By Amanda Rivers
What is on your mind when you are reading the poem When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats? If you happen to be a lady, you must have much deeper feeling towards these lines:
“How many loved your moments of glad grace, and loved your beauty with love false or true, but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face.”
To some degree, I believe the idea that men and women come from different species. Most women are born with the zeal for beauty. Although not many of them will be like the Queen who keeps asking the mirror all the time who is the most beautiful woman in the world, still, the majority of them do dream about being as pretty as the princesses in the fairy tales, who have never failed to win the love of the perfect princes and the endings, which are monotonously alike – living together happily ever after. Every young girl will go through a process of the graduate disillusion, when they get to know that these are merely fairy tales, but not what true life will be like. After going a long long way, girls start to doubt some of their former beliefs, which seemed so solid and true.
Personally, I thought about the question why the fairy tales all stop at the marriages of the hero and the heroine. And then I got my own answer to this and that is, because the authors do not dare to write on. They just let us see how happy they are to be together but do not give a clue to how things will go during all the years to come, living together. The ever rising divorce rate now seems to tell us some truth.
Time is a thing usually held in awe by people, because nearly nothing in this world can withstand the test of time, youth, beauty, life, relationships or feelings. Compared with men, women are more scared of time, because of the sense of insecurity when their beauty gradually fades as time goes by. They may also sense the leaving of the love of the man they have been with for such a long time. While I love Martin Buxbaum’s view on beauty. He said, “Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty — they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.”
I believe wise women do not struggle for the stay of youth, but just wave goodbye to it when it’s time, with peaceful and beautiful smiles on their faces. Maybe the harder you try to drag it back, the faster you will lose other things. It’s useless to get mad at time or yourself or anybody else, while the only thing you can do is take it easy. And what we’ll see is a peaceful and elegant lady who seems to have got the kind of beauty and grace that lasts a lifetime.
Apart from the bags that you’ve probably been really familiar with, Hermes itself carries a few interesting and beautiful styles of watches, such as the Kelly watches, H-our watches, which are pretty iconic. Although the design between the various models maybe starkly different, they are all perfect accessories that can turn you into stars. These timepieces are naturally not cheap at all, but you do pay a high premium for the fashionable Hermes brand.
Hermes Kelly Watch
So you have already seen lots of Hermes Kelly Bags? Then naturally it’s time to meet the Kelly watch. The Hermes Kelly Watch, with Swiss-made quartz movement, features a gold-plated case with white dial and is paired with a white Epsom calfskin strap. Available with either stainless steel or gold plated hardware for the retail price of $1,575.
Hermes H-our Watch
The type of watch I want to be wearing when someone asks “hey do you have the H-our?” The H-our watch also gets the Swiss-made quartz movement, and features a stainless steel case with silvered dial and a lovely orange calfskin strap. Prices varies according to the three different sizes and materials: $1475 for the Regular in calfskin, $1450 for the Medium in espom calfskin, and $1500 for the Maxi in natural barenia calfskin.
Hermes Clipper Chrono Diver Watch
It must be a delightful thing to go swimming in Hermes-style. The Swiss-made quartz movement Clipper Chrono Diver Watch is made with a stainless steel case with red rubber bezel and red dial, water-resistant (20 atm). Price for this watch may set you back $3,100. Oops!
Hermes Cape Cod Watch
You may also fall in love with the double wrap around straps. The Cape Cod is Swiss-made, quartz movement, stainless steel case with silvered dial, Double-tour natural barenia calfskin strap with white Hermes stitching. Available in 2 sizes for her ($1,775) or him ($1,800).
Hermes Medor Watch
The Medor Watch, a rather special one, is Swiss-made with quartz movement and features a stainless steel protective closure case with silvered dial with a smooth calfskin and pyramid detailing strap. You can find it for $1,925 at Hermes.
I know it’s kind of sad to simply sit here and scan the Prada Resort bags, knowing that it will be totally difficult or impossible for common people like me to get one of these gorgeous items. And now I fully understand that season cycle in the world of fashion is set up to make consumers continually want what we can’t quite have or use.
The cold weather has made it even harder for me to go through the process with my mood changing from the excitement at the discovery of breathtaking bags, to the depression brought by the fact that I can’t have them. But one day, the sun shall come out again and I shall leave the house without a coat. One of the most delightful things will be searching for the high quality replicas myself and then enjoy these cute designs. And if money permitted, I’d love to have all three of these bags.
Prada Paglia Twist Straw Shoulder Bag made of Straw design with a zebra printed calf hair frame, exotic croc accents and two-tone braided leather strap.Leather strap, 6½” drop Frame and clasp closure One inside zip pocket One cell phone pocket Suede lining Printed calf hair 10″W X 6″H X 3″D.
Prada Lino Twist Frame Shoulder Bag made of Linen frame bag features topstitched suede frame, luxurious python accents and braided leather strap. Leather strap, 5″ drop Frame and clasp closure Protective metal feet One inside zip pocket Two inside open pockets Lambskin lining 10″W X 7″H X 3″D.
Prada Lino Twist Frame Shoulder Bag Linen design with python skin frame, exotic croc accents and a two-tone braided leather strap. Leather strap, 6″ drop Removable shoulder chain, 9″ drop Frame and clasp closure One inside zip pocket Lambskin lining 11″W X 6″H X 4″D.
And first here we get a long list of names, among which are Roger Moore, Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson, Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly, David Niven, Peter Sellers… It could go on and on, so intimately tied is the history of the Greengo, the Gstaad Palace’s legendary night club, to the worldwide renown of the Swiss resort.
Greengo now turns 40. In order to celebrate the event, the Gstaad Palace and Hublot Watches have teamed up to create a Big Bang in the iconic colors of the club – with a Black Magic base featuring the two famous green and orange colors – in an edition of just 40 pieces (for 40 years), available only from the Gstaad Palace. Our nod to history: the Greengo logo takes its place on the dial instead of the index at 8 o’clock or at 40 mins, standing for the 40 years of legendary parties. The debut of this watch is on 7 January 2011; at the Greengo, quite naturally, in fact! And of course, it is accompanied an epic, glorious celebration.
Technical Specifications of the Hublot Big Bang 44mm Greengo Bang Limited Edition
Reference: 301.CI.1170.GR.GGG10
Series: Limited to 40 pieces numbered from 01/40 to 40/40
Case: “Big Bang” 44.5 mm diameter in microblasted black ceramic
Bezel: Microblasted black ceramic
6 titanium H-shaped countersunk, polished & locked screws
Crystal: Sapphire with interior/exterior multilayer anti-reflective treatment
Bezel Lug: Black composite resin
Lateral Inserts: Black composite resin
Case-back: Open microblasted black ceramic
Crown: Steel with black rubber insert
Push-pieces: Satin-finished steel, rectangular with green rubber insert
Screws: Titanium
Water resistance: Approximately 100 m or 10 ATM
Dial: Black with satin-finished ruthenium colour and green SuperLuminova appliques, 30-minute chrono counter at 3 o’clock, 12-hour chrono counter at 6 o’clock, seconds counter at 9 o’clock and orange Greengo logo transfer at 8 o’clock
Hands: Satin-finished ruthenium colour with green SuperLuminova, chronograph hand with H- shaped counterweight
Movement:
Mechanical chronograph with automatic winding
Calibre Hublot HUB4100
Numb. Components: 252
Bridges: Satin-finished, bevelled & polished
Screws: Black PVD
Date: Trapezoid window at 4.30
Oscillating Weight: Tungsten with black PVD treated dimpled surface
Main plate: Sandblasted & rhodium-plated
Barrel: With reinforced spring
Escapement: Glucydur hairspring
Power Reserve: Approximately 42 hours
Straps: Two adjustable straps — Black gummy alligator with green stitching and rubber.
Big Bang deployant buckle in black PVD steel, decorated cover and plate in black PVD steel, black PVD steel deployant buckle and buttons, titanium screws
Nobody will leave out the name of “Speedy”, when listing the classic Louis Vuitton bag shapes they know. The Speedy bag can certainly be considered one of Louis Vuitton’s timeless offerings. And it is this timeless appeal of the bag that has inspired Louis Vuitton’s leather goods collection for this season. The Louis Vuitton Monogram Comédie is the perfect example of a luxurious rendition of the Speedy bag that pays tribute to the superb craftsmanship involved in creating the iconic fashion accessory. Monogram Comédie ceries comprises of two different shapes – the Carrousel and Manège.
The Monogram Comédie Carrousel is made from monogrammed jacquard textile and features alligator Toron handle and clochette while we can clearly see from the pictures that the trims are made from the very recognizable Ostrich leather. The flap is topped with Ostrich leather covered S-lock. The insides of the bag are made of textile and natural cowhide cushion. Available in three colors – Blanc (White Gold), Rose (Rose Gold) Or Vielli (Aged Gold), the Carrousel adds subtle glamour to the classy diva.
The Monogram Comédie Manège on the other hand is a beautiful clutch made from metallic jacquard fabric, with luxurious ostrich on its trims and flap. The beauty of this clutch is further enhanced by the Alligator wrist strap trimmed with mink fur. An accessory for every luxury loving fashionista it is indeed a class apart. The Manège is however available in one color only i.e. Blanc.
The two bags are available at all Louis Vuitton stores at prices of thousands of dollars, certainly above the reach of most common people who are also into the Monogram Comédie bags.