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...Delhi and an export business, Chaudhri, 30, has the money, if not necessarily the time, to go on shopping safari, and her closet is full of trophies: Louis Vuitton, Prada and Chanel handbags; sunglasses by Bulgari and Gucci; countless designer outfits; shoes by Sergio Rossi, Tod's and Jimmy Choo. These days, she doesn't have to go overseas to indulge. Jimmy Choo, for example, just announced plans to open its first outlet in India, much to Chaudhri's delight. "I think it is fabulous," she says, "because India has become a great luxury goods market." Upscale Indians "are super...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Lust for Luxe | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...brands love India. Jimmy Choo and Gucci are just the latest makers of luxury goods to target India as the next hot growth market, joining Herm?s, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Piaget, Tiffany, Moschino and others. Last October, Chanel launched its brand by organizing an exhibition and haute couture extravaganza in New Delhi's tony Imperial Hotel with models flown in from Paris. That same month, Swatch Group introduced its Breguet watches (average price: $30,000) to India, which it hails as one of the world's most enticing growth markets. In January, the Indian government gave upscale retailers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Lust for Luxe | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...semifinals are great food, great drinks, great company-paradise on earth. If the world only knew-we islanders have kept it a secret," laughs Stephen Choo Quan, 32, an expat Trini living in the U.S., who tries to get home every year to attend. Anthony McQuilkin, 63, has played the bass pan in Desperadoes for over 40 years. Desperadoes is a 120-member steel band that was formed in the 1940s, and has won Panorama 10 times since the competition's inception. "The musical arrangements are very intricate," he says. "Every player has been practicing this tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sheer Pandemonium | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

...Saturday night prior to Carnival Monday (it's Feb. 27 this year). But the semifinals are where the real action is. "The semifinals are great food, great drinks, great company - paradise on earth. If the world only knew - we islanders have kept it a secret," laughs Stephen Choo Quan, 32, an expat Trini living in the U.S., who tries to get home every year to attend. Anthony McQuilkin, 63, has played the bass pan in Desperadoes for over 40 years. Desperadoes is a 120-member steel band that was formed in the 1940s, and has won Panorama 10 times since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sheer Pandemonium | 1/21/2006 | See Source »

...ripped out of Architectural Digest. Her husband Bill's closet now has dark wood, granite counters and custom carpeting (plus a secret passageway to his office). Her closet has mirrored doors, crystal knobs, marble counters and muted shades of creamy beige and icy green, much like a Jimmy Choo shop she adores. "It feels like I'm shopping in a fancy store every day," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Closet Obession | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

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