1997, Silvia Venturini Fendi, a third generation Fendi, introduced the Baguette.
Most Diamonds are 1-3 Billion years old.
Faux fur is quite simply fake fur. Faux, which is pronounced like the word
“foe,” is French for "not real." Today, faux fur is a popular alternative to
real fur.
Christopher Columbus found cotton in the Bahama Islands in 1492.
Full-grain leather is considered among the best quality leather you can buy. It
can be made from a variety of different animal hides, but most usually is made
from cow skin.
Prior to 1850, 70 percent of the clothes worn were hand-stitched by the people
who wore them.
Many of the clothes you find at bargain outlet stores are made specifically for that
store, and the designers sometimes use cheaper fabric to maximize their profit.
Tommy Jeans target customer is the 15 to 22 year old consumer.
A pearl is only found naturally in 1 in every 10,000 oysters.
The name "The Gap"was derived from the growing differences between children and adults or the generation gap.
The tradition of borrowing jewelry from high-end Jewelers to wear to the Academy
Awards ceremony was started in 1944
Wal-Mart sells more than $30 billion in apparel a year
Pima cotton in clothing is most often used in shirts for both men and women.
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger was born in Elmira, New York, on March 24, 1951 and is a world-famous fashion designer, and creator of the eponymous "Tommy Hilfiger" and "Tommy" brands.
Chanel also has more than 120 Chanel shop-in-shop boutiques in leading department stores around the world.
A necklace 15-16" is called "Choker length" and hits just above the collar bone.
Whether you label them fake handbags, replica, look-like, reproduction or knock-off handbags,
it is still called product counterfeiting and it is big business.
Burberry designed and made the British army trench coats which became regulation dress during the First World War.
Catalog sizes tend to be bigger than store sizes, because the catalog companies
know that shoppers are less likely to return clothes that are a little too big,
while they will almost always return clothes that are too small.
Hype brands include: XOXO, Bisou Bisou, Gianni Versace and Girogio Armani.
Platinum is the most pure metal of the precious
metals.
Italian leather is "full grain" leather, which is made from the very best raw
hides.
Engagement rings are worn on the third finger of the left hand, because the
ancient Egyptians believed that the vein in that finger ran directly to the
heart.
Eco-designer use earth-generated textiles made of sasawashi, bamboo, sea cell, soya and other
eco-fabrics such as EcoSpun.
The word “pleather” is a popular slang term for synthetic
leather made out of plastic, and is actually a combination of the words “plastic
leather.”
Louis Vuitton began by manufacturing high-quality travel trunks in Paris in 1854
