W articles from March 2003

W archives from March 2003

Personal Shopper. (Reader Service).
March 1, 2003... As your Personal Shopper, contact me at WPersonalShopper.com or call 1.800.428.1151. I'll be happy to help you with all your what-to-give, where-to-buy and where-to-go questions. The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess The AAA Fairmont...

Personal Shopper. (Reader Service).
March 1, 2003... As your Personal Shopper, contact me at WPersonalShopper.com or call 1.800.428.1151. I'll be happy to help you with all your what-to-give, where-to-buy and where-to-go questions. How I love March in NYC, the windows filled with the latest &...

The month in fashion: some designers get wrapped up in togas; others decide to throw in the towel. (News).
March 1, 2003... Designers continue to push the boundaries of good taste with their sexy new projects, but some have found less of an audience for either the "va" or the "voom." * SEX DIDN'T SELL Have fashion customers become prudish? Designers who...

Vanderbilt genes. (Flashback).
March 1, 2003... In 1964, after three failed marriages and a life in the spotlight, Gloria Vanderbilt, the great-great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, was busy pursuing a normal life. Very normal. She and her fourth husband, Wyatt Cooper, were...

A model daughter. (Fast Forward).
March 1, 2003... Sharing the runway with Veruschka and Pat Cleveland would be considered modeling nirvana for many young hopefuls. But it was just another day out with Mom for 13-year-old Anna van Ravenstein, daughter of Cleveland--the legendary Seventies and...

Family ties. (Letter from the Editors).
March 1, 2003... March As Tolstoy so famously noted in the opening of Anna Karenina, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" And to think that he never even heard of the Osbournes. Families in the 21st century may...

Letters: Readers react.
March 1, 2003... One Thing's Certain I can't say enough in regard to your magnificent "Survivors" feature (January), which showcased such stunning and talented women. As a lesser-known survivor "of a certain age," I felt inspired and validated by those...

Redo redux. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... All the applique seashell moldings in the world--really all of them--aren't enough to get the famously finicky Julia and David Koch excited about their palatial Palm Beach residence. The Kochs--who hired David Mlinaric to do over Jacqueline...

Ox by Oxenberg. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... There may yet be a salve for Nan Kempner, Blaine Trump, Christie Brinkley and other women who are still traumatized after being slapped with a subpoena during the Great Shahtoosh Crackdown of 2000. Royal offspring Christina Oxenberg (sister of...

A happy ending. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... It was an invitation most would covet: an evening at Dodie Rosekrans' grand Venetian apartment. But friends nearly dropped their teeth into the canal when they looked closely at the elegant card, which offered what appeared to be an invitation...

Goodbye girl. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... Sophie Dahl may have chosen to make a certain British rock fossil the love interest of her new novel, The Man With the Dancing Eyes (rumored to be based on her relationship with Mick Jagger), but she seems to have moved on to some decidedly...

Major Barbra. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... Southampton has a new soundtrack--and it's a little bit tacky, but still fabulous. Two years ago, when Robert Burns and Greg Connors bought the Shaheen brothers' outsize mansion on First Neck Lane--arguably the finest house on the fabled...

Cates the great. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... It's now or never for society bird-watchers who'd like to see the last known habitat of the nearly extinct swan: Gloria and Noel Guinness' sprawling Paris duplex. More recently the pied-a-terre of the late Nelia Cates, herself a grande dame of...

Dear Abby. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... Sydney Poitier looks terrific in a slip dress. Sydney Tamlia Poitier, that is--the daughter of the legendary actor and herself the fashionable star of "Abby," the UPN sitcom that premiered last month. Poitier plays the title character, a TV...

A Stone's throw. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... It's all gone wrong for Rolling Stone Ron Wood and his upscale Harrington Club, the members-only watering hole that he founded four years ago in London's South Kensington. After bitter arguments with his business partners regarding outstanding...

Saatchi's revenge. (Uncensored).
March 1, 2003... Charles Saatchi, Britain's most voracious art collector, is ready to meet Tate galleries director Nicholas Serota head-on. This spring, Saatchi is opening a 40,000-square-foot private gallery on the South Bank of the Thames and filling it with...

Work force: making yourself useful is more fun when utilitarian chic turns sensible into sexy. (Trend).
March 1, 2003... Heels or hiking boots? Decisions can be difficult, especially for fashion girls with a pragmatic side. Luckily, a host of spring wares blends form with function. Designers know that industrial elements can add a little edge to the everyday...

Fashion front: when Donna Karan's daughter, Gabrielle, plighted her troth in an all-white wedding, the event was an affair to remember. (Fashion Flash).
March 1, 2003... If motherhood is the world's most difficult occupation, then being the mother of the bride is crunch time at the office. So just imagine the stress level when the MOB is also her couturier. On December 10, on the dreamlike island of Parrot...

Costume institute: the spring haute season was a spectacular affiar, filled with high chic and high theater. (Fashion Flash).
March 1, 2003... Forget your troubles. Come on, get haute-y. That tune played throughout the recent spring haute couture collections in Paris, where opulence ruled and no one gave more than a passing nod to the constant news updates of a world lurching closer...

Getting oriented: Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton are having a big moment in Tokyo--but please hold the sushi.
March 1, 2003... Could I get some pasta with Bolognese sauce?" Marc Jacobs has just landed in Tokyo--mecca of tempura and teriyaki--but he's craving Italian. He and his Louis Vuitton staff have settled into a restaurant on the 41st floor of the Park Hyatt...

Film's fashion passion: great clothes are back on the screen once more, as moviemakers resume a longtime love affair. (Fashion Flash).
March 1, 2003... Long before red carpet--watching became a national pastime, fashion fans drew inspiration from big-screen style. Now, thankfully, the full-blown fashion film has made a comeback While the tail end of 2002 brought some of the best-costumed films...

Handheld: talk about grab bags. The newest carry-on is the clutch, in a dazzling pairing of silver and black. (Accessories Flash).
March 1, 2003... Gear up. It's time to rev up your social calendar because designers are offering a wide selection of glamwear for spring that should have you party-hopping happily all season long. The right evening bag, of course, is a must. But forget masses...

That touch of pink: fanciful sandals fluffed up with feminine accents are essential to the rites of spring. (Accessories Flash).
March 1, 2003... Remember Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief? Shoe designers certainly do, because they're creating sandals--reminiscent of the Fifties and early Sixties--that conjure up images of elegant ballrooms, cotillions and fine-featured debutantes in...

Oscars on ice: big, breathtaking diamonds are as much a part of Hollywood history as the awards themselves. (Accessories Flash).
March 1, 2003... March 23 marks the Oscars' 75th anniversary--its diamond anniversary, that is--and if the world's great jewelry houses have their say, it will be the most glamorous and sparkling occasion in the history of the planet. And why not? After...

Primetime Perry Ellis. (Special Advertising Section).
March 1, 2003... Perry Ellis goes primetime this spring with a collection of modern classics that will give your wardrobe a few plot twists of its own. To help you look the part, the men and women of SHOWTIME's series demonstrate that there are no limits to...

High times: they're back. Lift your spirits this season with stylish platforms and wedges. (Accessories Flash).
March 1, 2003... Feminine clothes with a little or a lot--of drama ruled the runways for spring. And shoe designers were in step with the theatrics, turning out a slew of frisky sandals. Platforms and wedges were the showstoppers, especially in mile-high,...

Cuff love: strike up the bands. The latest fashion passion in fine jewelry is for the boldest bracelets. (Accessories Flash).
March 1, 2003... Cuffs have always had a certain iconic quality. Coca Chanel had her Maltese cross versions, while Millicent Rogers sported Native American silver and turquoise pieces and Diana Vreeland wore her ivory numbers for decades. Although cuffs look...

Head over heels: Hooray for Hollywould! Holly Dunlap's young shoe firm is one of the hottest around. (Accessories Flash).
March 1, 2003... It's not every day that you meet a fledgling designer who has pulled an all-nighter with John Galliano or cooked with Duran Duran. But a conversation with Holly Dunlap feels like a chat with an up-to-date Holly Golightly. Dunlap is the woman...

The gold and the beautiful: with these dazzling high heels, jewels and watches, there's no excuse to be a wallflower. (Accessories Flash).
March 1, 2003... The Circle and the Square James de Givenchy was just 12 years old when his father slipped off a yellow gold GirardPerregaux watch with a crocodile strap and put it on his son's wrist. That moment triggered the jewelry designer's...

Spree spirit: ready to shop? Here, W's list of spring must have, in no particular order. (Shopping).
March 1, 2003... Pleats, Please TSE's brushed cotton skirt, $765, at select TSE stores. Block Party David Yurman's 18k gold, diamond and aquamarine ring, $4,500, at David Yurman, New York. Orange Crush Vestimenta's wool and cotton twill...

The perfect marriage: Biotherm's modern new makeup line aims to both embellish and replenish your skin. (Beauty Flash).
March 1, 2003... When Biorherm, the elite 50-year-old French skin care company, finally set out to create a makeup line, the executives and product specialists, naturally, took a look at what was already on the market. "A lot of makeup companies were making fun...

Face the future: when modern science and ingenuity converge--Botox creams, anyone?--the result is skin care that targets every problem, from some very new angles. (Beauty Flash).
March 1, 2003... Thought you'd heard it all when it came to skin care solutions? Think again. Just when it seemed that the beauty industry had exhausted every possible recipe for achieving a more youthful complexion, along comes a new crop of highly innovative...

Second skin: a new generation of entrepreneurs is leading the charge in boutique skin care. (Beauty Flash).
March 1, 2003... Sometimes the most promising skin care lines are the ones you hear about through word of mouth. Niche brands rarely advertise--unless you count the flawless complexions of the lucky few who have discovered them. But we've uncovered four of the...

Color me happy: Spring's glowing, gorgeous tropical colors give new meaning to good lighting. (Beauty Flash).
March 1, 2003... If the mere mention of orange, pink and coral makeup instantly-and scarily-evokes your grandmother's dusty makeup drawer, then get ready for a pleasant surprise as spring's fresh color palette features modern updates of these typically...

The best in day spas and skin care salons. (Advertisement).
March 1, 2003... East Coast: Elizabeth Grady Skin Care Salons 1-800-FACIALS 30 salons in 5 states: MA, CT, NH, RI & NY website: www.elizabethgrady.com "Where Beauty Meets Medicine[TM]" -- John P. Walsh, President Elizabeth Grady skin-care products...

Euroflash: two new destinations, in New York and Paris, offer late-night hedonism of the most glamorous order. (Going Out).
March 1, 2003... Orient Excess \ New York "GEISHA.... Gaaay-zha. The name is sexy, no?" If excitement is truly contagious, Vittorio Assaf is ready for quarantine. Sipping a macchiato alongside partner Fabio Granato in Serafina Fabulous Grill, one piece...

Critical eye: Cojocaru comes clean...Barney and friends storm the Guggenheim...Frances McDormand rocks out...a smutty classic demands submission...and Boomkat blows up. (Reviews).
March 1, 2003... BOOKS As the West Coast style editor of people, flamboyant in-house fashion kibitzer for "Today" and all-around media-personality-for-hire, Steven Cojocaru has spent enough time basking in other people's reflected limelight to get himself...

Glitter brigade. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... In New York, the holiday season saw Gilded Age excess both uptown and down, with Rena Kirdar Sindi's blowout at the Versace boutique and Marc Jacobs' company party at Capitale. At the Jacobs fete, an ode to Moulin Rouge!, there was a...

The story of Olga: how did an obscure Russian socialite get the world's top fashion lensmen to take her picture? (Eye).
March 1, 2003... In the tight circle of Russian expatriates in Paris, a rumor began to circulate recently concerning a mysterious and socially ambitious Muscovite who had managed to snag a hush-hush sitting with Helmut Newton, the reclusive shutterbug...

Spanish steps: with The Dancer Upstairs, actor Javier Bardem inches closer to Hollywood stardom. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... Let every A-list leading man utter a silent prayer that Javier Bardem never chooses to make a big Hollywood movie. So far, the fabulously broken-faced 32-year-old Madrid native has flown pretty much beneath the radar of America's US...

Pink ladies. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... When it comes to movie premieres, there's no time like the holidays. Gangs of New York kicked off a weeklong stretch of red-carpet madness on its home turf. Co-star Cameron Diaz, who plays a skillful pickpocket in the film, revealed how she...

Indy chick. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... At 22, Sarah Fisher is the only female racer in the American Indy Racing League, but she doesn't let the guys at the track boss her around. "They respect me," says fisher, who whips around the track at 232 mph. This spring she's racing fore Tag...

A beautiful mind: with a succession of gritty roles, Monica Bellucci evolves from sex symbol to actress. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... Monica Bellucci never likes her beauty to get in the way of a good story--which may explain why, in upcoming films, she's beaten, raped and trapped in the Nigerian jungle. "Playing the beauty queen is boring. I need a challenge, I need a...

Bowes and arrows: strong-willed collectors John and Frances Bowes are the art world's power couple. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... When John and Prances Bowes want something done, nothing can stand in their way, Mother Nature included. A few years ago, architects and engineers in New York and the West Indies who were codesigning an elegantly minimalist compound on St....

Suddenly Suzan: Suzan-Lori Parks has a new play, a first novel and a musical on the way. So why is she singing the blues? (Eye).
March 1, 2003... It's not yet noon, but playwright Suzan-Lori Parks has already put in nearly eight hours of writing, typical of a "good day," when she crawls out of bed at 4 a.m. to fire up her Apple G4 Titanium PowerBook. The punishing schedule has certainly...

Dancers in the dark. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... Flurries, knee-high snowbanks and car service delays are obstruction enough to keep most partygoers at home. But not when Aerin Lauder, Jane Lauder and Lillian von Stauffenberg send the invitations. The junior jet set made their way to the Neue...

Personal Shopper. (Reader Service).
March 1, 2003... As your Personal Shopper, contact me at WPersonalShopper.com or call 1.800.428.1151. I'll be happy to help you with all your what-to-give, where-to-buy and where-to-go questions. Travel Notes The Peninsula Beverly Hills The...

Rising son: Ed Stoppard, son of lauded playwright Tom, is carving out his own identity in the theater--as an actor. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... Ed Stoppard knew his career was off to a promissing--if agonising--start two years ago when he was forced to choose between working with Roman Polanski and Robert Altman. "It was an irritating moment, to say the least," says the 28-year-old...

All in the family: surviving sex, scandal and litigation, the Zanucks may just be the sanest clan in Hollywood. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... Childhood cannot have been the sunniest of times for young Dick Zanuck. As the only son of Hollywood's ruthless, womanizing, workaholic studio dictator Darryl F. Zanuck (the late co-founder of 20th Century Fox and pioneer of the fabled "casting...

Living legends. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... Monaco's dancefest Les Nijinsky 2002 was organized under the patronage of that most elegant balletomane, Princess Caroline of Hanover, but the star of the night had to be emcee Jeanne Moreau. "She has never done a pas de deux, but she has never...

Rachel, Rachel: Rachel Griffiths' dark turn on "Six Feet Under" has unsettled legions of fans. Imagine how she feels. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... One of Hollywood's cardinal rules is never to confuse the actor with the role, but don't bother telling that to Rachel Griffiths. Not since she heard about an overzealous fan of "Six Feet Under," the darkly comic HBO drama in which she stars as...

High noon. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... The ladies left their town cars waiting, stowed their furs at the coat check and lunched--and lunched, and lunched--their way through the holiday season. Foodwise, the highlight was a benefit for God's Love We Deliver at New York's Jean...

What Hicks. (Eye).
March 1, 2003... Ashley Hicks' biography of his late father, David Hicks, leaves one question unanswered: Would Dad have been happy with it? Maybe not. The elder Hicks, an interior designer who reached his height in the Seventies, when his clashing colors and...

Sleek and polished. (March).
March 1, 2003... There's a certain satisfaction in getting things done--as in, finished. Getting "done" in the fashion sense of the term can also be satisfying, since it means polished up, rewed up, without a hair out of place. In this issue, three of our...

G.B: how do you spell sultry? G-i-s-e-l-e B-u-n-d-c-h-e-n, in sex-kitten looks that suggest the young Brigitte Bardot.
March 1, 2003... Missoni's gold Lurex and polyester leggings, at Missoni, New York. David Yuman bracelets. Beauty Note: Nothing comes between you and your sheets when skin is this smooth. Try Uvavita Antioxidant Body System Exfoliating Body Scrub. ...

Closetqueens: there are women who travel the world in style but never pack jeans. Like Acapulco, they're elegant throwbacks to the golden age of going first-class.
March 1, 2003... From left: Blumarine's silk top, at Henri Bendel, New York; Fred Segal, Los Angeles. Donna Karan glasses. Jean Paul Gaultier's silk taffeta jacket and cotton poplin shirt and pants, at Pamela Robbin, Scarsdale; Maxfield, Los Angeles. Yves Saint...

Master of the universe: Indian-born and London-based, Anish Kapoor borrows from Eastern philosophy and Western art history to create abstract sculptures that are hauntingly sublime. (Profile).
March 1, 2003... Detail of Marsyas, 2002, Anish Kapoor's monumental sculpture of PVC and steel, now installed at the Tate Modern Opposite Kapoor in one of his London studios. The Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London is so vast--508 feet long and 115...

Afterdark: mysterious, brooding spring evening looks are all curved lines and sensual provocation.
March 1, 2003... Stella McCartney's silk chiffon dress, at Neiman Marcus, Los Angeles; Stella McCartney, New York. Manolo Blahnik shoes. Costume National's acetate satin minidress, by Ennio Capasa, at Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys, New York; Costume...

Laird of the manor: from Luggala, his 5,000-acre kingdom in Ireland, Guinness heir Garech Browne has preserved--and rejuvenated--his country's traditional culture. (At Home).
March 1, 2003... It takes the Honorable Garech Browne about 20 minutes to drive to the nearest village, but most of that time is spent exiting his own property Luggala, Browne's 5,000acre demesne in southern Ireland, isn't so much an estate as a kingdom, a...

Fashion lab: opposites attract. Spring's short utilitarian styles look fierce with rich accessories.
March 1, 2003... Vivienne Westwood's cotton dress, at Henri Bendel and Vivienne Westwood, New York; Pearl, Santa Monica. Fred Paris hearts necklace; Stephen Russell heart pendant: Ellagem pearl necklaces; Di Modolo and Pomellato rings. Guess' nylon mesh...

Children of fortune: coming into billions, Athina Roussel and Albert von Thurn und Taxis inherit not only untold wealth, but also speculation that their checkered family histories will repeat themselves. (Feature).
March 1, 2003... Obsessive social observers--and oily fortune hunters--have already jotted it down in their Smythson journals: There are two new billionaires afoot in Europe, one a bachelor, the other a bachelorette. Apart from their immense wealth, both can...

Letters from the editor.
March 22, 2003... In the life of the Hollywood diva, few things remain constant. One year's screen goddess is the next year's box-office poison Last season's Trivial Pursuit question turns into tomorrow's comeback. The husbands change more often than...

Ice Queens. (Glitter).
March 22, 2003... It's no secret that fashion has become a spectator sport. And what better runway for fine jewelry than the venues where the worlds chicest women frolic? Whether they're Hollywood starlets glittering on the red carpet in borrowed jewels or...

Diamonds for the clever: wint & Kidd, in London's trendy Westbourne Grove makes bespoke sparkle. (Stores of the Moment).
March 22, 2003... If diamonds--of every shape, size and color--are your best friends, then Wint & Kidd. a new boutique and atelier in London's chic Westbourne Grove, might as well be your sorority house. Everything about the place--from its fashionable interior...

Good Breeding: jewelry scion Ulf Breede's shop on Berlin's Fasanenstrasse puts a modern spin on vintage. (Stores on the Moment).
March 22, 2003... Among the shops that line the Fasanenstrasse--often dubbed Berlin's Jewelry Row"--Ulf Breede's small boutique, with its interior of sandstone and iron, is by far the most strikingly modern. The spare decor serves its purpose well: as a...

Rocky Mountain guy: Harley Baldwin Aspen's ultimate man about town, adds gems to his mountain empire. (Stores of the Moment).
March 22, 2003... It is often said in Aspen that Harley Baldwin is the resort's unofficial mayor In his own square block of turf, Baldwin operates the Caribou Club, Aspen's answer to annabel's, and lives in a spectacular 6,000-square-foot duplex apartment. The...

Trend of the moment. (Jewelry).
March 22, 2003... The cocktail ring, that Fifties favorite of strong-willed social types, is back in all its boldness and bravura. And designers give its latest versions an imaginative twist, crafting fanciful, sculptural dazzlers in wild shapes and colors....

Stone of the moment. (Jewelry).
March 22, 2003... If your taste leans toward the exotic, the elusive, the eccentric, there's something you should know While virtue is a rare thing, diamonds, alas, are not. Lovely as they are, diamonds are among the world's more plentiful precious stones....

Higher learning: a compendium of the best the jewelry world has to offer: where to go, what to see and what to read. (The Buzz).
March 22, 2003... Museums & exhibitions THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Washington, D.C. Despite providing shelter for the famously cursed 44.25-carat Hope Diamond since 1958. when it was donated by jeweler Harry Winston. the...

Flash: stop the presses: spectacular jewels, vivid colors and organic shapes are what's new. (Jewelry).
March 22, 2003... green party This is as good as it gets: Luscious green jade strung in dark orbs, carved into vines or set with diamonds and onyx. As fashion flirts with all things Chinese, fine jewelers are rediscovering the allure of this luminous stone....

Gem session. (Runway Report).
March 22, 2003... What woman doesn't long to be indulged? That's the premise of the haute couture, and this season, designers delivered some of the most lavish collections in years. How to accessorize all of those fabulous silks and embroideries? With...

Paris in the swing: the city of light glitters with the fresh perspectives of two jewelry designers and an avant-garde gallerist. (Jewelry).
March 22, 2003... suzanne syz singular sensations Suzanne Syz is the kind of woman who has an original Andy Warhol hanging in the living room of her stunning Paris apartment but a plastic Scooby-Doo dangling from her key chain. So it should come as...

Federica Rettore. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... The Milan-based designer Federica Rettore takes her cues from nature, and she does so literally. Her rings look like coral branches or trees that grab chunky semiprecious stones like fire opal, black opal, bronze sapphire, aquamarine and coral....

Louis Vuitton. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... When Marc Jacobs was given the task of designing Louis Vuitton's first-ever piece of jewelry two years ago, he steered clear of the expected necklace or pair of earrings. Instead, he chose a homier object--the charm bracelet. Little could he...

Emporio Armani. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... He's known to frown upon the superfluous, but Giorgio Armani sure has a soft spot for jewelry. "Women have always loved and appreciated jewelry." Armani says. "It completes a total look that highlights the wearer's personality and makes a real...

Mimi's gems. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... Mimi's gems may be inspired by the type of baubles usually tucked away in Grandmother's dusty jewel box, but the line's Milan-based design team has a different client in mind. 'The inspiration comes from the reinterpretation of the past using...

Stairomp Fratelli. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... Talk about larger-than-life jewelry. Staurino Fratellrs Oversize collection is so outrageously exaggerated in scale and form, it's guaranteed to create a grand entrance. The Valenza. Italy-based Staurino family has been in the jewelry business...

Ippolita Rostagno. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... Ippolita Rostagno takes a thinker's approach to jewelry design. "I became a jeweler as a way of pursuing a career in aesthetics that was a little more approachable and not as intimidating as traditional artwork" she says. "I work with glass and...

Ritmo Mundo. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... Marc Karimzadeh Ali Soltani wants to paint the town red-not to mention sweet pink zesty yellow and juicy orange. I am the Baskin-Robbins of the watch industry I have more than 30 flavors." says the founder of Ritmo Mundo. a recently...

Pomellato. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... Among Italians, the Milanese have a reputation for being the most hard-driven So it makes sense that Milan-based Pomellato coined its new watch collection Stress. "Pomellato plays ironically with the idea of time as a real luxury, and chose to...

Parisiennes. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... For over six decades, chic Parisiennes have been making their way to venerable jewelry and watch house Fred Paris. But after a decline in its popularity, it was put up for sale, and LVMH head Bernard Arnault made his move--ultimately buying the...

Sao Paulo. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... Coming from a respected family of jewelers in Brazil, Ara Vartanian practically has jewels running through his veins. "I remember crawling on the floor of my family's office when my parents were picking stones," he recalls. "The stones always...

Alchemy collection. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... As a teenager in Florence. Carolina Bucci constantly argued with her father, an established jeweler, about the type of baubles she wanted for herself. "I started designing my own birthday presents when I was 14," recalls Bucci, now based in...

Paduan goldsmith Paolo Piovan. (New on the Scene).
March 22, 2003... Paduan goldsmith Paolo Piovan has been crafting radiant jewelry for more than 30 years by focusing on the details--from how he sets tiny, precious stones, one next to another to placing them in minuscule crevices that give them sparkle from...