Almost all China-branded budget cars include expensive features such as anti-lock braking systems and luxury touches such as leather seats that consumers don't really want at that level anyway.
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Wander the main street of Avenida 10 de Agusto, known locally as Leather Street, where over four blocks there are more than 100 boutique-style leather stores, selling jackets, trousers, bags and even shirts, many with workshops behind the display floor.
The dark-toned cinematography, by Tom Stern, is as redolent of the past as old leather and walnut.
The strap is made from exactly the same gold-colored synthetic leather as his shoes.
"We see leather as the blank canvas and look at ways we can give it some texture, " said McDonald.
The table tops are covered with the same exclusive leather as the entire interior and are bordered by high-gloss aluminum frames.
Based around cheap and readily-available electrical components, they could soon be made commericially available, with bYOB retailing for around the same as an ordinary leather handbag.
People want to do the right thing, she says, citing growing excitement around organic food, fair labor practices, and even faux fur and leather as evidence.
Hands as soft as an Italian leather jacket.
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The single best thing that America and Europe can do for Africa is not to spoon out charity but to allow Americans and Europeans to buy the products that Africa is capable of producing competitively not just agricultural products but also labour-intensive manufactures such as textiles and leather work.
The fixed strap looked good as new and the leather looked less dull.
Adam Goldston, by contrast, has a darker color scheme in his apartment, with a large purple leather couch as the centerpiece to his living room.
You can introduce some subtle color with dyed leather, as it ages and fades to such a degree that it no longer reads as a very obvious color.
Stav Jewelry, the studio of husband and wife designers Dalia and Eyal Stav, sells handcrafted jewellery made of gold, silver, ceramic and precious and semi-precious stones, as well as locally-made leather handbags.
The boots come in 100 styles and can be made from just as many different types of leather.
The company entered Asia, via Japan, and launched new product categories, such as jeans, sunglasses and leather accessories.
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It is fabulous when layered with similar shades and white, and natural materials such as wood, parchment, leather and metal.
One night as I sat in my leather chair, I had the sensation that you were standing at the door.
In another demo, the wearer is seated in a leather car seat, as the device constructs a car around him or her.
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Think back to the original Dow Jones Industrials, filled as it was with Steam and Leather Belt companies, all gone bankrupt nearly a century ago.
Many foreign leather firms, such as Italy's Italcuer, have left.
In the master bedroom, a leather-upholstered headboard serves as the backdrop to a bleached fox-fur bedspread and a circular crystal chandelier hangs overhead.
The accessories were something to see as well, especially the laser cut leather filigree bags that cleverly worked in the RL logo and the minaudieres shaped like fans.
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The Executive represents a new distinctive, sophisticated design for the Beats By Dr. Dre brand that focuses on craftsmanship using premium materials such as aluminum alloy, stainless steel and leather.
The three-hour drive to Florence was our last long bus trip, and Li raced through some topics, including Catholics and divorce, Pavarotti, balsamic vinegar, truffles and the pigs that find them, and leather goods that are marked as Italian but made in China.
Inside, the Chanel-belted women had moved on, as art students and younger blondes in black leather hot pants made their way in.
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Costa added a soft side to leather by creating drapes with it as in the case of a cream colored dress with gentle curves.
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The iPad, as Steve Jobs told us from his comfy leather chair at Macworld, represents a new computing form factor that falls squarely between the laptop and the smartphone.
It is a breathtaking display of equestrian skill and local heritage as the gauchos prance around on horseback while suited in their best traditional clothing, such as bombachas (riding pants), black leather sombreros and boots to match.
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