Asian shoppers thirst for luxury
BBC News-Jan. 25, 2011
Something quite extraordinary is happening across Asia. In the big cities all across the continent, people are shopping as though their lives depended on it, day ...
Pearls, Finer but Still Cheap, Flow From China
New York Times-Aug. 1, 2011
ZHUJI, China — One of the most feared men in the worldwide pearl industry these days is a muscular, Ferrari-driving 40-year-old who is doing the improbable: ...
Lindsay Lohan denies stealing $2000 necklace... despite being ...
Daily Mail-Feb. 3, 2011
Her vehement denial comes as a paparazzi photograph of the star wearing a gold necklace last week is understood to have led police to target the star in a ...
The Glittering Legacy of Elizabeth Taylor
New York Times-Sep. 12, 2011
... usher in an era when the luxury brands must have sent gifts to Ms. Taylor. ... (Burton outbid the Spanish court at an auction in 1969, buying the pearl for his wife's ... But the necklace that the pearl dangles from is equally extraordinary: historic ...