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...American naturalism over European historicism. As John Loring, design director of Tiffany's since 1979, explains, "Our unofficial motto is that Mother Nature is the best designer." From a delicate diamond-and-sapphire dragonfly hair ornament (circa 1895) to an Art Deco platinum-and-diamond necklace that invokes the Manhattan skyline (circa 1930), the exhibition illustrates how Tiffany's has achieved international renown for truly American craftsmanship. Holly Golightly would have loved it. gilbert-collection.org.uk
...Times Square when I went to reach for my wallet—but came up empty handed. I franticly checked all my pockets. Passers-by probably thought I was doing the Macarena as I patted every possible place I could have put it. I was in the middle of Manhattan, of all places, without any money, credit cards, or I.D. and with no way to board my plane home some days later. As this dawned on, me paranoia set in. I retraced my steps. Eventually I calmed down, cancelled my credit cards, filed a police report, found friends to loan...
...November 2004, Plotkin introduced Shpigelman to Pajcin at a Russian day spa and sauna in lower Manhattan, according to prosecutors...
...naturalism over European historicism. As John Loring, design director of Tiffany's since 1979, explains, "Our unofficial motto is that Mother Nature is the best designer." From a delicate diamond-and-sapphire dragon-fly hair ornament (circa 1895) to an Art Deco platinum-and-diamond necklace that invokes the Manhattan skyline (circa 1930), the exhibition illustrates how Tiffany's has achieved international renown for truly American craftsmanship. Holly Golightly would have loved it. gilbert-collection.org.uk
...without dumbing down the creative process. There's a scene in the first season in which eventual winner Jay McCarroll, stuck trying to draw up a design that is classic and tasteful while reflecting his flamboyant style, looks out the window and sees the burnished Art Deco crown of Manhattan's Chrysler Building, which he reinterprets as a dress. It's a better, more succinct illustration of creative inspiration than most novels and movies about artists manage. "That was a magic moment," says Lipsitz. "At best, we want to show that the way the individual characters see the world translates...