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.
Many things
fail to become exclusive and luxury that are not affordable for ordinary
people. So, it happened with the crystal, fragrances and spices. People
accustomed to them and now almost every person can afford them. Natural hand-made
silk carpets still belong to luxury things affordable to the elite only. These
carpets can make the interior play differently, look richer, and highlight the
beauty and coziness of the interior design being the real masterpiece. And anyone
who enters the room draws attention to such carpets as to the art work.
Silk carpets
were first seen in China,
in IV century A.C. and they were made exclusively to decorate the rooms of
Chinese Emperors. In the meantime, the other nations mastered the carpet
weaving though wool was used instead of silk. And no one could replicate these
beautiful and durable silky carpets till China managed to keep the secret.
Nevertheless, the secret of silk weaving was revealed in Persia first and then in Europe.
And then China
lost the position of the monopolist exclusive carpet weaving country.
In spite of
the fact that carpets were manufactured in Tavriz and Isfakhan, two Persian
provinces, the Chinese carpets did not get cheaper, and on the contrary they
became far more expensive. The quality mattered and it is impossible to
replicate it so fast. Therefore, durability, luxury and beauty of silk carpets
are still demanded. In the meantime, the manufacture of carpets from wool and cotton
was made automated, and the equipment is not the one to conquer with the skills
and qualification of human being. Human skills are one of the important characteristics
of durability of carpet tissue.
Silk
carpets may be different in quality, the weight and lighter silky carpets are more
valuated and demanded unlike carpets based on woolen, cotton or flax threads.
The tread should be thicker than usual to make the silk the base of carpets.
This is achieved with the special diet of oak leaves to place the silkworm. Such
carpets are considered as elite. Though, the cost of carpets depends on the
work and manpower contributed and time consumed. For example, the density of the
silk carpet may be 2 million knots per the square meter (with a million of
knots with the woolen carpet), and the qualified weaver with the good speed of
weaving is able to make 7000-10 000 knots approximately. Therefore, it takes a
hundred 8-hour working days to make a square meter of the silk carpet tissue.
Take a look at the carpet in your place and consider the time required for the
experienced weaver to make the silk carpet.
The most fascinating
mystery of the silk carpet is the attraction to look at the carpet again and
again. As the facets of the precious stone, the silky surface of the carpet, in
respect to the visual angle, period of the day, artificial or natural light,
acquires the new nuances and thus looks differently when the enigmatic luster
is changed by the bottomless and alluring «velvet» intensity, dull tint or
traveling waves of the silver frost.
Choosing the
silk carpet, one need to bear in mind that the carpets from artificial silk may
be cheaper, and especially if you are not experienced in it, and the seller is
willing to sell the goods. If you want to distinguish between the real silk
from the artificial, rub the carpet and the natural carpet gives the warmth and
the artificial carpet stays cool.
One of the true
techniques is the «burning»: tear off a small knot from the reverse side of the
carpet (the natural carpet endures it), and burn it. Natural silk gives the smell
of «singed hair», while the artificial carpet smells as the plastic, and the
cotton carpet burns and gives the ash as the paper is burnt.
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.
