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 Old World had no idea about platinum though civilizations
of And discovered and used it from the time immemorial. First platinum
was mined in America where in
XVII century the Spanish conquerors ruled by F. Kortes found the new metal on
the banks of the river Platino-del-Pino in Columbia. The name of this metal comes from
the Spanish word «plata» that means silver.
Some time
back the platinum was recognized as «useless» metal. The conquerors of the
South America brought to Spain
huge amount of platinum that was far cheaper than even silver. Though, the
Spanish jewelers discovered that alloy of the platinum with gold has the
greater specific weight and decided to use it for fake gold coins. On
discovering this, the Government of Spain ordered to eliminate all platinum
reserves and sank it in the sea.
Due to its
high chemical stability, platinum was used to manufacture the chemical ware
like bowls, cups, pincer tips, and nozzles for burners, electrodes for analyses
and equipment for chemical industry. Only in the middle of XVIII century the
platinum was acknowledged as the separate element, yet the platinum was
practiced to manufacture the chemical equipment for the capacity of platinum to
have the high chemical stability and melting. In 1809 the platinum retort was
manufactured of 13 kg
to concentrate sulphur acid. To the half of the XVIII century the manufacturers
learned to melt the platinum in the fame of the detonating gas and in 1862 the
platinum casts were exhibited in London
with the weight of up to 200
kg!
As a
natural element, the platinum is found in the alluvial sands of different
rivers, though we have little facts of platinum used by ancient peoples.
Platinum has
one valuable feature either: it is perfectly soldered into the glass that is
far essential when manufacturing glass ware. Anyone is aware of platinum mirrors
that are manufactured by putting the thinnest layer of the platinum to the
glass surface. Platinum mirrors are durable, they do not get dull, the reflection
is pure, yet, their specific capacity is one-sided transparency. The point of this
phenomenon is that the mirror is not transparent from the light source side and
it reflects all items in front of it, while from the shadow side it is
transparent and the view is as pure as through the clear glass. Thanks to this
capacity, platinum mirrors are widely popular in USA. They were widely used as the
windows for the office first floors, typographies and other offices and housing
to replace curtains and screens.
It is the
favorite metal of jewelers. In jewelry world the platinum is used as the
trimming metal on gold. Today platinum is the acknowledged precious metal widely
used for luxury jewelry and expensive table ware. The jewelers discovered so
soon that the platinum is good to alloy with the gold. This resulted in manufacture
of various fakes when the platinum was added to gold when making jewels. Thus, platinum
is heavier than gold and it was required to fit the solidity of the platinum
bar to that of gold with silver. The low-priced platinum was highly profitable
for the manufacture.
From the
alchemical point of view, the symbol for platinum is the symbols of silver and
gold.
In Russia platinum coins were exported in tons to Europe where its price went higher and higher. Currently platinum is mainly used for technological purposes.
As a metal, platinum is used in
car manufacture industry, electrical engineering and petrochemistry. Platinum is
the construction material for glass-melters to produce optical glass. It is
also used to manufacture precise devices and equipment.
In spite of
the «technical» purpose, platinum is still the magnificent jewelry precious
metal and platinum jewels are still delicate, elegant and fine.
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.
