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...With no timekeeping history to its credit, LV partnered with established maker IWC to produce the watch, which had a gold case, a quartz movement and a retail price of about £10,000....
...That’s nearly in line with pre-pandemic levels of €2.3bn, which the company credits to a ramping-up of fashion events in China, a strong recovery in the US, and a raft of new product launches (including...
...Christie’s believes the yellow gold watch, with a rare matte black dial and Selassie’s monogram engraved on the case back, was commissioned by Italian aviation pioneer Federico Bazzi....
...Silvia Fendi was quicker to credit the references: “Victorian, medieval and Tudor silhouettes”, so chosen because they are “all times when women were strong and tough”....
...Personalise with a monogram so you’ll always know where you’ve stashed your textbooks....
...“It’s important to celebrate the monogram. It’s the DNA of Vuitton,” she says, when I ask what it means to her....
...The perpetually tanned Mr Mozilo, clad in his standard blue shirt with white collar and monogram, said he needed a cash infusion to help him ride out what he regarded as a temporary hiccup in the housing...
...I tried once just having my monogram on the inside of my shirts, but that to me is like producing a hit movie and not taking a credit, and that would be unthinkable in Hollywood, the land from whence I come...
...But with the credit crunch, job layoffs, downsizing and outsizing, is this really the time for an expenditure that might make one look like a member of the landed gentry?...
...From £3,500. www.ormondejayne.com Asprey Personalise this Bond Attaché leather briefcase with a monogram or allow up to six weeks to customise interior pockets and compartments....
...Although some companies focused on high-end renovations are already going out of business as casualties of the credit crunch, Blanchard says she expects more home improvement projects....
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