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Runway fashion came to an unexpected?yet ever so glamorous?venue as models walked a runway lined with high-end jets and luxury cars at the Naples Jet Center during Flight of Fashion, a benefit for Fun Time Early Childhood Academy.

Gorgeous styles were provided exclusively by Saks Fifth Avenue and featured Chopard luxury jewelry.

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Fashion Takes Flight | Gulfshore Life Magazine – The Magazine of Naples and Ft. Myers

Polo Ralph Lauren, Panerai Ralph Lauren?s luxury watch collection was four years in the making. Panerai, meanwhile, reissued its 60mm Radiomir Egiziano, a diving watch commissioned by the Egyptian navy.

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Time Keepers | The Best in Show – The Moment Blog – NYTimes.com

12 tickets available for purchase to the “Montblanc – Signature for Good” event

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Montblanc, manufacturer of the world’s most well-known writing instruments, luxury handcrafted timepieces and jewelry collections, launched an online sweepstakes today in which they will offer 12 invitations to the “Signature for Good” event which will be held on February 20, 2009 at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Expected to draw several well-known names in Hollywood, tickets to this exclusive gala benefiting UNICEF will be available to the public from January 18 – 30 for the cost of $4,810 (the height of the tallest peak on the Mont Blanc mountain range in Europe) by logging onto www.montblanc.com/sfg/index_register.php.Click the link below to read the full article....

Montblanc Announces Online Sweepstakes for Invitation to Exclusive Charity Gala

Today is not a great time to be in the men’s jewelry business. Or you’d think that, anyway, what with the belt-tightening, the priority shifting, the bottom-line watching, and all the rest of the gloom and doom that might give a sober man pause before purchasing another watch or a new pair of cuff links. So how is it that Evan Yurman, the 26-year-old designer of men’s jewelry at David Yurman and the son of the famous jeweler, has seen his business grow by double digits?

Let’s start with how he got into the business, which wasn’t part of some dynastic succession plan but rather the unplanned result of a swing through upstate New York in 2002. “On a walk in the woods in Piermont,” Yurman says, “I ran into a blacksmith near his house, and he had this amazing handmade knife. We got to talking and eventually he invited me to learn how to forge a knife. ‘But,’ the blacksmith said, ‘before you learn how to make a knife, you need to make 200 coat hooks, because everything you need to know about making knives is in one of those hooks.’ So I spent the next eight months with him making coat hooks. And sometimes I just felt like making a really, really nice one, and I would spend half an hour banging away and perfecting it, but the blacksmith was against that. He didn’t like perfecting things.”

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Evan Yurman Profile – Bio of Evan Yurman – Esquire

Special events deserve suitable recognition. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the manufacture Minerva and the inauguration of its renovated headquarters in Villeret, Montblanc announces the presentation of the new Grand Tourbillon Heures Myst?rieuses from the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858.

The name alone will be an indication to watch connoisseurs of what can be expected of this jubilee model and spark their curiosity as to what else there is to come.

The Grand Tourbillon Heures Myst?rieuses timepieces in the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 will be available in even more limited editions than previous models : to be precise, unique versions in platinum and editions of eight in either 18K white or rose gold.

The tourbillon appears at 12 o?clock in a large, drop-size case and comes with a tourbillon bridge in the shape of a horizontal eight, which is a symbol of infinity. In the lower half of the dial, is an equally large time display with a mysterious dial with hovering hour and minute hands. The watch is yet another demonstration of the expertise, innovative drive and imagination of master watchmakers; qualities that Montblanc will continue to preserve and cultivate through the Institut Minerva de Recherche en Haute Horlogerie.

The Piaget Polo FortyFive Chronograph is made of titanium, a first for the brand. It reinterprets the original aesthetic in a case that is watertight to 100 metres, extended by a strap made of injection moulded rubber, and expanded to a diameter of 45 mm ? a size both in tune with our times and reminiscent of the average length of a polo match.

The case has been given a new curve that ensures a good fit to the wrist. The sapphire case-back reveals the 880P movement, designed and developed entirely in-house.

In addition to its chronograph and flyback functions, this calibre displays the hour and minutes functions, along with small seconds at 6 o?clock, the date at 12 o?clock and a second 24 hour time zone at 9 o?clock. This 5.6 mm thick self-winding mechanical movement has two barrels and a large screw balance, and offers a 50 hour power reserve when the chronograph mode is engaged.

Between the city and the ocean, there is a magical place where pleasure and relaxation go hand in hand with authenticity: the Hamptons. Nestled on the other side of Long Island and strung out across a series of beaches, bays and rows of wooden houses, the Hamptons are the antithesis of New York. It is this glamorous and festive setting on the Atlantic coast that has lent its name for the past 15 years to the icon watch from Baume & Mercier: Hampton.

Embodying a subtle blend of casual chic, the new Hampton collection combines the classicism of an authentic watchmaking tradition with a highly contemporary design. Very much like the dual nature of the places whose name it bears: one foot in the urban and sophisticated Manhattan, and the other in a hedonistic, relaxed beach lifestyle.

Kate Winslet knocks it out of the fashion ballpark in a stunning black-and-white Narciso Rodriguez dress at the 24th Annual Santa Barbara Film Festival at the Arlington Theatre on Friday (January 23) in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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Kate Winslet Hits Santa Barbara Film Festival | Kate Winslet : Just Jared

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie heat up the red carpet at the 2009 SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) held at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday (January 25) in Los Angeles.

Brad suited up in Tom Ford and accessorized with a 22K Gold David Yurman Scarab Ring.  Angie was gorgeous in a blue Max Azria dress, Tiffany & Co jewels and Christian Louboutin shoes.

Angelina Jolie – SAG Awards 2009 | 2009 SAG Awards, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt : Just Jared

Rosario Dawson keeps it classy in a Dolce & Gabanna pewter gown at the 2009 SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) held at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday (January 25) in Los Angeles.

The 29-year-old actress sparkled in a David Yurman diamond cuff and Neil Lane ring and earrings. She finished off her look with Jimmy Choo ?Gloss? platform shoes.

During the ceremony, Rosario and 24 star Kiefer Sutherland honored Tina Fey for her work in 30 Rock with the ?Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series? Award.

Rosario Dawson – SAG Awards 2009 | 2009 SAG Awards, Rosario Dawson : Just Jared