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Stuart Weitzman Creates Glass Slipper for Broadway Debut of Rodgers + Hammerstein’sCinderella and Launches “Clearly Timeless” Capsule Collection He’s been called the King of the Red Carpet, and now he’s the Prince of the Pump. Stuart Weitzman has been named the official designer of the glass slipper being worn in the first-ever Broadway production of … Read more
Heavy industrial robots in a landscape of glass: Glass Elephant signature exhibition at stockholm design week. Glass Elephant signature exhibition @ Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian furniture and lighting design. As part of Stockholm Design Week (4-10 February 2014), Glass Elephant, a design installation in the … Read more
New Parmigiani Fleurier Tourbillon Inspired by Woodstock, guitars and rock and roll Swiss luxury watch brand Parmigiani Fleurier is paying homage to the two most influential countries in the history of rock and roll. At this year SIHH 2013, the watch manufacture presented two versions of the iconic Tonda Tourbillon. The first new music-themed timepiece is … Read more
In the late 17th century the “Jaquemart” invention brought beautifully animated figures to the dial contributing to the storyline of the timepiece. The figures were set into the dial and move in sync with the activated minute repeater. In the late 1980s Ulysse Nardin introduced a surprising variation to “Jaquemart”. San Marco watch symbolized the … Read more
American rock singer Tina Turner has become a Swiss citizen The eight-time Grammy Award winner Tina Turner (73), the renown singer once known for the “most famous legs in show business”. has become a Swiss citizen. Since 1995 Tina Turner, whose real name is Anna Mae Bullock, was a Zurich resident, owning a mansion in … Read more
Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Wins Best Animated Feature At 40th Annual Annie Awards Disney’s ‘Wreck-It Ralph‘ won the Best Animated Feature honor at the 40th Annual Annie Awards. This year’s expanded list of categories topped 30, honoring many more nominees and team entries as in years past. New to the awards this year was the addition … Read more