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...Saint Laurent, the high priest of Parisian chic, selling his financially burdened empire to France's pharmaceuticals and beauty-products company Elf Sanofi, itself a division of the state-owned petrochemical giant Elf Aquitaine. Look again. Elf Sanofi already owns such perfume brands as Oscar de la Renta, Van Cleef & Arpels and a share in Nina Ricci. The addition of YSL will create the world's third largest beauty-products group -- behind France's L'Oreal and Estee Lauder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The French Solution | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...fashionable six-story town house, Marcos preferred to stay in a $1,700-a-night Waldorf-Astoria suite.) Her personal secretary, Carino asserted, withdrew as much as $14.5 million in cash. A total of $6,671,919 went for jewels purchased from such houses as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judge Wapner, Where Are You? | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

Because the treasure includes booty captured during Assyrian raids, the discoveries may shed light on other cultures as well. But beyond its scientific importance, the jewelry is stunning in its own right. Some of it displays craftsmanship that puts even Van Cleef's to shame. There is an intricate crown woven from fine gold strands; a flask carved flawlessly from a solid block of crystal; a pair of heavy cuffs set with stones that look like large, startled eyes; a playful necklace festooned with teardrop pendants. "It sets a magnificent standard," says Georgina Herrmann, an archaeologist at the British Institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Treasures of Nimrud | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...hoity-toity that some stores have unlisted telephone numbers, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills seldom suffers life's gritty turns. But last week terror exploded in that swank precinct. It came in the form of a respectably dressed young man who buzzed his way into the exclusive Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry store, drew a revolver and announced a robbery. When police arrived almost immediately, the gunman took five people hostage. Protected by the store's bulletproof doors and windows, he killed two hostages: Saleswoman Ann Heilperin, 40, shot in the head, and Security Guard William Smith, 54, stabbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beverly Hills: Siege on Rodeo Drive | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

...first visit in eleven years by his New York City Ballet company. Accompanied by prodigal Ballerina Suzanne Farrell, 31, who had rejoined the Balanchine troupe after a 4½-year stint with the Bejart ballet in Brussels, the dance master made a trip to the jewelry shop of Van Cleef & Arpels. The reason: Balanchine's dazzling ballet Jewels, which had its French premiere last week, had been inspired 15 years ago by Claude Arpels, president of the jewelry company's Fifth Avenue branch. Dancer Farrell happily modeled some $10 million in sparklers at the store, but settled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 11, 1976 | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

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