Leakey and his wife Katy — an artist who baby-sat for Jane Goodall and led a cultural expedition up the Amazon — have created an enterprise called the Leakey Collection, which employs up to 1,200 of the local Maasai, and sells designer jewelry and household items around the world.
Morelli shared with Travelwise a few bargaining techniques that have landed her exceptional deals on unique items around the world - from 19th-century apothecary jars in Sicily to a hand-carved walnut armoire in provincial France.
Aware that the Nike Air Jordan trainers worn by the basketball star Michael Jordan are a fetish item around the world, Brian Jungen, a young British Columbian of partly Northwest Coast Indian descent, has cleverly refashioned these trophy sneakers into ceremonial masks that strikingly suggest the artifacts produced by Northwest Coast tribes.
We summarized 829 forest ET data items obtained for sites around the world from earlier publications.
It features these items in Found Muji, a catalogue that sells for $29.95 in Muji stores and features items from around the world that the company selects for their spartan aesthetic ("Made from one piece of pressed metal") or quality workmanship ("the good needlework on the soles").
Even if many foreign sites are behind the times, shoppers still can find plenty of out-of-the-ordinary items from around the world.
Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair (Friday and Saturday) This annual holiday fair, featuring craftspeople and items from around the world, is set up in Vanderbilt Hall.
And like many chefs, she imports specialty items from around the world, like matsutake mushrooms from Japan and truffles from Europe.
Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair (through Dec. 24) This annual holiday fair, featuring craftspeople and items from around the world, will be set up in Vanderbilt Hall.
Pottery Barn, which, like West Elm, is owned by Williams-Sonoma, sells vintage items from around the world as part of a collection called "Found".
Her admirers hope the same resilience will steer her back from the flames.In this section Out of reach End of an era More heat than light So much for localism Organic Albion Top of the class All we like sheep Last call Reprints Related items Sailing: Around the world in 71 daysFeb 10th 2005.
