Word: leathering
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...Tito's remains cross-country during his funeral parade, and has been kept in a Belgrade engine hangar ever since. The Blue Train reflects Tito's hedonistic lifestyle: it features the finest woolen carpets and car walls lined with mahogany carvings, and compartments furnished with silk drapes and burgundy leather armchairs. It's a true hotel on rails, including a dining car, cinema and three elaborately designed saloon cars, one of which was made especially for Charles de Gaulle in the late '60s. The legendary French President never actually used it, but Britain's Queen Elizabeth did - she slept there...
...with slicked black hair and a black leather trench coat over a black shirt and black jeans, Tena hardly looks like he just stepped out of a molecular biology...
...connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder When I told my friends I wanted to create a new luxury business, they shook their heads and said I was crazy," says Massimo Suppancig, the CEO of Valextra, a 67-year-old Milan-based leather-goods company once famous for catering to the likes of Maria Callas and Grace Kelly. In its heyday, Valextra had been known for filling extravagant custom orders - the Emir of Kuwait once commissioned 14 sets of hippopotamus-skin luggage. But over the past two decades, the business had declined...
...When I told my friends I wanted to create a new luxury business, they shook their heads and said I was crazy," says Massimo Suppancig, the CEO of Valextra, a 67-year-old Milan-based leather-goods company once famous for catering to the likes of Maria Callas and Grace Kelly. In its heyday, Valextra had been known for filling extravagant custom orders-the Emir of Kuwait once commissioned 14 sets of hippopotamus-skin luggage. But over the past two decades, the business had declined and licensing deals had diminished the name. Enter Suppancig in 2003, a former Hugo Boss...
...Manzoni. The minimal designs were soon back on the arms of fashionistas, including the house's trademark bag, "Punch," originally created in 1951. The bag comes in bright colors like kelly green and fuchsia and is made with 19th century techniques, including "boarding" treatment, or pressing the leather into a silky consistency using the palms of the hands. "This is not about logos, it's about the quality of the craftsmen," says Suppancig. And he's onto something very luxurious indeed: leather handbags sell for $670-$4,300, while exotic-skin bags range from...