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RALPH LAUREN PURPLE LABEL

SILK POLKA-DOT TIEV

Ralph Lauren Purple Label focuses on the finer aspects of life, from classic designs to highquality fabrics and high-calibre craftsmanship.

ISAIA

STRIPED COMO SHIRT

Not only do sharp lines and clean silhouettes define Neapolitan tailoring as a whole, but they’re also the pillars that set family-run ISAIA apart.

AGNONA LINEN TAPERED TROUSERS

These linen tapered trousers pay homage to the brand’s strong textile history, with an exceptionally lightweight base woven from premium fibres for luxuriously soft wear.

CHURCH’S LEATHER GATESHEAD PENNY LOAFERS

Church’s Gateshead model offers a traditional loafer silhouette complete with a penny slot to the front.

ALAÏA

BELTED SHIRT DRESS

This shirt dress is made from crisp cotton poplin and cinched at the waist with the brand’s signature corset-inspired leather belt.

Balmain

Mini Embellished 1945 Soft Shoulder Bag

The vintage appeal of Balmain’s 1945 Soft shoulder bag is entirely intentional – after all, it’s modelled after mid-century styles taken directly from the Maison’s vast archives.

ALAÏA

BOOTCUT JEANS

Although featuring a simple bootcut fit, the high waist cinches in the frame and the resulting hourglass figure is emphasised by the smart seams at the lower back.

Jimmy Choo

INDIYA

70 Leather Mules

The Indiya mules are the label’s latest offering; set atop a medium-sized heel and detailed with delicate straps that are held together by an embellished heart, the pair boasts instant must-have status.

Vasil Hadzhimanov And Big Band RTS

21 June – Kolarac – 20.00

Extraordinary concert in which the celebrated jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer Vasil Hadzhimanov will perform as a soloist, celebrating 30 years of career on the music scene. Meet the top performer whose music is defined by critics as “the harmony of tradition, roots and the most valuable musical heritage with the music of today.” On the program is the original music of Vasil Hadzhimanov, which will be performed in completely new arrangements for this occasion. We’ll see you on 21 June, in the Great Hall of the Kolarc Endowment, at 8 p.m.

Yasmin Levy

22 June – Belgrade Waterfront – 21.00

Yasmin Levy is a deep female vocal surrounded by Sephardic music inspired by flamenco. Yasmin sings about love in the Spanish Jewish language Ladino. From an early age, she was exposed to Ladino culture and singing because her father (Yitzhak Levy) was a very important figure in the circle of people researching and preserving Jewish-Spanish culture, whose tradition has its roots in 15th century Spain. To this day, ladino remains one of the most poignant and romantic musical traditions. In her deep and poignant singing style, Yasmin Levy simultaneously preserves and resurrects the most beautiful songs of her Jewish-Spanish Ladino heritage, fusing them with Andalusian flamenco.

Wine Garden

3,4 June – Botanička bašta

For the fifth year in a row, during the first weekend of June 2023, the Botanical Garden “Jevremovac” will become a wine garden - the Wine Garden will be held. Since its first edition, one of the most popular events in the capital has gone beyond the scope of wine events that visitors are used to. This manifestation is not only dedicated to wine but has grown into an event where lovers of nature, music and excellent food also gather. Wine tastings are unlimited and free; for better enjoyment, every visitor will receive a wine glass at the entrance. Jazz, evergreen, foreign pop and film music, the most beautiful pieces of classical music will be played, and swing and rockabilly will be played. Lazy beds and mats for sitting will be placed on the large green areas, so everyone can find their own corner to enjoy.

Scorpions

25 June – Štark Arena – 20.00

The legendary rock group Scorpions will hold an exclusive concert in Belgrade on 25 June in Štark Arena. After five years since the previous spectacular performance in Belgrade at the same place, and after numerous calls from fans, Scorpions decided to expand the already contracted tour and add this one concert in Belgrade for the audience of the Balkans. Scorpions’ concerts are a real rock spectacle in the full sense, thus confirming their reputation as one of the few bands that stands out today in original performances and quality sound. Their songs “Still loving you”, “Wind of Change” and “Send me an Angel” became timeless hits that are still playing on numerous radio stations today. Still, despite the incredible success of these ballads, Scorpions are primarily a hard rock band that brings fierce energy on stage with songs like “Rock You Like An Hurricane”, “Blackout”, “Dynamite” and others.

Just Like You

Nick

Hornby

1741 rsd

On an average Saturday morning in a butcher’s shop in North London, Lucy and Joseph meet on opposite sides of the counter. She is a teacher and mother of two, with a past, she is trying to forget; he is an aspiring DJ with a wide-open future that maybe needs to start becoming more focused. Lucy and Joseph are opposites in almost all ways. Can something life-changing grow from uncommon ground? Nick Hornby’s brilliantly observed, tender and brutally funny new novel gets to the heart of what it means to fall headlong in love with the best possible person - someone who may not be just like you at all.

More Fool Me

Stephen Fry

1457 rsd

In his early thirties, Stephen Fry - writer, comedian, star of stage and screen - had, as they say, ‘made it’. Much loved in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, author of a critically acclaimed and bestselling first novel, The Liar, with a glamorous and glittering cast of friends, he had more work than was perhaps good for him. What could possibly go wrong? Then, as the 80s drew to a close, he discovered a most enjoyable way to burn the candle at both ends and took to excess like a duck to breadcrumbs. Writing and recording by day and haunting a never-ending series of celebrity parties, drinking dens, and poker games by night, he fooled all those except those closest to him in a ludicrous and impressive act of bravado.

Sabotage: The Hidden Nature of Finance

Anastasia Nesvetailova

1295 rsd

The fundamental motive for financial innovation is not to improve the system but to avoid regulation and oversight. This is not a bug of the financial system but a built-in feature. The president of the US is not a tax avoider because he is an especially fraudulent financier; he’s a tax avoider because he is a wealthy man in a system premised on such deceit. Finance is an industry of sabotage. This book is detective story that traces the origins of financial sabotage, starting with the work of a prescient American economist who saw the capacity for banks and businesses to dissemble and profit as early as the 1920s. With each financial bust, people expect to hear who the culprit was, and cynically know to not expect much punishment to ever reach them. But the innovation of this book is to show that each individual gaming the system isn’t a crook-the whole system is sabotage.

Tech Boss Lady

Adriana Gascoigne

971 rsd

The founder of Girls in Tech offers first-hand accounts of the realities of startup life, with the very best advice from top women entrepreneurs. You know startups are hard, but what is it like to fail, have a falling out with your co-founder, or to go through hundreds of pitches in an effort to get funded? In Tech Boss Lady, Adriana Gascoigne dives into the gritty, raw side of startups. She shares her story of defying Silicon Valley’s boy’s club and founding the largest organisation for female entrepreneurs in the world and candid true tales from more than 20 leading women in tech. The result: a no-nonsense guide for the entrepreneur, intrapreneur and Tech Boss Lady within each of us.

Time For Socialism

Thomas Piketty 1903 rsd

As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron’s ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the perspective of his fight for a more equitable world. This collection combines those articles and is prefaced by an extended introductory essay. Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hyper-capitalism that defines our current economic ideology. These essays offer a first draft of history from one of the world’s leading economists and public figures.

The Lubetkin Legacy

Marina Lewycka

1174 rsd

North London in the twenty-first century is where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from the hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother rather than lose the council flat. A time of golden job opportunities, though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean, work as an intern at an undertaker, or put up with champagne and posh French dinners while your boss hits on you. A place rich in language - whether it’s Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian, Swahili or buxom housing officers talking managementese. A place where husbands go absent without leave and councillors sacrifice cherry orchards at the altar of new builds. Marina Lewycka is back in this hilarious, farcical, tender novel of modern issues and manners.