Word: maier
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...Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Moderne, it was basically a marketing tool - a way to reinvigorate the world of French luxury goods. It transcended the role, of course, and luxury purveyors are again looking back to the jazz age for inspiration. Bottega Veneta designer Thomas Maier pays homage to the gold-leaf look with his latest collection of shoes (right). And at Fendi, Deco shapes grace the Vanity handbag (left). In October, Cartier will bring "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass" - an exhibit of mostly Art Deco jewelry - to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts...
...Deco began as a way of reinvigorating the French luxury-goods market when it was introduced in Paris in 1925 at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Moderne. Now luxury purveyors are looking back to the jazz age for inspiration. Bottega Veneta designer Thomas Maier has paid homage to the gold-leaf look with his fall collection of shoes, below. And at Fendi, Deco shapes are reproduced in the Vanity handbag, above. Next month, Cartier will bring "Cartier Design Viewed by Ettore Sottsass"--an exhibit of mostly Art Deco jewelry--to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts...
...Bottega Veneta store on New York's Fifth Avenue, designed by Bill Sofield and Tomas Maier...
...profit of up to $130 million each, and become billionaires - at least on paper. Who says the days of dotcom wealth are dead? Much Ado About Doing Nothing So what if the 35-hour week is holding back economic growth. Less is more, according to Corinne Maier, who praises France's laid-back work ethic in her satirical book, Bonjour Paresse (Hello Sloth: The Art and Necessity of Doing as Little as Possible at Work). Published in May in a modest initial run of 4,000 copies, Maier's essay ridicules the rigidity and bureaucracy of French management culture...
...certainly doesn’t purchase that at the expense of scholarly history,” Maier adds...