Trend Alert: Perforated Leather
Perforated leather has long gone mainstream. Most fashion designers now offer just about everything in perforated leather, from shoes to jackets. The reason for using this material in shoes and clothing is practical - it lets skin breathe while air flows through the garment. As for handbags, they are made from perforated leather for purely aesthetical reasons.
Apparently, perforated leather handbags are going to be a hot trend next spring. Practically every fashion designer, from Prada to Bottega Veneta, has used this material for making bags in their spring 2010 collections.
more »Four Unknown Facts About Gimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo is a famous brand that produces stylish women’s shoes of the highest quality. The new book The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe by Lauren Goldstein Crowe and Sagra Maceira De Rosen dedicated to this brand discloses some interesting facts about Jimmy Choo brand.
more »Richemont Wants Prada
Italian mega-brand does not mind selling a third of the business to the Swiss luxury-giant.
Prada seems to be ready for merger with Richemont. This union is likely to make great changes in the established system of the world’s luxury-industry, according to The Post. The popular Italian brand whose development is prevented by numerous financial obligations decided to find the way out by selling of 30 % of the business to Richemont – the company that now owns such brands, as Cartier, Montblanc and Van Cleef & Apparels.
more »A Portable Flower Garden: Valentino Fleurs Couture Tote
Sometimes, a handbag is more than just a handbag. With Valentino, a handbag becomes a piece of art. The designer is an expert in decorating. For instance, the decoration of the Valentino Fleurs Couture Tote is so life-like that one sure can imagine that it is a flower garden.
more »Tony Blair Found Job At Louis Vuitton
The Ex Prime-minister of Great Britain Tony Blair can become a highly paid advisor at the LVMH that is known as the owner of such luxury brands as Louis Vuitton, Dior Hennessy and Moet-Chandon, according to The Daily Mail.
According to the newspaper, presently Blair is in the final stages of negotiating a pay-package at the group. LVMH is owned by Bernard Arnault who is known as France’s richest man and an old friend of the former politician.
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