This dissertation considers the way in which the figure of fashion expands and complicates the field of literary modernism. My project treats “fashion” as more than just clothing and other bodily adornment, broadening it to include certain spaces, locations, and objects organized by social hierarchies of performance and display. I focus on the way in [...]
Aldo Cipullo, a Tiffany jewelry designer who was perhaps best known for the Love Bracelet he designed for Cartier that locks around the wearer’s wrist, died Tuesday at St. Vincent’s Hospital after suffering two heart attacks Sunday. He was 42 years old and lived in Manhattan.
The bracelet was Mr. Cipullo’s first design upon joining Cartier [...]
Borrowing freely from Aztec through Art Deco designs more than a half century ago, William Spratling began reshaping Mexican silver Tiffany jewelry into a modern style that is rich in leafage, mythological animals, astrological symbols, ranch images and Jazz Age motifs. In the process, he helped transform Taxco from a sleepy mining town in the [...]
Another year passed before they found the perfect site-a Mediterranean-style two-story building with room for six tenants, including Kimberly & Co. as the anchor, complete with a clock tower to mark the store’s entrance. Then, they spent months searching for the right design company to turn their vision of a tropical jewelry enclave-think Tommy Bahama [...]
Prior to issuing the preliminary injunction, the District Court issued a seizure order, which was executed by the United States Marshals Service. The Marshals Service seized illicit diamond rings and bracelets located on the premises of Katz Imports, Inc., as well as receipts of sales.
Subsequent investigation revealed that Katz Imports, Inc. engaged in numerous sales [...]
Law enforcement authorities said they have made the first arrest in the investigation of the robbery of the Govberg Tiffany jewelry Store that happened in June inside the Boyd’s men’s wear store.
According to investigators, police arrested 19-year-old Nathaniel Williams of the 3100 block of Page Street on July 22. Williams is charged with criminal conspiracy, [...]
Sometimes it’s all about the packaging.
Just ask the folks at Tiffany & Co. For more than 165 years, the luxury Tiffany jewelry giant has slipped every customer’s purchase _ whether it’s a $100 sterling silver bracelet for Valentine’s Day or a $100,000 square-cut diamond engagement ring _ into a little blue box.
“I feel giddy when [...]
Retail stocks, which have been wilting lately amid a lackluster U.S. economy, enjoyed an early springtime rally after Tiffany & Co. (TIF) reported stellar earnings for the fourth quarter and issued a rosy outlook for the coming year. The news lifted its stock up more than 10% to a seven-year high on Mar. 24.
Tiffany’s fourth [...]
Tiffany jewelry & CO (“TIF-BHDNPX3″) – To Open Store in Vancouver, British Columbia
Tiffany & Co. announced plans to open a store in Vancouver, British Columbia, in November 2006. The approximately 4,700 gross-square-foot store will be prominently located at the corner of Burrard and Alberni streets in the heart of the city’s business and retail district.
The [...]
When Charles Lewis Tiffany jewelry opened his fancy dry-goods store in Manhattan on Sept. 18, 1837, the future did not look bright. Sales for the first day totaled $4.98; the first week’s profits, 33 cents.
Things have definitely changed.
Gone are the dog whips, tongue-scrapers and papier-mache. In their place stand cavernous floors filled with glittering gems [...]
