The Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a revolutionary Che Gevara, politicians Winston Churchill and Bill Clinton, writers Somerset Maugham and Mark Twain, the actor and the political figure Arnold Schwarzenegger – these names are well-known and these figures are best known to the world for their political, social, literary and other achievements. Moreover, the abovementioned people highly esteem cigar smoking and, thus, they come as people who own the greatest number of tools and accessories so requisite for this leisurely process and among others there are cigar lighters.
In the light of a variety and availability of glass items, glass ware is still appreciated by plenty people, especially when it comes to cut glass. The cut glass produces a long, lingering and musical tune when you put your finger at the cut-glass edge. So, in Japan the craftsmen make unique musical instruments. A crystal violin, completely transparent, is estimated for fifty thousand USD. Crystal glass tableware is not so much expensive though it is able to produce the charming, unique and so brittle music providing it is properly cared.
Wealthy persons are mostly known for their fortune only. However, despite they make billions, these people possess some personal features that attract people when estimating them. While Warren shovels up money, he has to do with quite conflicting image he created: he is known to be the proved miser and at the same time he privately donates huge amounts for charity purposes.
Bright, warm colors and the original
African culture are always there to cheer you up, distract one from day to day
routine and bring something fresh and positive into our lives. This is why
ethnic African style is getting popular nowadays and one can see more and more
of it in our houses.
The Main Features of the Style
When speaking about African style in
general one will notice these elements:
Cheerful, sunny colors such as: orange,
yellow, sandy brown, terracotta, red. Those are highlighted by bright-blue
color of the southern sky, green oasis' and jungle's colors and black color of
the African nights.
The prevalence of natural materials in
furniture and interior: timber (mostly dark toned), bamboo, products of stone
and clay.
The unprocessed or hardly processed effects
on the products and furniture.
African flora and fauna elements. These
could be plants: palms, rubber plants, ferns, laurels, mini-baobabs or pictures
of those. Fauna representatives can appear in photos, pictures, sculptures
(figurines), or can be seen as skins (or imitations of such), fangs, claws.
Such animals as lions, cheetahs, crocodiles, elephants, giraffes, antelopes,
rhinoceroses, buffalos are very welcome. Your own prairie and savanna can be
observed from the top by marabou and an ostrich who hid somewhere nearby.
Portraying those animals and birds on textile products (bed sheets,
duvet-covers, cloths) will highlight the style and bring this one and only
color, feeling of life joy. Giraffe is translated as colorful and elegant from
Arabian and that is not without a reason.
Abstract, a bit of primitive ornaments.
Those are easily noticed due to their juicy colors and easy, simple forms, in
which one will see the world as it is, not spoiled by civilization.
Is this a global change or is it just a few
strokes?
Before making your ideas come true, you
have to decide whether it is a total imitation of Africa for a long time that
you want or it is a few strokes to apply to the interior that can be easily
changed once you feel like it.
Total change
Total imitation of Africa requires a
corresponding walls and ceiling design to make it work. The best solution would
be painting the walls or applying careless plaster in warm, ochre or brownish
colors. Cave-alike African drawings can be used on small surfaces; a
border-ornament can also be used.
Ceramic granite is better to be used on the
floor to imitate natural stone or wood. You can rely on civilization here and
use a floor connected to the heating system for this (you can't expect it to be
cold in Africa, can you?)
Furniture in an African interior should be
of simple, maybe a bit brutal forms without any details that will stand out. If
you prefer more of a light forms, then you should consider getting wattled or
shod furniture Chests are to be used instead of cupboards.
A few Strokes
If you want to only adjust your neutral
interior style with a few strokes of African style the handmade products of the
continent will come to your aid. I'll have to say that craft in Africa was both
an art as well as a way to make life easier. An arty, classy thing would also
serve its owner right.
This can be said about dishware, figurines,
caskets, curtains, covers, shod products, masks, weapons: spears, bows, arrows.
Such artifacts will sure add the needed exotic feeling to the interior.
Plus, wooden or clay dishware should be of
natural clay color and figures, figurines and sculptures should be of
dark-brown or black colors.
A cheetah or zebra skin carelessly lying on
the floor or on the sofa upholstered with a bast fiber would fit a bushman
spear humbly placed next to a wall.
Masks should be used carefully: you'll
never know how their ritual aspect would affect your mood.
Extreme connection with nature, simplicity
and spontaneity; originality of details combined with the mystic world of black
continent fills the interior with this unique energy and originality.
Lingerie for women was just the plain underwear until the 20th century when it became the mean self-expression, as the subject of esthetic admiration. A piece of lingerie seen in between the women wear looked quite shocking to be shame and no one thought of designing luxury items based on lingerie, leaving alone works of art. Today every woman dreams of having a pair, or even more, of luxury and high quality lingerie to associate with sexuality, sensibility and attraction with male.
Today the knitwear is presented in so many styles and
it is so popular that no single autumn and spring collections can do without
hosiery. Knit
women's coats are offered in classic, sporty, romantic, vintage, casual and
ethnic styles. The demand for knit coats
grows in line with the more increasing range of color and texture of woolen
yarn as merino wool, angora, alpaca, Kashmir. Globally known brands launch knit
coats for women in their latest collections and most celebrities today appear
wearing knitwear for many occasions and that's hard to picture that some time
back it was something different.
First established in 1980, the brand by Carolina Herrera is one of the well-known fashion brands; collections by Carolina Herrera make a conquest for the public love and demand due to elegance and delicacy of the fashion wear models. The collections were successful, though Carolina Herrera opened its perfume line first in 1988 presenting Carolina Herrera for Women. Carolina Herrera 212 is known to be the bestseller first launched in 1997, and today this fragrance takes its niche among the most recognized perfumes of the world.
First established in 1860, Chopard is one of the reputed watch and jewelry houses producing incredibly beautiful, fascinating jewelry items and watches of dream. The house also launched a number of celebrated fragrances as Casmir, Wish, Madness and Infiniment. Despite the long and solid history of the brand, it appeared only recently in the market of fragrances with the first fragrance Chopard launched only in 1992. Six years later, in 1996, the Chopard House presented its Mira-Bai, the fragrance which is still in favor among women keen on oriental scents. Mira-Bai shows no intentions to compete with such a fashion-setter in the sphere of oriental compositions as Guerlain Shalimar, though the fragrance by Chopard takes its niche among the classic perfumes in the market of oriental perfume.
