Word: leatherized
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Although the dinner was a celebration of Bottega Veneta's new Avenue Montaigne store--a place that Maier designed right down to the boulangerie-style window display of rows of woven-leather accessories--there were other reasons for a fête. In addition to new lines of fine jewelry and furniture, Maier opened 18 stores in 2005; 10 more will make their debut this year. He has transformed Bottega Veneta, which is on its way to an estimated $238 million in sales this year, into PPR's second most successful label after Gucci--even surpassing the iconic Yves Saint Laurent brand...
...sure needs a lot of cash. A typical bag--the popular woven Cabat tote, for example--rings in at more than $2,000 and can run as high as $75,000 if made in an exotic skin such as crocodile. The company's real signature--woven, or intrecciato, leather--was developed in 1966 when Bottega Veneta started as a family business in the Veneto region of Italy, an area known for soft leather and the craftsmen who know how to manipulate it. The big idea back then--and still today--was to use glove leather for bags, creating a soft...
...novel: “Marcus then leaned across me to open the passenger-side door. He was invading my personal space, as I had learned in Psych class, and I instinctively sank back into the seat. That just made him move in closer. I was practically one with the leather at this point, and unless I hopped into the backseat, there was nowhere else...
...book. He was definitely invading my personal space, as I had learned in a Human Evolution class last summer, and I instinctively backed up till my legs hit the chair I had been sitting in. That just made him move in closer, until the grommets in the leather embossed the backs of my knees, and he finally tilted the book toward...
...novel: “Marcus then leaned across me to open the passenger-side door. He was invading my personal space, as I had learned in Psych class, and I instinctively sank back into the seat. That just made him move in closer. I was practically one with the leather at this point, and unless I hopped into the backseat, there was nowhere else...