Macle Diamonds Gain Wider Audience

Macle. Maccle. Maacle. Mackle. Little wonder few people know what this particular type of diamond is; even the experts don’t agree on how to spell it. Over the many centuries and countries where macles have been used, the spellings differ, and that continues today, between companies and sometimes, even within them. But they do agree…

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Jewelers Court the Superrich

PARIS — After a year of exceptional growth at Chanel, the company’s global chief financial officer, Philippe Blondiaux, said in a recent interview with a news site, the Business of Fashion, that Chanel would open an unspecified number of exclusive V.I.P. stores in Asia next year to supplement its existing global network of 250 boutiques.…

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Summer’s Soft Return

Summer is here, officially. There are signs: There’s the solstice of course, and the L.G.B.T. Pride March. But there are more subtle markers around the city: conviviality on fire escapes; weekends that are thinner with locals and thicker with tourists; and no one wears a thing. This last ritual was challenged on June 23 as…

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