Archive for January, 2010

Azature: sentimental jewelry black diamond

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

A very long time, the Black Diamond is a kind of mysterious and sentimental jewelry – nobles in the royal family mourning period jewelry. Today, jewelry designer Azature Pogosian best ideas, it appears in the U.S. pop diva Beyonce, Rihanna body, appeared in Hong Kong,Prom Dresses where a mysterious rich collections, a mysterious ancient stones to re-radiate out youth.

Azature Pogosian a relationship is doomed and the fashion industry, even if not as good now that it has become a jewelry designer, or at least may also be a good model, handsome appearance, good taste, fashion savvy, the fashion circle is used to remove sub – products of these criteria, were all his own.

For general consumers, Azature Pogosian create their own brands do not seem to Ruleiguaner the AZATURE. For a long period of time, most of its business comes from personal customization,Chanel Handbags from Russia’s super-rich, to the Middle East royal aristocrats, like with the explosive power of its design. Recently in 2012, Azature started with Beyonce, Rihanna stars such as cooperation, especially on stage for their jewelry designs. In Europe and the United States, his large black diamond and jewelry has become fashionable, he is a global tour of the “black gloves” (Black Glove) Jewelry Show will come to China in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Jewelry family rebels

Azature birth family jewelry, family jewelry, nearly a hundred years history of operating a brand POGOSIAN. Azature jewelry design from an early age to understand all the knowledge, but this “family Renegade” Quemei thought inherit ancestral property, childhood and family on the thinking of people who are different. So, he went to the University of California at Los Angeles to study sociology and economics, but also once felt should be a lawyer, or even get to an elite opportunity to study law, but strange combination of circumstances to go to the Parsons School of Design Education Since then, caught in fashion circles.

Initially, when involved in fashion circles, Azature design apparel, Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen who have brands such as did the design, leaving the industry, he was artistic director of a certain brand. An accidental error machine so he did not timely return to work,Dresses left him enough time to think. He suddenly felt the clothing is not imagined as full of enthusiasm, when these thoughts well up to the time, Azature a drive with his uncle in Los Angeles, who said: “Why do not you design your jewelry?”

This sentence seems to have become a jewelry family, the call for posterity, Azature really want to find things at once. But he did not take over the family business, but began to study a variety of jewelry, and was deeply attracted to the black diamond. In the full grasp of the characteristics of this rare and precious stones, he began to design jewelry with them, and then set up his own company AZATURE. Although the AZATURE style and family jewelry is totally different, but it seems peep from its design to some family genes, it is the best precious stones, the most special design. Azature ultimately the same thing with the family. In this regard, he’s feeling is: one can always try to change and plans for life, but fate is irresistible.

His world is black

Perhaps not so obsessed with a portrait Azature black. His wardrobe, the plain black clothes, also Parsons School of Design to study, he designed what is black. Russia and the Middle East’s customers are more to send him a nickname – “Black Diamond King.”

Black Diamond is a rare gem on the planet, the origin is very mysterious, there are scientists on Earth yet to be born as early as when they exist in the universe. Previously, the black diamonds are generally collection-level collections, while others are seen as the shop Zhendian treasure. Later, the Royal Black Diamond popularity to new heights it is the British Queen Victoria, she was widowed, had been wearing a black-based jewelry to show their sorrow, yet leaving a black gemstone jewelry has become a major role on the stage. Now, to the sentimental Victorian style jewelry, represented by black diamonds once again become the new darling of fashion, the addition of new material later, it leaves a little something sentimental mood, replaced by a noble and mysterious.

Azature design philosophy was clearly in line with the characteristics of Black Diamond: sexy, black and white, bright. AZATURE Black Diamond implied royal complex, is also deeply attracted royalty and tycoons from around the world.

Today, Azature operates AZATURE series and AZ by AZATURE two production lines, the former black diamond jewelry is designed to meet the designer of the black paranoia, which is relatively flexible style, to a large jewelry mainly, the same walk in the fashion front, Beyonce Rihanna performing at the wire and on the choice of AZ by AZATURE style. More recently, South Korean singer BoA to the U.S. show, wearing last year’s DYNASTY series and met Azature, hope that he could for their own tailor-made jewelry.

Custom e-luxury

Azature not believe will become the future trend of customization, so set up a AZATURE ATELIER, a studio specializing in private custom. Customers only need to AZATURE headquarters, and their design team will be able to come directly to their tailor-made jewelry, customers can choose their own favorite gemstones, precious metals, and to propose design requirements. To this end, AZATURE famous craftsman and jewelry industry in cooperation with a view to every detail to be perfect. Recently, Azature with a rare production of cocoa powder for the customer, “Black Truffle”, and black diamonds embedded in the inside, for some people, they are meaningless, some people think they are a modern luxury.

Azature also placed their own brand of “e-luxury” of the wave. They are the jewelry industry, one of the few not worried about the involvement of the so-called luxury brands of electronic technology. Recently, they opened a fashion Web site CheckYouDaily.com called PREMIERE | DAME project, customers can also top with AZATURE design team interaction. At the same time, customers can log the brand’s official Web site customization they want gemstones, precious metals and designs. Or again, just issued an e-mail, Azature may participate personally in your home, or yacht for your tailor-made jewels.

“Luxury” never-ending

Die Zeit: how do you define “luxury” or “luxury”?

Azature: luxury usually gives the first impression is unique. For me, it is always a kind of can not match the ideal. Luxury is not only a “thing” concept, more on “feel.” When a goal to achieve, I’ll go to “more luxurious” and direction, this is not the pursuit of material desires, but rather a special experience.

Die Zeit: to talk about you and your co-stars of the bar.

Azature: My first customer is a star Rihanna. She chose the “Disturbia” and “Rehab” 2 MV worn AZATURE, issued private orders to me. Subsequently, Rihanna wearing them around the world tour, to be interviewed. In addition to Rihanna, Beyonce also MV selected AZATURE, and in “I Am” World Tour will continue to wear. Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda can be children, Gold Kardashian, also liked AZATURE. I am happy with any others who really love AZATURE, whether he is not movie stars or celebrities.

Die Zeit: Your customers all over the world, their jewelry tastes different?

Azuature: My client who does have a very different cultural background, to wear jewelry also show different preferences, but it is interesting that because their AZATURE the coalition together. My goal is for people to design both the fresh and personalized accessories so as to touch them. Facts have proved that this principle is very effective in many markets. Every country has some of the pursuit of new and different style of beach-goers, I hope my design will be their first choice.

My clients, including some rich, one’s whole life is never to buy colored gemstones, and now they can wear black diamond. The distinctive and non-traditional AZATURE really put such a diverse group of people gathered together.

Die Zeit: tell us about your “Black Gloves” (Black Glove) World Tour bar.

Azature: This is a dynamic fashion tour will be more than 20 cities around the world held in, no matter to which city, I went to the site, this is my personal high-end customized services to start after the largest global advocacy.

Forms are gathering relative privatization, in addition to jewelry display AZATURE two production lines, as well as customers around the world arrange a private dinner for me. The exhibition’s next in Tokyo, Riyadh, Dallas, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles and other cities, and China including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Die Zeit: How do you view China’s luxury goods market?

Azature: For me, China is a very special place. Just created AZATURE, I often go to China for a number of high-end custom design jewelry, Chinese culture has given me great encouragement. The Chinese people have a good understanding of luxury and taste, and properly use them. I think this is very important for the luxury, and only consumers are willing to try a lot of different things can be an active market.

Cartier diamond ring ring upgrade

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Cartier Ring Ring (Cartier Trinity) family recently launched its Diamond Series, the U.S. market pricing 1.44 million (about 10 million yuan). Diamond ring ring as early as February 2009, New York Fashion Week, fall and winter designer Phillip Lim’s show on the first time, and now officially launched to Prom Dresses the public. High price of the three-ring diamond ring appraisal by the media as “very interesting luxury,” “those crazy people who love to express the eternal love of the best gifts.”

Cartier introduced in last year’s “Love (LOVE)” series of jewelry, Chanel Handbags become a major hot collectibles. And the Trinity, which is the most famous Cartier ring ring, since it was launched in 1924 to become the most popular classic Cartier models. It is learned, Trinity ring (ring ring) from Cartier founder’s grandson, Louis Cartier personally designed, first offered him a highly gifted friend, the French poet Jean Cocteau, that is a symbol of friendship between the special.

The earliest classical models tricyclic rings formed by the three different materials: platinum on behalf of friendship, loyalty on behalf of the gold, as well as on behalf of love rose gold. Surrounded by three rings together, Dresses said the three would never unswerving. Classic models tricyclic ring according to material and thickness, priced at 8 1000-25000 yuan or so. Now the new one hundred thousand worth of diamond ring series is undoubtedly a luxury upgraded version of the series, with strong investment value of the collection.

Retro wedding ring! Emerald Cut Diamond

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Now that the “emerald cut” diamond becoming increasingly popular, popularity soared. Its rectangular design of the perfect blend of classical elegance too patterns and modern polishing techniques, three-dimensional cut brilliant diamonds set off more gorgeous, sleek lines, Dresses well it was reflective, fully demonstrated the women’s elegant and generous temperament.

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Classic models of “emerald cut” diamond inlaid vertical mode, are among the most traditional style. Today’s diamond ring pattern 100, by adding more other elements, Prom Dresses such as the vertical mosaic, or accompanied by a small drill flanger, etc.. The major international brands and strive to continue to get China and the United States to build more and more sparkling, “emerald cut” diamond ring, with the following let’s see.

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BULGARI Bvlgari

Griffe rings, platinum material, both sides of the veneering two horizontal drilling, the central veneering a single, emerald cut diamonds, weight 1.00 karats. Griffe diamond ring fine elegant and understated, calm. Diamonds set against the eternal love, even more sparkling, flawless.

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vancleef-arpels Van Cleef & Arpels

Solitaire wedding rings, shop platinum diamond inlay rectangular base, four-claw inlay seat, Chanel Handbags the central with the weight of 1 carat emerald cut diamond single. Classic style base line of triangular shape of the flow out of a single diamond rings highlight the harmony and elegance.

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CARTIER Cartier

950 platinum ring set with round diamonds body, the central mosaic from 3.00 to 4.99 kt emerald cut diamonds. One can imagine the extent of their luxurious and expensive.

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CARTIER Cartier

Cartier is still a series of 950 with platinum rings, diamond inlaid rectangular, the central mosaic from 2.00 to 2.99 kt emerald cut diamonds.

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Tiffany’s this custom matchmaking for the most traditional classical style, four-claw inlay minute 1 carat emerald cut diamonds, you are absolutely unable to resist her charm.

Bvlgari’s first concept store grand opening of the Hangzhou

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

November 1, began in 1884, top Italian luxury brand Bvlgari BVLGARI the building is located in Hangzhou, a grand opening ceremony ushered in the concept store, Prom Dresses marking its first new design in Hangzhou concept store this dress the welcoming. The new concept store is sitting on nearly 200 square meters, inheritance Bvlgari proud tradition – a modern interpretation of classical art techniques and splendid culture.

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The same day, BVLGARI Bulgari Group CEO Mr. Francesco Trapani went to the scene,Chanel Handbags and brought the top ten pieces of jewelry for the opening of the Festival and Kind regards. One particularly noticeable change is a value of 7.8 million yuan inlaid with a Dresses drill master for the 5.3 karats bright oval cut diamonds necklace.

How to care for your diamonds?

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

For modern women, diamonds from a jewelry treasures into the role of a fashion jewelry with the role of place in any location, match what the clothing styles, diamonds can be charming self-confidence so that they distributed style. If you want to keep this sub-self-confidence,Prom Dresses they must pay attention to the maintenance of diamond jewelery. To properly preserve the beloved ornaments, will need to be careful and attentive. First of all, each diamond should have a separate storage box. On the contrary, if all the diamonds are placed together, they will arise due to friction with each other flowers marks.

Self-cleaning

Diamond Masonry easily contaminated with oil, Chanel Handbags so the diamond should be cleaned occasionally to maintain the brilliance of diamonds. First of all diamonds soaked in diluted detergent or washing in warm soapy water to gently wipe the soft-brush rinse with warm water after grasping care, and then making a soft cloth dry.

Professional Maintenance

The best maintenance is every six months on a regular basis so that the diamond jeweler for cleaning and inspection of your child care spaces are a solid grasp. Proper maintenance can maintain the sparkle of diamonds.

FENIX Christmas Queen sexy out of the “cage”

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

“Perceptual source from sexy” – sensual woman, sexy instinct. Christmas Ruqierzhi the face of 2009 and wanted to become the Christmas Queen, of course, have their own ideas: “Do not sexy, Chanel Handbags not to go out!” And how to make own unique magic sexy? Let FENIX to tell you, Iris secret.

In fact, God created woman, and sexy “poison” into his body, it is also prepared another ex gifts, it is iris. How do I get it, so emotional themselves, find it sexy instinct?

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Select an iris music, with the ceaseless movement as Latal Iris “Iris LaTale” notes and dancing, there were numerous’s like an angel smile, a film, falling into the angel’s wings, bright and clear.

With a full-bodied texture of the “FENIX” iris chocolate, Dresses feeling it slowly melt in the mouth, between cheek teeth Liuxiang, such as the paradise-like the sweet enjoyment, so that precious moment of joy come to perfection.

Spray a little perfume Iris was the mysterious “Iris Ganache” (Iris perfume chocolate sauce) and elegant pre-incense lingering, Yao Miao waft of incense in a purple cloak, such as a blue-shrouded body, and then incense and if behind the elegant skirt flicker.

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Of course, a jewel Iris is essential, as sexy a perfect derivative, after 07 and 08 the year the brand launched the blockbuster classic iris shape jewelery, FENIX (Fei Nisha) France’s top arts and jewelry re-interpretation of classics, in particular, offering a limited edition “IRIS” Iris Christmas jewelry. Sensuous luster of precious metals, the tilt of the iris turned bright bloom, seals cohesion between the infinitely sexy.

At this point, received the baptism of your Iris has been transformed into a FENIX Christmas Queen, opened the door of the castle to dominate the Christmas Eve in order to Prom Dresses release sexy from the inside out of self-interpretation of the theme – “Iris Christmas.”

Qi luxury brand flagship stores accounted for on the beach

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Within six months, LouisVuitton there will be two new store openings, the Peninsula Hotel will bring in about 24 luxury brands, ifc Lujiazui international financial center, the most popular rental spaces have been a number of international brands compete for a space … … the Shanghai World Expo ago, Prom Dresses dozens of luxury brands blossom everywhere in Shanghai, many of them world-class flagship store as well as some big-name first came to Shanghai.

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2010 Peninsula Hotel will bring in about 24 luxury brands

To industry sources, be able to attract big names competing crowding together on the top beaches, its biggest motivation is still the Expo effect. “World Luxury Association (WLA) official 2009-2010 annual global report” also showed that, as of December 2009, China’s total consumption of luxury goods has increased to 9.4 billion U.S. dollars, the global share of 27.5%, has become the world after Japan the second-largest luxury goods consumer.

Nanjing West Road, Huaihai Road vs flagship store, single shop into a trend of

Huaihai Road, a number of flagship luxury stores are speeding up the renovation, Chanel Handbags many of them, “the world’s largest store” level the image of the store. Yesterday, reporters in the Huaihai Road, Songshan intersection to see, LouisVuitton billboards has been hoisted on the roof of Lippo Plaza, the brand will be set up in this, China’s largest flagship store, with a total area of 1700 square meters.

ErmenegildoZegna recently announced that settled in Lippo Plaza, the new flagship store will be opened following the Milan, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong after the world’s fifth concept store, is also the largest domestic business concept store. With the Lippo Plaza, a plaza across the street from Hong Kong also recently opened a fence corner, exposing a brand new wall. At present, Hong Kong Plaza, have been identified are assigned to more than 1000 square luxury flagship store, including GiorgioAr-mani, Tiffany, Cartier, Coach, and Apple and so on. Lippo Plaza is in the south, who has French Concession old building is also about two Bianshen “Hermes House,” is expected to be part of the opening of the Shanghai World Expo will be the soft opening. In the western section of Huaihai Zhong Road, No. 798 to No. 806, then row out Piaget, Cartier watches shop and several homes.

The cluster of old luxury brand, Nanjing West Road has also stepped up the upgrade operation, Dresses the original floor in the Hang Lung Plaza is only one of the brands have already left for the “shop floor”, including Fendi, Tod’s, LouisVuitton so. In addition, the Shanghai Center will also be the introduction of MuiMui and TomFord the stores, these two brands are in store for the first time in the form of access to Shanghai.

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Bund, Lujiazui vs luxury to occupy new positions

This year, the Bund business district will restore the prestige luxury brand once again become a gathering place. The Peninsula Hotel has been opened within the plan to introduce about 24 brands. It is reported that commercial area of the Bund area will add 68,000 square meters, with the financial service functions that match the Shanghai high-end commercial landmark status of this region will be further established.

Reporters yesterday at the Peninsula Hotel to see, Chanel concept store has opened in the hotel on the first floor, the shop known as the brand and even the world’s most elegant boutiques. Reporter learned from the Peninsula Hotel will soon be opened in succession, the brand also includes Chaumet, Chopard, Piaget, Prada and so on.

At the same time, and the Bund across the Lujiazui upscale shopping district are also being gradually emerging. LouisVuitton in Lujiazui ifc out an international financial center stores, with an area greater than the current 900 square meters in the Puxi Hang Lung Plaza, the flagship store. It is understood that, ifc is an area of 10 million square meters of large-scale top-level shopping center, positioning the brand as an international gathering first-line shopping malls, known to the world the opening, tentatively scheduled during the fair. According to informed sources, ifc has a large number of high-end competition for commercial tenants under the full rent, in addition to LouisVuitton addition, Gucci, Prada and other high-end brands will appear in which. In addition, from the United States and the United States department store brands have evacuated part of the shop’s goal of re-election in the ifc.

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Expo will attract luxury crowding together

YAN Jun, director of luxury management project of Peking University, said that with the Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai, Chanel has recently opened flagship store, Gior-gioArmani and other brands began to store decoration, Hongqiao East Huaihai Road shopping district and a luxury transformation transformation, a new round of Shanghai luxury brand presence will surge, the forthcoming World Expo in Shanghai will be in 2010 the focus of China’s luxury market focus. Luwan District Business Committee of stakeholders that will attract more than a dozen top-level big rush beach Huaihai Road, the major effect of motivation, or the Expo. As the Huaihai Road is the nearest area from the Expo Center business district, it was a lot of luxury brands as the competition for “World Expo gold mine” of the bridgehead.

World Expo is coming to the crowding together of the luxury brand’s money sent to it? Shanghai Commercial Economic Research Center, QI Xiao-Chai that the 70 million tourists who come to Shanghai World Expo after reading most will choose to go shopping, it will also become a major luxury brands opportunities.

“World Luxury Association (WLA) official 2009-2010 annual global report” also showed that, as of December 2009, China’s total consumption of luxury goods has increased to 9.4 billion U.S. dollars, the global share of 27.5%, more than the U.S., ranking the world’s luxury consumer goods big country runner-up spot. According to the World Luxury Association expects five years, the Chinese luxury goods market will reach 14.6 billion U.S. dollars more than the global share, or to become the world’s largest luxury goods trade and consumption center.

Looking back ten years the fashion trend of wind

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

In this 10 years, we have an epidemic of jackets, trumpet dress, hot pants, etc.,Dresses these remarkable garments, fashion circles ups and downs of a variety of styles.

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This decade, the birth of the greatest fashion icon Sarah Jessica Parker

Our style comes from a vast source of inspiration, including those like “Sex and the City” kind of television shows, celebrity, and those fashion blog.

We are quietly shopping preferences change, I used to like to go to High Street spending, but now there have been many new options, such as online shopping 24 hours a day of shopping this way, Chanel Handbags there are such rapid fashion, they are gradually changing people’s fashion attitude. We can not predict the future 10 years, fashion track, but we can see a general trend, people began to enjoy more durable, more investment value of the product, but when the people in the consumer mood has also been quick and decisive victory.

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Decade, the most classic fashion drama “Sex and the City”

Trends

Sienna Miller that the next 10 years, we can continue the trend of the longest will be the boho loaded. We are in the office wearing a business casual clothes, pants wearing leggings and shorts.

Roland Mouret think we will return to the 2005 clothing styles, Prom Dresses clothing would be more feminine, and began to pay tribute to the classic 80′s, designers will pay more attention to feminine waist.

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The Beckhams love with her amazing amount of Hermes bag

Accessories

Watched “Sex and the City” and the people who fell in love with the film impressive high-heeled shoes and bags. The brand seems to have seen the consumer favorite accessories from Marc Jacobs’s Stam to Chloé’s Paddington, from Mulberry’s Bayswater to Fendi’s Spy and then to YSL’s Muse, the various brand bags have to raise prices, and now come to looking to buy a bag with 900 pounds become quite common.

Earlier this year, there were media statistics Victoria Beckham’s Hermès Birkin and Kelly bags series has reached the value of 150 million pounds.

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Anorexia sisters Olsen sisters

Debate

From the allegations about Kate Moss to Primark sweatshop controversy, this year there can be said a lot of controversy. But there is one topic has dominated: that is, No. 0 clothes.

In 2006, the model Ana Carolina Reston died of anorexia, the industry take immediate action. Madrid and Milan have issued a minimum body mass index models, the British Fashion Council has also established health research group. However, close to the end of 2010, those cover girl began to thin Development. However, designer Mark Fast, in his spring and summer 2010 show on the 1st try to be different with large models, the effect is not bad.

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Jimmy Choo co-operation towards parity

Designer

Following the H & M2005-year success with the cooperation between luxury brands and designers, Karl Lagerfeld, Comme des Garçons, Jimmy Choo, and Sonia Rykiel have an olive branch to the H & M. At the same time, Giles Deacon started with New Look cooperation, Matthew Williamson and Julien Macdonald to shake hands with Debenhams. High Street brands are not just stick to the scope of their activities, they, the designers have begun to move towards greater market.

Gucci 2010 spring and summer scarves feelings and wind

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Finland’s well-known fashion brand MARJA KURKI (Maria Gucci) its new spring and summer of 2010 an official in China. New season of “Ying Ying summer, feel the wind” as the theme, were introduced 23 scarves and 10 ties. In the continuation of the previous fresh elegant style, at the same time, greater emphasis on integration into the new spring and summer 2010 fashion personalized elements, Dresses in order to meet the individual needs of more consumers.

Maria Gucci recovery in this season of all things to bring you a long absence, warmth and refreshing. The scarf season include: Dream Garden, the embrace of the sea, apple flavor and a sense of butterflies, leaves the sigh, Red Queen, a sweet summer evening, romantic, wind, fun boxes, fascinated, color games, Marseille’s market, flowers The grand ceremony, and dream on. Ties were archers, subtle differences in the trend of the wind, companionship, city of the summer, blessing, Thousand and One Nights, as well as the slopes of dominoes.

“2010 spring and summer, simple, mashups, original, printing and other elements continue to lead the fashion trend. Maria Gucci learn the inspiration to launch a series of new products to bring you the warmth of summer wind. This spring and summer, all kinds of styles The mix and match to become an indispensable part of the scarf; simple design more and more suited to the need to highlight the details of the mix of scarves; while the original white color of the popularity of bare just need a scarf to the finishing touch, “Maria Gucci Ms SatuKurki global design director, said, “The most eye-catching mix of the season may have to be considered by the printing and printing brought visual mashup of beautiful, different from all previous sense of the concept of the clutter, Chanel Handbags this season’s trend of more the performance of many in similar patterns and patterns to achieve a balanced mix of beauty, such as printed silk dress with a perfect combination.

In the use of color, the spirit of “graceful summer, feel the breeze,” the creative concept, design orange, blue and so warm and so cool to reconcile the respective expression of the cool spring and early summer warmth, the two complement each other, the common interpretation of different kind Fashion style.

Main Style

 Main new season “Dream Garden” a symbol of spring, flowers and full color designs bound to become the best this season must have a single product;

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Another condensation of the designer efforts of the “Dream Day” series, as designers interpret it: In the mist-filled morning, the grass covered with dew, Prom Dresses the sun hid behind the clouds, feeling like going to rain.

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In addition to these two the beautiful scarf, spring and summer of this year introduced two main tie is also distinctive. “Blessings” is a bright color, fashion and fashion elements into the tie, ideal for dinner wear,

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While another back designers become a “Thousand and One Nights,” the tie, which is full of Persian design exotic wild colors, while wearing this tie can also be double-sided, each side presents a different style, can be just right for the performance of the workplace Men want to release pressure on the other side.

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Will launch a special season:

In order to meet the coming Year of the Tiger, Maria Gucci has also introduced a special tiger scarf patterns, in this festive season brought a deep blessing for everyone;

Meet with the Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day to the same cause for celebration, a named “Red Queen” can justifiably claim to give the scarf intimate lover gifts, scarves together 10 million warm the heart symbolizes the romantic, also implies a sweet love.

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Yingying summer, feel wind, I believe that Maria Gucci 2010 new spring and summer will be a warm summer wind Qingwu bring you the beauty and elegance.

Sri Lanka Gem City: Exploring godsend

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Poems wrote: Bian Shen Qi Luo, and not a sericulture people. In fact, has always been the case, otherwise, the world must be harmony, I see those mountains in Sri Lanka, “the ground plane stone” of the people that everybody covered with jewels.

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Shiny gem

 Originally Jewelry is a kind of ornament, like, what is affordable for wearing what is better. Unfortunately, the equivalent of these things too much wealth in the face of the people are always ready to make trouble, so can there be in Sierra Leone, “Blood Diamond.” Fortunately, the longest in the body after the Asian civil war in Sri Lanka, although 90% of the territory of this country are produced in the distribution of the parent rock gem (a high degree of crystallization of the Precambrian metamorphic rocks), but the LTTE’s lair — the northern Jaffna peninsula, but fortunately, there is no gem mine.

 Precious stones, such as cabbage

 Thus, just as calm as Dasan and beaches, Sri Lanka’s gem also turbulent and bloody deeds. Because the stones are widely distributed, and everywhere one can try his luck. Located 64 kilometers southeast of the capital, Colombo, high mountains of the Ratnapura (in Sinhalese Ratnapura, the “Rat” is a “gem” means, “Couple” is the “city” together is ” Gem City “), we ate the car surprised – many competing out into your hand in front of the hands of spread of the parcel, the full of colorful, after a rough gem. These stones usually only one or two carats, but to know of these barefoot hawkers, is seeking tens of dollars of business.

 Sri Lanka’s gem mining dating back more than 2,500 years of history. The parent rock containing precious stones are water washed away the precious stones mixed with sand, gravel and clay, the spread in the riverbed, wetland, farmland, or foot of the mountain, usually 1.5 m depth to 18 meters. Mining treasures be divided into three kinds of ways, mostly in the mountains, rock mining, mining of precious stones out of larger particles, but the more difficult; dug wells and river mining much more common, but after a long river transportation, gem size than the small.

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See, for example see the treasure of God

In the Ratnapura divided into two ancient river bed of the Carew gave birth to one third of the gems of this country, but also making it Asia’s largest gem mine. Chanel Handbags Exclusive Museum of Natural History in New York is currently the world’s largest sapphire, weighing 563 karats of “Star of India” (Star of India) came from here. The early 80s, there has also produced over a 362 karats of the world’s third largest sapphire, “Sri Lanka’s Star”, as a national treasure, concealed in the Colombo National Museum.

Since it is a godsend, good fortune naturally get people a hard time. Although the Ratnapura everywhere on the streets, wearing the head or hands Kam Po of the condenser tube of the people, but the real gem is a rare boutique. According to locals, said some people dug a three-nothing, some people dug the first month of 10,000 U.S. dollars worth of goods. It is precisely because the harvest dredging totally unexpected gems, each mine has its own shrine, the official excavation of the mine owners should go to their temple incense before the prayer, each worker must work underground before the hands together, silently praying, and even the screen day of ore have to select “auspicious.”

On the treasure hunt, where there is one I do not know the authenticity of the scripts: One day, a jeweler in the country saw a woman bathing in the river with stones Cabei, 1:00 stare. Then regardless of verbal abuse, put forward the other side is willing to spend lots of money to buy a piece of stone used Cabei. Several rounds of bargaining, until the 135 dollars Fang Cai deal. Sapphire stone processing out of the value of 16,000 U.S. dollars.

In fact, a more realistic story is far more amazing scripts. In 1997, a 14-year-old girl with his father to the mines to help, accidentally dug a 850 karats of sapphires, was identified market 200 million U.S. dollars. Expression of patriotism in this country was genuine – girls will gem donated to the National Museum, this was also summoned by the president.

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The ground plane food and store Taobao

In fact Sri Lanka’s gem resources are unlikely to always maintain the strong momentum in recent years the government has carried out a number of rivers and phase control to prohibit the exploitation of large-scale machinery. From the land owners, investors, machinery suppliers to the miners to the gem mining on them is just a product, they expect nothing but the final split into partnership, in which the landlord can get 20%.

With the large-scale mining and exports in recent years, Sri Lanka’s gem resources are consumed. The end of 2008, high-quality sapphire prices have from the beginning of about 400 U.S. dollars per carat rose to more than 500 U.S. dollars. This has even caused by lower-quality sapphire in Sri Lanka of Madagascar,Prom Dresses  after processing, was posing as a local sapphire export.

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Mining Map

Ratnapura road from Colombo along the road No. 4, far from the mountain ranges, river, coconut, banana groves and rice paddies everywhere a small thatched shed low gem mining. Miners of the mining means and the two thousand years ago, no two To: a two-meter-square shaft to pass through surface soil, black soil, humus layer and sand layer, five layers, to reach the gravel layer containing the gem. And then start to the surrounding excavation, shaft and tunnel shoring only wood and bamboo. Miners dug out from the tunnel into the gravel basket with a windlass transported to the surface after cleaning, filtering and sorting. The only modern progress is pumped from a man into a diesel engine driven pump. Ground and dozens of meters deep underground channels of communication, is nothing but a slender tube. Because the ore is to choose an auspicious day each month sorting and stacking areas are generally painted with a skull and crossbones, to deter trespassers.

I am curious to ask a question that only teenage miners, how they know where the gems more, he just smiled, made a movement with his palms together. Every year, Sri Lanka, there are about 40000 gem mines, in the peak season it is 15 million people their jobs. These work daily from 9 am to 5 pm of the miners, this is just another form of “ground plane food” only.

However, in the Ratnapura National Museum, and the bigger the stones museum gem shop, faced with a lot of sapphires, rubies, cat’s eye stone, Star Stone, Alexander color stone, moon stone … … ordinary buyers can not the prices do not fall into an uneasy psychological warfare. Enthusiastic staff who spoke Mandarin with a not so good to understand English only targeted at the Sinhalese-type recommendation, but to ask to understand “the keystone” almost impossible. Said that the larger sapphire if the fineness is ready to be sold nearly 3 million, but if there are impurities, it is only worth 2500 U.S. dollars. Now artificial color gem into the almost lifelike, general instruments are not easy to check out the difference in price is almost 20 times difference. In fact, among the dazzling, ordinary buyers rely on the larger stones can only be the company’s reputation and one-third of a substantial price after haggling to the pragmatic. As for the internationally recognized quality assurance book, then buy more than 3 karats sapphire have, if you only dares to buy three karats below, only stores its own to issue a bond to your book. Is the belief that this guarantee, or that I believe in the origin how to buy cheaper than the domestic, are one thing – though unlikely to buy the complete reassurance, but also a mistake to spend much, if it is true, then it must surely cheaper than domestic.