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...retailers are scrambling to redefine themselves. Tiffany & Co. is opening smaller stores. J. Crew has set up shop in a former Tribeca bar and propped it with real liquor bottles along with the bow ties. Times may be tough, but things of great beauty?objects, food, buildings, places, clothing, jewelry???will never lose their appeal. There is a widely accepted theory that in moments of real political, social or economic stress, lipstick sales spike. People may spend less on frivolous items and shop more judiciously, but when they do shop, they will demand more of the experience and of luxury...
...years ago, Gruosi-Scheufele recognized the need for more fine jewelry???and, frankly, more exceptional, camera-ready pieces?on the red carpet. She signed on as the official sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival and started smothering celebrities like Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Hurley and Charlize Theron in Chopard's "real rocks." One thing led to another, and demand for statement pieces grew along with Chopard's high-jewelry collection. The Madison Avenue store keeps some of these special pieces on the floor. Additionally, Gruosi-Scheufele created a few more accessible pieces to coincide with the New York store's opening...
...most designers?whether they work in fashion, fabrics, architecture or even, say, jewelry???make it their business, literally, to divine what consumers will want next. Can kid mohair become the new cashmere? Will tanzanite ever replace diamonds? Can consumer conscientiousness co-exist with the new luxury? Designers put forth these questions first, and then they find the technology or the raw materials or the audacity to propose them as ideas. As Miuccia Prada points out, often the idea that seems the least likely to succeed is the one that becomes the best seller. Today technology moves quickly, and tastes...
Pavé, a popular setting for diamond jewelry???the close placement of the stones maximizes the sparkle, while the typically small size of the diamonds minimizes the cost?is the latest technique designers are using (usually with crystals) to create accessories that dazzle. Giorgio Armani and Valentino have both taken a shine...
...suddenly become the focus of her countrymen's attention. It was she who appeared on television to reveal the seriousness of her husband's illness. It was she who, choking back tears, announced that he had died. And it was again she?dressed in black unadorned with jewelry???who symbolized Argentina's sorrow. The icy smile, the tightly pulled-back hair dyed dark blonde and the slightly strident voice of Maria Estela ("Isabelita") Martinez de Perón, 43, last week dominated the thoughts of Argentines nearly as much as did the death of her husband Juan Per?...
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