private companies and don’t give out this information.
@Martin Sinnott: from the named research firm in the article. You are very suspicious. Hope you haven’t had a bad experience in the past making you not trust people.
@Martin Sinnott: private companies supply data all the time for many reasons , they want to know how they are performing in market share ? They want to compare how their competitors are performing , research is conducted all the time for all kinds of data , mobile companies want to know their market share , car companies the list is endless , being private companies doesn’t mean they won’t share performance information , most industries have some credible source , in this case kantar are the reputable research company and as they monitor the data ongoing basis you can sure it is pretty accurate actually
@Dave Hammond: Lidl/Aldi are on top now with 23.1% and they are the best.
@Martin Sinnott: They give a sample audience scanners and pay them to record their weekly shopping (you can apply for those positions), that data is used for the trends and market share projections.
Only part of the data is made public, the specifics are sold back to the supermarkets.
The price of a bottle of sunscreen is just amazing €10 to €15 on average!
Previously for at home in Ireland one bottle of factor 15 would still have a good bit left in it for at least 2 or 3 years…
@Dotty Dunleary: try Aldi’s sunscreen
@Dotty Dunleary: I wonder what street it is you’re buying your sunscreen on, because it’s not the same street as I’m buying my sunscreen on. Down to Lildi with ya.
@Dotty Dunleary: I paid €30 for a bottle in the Dominican Republic last year, €10-15 is cheap in comparison!
@DaisyMay: If I wanted to end up like a lobster attracting flies I will! :-D
@Sam Harms: Big windows in that shop for tourists I’d say!
I thought the country was broke?
SuperValu dying a slow death. No value= lower sales. They been slipping constantly on this market research but done nothing about it?
How can four million people spend twenty seven pounds on groceries
@Peter Murphy: bags of ice probably account for 12 million
They normally wait outside the doors of these supermarkets to ask buyers for their receipts for to do the market research.
How can Supervalue sales only go up 0.1% and all others roughly 2.5 %?
@Kevin Cashin: because they’re expensive and they’re products have gone downhill
@Me_a_monkey: *their
No thanks to the propaganda spread by some media outlets.
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