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.
The names of people who can boast with their wealth are
known to anyone and their personal and social life exerts the attention of the
wide public and mass media either. Nevertheless, the cases are not rare when too
wealthy people prefer living a restricted life and the details of their life
are revealed only when scandals occur. Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress and
owner of the cosmetic empire L’Oreal, grasped the same fate.
Till up to date, we knew too little about Liliane
Bettencourt. In total, all we know is the list of her biographical data and we
know more after we thoroughly learn this information. Liliane is the only daughter
to the famous French businessman Eugene Schuler who founded a small company to
manufacture and sell cosmetic products in the beginning of the previous
century. The company was renamed into L’Oreal since 30s which is one of the
major cosmetic brands in the world.
Liliane was born in 1922 and she was too close to her father
since early childhood, when she lost her mother in 1927. Yet, Liliane was close
to her father and his partner in his business battles.
In 1950 it was time for Liliane to build a family and she married
to André Bettencourt and she delivered Françoise in 1956 in this marriage. And in
general, this is all the data we know as about the person. The reason is her
unsociability regarding the out society so typical to wealthy people. Liliane
who has the restricted temper preferred staying alone as in the childhood when
her father stayed at work most time and she was alone. Besides, she does not like
being interviewed and we know only tow of them.
The business instinct, adherence to accurate data and figures
and punctuality and the ability to choose professional assistants to manage the
company inherited from her father helped her to make L’Oreal one of the
flourishing companies in the cosmetic segment of the market to the end of XX – beginning
of XXI centuries. Within 2004-2007 the personal wealth of Bettencourt was
evaluated as 22-24 billion dollars which made her one of the wealthiest women
of the world and the wealthiest woman in France. The world financial crisis influenced
her profits, though 15 billion dollars she disposes make her feel rather
comfortable and quiet about losses.
The person who cannot live a quiet life is her daughter,
Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers, the potential heiress of the enormous wealth of
Liliane. And here goes the reason of that scandal occurred in the Bettencourt family.
The point is that Francoise got a fairly dangerous competitor in the potential
argues for the enormous and L’Oreal smelling money. In 1987 Liliane Bettencourt
got in know with a forty-year old photographer, an artist, a writer and a
playwright Francois-Marie Banier. Banier became a close friend to Liliane and
the friendship which seemed to be a caprice of an old woman at the edge of the
senility, appeared to be surprisingly lasting. Recently in view of her age (she
will be 88 this year) there is some information circulated that Banier will
inherit the wealth of Liliane. There are two cases when Banier could get the
fortune, either if Liliane adopts him or marries him. The more so because in
2007 Liliane Bettencourt became a widow. In this case Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers
seriously risk having lesser fingers in that «pie», than as if she inherited
the total empire and fortune.
Francoise got really worried in 2009 when she learned that within
twenty yeas of friendship with Liliane Francois-Marie Banier received an amount
of 1 billion Euros in cash and in works of art, flats and many other gifts. In view
of that, Francoise felt anxious for the further inheritance and the mental
adequacy of her mother who shoed her ability to spend her wealth for the favor
of potential shady dealer. So, in summer 2009 Francoise took the inquiry to the
court on the request to initiate the legal procedure and recognize Liliane Bettencourt
as the incapable person. She required to be her mother’s guardian. In most such
cases the closest relative is assigned as the guardian to the person and Francoise
was sure to have this tutorship. She got the permit and in December 2009 she initiated
the immediate legal proceeding to announce her mother incapable and at the same
time she asked the court to recognize Francois-Marie Banier as the fraud. How the
process is going and what is the end of it is difficult to say. Both parties have
strong arguments in their favor though the only thing is definite that all
people know about the Bettencourt family and how they live.
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.
