Martha Taylor-Brown: Page 29
September 12, 2009
'Communicating through design is extremely difficult,' says Elie Tahari. However, his work shows something completely different: an ethereal design through which woman's beauty truly shines.
September 5, 2009
Jehan-Jacques Blancpain started his watchmaking business at the beginning of the 18th century, his company survived some tough times and today Blancpain is a maker of beautiful timepieces.
August 22, 2009
"To make only the merchandise of the finest quality and to deal with people who seek and appreciate such merchandise." That motto from 1818 lives today in fantastic pieces for gentlemen from Brooks Brothers.
August 15, 2009
Jan Leslie studied at Wharton School of Business and after that - went to design things. A fantastic decision as her pieces confirm all the time.
August 8, 2009
Glashütte Original is a living expression of the culture of time and timekeeping. It all started back in 1845 and now the art of watch making is brought to perfection.
August 1, 2009
"I would like to adorn the necks of all the women of the world with pearls," sounds like an unachievable dream. Kokichi Mikimoto was the first human being who had ever created a pearl. After that, his dream came very close to reality.
July 25, 2009
Simon Tissot-Dupont was 25 years old in 1872 when he founded a company that will be one of the most admired in the world. A young man was determined to succeed in Paris and he succeeded in the whole world.
July 18, 2009
What connects the ancient city Ur, 17th-century Campanus Night clock and Urwerk company? The answer is simple: a unique approach to the concept of time.
July 11, 2009
Temple St. Clair started her company in 1986 while she was living in Florence, Italy. The life guided her to New York City and her designs to the whole world.
July 4, 2009
When a company exists more than one hundred years, that's something. When it spends several years of research to develop a single pen, well, that must be fantastic. And indeed, Conway Stewart pens are the most beautiful ones I have ever seen.
June 27, 2009
Back in 1841, brothers Hesslein - Sigmund, Gabriel and Herrmann - established the textiles company S. A. Hesslein. Today, Sahco fabrics are better than ever.
June 20, 2009
With his watches Pierre Jaquet Droz succeeded in making people forget the extreme complexity of the mechanisms required to operate his models.