Monday, April 2, 2012

Raffles Hotel Singapore

Though something of a tourist attraction, the historic Raffles is still a popular business hotel with 103 suites, 18 restaurants and a substantial spa. It is also the best, if not least expensive, place for a Singapore Sling, the cocktail invented there.

Declared a National Monument in 1987, the Hotel has grown from strength to strength. With its restoration and re-opening in 1991, Raffles Hotel today stands as a jewel in the crown of Singapore's hospitality industry, renowned and loved for its inimitable style and unsurpassed excellence in service and facilities.

In multi-cultural Singapore, it is not surprising that the visionary founders of Raffles Hotel were a quartet of enterprising Armenian brothers; Martin, Tigran, Aviet and Arshak Sarkies.

Raffles Hotel opened in 1887 in a rather somber-looking old bungalow known as Beach House. It was named after Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of modern Singapore. Topical suits and solar topi were as much a part of Raffles Hotel's early style as bentwood tables and rattan chairs.

Over the years, the hotel has evolved into one of the world's most beloved Grande Hotels and welcomed innumerable celebrities, writers, and royalty.

Experience the Golden Age of Travel at Raffles Hotel, Singapore!

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Elie Saab Spring-Summer 2012


Color Shock of Spring. Elie Saab delivered strong and elegant Spring-Summer 2012 collection. Jewel toned hues, vivid shades, sparkling sequins, lace, plissé pleats. asymmetrical necklines – all that you can find in his latest collection. Elie Saab woman is feminine and sensual in flowy and seventies-ish silhouettes. Models donned eye-catching dresses, clingy scarlet gowns, tailored pantsuits and jumpers with plunging necklines and neat wool daywear dresses. 



















Sunday, April 1, 2012

World’s first All-diamond Ring by Shawish Geneva


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Shawish Jewelry of Switzerland has created an 150-carat ring carved from a single diamond, setting the world record for the world’s first All-diamond Ring. It took a full year to create the ring, which has been copyrighted and is expected to sell for $70 million.

A ring made entirely of a faceted diamond has always seemed like a fantasy. To create the perfect diamond ring is the epitome of art,said Mohamed Shawish, president and CEO of Geneva-based Shawish Jewellery.
The ring was carved with a special laser (purchased especially for that purpose) along with traditional diamond cutting and polishing techniques. Precisely about that Mohamed Shawish spoke: We had to do multiple tests with the design, to get the precision of the circle right. Diamonds are made of carbon and molecules that can change, even the colour can be altered when attempting to cut it. We had to buy special laser equipment, to cut directly into the diamond. The most important aspect is preserving the integrity of the diamond and of course the most difficult phase is precision cutting an entire stone into a ring.

$70 million world’s first all-diamond ring is made from 150 brut carat rough diamond from Brazil. The color of the diamond ring is certified an E and the clarity is VS1. Sake of comparison, Elizabeth Taylor’s famed ring – present from Richard Burton was 33.19 carats.

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Gil Sousa Unique Jewellery

For Eternity



Gil Sousa, designer

Português


Nascido e criado na cidade do ouro portuguesa, Gil Sousa é o produto da terceira geração de ourives, e tal como o seu pai começou desde muito cedo a trabalhar na oficina do pai. Esta próxima relação com uma arte tão singela providenciou um imediato crescimento e conhecimento de como criar e desenvolver peças sedutoras e intemporais. A distinta forma de deixar uma mulher loucamente apaixonada serviu então, de ponto de partida para o que se avizinhava.

Como designer de jóias, Gil Sousa é definido maioritariamente pela sua criatividade e autenticidade. Sendo um profissional extremamente exigente, mantendo-se sempre atento às necessidades do mercado, assume-se ainda como um criador que define tendências de moda e que desperta emoções. Gil Sousa enquanto artista é irreverente, com um apurado sentido de humor e com uma forte personalidade expressa nas suas criações.

Servindo-se de uma elevada sensibilidade e forte sentido estético e bom gosto, não resiste em incorporar um sedutor cunho conceptual, do qual resulta uma mescla de um estilo clássico com um toque moderno e actual. É um designer com uma extraordinária capacidade em criar peças actuais, modernas, que retratam de uma forma fidedigna a sua personalidade vanguardista ao mesmo tempo que reflecte um registo delicadamente intemporal.


English
Born and rise in the Portuguese city of gold Gondomar, Gil Sousa is the third generation of jewelers, and as his father and grandfather began working, with these kind of precious metals, at a tender age.
This close relation with this unique art provided instant grow and knowledge, on how to create exceptional and timeless pieces. This distinctive way of making women fall deeply in love was the mark stone in the future that would lie ahead.

As a jewelry designer, Gil Sousa is defined mainly by his creativity and authenticity. He is a very professional and demanding designer, always attentive to the market needs, taking himself as a creator that defines fashion trends and arouses emotions. Gil Sousa as an artist is irreverent, with a determined sense of humor and with a strong personality expressed in his creations.

He has a high sensitivity and a strong sense of aesthetics and good taste. He does not resist incorporating in an alternative way a very personal concept, illustrating the classic style with a distinguished touch in the field of modern and current art. He is a designer with an extraordinary ability to create fashion, current, and modern jewelry, with a well portrait  timeless reflection.
  
A Marca/ The brand

Português


A GILSOUSA é uma empresa de alta joalharia vocacionada para a criação de joias actuais possuidoras de uma forte feição de intemporalidade.
O seu elevado requinte e esplendor é inegável e assente numa invejável técnica, tradição e design, eleva sonhos, enfeitiça visões e cria paixões. Seguindo desde sempre os mais distintos padrões de qualidade, as suas peças actuam por entre as mais autênticas e nobres matérias-primas.

Uma minuciosa atenção aos pormenores e acabamentos, faz sobressair a sua intensa personalidade poética, que alicerçada no mais refinado ouro, serve de berço para a mais pura e genuína escolha das gemas, embalando deste modo os nossos desejos e sentimentos para uma viagem de autêntico devaneio sensorial.

English 
The GILSOUSA is a prestigious brand of Portuguese high jewelry. Each creation reinforces the status of the art of jewelry, reflected in the most beautiful and sophisticated jewelry.
All pieces are worked by hand respecting the highest standards of quality, whether in the fine materials used, or in all the finishing details.

The high level of quality control is revealed in all phases of jewelry creation, from its conception until the finishing touch. The end result is the satisfaction of the customers' dreams. This is the inspiration of our jewelry.


Missão/Mission

Português


Cimentar frescas e alegres matrizes de brilhos, que sirvam de fonte de inspiração para a polinização de um harmonioso despertar da graciosidade do espírito humano. Sob esta carismática batuta, salpica-se a vida com um perfume carregado de sentimentos e sensações, reflectindo todo o seu entusiasmo e toda a sua formosura.

English
GILSOUSA assumes itself as a brand that creates trends. To become a reference in Portuguese jewelry is one of the aims by which GILSOUSA enhances the quality and maximum originality of each jewel.
It is through an expert manual creation work and a careful attendance of the client, that every piece “by GILSOUSA” binds intimately to the wearer. This is the value of a jewel.
  
Conceito/ Concept

Português


Com uma mestria ímpar, moldam-se os materiais, criam-se novas formas, transmitem-se sensações. Com um know-how sólido e invejável, a GILSOUSA sabe como muito poucos transformar e adaptar as suas joias a diferentes registos, desde a escolha da cor de uma pedra, até ao posicionamento estratégico do brilho de uma gema.

Neste mundo de contínua mudança a um ritmo surpreendente, apenas uma coisa perdurará: elegância intemporal. Este aspecto assume um papel de extrema preponderância na hora de criar e desenvolver todas as suas obras. Proporcionando a um mundo já de si belo e esplendoroso, uma apurada linguagem romântica com um requintado toque clássico de expressão moderna.

Cada joia desenvolvida não é somente um reflexo de pura criatividade, mas uma clara indicação do que apaixona e seduz.
  
English

Art is the idea of this work. According to Aristotle, it is through its idealization that the true essence of the author is found. Gil Sousa, designer and founder of the brand, idealized a different concept of jewelry. Jewelry that would express the vision of its time, but at the same time would carry the timeless in each piece. He found space and need in this market and in 2003 launched GILSOUSA.

The brand would become a reference in national jewelry, setting fashion trends. Over the years, GILSOUSA distinguished itself through its good taste and the sophisticated collections, as well as by the urban character and actuality of each creation. Many public figures and role models have been known to be customers of GILSOUSA.

The identification to luxury and originality associated to the brand unites them. And so the creation of a work of art is justified.

Simple Secrets

Português


Criada no Outono de 2010, a Simple Secrets é a mais recente linha de prata do Grupo GILSOUSA.
Sob um signo de extrema simplicidade, contemporaneidade e fantasia, assume um sério compromisso de satisfazer os desejos e as necessidades latentes no universo da joalharia. Tendo sido idealizada para um público feminino, dinâmico, cosmopolita e extremamente exigente, esta linha apresenta uma séria polivalência chegando de uma forma natural e harmoniosa, tanto a um público mais jovem como a um público mais experiente.

Com um forte e cobiçável know-how relaciona, como ninguém, a emblemática arte tradicional portuguesa, com a deslumbrante e portentosa arte contemporânea. As suas peças distinguem-se essencialmente pela autenticidade e originalidade. Tratam-se então de joias usáveis no dia-a-dia, que denotam uma grande capacidade de adaptação a qualquer tipo cenário.
O criar e recriar de uma linguagem urbana e sofisticada, eleva ternamente as suas joias a um relacionamento muito próprio com quem as interpela.

Cada joia não é mais que um delicioso sonho, capaz de derreter o mais frio dos corações...
  
English

Created in the autumn of 2010, Simple Secrets is the new line of silver jewelry from GILSOUSA Group.
Extreme simplicity, contemporary and seductive power: these are the main characteristics reflected in each Simple Secrets jewel.
Idealized for a cosmopolitan and very demanding female audience, Simple Secrets pieces reveal all their elegance in any situation. Each jewel is unique and relates intimately to the person who wears it.

Always current and surprising Simple Secrets collections are designed and conceived in detail to enhance the beauty and sophistication of a woman.
Simple Secrets relates, like no one, the Portuguese tradition of jewelry, to the innovation and vanguard of contemporary art. All Simple Secrets pieces are a reflection of an amazing work of extreme precision and nobility of the raw materials used.

Techniques, materials and stories are reinvented, to express, in each jewel, the most sophisticated urban language. It is through this cohesive unity between the essence of jewelry and innovation of its forms, that all Simple Secrets jewelry becomes timeless.

Shoe&Leather Goods

Português


Na continuação do perfil do designer Gil Sousa, o Sapato e Marroquinaria em conjugação com a Joalharia são os mais recentes projetos do Grupo.

O Sapato e Marroquinaria, através da técnica suprema, da arte e história que contem são por si só uma joia.
A construção de formas e reinvenção de paixões, veiculados na mestria e tradição portuguesa são o mote que serve de inspiração para a idealização e desenvolvimento de todos estes produtos.

Tendo como origem um exímio processo artesanal e uma selecta escolha a nível de materiais, permite que as peças assumem um elevado requinte e elegância, sublinhada por uma perfeita conjugação entre as mais nobres peles, os mais autênticos metais preciosos e as mais puras gemas.
O aliar deste conceito e sofisticação à filosofia e linguagem GILSOUSA, remete para um verdadeiro e apaixonante panorama de Joalharia.

English

In the continuation of the profile of the designer
Gil Sousa, the Shoe and Leather Goods in conjugation with Jewelry are the most recent projects of the Group. The Shoe and Leather Goods, through the supreme technique, of the art and history that it contains is by itself a jewel.

The construction of forms and reinvention of passions, conveyed in the expertise and Portuguese tradition are the motto that serves as inspiration for the idealization and development of all these products. Taking as origin a distinguished handcrafted process and a select choice in terms of materials, the pieces assume an elevated sophistication and elegance, from one perfect conjugation between the noblest skins, the most authentic precious metals and the most pure gems.

Allying this concept and sophistication to the GILSOUSA philosophy and language, dispatch a new, real and captivating view of Jewelry.


SHOWROOM
Rua 28 de Janeiro, 350 B.17
4400-335 VNGaia
+351 223 749 250 | info@gilsousa.com

LOJA/STORE
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, nº8 I, Hotel Sana Lisboa
1069-310 Lisboa
+351 213 522 272 | loja@gilsousa.com

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