All silver tarnishes even at Tiffany

Last Saturday I was at Yorkdale. The visit wouldn’t have been complete without a peek inside the long-awaited Tiffany store. (Anyone know why it was at least six months in the making and not open for the holiday season?)I have two pieces of Tiffany silver jewelry - an Elsa Peretti “e” necklace and a link bracelet. I’d always been told Tiffany would clean them for life for me for free.A couple months ago I broke the delicate chain on the necklace. At the time the Bloor St. location wasn’t as convenient as Yorkdale. So I decided to wait and have an excuse to visit the new store.As for my necklace I did a dumb thing and didn’t put it back in it’s tarnish-resistant case while I was waiting to take it for repairs. I’ll know better for next time. In the meantime I understand it will come back to me looking as good as new. (Note: for silver jewelry more than a year old there is a repair charge.)Since I was there it only made sense to have my bracelet cleaned at the same time right?I was quite surprised when I saw a price list for silver cleaning at the customer service desk. The lovely and apologetic woman at the desk explained that they had to follow the policies at Tiffany New York and the policy changed last December. She went on to say how they now use a muti-step process which is more costly. For one-time only I agreed to have my bracelet cleaned - partly because I had already handed it over.When I returned a few hours later to pick up my bracelet the woman in front of me was there to have her silver jewelry cleaned as well. She was shocked to learn about newly-implemented charges and went on to explain how she travels all over the world and never paid to have her jewelry cleaned at any of the Tiffany stores along the way. Glad to know I wasn’t the only customer who recalled the free cleaning service.Times are tough retailers are clamping down and I’m far from the typical Tiffany customer. However this new policy made me think a lot about the Tiffany brand as a leader in customer service and how it’s being compromised during the recession. Aren’t there other ways retailers can trim expenses without having to hurt their long-established traditions of excellent customer service?Unlike the Bloor St. store Tiffany Yorkdale is quite stripped down although extremely busy and Tiffany blue bags can be seen throughout the mall. I wouldn’t have thought any less of them if the customer service desk wasn’t made of thick marble. Wonder how many cleaning charges it will take to pay for that?As for me next time I’ll save the $10 and polish it myself. ($10 goes along way when it comes to jewelry cleaning products that last forever even Tiffany offers a wide-range of home cleaning solutions starting at $5 and up.)

Lane Crawford puts out Swarovski Crystal Palace

Lie in house and fashionable life department of Lane Crawford of shopping center of financial street of Beijing to show a contemporary design object of illusion exclusively --Swarovski Crystal Palace (Swarovski Crystal Palace) . In Swarovski Crystal Palace, new product series of intention most to display and substitute whom the successors Nadja Swarovski created for global and famous designer of the head with the fifth in family of Swarovski.


Swarovski Crystal Palace
Nadja Swarovski was born in Germany and longer than Austria, accepted the education in Europe and U.S.A.. She once worked in Gagosian gallery of New York, company of Eleanor Lambert and Marilyn Evins public relations. In 1995, she joined the market summoning for trail and public relation department of family firm Swarovski North American limited company, took office in Swarovski Hong Kong limited company hereafter, is responsible for the business of market of China and Southeast Asia. After getting back to New York, she serves as the pioneer, determines to combine jewel and film the crystal, introduce the luxurious fashion field again.
Vice-president, as the summoning for trail department of world, Nadja set up the enterprises of London to summon the unit for trail in November of 2000, combine the service centre of the intention and concept summoned for trail. Nadja incumbent Germany D. Swarovski Co. president and concurrently president of board of directors, insist with fashion, jewel, building, design with music field connecting with hand intention cooperate in, aim at orientating Swarovski Crystal as the intention element in these fields again.
From setting up, Swarovski Crystal Palace won global praise, known as having a illusion contemporary design object most. Nadja Swarovski has assembled the best new entering and well-known figures in the building, art, fashion and indoor design field, have redesigned and demonstrated crystalline dreamlike dazzling strength and the latest science and technology, realize this project perfectly finally. Regarding traditional classical branch shape ornament lamp as the beginning, they create the unprecedented outstanding creation, have subverted us to lamp decoration and crystalline conservative concept.
2008 Swarovski Crystal Palace series include Arne Quinze, Fredrikson Stallard, Front Design, Marcel Wanders, the newest design of Marcus Tremonto, Paul Cocksedge, Piero Lissoni, Studio Job, Tokujin Yoshioka and Zaha Hadid, Crystal Skull of Fabien Baron, Randomly Crystalline of Front Design, there are Cavern Collection of other Fredriskon Stallard,etc., will display in the shop of Lane Crawford.

Hip Hop Jewelry.

Hip Hop Jewelry has gone through a tremendous increase in popularity over the last few years so much as it is difficult to realize that the phrase hip hop originated from the blacks music scene rather than from the fashion or jewelry industry.Hip Hop Iced out jewelry is distinctive in its extravagant use of diamonds and Gold and Hip Hop Jewelry is sometimes referred to as being baling jewelry or even Iced out jewelry. Its one distinctive feature is the impression of sheer extravagance and success that emanates from the 'iced up' appearance of diamond encrusted pieces and the sparkle and sheer lavishness of it.The reason that Hip Hop Jewelry or bling jewelry has become so popular in recent years is as a direct result of the many well known celebrities that have adorned themselves with this Hip Hop Jewelry most of whom come from either the rap music. Some of the most well-known hip-hop and rap musicians or celebrities are 50 Cent and Eminem both of whom are instantly recognizable if for no other reason than the fact that they are adorned in a tremendous amount of large chunky jewelry which takes on the appearance of being encrusted with a wealth of diamonds.Children and young people are always keen to emulate the styles and fashions of their idols particularly from the world of music. With hip-hop and rap musicians helping to celebrate the blink style of jewelry many children and young people are keen to emulate this style and fashion. Of course it isn't that cheap to be able to replicate the style of a pop star when a pop star can afford contemporary or bring jewelry costing many thousands of dollars.However the fashion industry has responded by being able to produce a wide range of Hip Hop Jewelry and bling jewelry at a nominal range of prices that involve smaller and fewer diamonds and other stones. This has resulted in the enormous range of fashionable jewelry items for young people that are extremely affordable. For those who can afford more elitist jewelry then there are plenty of bling bling jewelry items and accessories available which are every bit as expensive as they seem.Some of the most popular Hip Hop Jewelry items include rings necklaces and bracelets. Typically many of these items are referred to as iced out which effectively means that the jewelry is designed to give the impression of many dozens or even hundreds of very small diamonds paving large sections of the jewelry. At the top end of the hip-hop jewelry market these diamonds become increasingly larger and as prices drop they become smaller but more numerous. That is because a single two carat diamond is far more valuable than twenty small diamonds of .1 carat each.The main appeal of bling Fashion and hip-hop jewelry is the fact that it gives a very clear distinctive and unmissable message to anyone who happens to see or even glance at the individual wearing the items. No one can fail to notice somebody who is wearing such jewelry. Many of the rap and hip-hop celebrities such as P. Diddy or Sean Combs wear such amount of Hip Hop Jewelry that it would be hard to imagine how they could adorn themselves with any more and many young people are keen to achieve the same effect whilst not spending vast amounts of money.It really does seem today that there is hardly a square inch of the body that cannot be adorned by an item of Hip Hop Jewelry. From earrings and nose studs to bracelets and rings from watches to necklaces and even to teeth! Some celebrities have either had their teeth permanently decorated or wear a highly fashionable tooth cap which can be slid over the tooth covering it in bling.Ordinary people are able to emulate their idols by purchasing real diamond Hip Hop Jewelry at discount or cheap prices online if they are lucky enough to come across the right hip hop fashion websites. Otherwise the price of a diamond encrusted watch can be prohibitive to young people who do not have the spending power of those they want to be like.Check out the Hip Hop Jewelry at Blinginice where you will find a wide range of jewelry that Bring you in stlye. Also avail the free offers on Blinginice.