Crystals at CityCenter opens doors to Vegas’ big spenders

“For our collection, that’s not so bad,” Mattera says with a chuckle.

“Our clientele are people who are looking for something unique and precious. People who have this kind of income want something that they can’t find on anybody else.”

De Grisogono has just one other U.S. location, on Madison Avenue in New York. However, the jeweler is far from the only high-end retailer drawn to Las Vegas through Crystals.

Las Vegas “is a leisure place where people want to forget about normal life for the period they’re here,” says Yves Carcelle, chief executive of Louis Vuitton. “They want to live another life. They want to enjoy.”

Us Holiday Gift Guide: Luxe with a Twist

Ellen Tien was a columnist in the New York Times Styles section for 12 years and has written for O Magazine, Vogue and Rolling Stone. From now until December 24, she will be providing a daily tip on stylish presents to make your holiday shopping even easier.

Louis Vuitton’s voluminous whisper-soft scarves can be seen wrapped, twisted and tied on chic celebrities across the globe. This season, a lush paisley print is the rage (Leighton Meester is sporting this one on her Twitter page profile).

Wear it loose, knotted around your neck, tucked into a coat or—like one daring fashion editor—wrapped around your waist and pinned as a mini-skirt. In red or yellow, $880 at Louis Vuitton boutiques.

Keep visiting our Holiday Gift Guide over the next couple of weeks for fabulous giveaways of some of our favorite gifts

Tiger Woods Scandal: Ample Opportunities Await Tiger Woods for Sponsorships

Tiger Woods scandal: Ample opportunties await Tiger Woods for sponsorships – if he’s willing to take them.  While the golfer has lost lucrative endorsements such as Accenture and Tag Heuer, there are other companies willing to pick up the controversial golfer.

Accenture was the first sponsor to all-out drop Tiger Woods.  Reports indicate that they have scrubbed their offices of all evidence that they had a relationship with him.  Needless to say, their slogan will no longer be “go ahead, be a Tiger.”

Tag Heuer, the luxury watch company owned by the same company that owns Louis Vuitton, dropped Tiger Woods as well.

Gillette and Gatorade have both announced reduced usage of Tiger Woods in their marketing campaign. Gatorade contends that their decision to drop Tiger Woods’ “Tiger Focus” sports drinks was made “months” ago, and was purely a business decision.

It has been reported that Corona Cigar Company has offered Tiger Woods a $100,000 sponsorship.  Of course, this isn’t nearly a drop in the bucket when you consider that Woods is used to getting $100 MILLION a year for endorsements.  With his image failing, it’s crucial now more than ever that he build up relationships with new sponsors.

There are plenty of jokes out there about who Tiger’s new sponsors should be. Some say that he should come up with a line of condoms (which I think is a bad idea, as there are rumors that he didn’t like to use protection).

The scandal isn’t over for Tiger Woods.  Everyone is holding their breath, wondering what his biggest sponsor – Nike will do.

The birth of stars

Today, the world’s young people are already hard to tell what is actor and reality show star, but do not know what is the real star. On the other hand, you have to admit that this world has a very long time star was born. Even Michael Jackson are gone, who else has a strong appeal and from the entertainment circle across the ability to fashion?

 

Madonna shoot for two consecutive quarters for the Louis Vuitton advertising art, not by accident. The star debulking with its never been proved the charm to the world she had never been away from us and. Whether it is the beginning of the last century, became popular 80 years or over Banbai today, no matter where she went, from the Tour stage to the fashion show front row, her radiant bottomless high.

Louis Vuitton Opens New Store At Crystals In CityCenter In Las Vegas

Shannon Moore – Celebrity News Service Reporter

Las Vegas, NV (CNS) – International French fashion house Louis Vuitton has opened a new store at Crystals in CityCenter in Las Vegas. The new retail location, number 16 for the designer, will be the company’s largest store in North America and the 5th largest in the world.

The store will carry all of the Louis Vuitton product categories including shoes, watches, jewelry, sunglasses, textiles, ties, accessories, ready-to-wear and leather goods such as luggage and city bags.

“Louis Vuitton was founded on the principles of creativity and innovation, with the perfect balance of tradition and modernity,” said Yves Carcelle, Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton Malletier in a press release.

“The CityCenter team has taken the complete Las Vegas experience to the next level of imagination and magnificence with this project. Crystals at CityCenter is destined to be the premier destination for luxury in Las Vegas. Louis Vuitton is thrilled to be able to open such a unique store in this breathtaking center.”

The new location boasts three levels and 14,000 square footage of retail space, with an interior created by renowned New York architect Peter Marino.

“Monroe” to the classic post-modern Bianshen

Cotton Printed T-shirt Leny; satin jacket Pinko; wool tweed skirt Dsquared2;

 

Camellia Pearl long necklace Chanel; silver inlaid glass beads earrings Chanel;

 

Silver long necklace Burberry18k gold inlaid diamonds, 105 pearls 757 bracelet Chanel Jewellery;

 

Satin ribbon LouisVuitton crocodile leather strap gold watch John Isaac Little

European Luxury Goods Risk Cachet With China Focus, Brule Says

Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — European luxury brands are risking their cachet and alienating Western shoppers by changing designs to appeal to the Chinese market, according to Tyler Brule, the London-based design consultant and editor of Monocle magazine.

Many brands “added a little bit of jingle-jangle to their bags and a few shiny zippers and buckles to their shoes, which was not core to their aesthetic before,” during the past seven years, Brule said by phone from London. “Some of these companies now are putting out products that Europeans wouldn’t touch.”

Brule, whose most recent Monocle boasts advertising from Louis Vuitton and Cartier, declined to specify the brands he believes have made mistakes in China. Vuitton and its main rival in luxury apparel, PPR SA’s Gucci Group, have sold more handbags in China as U.S. and Japanese demand stagnates or shrinks. Gucci Group Chief Executive Officer Robert Polet said in September that expansion will focus on Asia for a “long time to come.”

Milan dominoes Story

Mahjong luxury before, the existing expensive and Pai Gow. Even the Europeans to become used to hone their patience and willpower of the elegant toy dominoes, mahjong can be as extravagant as will be in the end.

 

When Mahjong has also been a unique English words Mahjong – yes, it has been internationalized: the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Gucci took this gift, priced over 20,000 yuan, but a lack of new ideas. In contrast, Louis Vuitton, and Maison MartinMargiela to be much more restrained, adding a wealth of artistic effect.

 

In any case these big luxury groups to China, thus revealing a hideous ugly gold teeth is that it is the name of the cover art, “a trickster,” As everyone knows, when compared with the mahjong, and the other tools used for gambling Pai Gow was more long-standing, more there are artistic. It originated in the Song Dynasty, multi-purpose bone, ivory, ebony and other precious materials.

 

Of course there know what’s what – the non-Renaissance Italy, the birthplace of none other than Milan’s 10 Corso Como in the recent wave of stores will launch a set of dominoes. Specializes in cross-border 10Corso Como naturally be linked together a pair of antique furniture is well aware of the brand as their preferred Albrizzi. The Baron was founded in 1968 by Alessandro years of household brands in addition to understanding the essence of art, there is also a very good grinding cutting process.

 

Many people may wonder why a domino, and Pai Gow are even dry line? The fact, another name would perhaps Pai Gow dominoes, in the mid-19th century missionaries from China into Italy. Not every nation, such as the Chinese people so addicted to gambling, and Pai Gow became a European used to hone their patience and willpower of the elegant toy. However, when Asian immigration campaign has become a trend, it seems to Pai Gow Poker the new forms and shapes, large and small casino in the world.

 

10 Corso Como x Albrizzi domino set of 28, priced £ 185 (about 2456 yuan), Pai Gow less than the traditional four, used to gambling, it seems we must also use the mud mud out of a few replacement Caixing and is used to playing a domino game seems to be a bit too easy to buy a few more vice.

 

However, the functionality for a work of art is really insignificant for Pai Gow banned after the founding of the Chinese people to buy even more complex set of nostalgic Daoshi so used. 70 years ago, the original Tang Men’s grandmother married before the closure of the gate, marching brick searching out the town shops and home brewing city’s grandfather is hiding in a silk shop close fight in full swing, consume the property of his family last . Things vicissitudes of life ruined because of Pai Gow who was also 20 years after the escape.

 

While inside the hidden story of Pai Gow dominoes can not be passed to clarify that on the table but can be occasionally touching the wounds of years.

Hangzhou is a chain of dollars Mercedes-Benz sports car, Deputy Pengci the driver’s seat LV-coated Linzou

11:59 yesterday, Mr. Zhu calls: there is more than 30-year-old woman, opened the Mercedes-Benz sports car with red cars, in front of Nader Hotel Ring North Road, was robbed of the package, and now that woman has come to police station went. Yan Feng’s to verify the reports: m City Lane police station confirmed that there is indeed a bit open-purple-red Mercedes-Benz sports car of the lady was robbed of bag. Bun Scrambling There are four individuals, two men were arrested on the spot, was captured two Silent, were born in 1990, one is from Shandong, Liaoning, one person. Happened about 11 am yesterday. The lady driving a purple-red Mercedes-Benz sports car, from east to west along the Ring Road to open, in the case of red light Nader hotel entrance, parking, the one black girl suddenly rushing across the road, in the right side of the door Mercedes-Benz touched, fell to the ground. At that time, Mercedes-Benz sports car’s windows are locked. “I thought girls were injured, and quickly press the vice driver’s door window, probably opened a third look. At this time, the girl stood up from the ground, I asked her, ah you have bruises? Girls who do not get in a word , beating the clothes. At this time, there’s men desperately knocking on my driver’s side of the door, I thought it was girls boyfriend, he turned to see him, another man reached out to the Vice-driver’s seat, Lin Zou I placed above the LV bag. too fast, and I failed to react … … Later on, there are several young people to help me catch, caught two woman … … “LV bag has two LV wallet, 7,000 yuan in cash, a gold bracelet, a mobile hard disk, there are several bank cards. After the incident, Rice Lane City police station was robbed in the vicinity and found the LV bag, the bag, 2 LV wallet, bank cards still, cash, gold bracelets and mobile hard drives are all gone, lost items, total value of 3 million yuan. “Thanks to the help of three young men at the scene on the captured two suspects, one of which hit the Mercedes-Benz Black girl.” M City Lane police station, said police. Three boys: two of Lishui, including a surname leaf; there is a yes Hangzhou people, surnamed Wu. Mr. Wu to work in the body, 29-year-old. In an interview, he kept saying, I am sorry, I have been a soldier, if the slightly faster response, we can seize that man, and only to seize a woman, quite regrettable. At that time, he and colleagues have stood Nader hotel door, to see retro red Mercedes-Benz sports car to stop and so on. At this time, there are girls ran across the road, in the retro touch a bit on the Mercedes-Benz sports car. “I thought it was traffic accidents, not as one thing, but the girl quickly stood up, tapping his own clothes, 10 seconds, I do not think heavy. Driving is a woman. Driver was also shaking down the co-pilot Block windows with the girls to speak … … Suddenly, rushing from three directions, two men and a woman, there’s men desperately knocking on the door next to the Mercedes-Benz sports car driver’s seat, I thought it was bumped girl’s boyfriend, nor when the back things, or standing watch, but suddenly, standing deputy that the driver’s seat side of the fast men from the Mercedes-Benz sports car driver’s seat of the Vice-Lin Chu a white background color package. 4 quick to leave the side, then the Satui run, the impact, the girl with the man in the Bag behind the direction of running to the Nader Hotel; the other two ran towards the direction of Hangzhou Tower. I cried, well, then while chasing Bianjiao, the event, enabling a! I grasping lived for running in the back of that car crash girl, the girl taken to the Mercedes-Benz sports car side. driver may be frightened, nor the police, desperate phone calls, sound is to call her husband. Later, I reported that the Police. “Yeosu Yee said, when he and his friends were crossing the road to Hangzhou buildings to also see the girl Mercedes-Benz sports car crash this scene. But then I heard a man shouting, Bun Scrambling, and they looked back and a man was chasing the girl and just bumped a Bag man, he felt strange, went to sports car side, and asked how driver’s going on? Driver thought Haoban Tian said that her bag was robbed. “I find just which men and a woman running towards the direction of Hangzhou Tower, I and my friend immediately catch, catch of a one-stop road, caught the girl running in the back.” Mr Yip said that they are doing brand design, and previously often see the news media reports that an owner, while driving, remember the lock car doors and windows, did not expect, lock the car doors and windows are also a time when the incident. Police said, “Now more and more sophisticated criminals, you are waiting for a red light, car doors and windows are locked, a person suddenly fell to the side of your car, you can not turn a blind eye, right? If truth be struck out? this situation, it is best not to open the window, if more people during the day, you can open the door to get off immediately locked the door, look at each other injury, and hit 110, and so the police to deal with. “

Chinese cinnamon silk tassel magnesium VS flower bud Hana bump against the LV bud skirt greatly!

But Louis Vuitton brand flagship shop held the ceremony opening on Macao public square one on December 1 , 2009, yesterday , silvery alternative Chinese cinnamon silk tassel magnesium Louis Vuitton 2010 series autumn and winter buds skirt appeared publicly , this piece of glittering width shouldered ceremonial dress skirt , flower bud Hana passed through also once prior to, Rihanna of the advance guard has chosen individuality of similar Moxi nominal head only model, Chinese cinnamon silk tassel magnesium is the completely different feeling having chosen “female obedient” the Bobo head, but the hair style difference but let two people Louis Vuitton skirt be deduced out. But extraordinary coincidence being, this piece of Louis Vuitton bud skirt exactly was to thought that redly surpassing model Liu Wen deduction’s by China at that time