Word: fashionization
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PARIS The French are known for being fashion forward, so it makes sense that Prada's most popular sneaker ($395) in the City of Light is silver, one of the season's biggest trends...
...stars, Rolex is recognized as the ultimate symbol of luxury and one of the finest Swiss watches?even though its origins are not Swiss. The brand dates back to 1905, when Hans Wilsdorf of Kulmbach, Germany, opened Wilsdorf & Davis watchmakers in London. At the time, men's fashion favored large-face pocket watches, but Wilsdorf became obsessed with creating movements small enough to be worn on the wrist. So in 1908, inspired by the sound a watch makes when wound, Wilsdorf trademarked the name Rolex, which was both easy to pronounce in many languages and short enough...
...organic ingredients and comes with an 11-point charter guaranteeing no formulas tested on animals and no animal-derived or genetically modified ingredients. So far, so much like other laudable products on sale at your local health store. But the difference with McCartney, who from the beginning of her fashion career a decade ago has used her fame as Beatle Paul's designing daughter as a soapbox for her principles, is that Care is also unashamedly glamorous...
Three and a half years ago, McCartney took her quest to Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, which, like her eponymous label, is owned by the Gucci Group. Maggie Ciafardini, CEO and managing director of the U.S. division of YSL Beauté, admits that what the fashion designer had in mind presented unique challenges: "What was key for Stella was to show that you could have gain without pain, and it was indeed a challenge for the R&D team to develop luxurious textures without any petrochemicals or chemical preservatives. Some products are particularly difficult to formulate, and the research and development took...
...sounds like the best of all possible worlds, it is. Like Thorne, a growing number of consumers around the world are beginning to realize that ownership?of cars, vacation homes, high-fashion gowns and even expensive artwork?doesn't always come with privileges. It used to be that possessing such status symbols was a measure of how successful you were. But with priorities shifting away from showing off such material markers to showing off financial smarts, the leasing bug is spreading fastest within the high-income brackets...