Word: leatherizing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...afternoon, I decide to salve my pounding head with a shopping spree (and half a bottle of aspirin). I skip the overpriced stores of Shangxiajiu and go to Dongshan district for cheap, brand-name Western garments. I then proceed to go mad, spending $106 on clothes, including a $7 leather "Gucci" wallet the clerk assures me was made in Italy?which must be what they're calling Shenzhen...
...pieces made with walrus intestines. Based on this organic idea, she then incorporated animal parts—cow stomachs and hog intestines—into her work. Despite the gruesome sound of these materials, the resulting work is surprisingly elegant. The final surfaces appear smooth and supple, much like leather but not as artificial. As in her other work, von Rydingsvard evokes the organic, yet in this instance she uses literal organs rather than the usual cedar...
...million in sales, and the ink has been black ever since. Gold and Williams celebrated by acquiring an En-glish bulldog they named Lulu, who has become the company's advertising mascot. In 1998 Gold sold out to the Rowe Cos., owners of Rowe Furniture, which makes upholstered and leather furniture, and two retail chains, Home Elements and Storehouse. The deal afforded Gold financial security, and the ongoing relationship is strictly hands...
...real wonder of the Mitchell Gold Co. is that its reach has consistently exceeded its limits. For all the ubiquity of those brown leather club chairs, they were an initial disaster. Gold and Williams picked up a pair of 1930s vintage chairs at a flea market outside Paris in 1994. But they were too small for 1990s American legs. When they approached leather wholesalers with their order, Gold and Williams found that American companies were not prepared for them: they could buy white leather or teal leather, but not basic brown. What's more, the key to the chairs...
...shipment passes under the watchful eye of a full-time statistician, a "master planner" who constantly surveys retailers and wholesalers, anticipating their demands so the factory can be ready with the necessary personnel and raw materials. In 2001 mad-cow disease had most manufacturers scrambling to fill orders for leather furniture, but not Gold: when the epidemic first made headlines, he bought up $5 million worth of South American hides, enough to keep the club chairs rolling for the next eight months. Result: 97% of the company's orders arrive on time. Gold limits his business to a selection...