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...Nearer to Beijing, the resorts are fancier, offering everything from Swiss-style chalets to trails in the shadow of the Great Wall. But few of the runs are long enough to take more than a minute to complete. Local topography is hilly rather than mountainous and poses little challenge to ardent ski demons. Many resorts also depend on artificial snow, which, in addition to providing less-than-ideal schussing conditions, requires thousands of tons of water in a region already suffering from drought. With Chinese skiers clamoring for tougher runs and posher digs, Western ski-resort companies are scouting...
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT you'd had enough of Lucite, architect Frank Gehry and Swiss furniture-design firm Vitra have teamed up to reissue Gehry's iconic 1972 Easy Edges collection of cardboard furniture. Included in the group are the Wiggle Side Chair and Low Table Set, above, both of which will be available in white, fluorescent green, orange lacquer and the original cardboard. Gehry has also added a new piece: Block, a solid cube of cardboard with colorfully painted sides. The collection will be available exclusively at Vitra's New York City and San Francisco stores. Prices range from...
...GENEVA Swiss women are crazy for Givenchy's Eye Fly mascara ($22), maybe because this city has a Givenchy...
WITH THE REOPENING of its New York City flagship store on Madison Avenue, above, Swiss leather-goods label Bally celebrates 155 years in business. To mark the occasion, the company has mounted an exhibition of shoes from the Bally Museum as well as historical images from the 1800s. Bally has also created a limited-edition shoe collection that will be sold exclusively at the store. The shoes, inspired by models from the '30s and '50s, feature handmade signature details such as leather piping and perforation. Says CEO Marco Franchini: "Our archive has served as inspiration to many designers...
Business-jet provider Privatair began operating private-label flights for Lufthansa, Swiss and KLM four years ago, but the first full-fledged airline, Eos, took off last fall from New York City's J.F.K. to London's Stansted. Its customized Boeing 757s have just 48 "suites," including lie-flat bed seats. Eos partners with London-based concierge firm Quintessentially to offer services to passengers from boarding until 24 hours after returning home, and its frequent-flyer points have a fixed cash value. Eos will even book customers on other airlines, paying for tickets with points from their accounts?a first...