Baume & Mercier Introduces New Ladies Collection: The Petite Promesse Collection

Stylish, New Watches Give Women More Options In A Small, Feminine Size

Petite Promesse, the newest ladies collection from luxury Swiss watchmaker, Baume & Mercier, is now available in stores and online. Feminine and striking in its design, the 22mm Petite Promesse case features a diamond bezel, mother of pearl dial, and two diamonds at the 6 and 12 o’clock indexes. It is finished with a chic and colorful wrap-around leather or wrap-around steel bracelet. Its petite size blurs the lines between jewelry and watch and is sure to appeal to women looking to make a fashion statement.

Petite Promesse, the newest ladies collection from luxury Swiss watchmaker, Baume & Mercier.

Baume & Mercier introduces the Petite Promesse Collection after the successful launch of the core ladies collection, Promesse in 2014. Fred Martel, President of Baume & Mercier North America shares, “Promesse was an instant best-seller for us and illustrated that the ladies watch market is in need of new, wearable designs in distinctive sizes and fresh colors. Petite Promesse delivers an every day watch that can be worn to the office, but also dressed up with bracelets for the evening. It’s the perfect addition to our current assortment and is a great value for a Swiss made timepiece from a reputable brand such as ours.“

Petite Promesse is available with stainless steel (10289), bright blue leather (10288) or vivid orange leather (10290) straps, offering women bold color options as well. The interplay of oval and round between case and bezel infuses the watch with a subtle beauty to create a unique, modern look. Three watches, each with a strong personality provides many possibilities given your style, character or current mood.

The Petite Promesse Collection ranges in price from $2,450-$3,300 and is available now in stores and online. To view the full Baume & Mercier Collection, visit www.baume-et-mercier.com.

Universal Music Enterprises To Reissue Beck’s Entire DGC/Geffen/Interscope Catalog On Vinyl

First Releases Include Odelay, Sea Change And Guero On October 28

Multi-Grammy-Winning Masterpiece Odelay Celebrates 20th Anniversary This Year

This fall, UMe will begin to reissue Beck’s entire envelope-pushing DGC/Geffen/Interscope catalog on vinyl, beginning on October 28 with the trifecta of his 1996 GRAMMY(R) Award-winning single LP game-changer, ‘Odelay,’ 2002’s beautiful, brokenhearted, ‘Sea Change,’ and 2005’s tour de force, ‘Guero.’ (PRNewsFoto/UMe)

Since introducing himself to the world in 1994 with his genre-defying, multi-platinum debut, Mellow Gold, Beck has blazed a path into the future while simultaneously foraging through the past. Throughout his singular career he has utilized all manners and eras of music, blurring boundaries and shattering expectations with each album. From the world-tripping atmospherics of 1998’s Mutations and the florescent funk of 1999’s Midnite Vultures through the somber reflections of 2002’s Sea Change, 2005’s platinum tour de force Guero and 2006’s sprawling The Information, no Beck record has ever sounded like its predecessor.

This fall, Universal Music Enterprises will begin to reissue Beck‘s entire envelope-pushing DGC/Geffen/Interscope catalog on vinyl, beginning on October 28 with the trifecta of his 1996 GRAMMY® Award-winning single LP game-changer, Odelay, 2002’s beautiful, brokenhearted, Sea Change, and 2005’s Guero, which saw Beck reunite with the Dust Brothers. Sea Change will be released as a double LP while Guero will be made available for the first time ever as a single LP. Mellow Gold, Mutations, Midnight Vultures,The Information and Modern Guilt will be announced at a later date. Pre-order: Odelay, Sea Change, Guero

Originally released 20 years ago on June 18, 1996 on DGC, Odelay was Beck’s breakthrough follow-up to his platinum bow, Mellow Gold. Selling more than two million copies in the U.S., the double-platinum-certified Odelay featured classics that loom large in Beck’s live sets to this day, including “Where It’s At,” “Devils Haircut” and “The New Pollution.” Odelay won two GRAMMY® Awards in 1997, Best Alternative Music Album and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for “Where It’s At,” and was Beck’s first album to be nominated for Album of the Year–the top honor his most recent album Morning Phase took home last year. Produced by Beck with collaborators the Dust Brothers, Mario Caldato Jr., Brian Paulson, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, Odelay continued to demonstrate and expand upon Beck’s eclectic stylistic palette. It was universally praised upon its release, named Album of the Year in both Rolling Stone and the prestigious Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics’ poll, as well as the U.K. New Musical Express‘ critics’ poll, where the album represented Beck’s platinum breakthrough in England. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Odelay one of the greatest albums of all time, while Rolling Stone ranked it in its 2003 list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” and #9 on its list of the “100 Best Albums of the ’90s.” (Pre-order Odelay: https://UMe.lnk.to/BeckOdelayLP)

Holiday 2016: Country Icons Glen Campbell And Merle Haggard’s Classic Holiday Albums Available Once Again On Vinyl

Campbell’s That Christmas Feeling and Haggard’s Christmas Present Released for the First Time in Decades

Universal Music Enterprises is releasing two classic country Christmas albums on September 23 when it reissues Glen Campbell’s ‘That Christmas Feeling’ and Merle Haggard’s ‘Christmas Present’ on vinyl. Each was recorded at the height of the legendary artists’ popularity and displays all the unique qualities that made each Country Music Hall of Fame members. (PRNewsFoto/Universal Music Enterprises)

No genre captures the holiday season in all its many facets as well as country music. The genre’s storytelling songwriting style is perfect for relaying all the many emotions Christmas and the holiday season can bring, from joy and seasonal cheer to loneliness and sorrow. Especially when that song is in the hands of a master.

Universal Music Enterprises has made two country holiday classics available on vinyl for the first time in decades: Glen Campbell‘s That Christmas Feeling and Merle Haggard‘s Christmas Present. Each was recorded at the height of the legendary artists’ popularity and displays all the unique qualities that made each Country Music Hall of Fame members held in high esteem. Released together, these albums provide a timeless holiday listening experience that will appeal to fans of all ages.

Released in 1968 in the midst of a run of seven straight No. 1 country albums – and around the same time as double platinum Wichita Lineman – That Christmas Feeling captures the earnest Campbell at the height of his powers and popularity (True Grit would be released the next year). Known as a guitarist without peer and a singer with perfect pitch, timing and flair, Campbell helped expand the definition of music and broaden the appeal of the country genre from rural areas to the suburbs. His first Christmas album, available on vinyl for the first time in 40 years, exemplifies all these traits and includes the hit “Christmas Is For Children” and his take on “Blue Christmas” and Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper.” (Pre-order That Christmas Feeling: https://UMe.lnk.to/lEsmY)

2016 Holiday: Justin Bieber’s Classic Christmas Album, Under The Mistletoe, Now Available On Vinyl For First Time

Justin Bieber‘s Christmas classic, Under The Mistletoe, is now available on vinyl for the first time ever, just in time for the holidays. Originally released in 2011 as Bieber’s second studio album, the 11-track LP is pressed on standard black vinyl and comes inside a jacket with a matte finish and 12-page booklet. The album showcases Bieber’s unique spin on holiday standards alongside original songs and features Usher, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, The Band Perry and Busta Rhymes. (Order your copy here: http://smarturl.it/UnderMistletoeLP)

Justin Bieber’s Christmas classic, ‘Under The Mistletoe,’ is now available on vinyl for the first time ever, just in time for the holidays. Originally released in 2011 as Bieber’s second studio album, the 11-track LP is pressed on standard black vinyl and comes inside a jacket with a matte finish and 12-page booklet. The album showcases Bieber’s unique spin on holiday standards alongside original songs and features Usher, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, The Band Perry and Busta Rhymes. (PRNewsFoto/Universal Music Enterprises)

Upon its release in 2011, Under The Mistletoe debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 Chart and earned Bieber the distinction of having the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at #1. Coming on the heels of the smash success of his debut album and follow-up EP, the album sold nearly a quarter of a million units its opening week and resulted in his third #1 album and third platinum- selling album. It also made him the first solo artist to have three #1 albums before his 18^th birthday. The album was the eleventh best-selling release of the year and sold 1,245,000 copies in a few short months. The record also debuted within the top 10 in Australia, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain. It has currently sold more than 1.5 million copies.

Produced by Kuk Harrell, the album pairs original songs alongside inspired interpretations of holiday favorites – “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” with Usher, “Drummer Boy” with Busta Rhymes, “Silent Night” and Bieber’s duet with Mariah Carey on her modern classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You (SuperFestive!).” Eight of the 11 songs were co-written by Bieber just for the album, including the hit single “Mistletoe,” co-written and produced by hit making Canadian duo The Messengers (Nasri and Adam Messinger). “Home This Christmas” features The Band Perry while “Fa La La” is a collaboration with Boyz II Men.

SIDE ONE

• Only Thing I Ever Get For Christmas
• Mistletoe
• The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) ft. Usher
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Fa La La ft. Boyz II Men

SIDE TWO

• All I Want For Christmas Is You (SuperFestive!) Duet With Mariah Carey
• Drummer Boy ft. Busta Rhymes
• Christmas Eve
• All I Want Is You
• Home This Christmas ft. The Band Perry
• Silent Night

ALEX AND ANI Unveils Exclusive Jewelry Collection Featuring Original Copper Preserved from the 1980’s Restoration of The Statue of Liberty

After nearly 100 years of standing guard over New York City Harbor, The Statue of Liberty underwent a much-needed restoration from 1984-1986. Stainless steel armature bars replaced her original iron frame and copper supports. The original copper was then preserved and stored for over 30 years, awaiting a new purpose. In a history-making unveiling, the copper preserved from the Statue of Liberty‘s centennial restoration is now available to the public through a jewelry and accessory line. ALEX AND ANI announces the groundbreaking launch of its LIBERTY COPPER Collection, supporting the work of The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

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This limited edition collection was created in partnership with The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., and includes 26 pieces available now. It features an exact replica of Lady Liberty’s torch, made from her preserved copper.

The signature meaning card that accompanies each LIBERTY COPPER Collection purchase reads, “Bearing her torch…we become Lady Liberty’s movement of light and hope. When we CARRY LIGHT, we ignite the light in others, and create one light indivisible.“

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“The biggest honor of my life is to take her message and make it literally, physically attached to each and every one of us,” says ALEX AND ANI Founder, CEO, and Chief Creative Officer Carolyn Rafaelian. “LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD. That’s who she is. She holds the torch to light our path.”

With this, ALEX AND ANI encourages consumers to draw inspiration from Lady Liberty, and recognize the light they bring to the world. The company is asking people to answer the question, “What do you CARRY LIGHT for?” — for example, their causes, passions, art, the Earth, loved ones — then share their response via social media, inspiring others to do the same with the hashtag #CARRYLIGHT.

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 to raise funds for and oversee the historic restorations of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, working in partnership with the National Park Service/U.S. Department of the Interior. In addition to restoring the monuments, the Foundation created a museum in the Statue’s base and the world-class Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, The American Immigrant Wall of Honor®, the American Family Immigration History Center® and The Peopling of America® Center completed in 2015. Its endowment has funded over 200 projects at the islands.

“We always knew there was a greater purpose for these preserved materials,” said Stephen A. Briganti, President and CEO of The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. “This collaboration with ALEX AND ANI will bring the Statue’s message and spirit directly into the lives of people around the world. We couldn’t be more pleased.”

(ALEX and ANI also released a short film celebrating the history of the Statue of Liberty and the collection. You can watch the video here.)

The collection is now available at ALEX AND ANI stores nationwide, as well as alexandani.com, and authorized retailers. For more information about the signature collection, visit alexandani.com. For more information about The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, visit www.LibertyEllisFoundation.org.

The Paris Visitors and Convention Bureau Releases Promotional Film to Boost Visitor Numbers in Paris

The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, working in conjunction with with the Paris City Council and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP), today unveiled a film promoting Paris, which they hope will contribute to boosting tourist numbers. Since the attacks of November 2015, the number of foreign visitors to The City of Lights has fallen to record lows. The City of Paris, the Government and economic players (both private and otherwise) in Paris decided to join forces to put together a recovery plan of more than €2M, which was launched at the beginning of the summer. (Paris is the world’s leading tourism destination and tourism, a vitally important economic sector, accounts for more than 13% of the city’s GDP and 500,000 jobs across the region.)

Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris Logo (PRNewsFoto/Office du Tourisme)

Among the measures implemented is a promotional film, directed by Jalil Lespert, which enables the public to see the many attractions of the capital. It highlights the vibrancy of the city of Paris in 2016 through portraits of Parisians and visitors. It will be shown from next week onwards in France and abroad. It was unveiled this past Thursday by Anne Hidalgo and will be shown from next week onwards in France and abroad, thanks to cooperation of numerous partners across the board. (Watch The Film Here.)

‘When I was told about this project, I was delighted to pay tribute to my city. I was born here, I grew up here and I still live here today’, states Lespert. ‘I wanted to film the city’s streets, shops, cooking but more than anything I wanted to pay tribute to the stories that can be created here. I wanted to show Paris in a different way, a multifaceted Paris that conveys as many emotions and atmospheres as there are districts’, he explains.

The film offers a quick tour of the capital. To the music Just Need Your Love by Nice-based French band Hyphen Hyphen, it reveals Paris through its monuments, shops, gastronomy and also its hidden treasures and Parisians, on cafe terraces and along the Canal Saint-Martin.

‘Paris is a unique and magical city for so many reasons, whether because of its culture, fashion, gastronomy … We are resolutely determined to reaffirm Paris’s vocation to welcome visitors from all over the world. Paris, a resilient city, has known how to bounce back and today invites you to come and discover an innovative and vibrant city. Paris will always be Paris’, emphasized Hidalgo.

Her deputy for tourism, Jean-François Martins, outlined the distribution plan: the fleet of Air France planes, Paris airports, and those managed by the brand, Decaux screens in Milan, Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Galeries Lafayette (in the Haussmann stores), Berlin and Beijing will all notably be showing the film in the next few weeks.

The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau (Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris) was created in 1971 by the Paris City Council and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a non-profit making association ruled by the French law of 1 July 1901. Its missions, as stated above, are to welcome and provide visitors with information; to promote the capital’s attractions, in France and abroad; and to provide assistance to Paris tourism professionals.

To welcome and provide our visitors with information, the Bureau runs five tourist information centers in the most popular parts of the capital. Some 25 reception staff reply in 12 languages to tourism-related questions about Paris and the Paris region.

The website PARISINFO extends and complements the role of the centers’ reception teams. An international portal for tourism in Paris, this virtual ‘Bureau’ is presented in four languages (French, English, German, and Spanish) and partially translated in seven others. It offers every type of useful information for an enjoyable stay in Paris.

In order to provide a comprehensive service, the Bureau’s information centres and website combine information and advice with commercial products relating to accommodation, transport, culture and leisure.

Working together with Parisian tourism professionals, the Bureau promotes Paris leisure and business tourism to tour operators and the media, advocates of the Paris destination. It develops a range of dedicated tools for them, notably the websites ‘press’ and ‘professionals’.

It elaborates and implements action plans targeted at its established markets and at markets with a high potential. To this effect, the Bureau organizes targeted operations (events, workshops) and takes part in trade shows, in France and abroad. In Paris, it offers familiarization tours for the press and tour operators. It replies to requests for help in the organization of company events. Finally, in synergy with the Paris City Council and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP), the Bureau supports the capital’s candidacies for the hosting of association congresses.

A platform for networking, dialogue and for creating partnerships for tourism sector professionals, the Bureau federates some 1,800 professional members. It promotes their services on the website PARISINFO, and involves them in themed initiatives, which it pilots with its institutional and private-sector partners. It monitors developments in the tourism sector and relays strategic information back to the industry as a whole, notably via its web space ‘Parisian Professionals’.

Travel & Culture: All Eyes Are On The New Parisian Cultural Season

Get Out Your Diaries and Calendars, The List is Long!

New and Major Events are Always Synonymous With the New Parisian Cultural Season and Autumn 2016 has an Expected Stellar Line-up.

While it is true that Paris is gearing up for the Spring/Summer 2017 Paris Fashion Week Shows, The City is more than just about high fashion. It’s a foodie paradise, one of the top cultural centers of the world and one of the top tourist destinations in Europe and the world at large. From Rembrandt at the Musée Jacquemart-André to Hergé at the Grand Palais, the opening of new museums and celebrated shows, Paris pulls out all the stops to charm Parisians and visitors this fall and early winter. The following list was compiled and provided by The Paris Visitors and Convention Bureau (Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris) whose mission it is to welcome and provide visitors with information; to promote the capital’s attractions, in France and abroad; and to provide assistance to Paris tourism professionals.

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OUTSTANDING EXHIBITIONS

From 14 September to 12 February, Henri Fantin-Latour has top billing at the Musée du Luxembourg – a retrospective that has been eagerly-awaited since the previous one in 1982. At the Musée du Louvre, the public can admire the sculptures, drawings and prints of Edme Bouchardon in a monograph exhibition. More contemporary, the Centre Pompidou will celebrate René Magritte around questions of likeness and realism (September 21, 2016 – January 23, 2017). Belgium will also be under the spotlight with the exhibition Hergé at the Grand Palais (September 28, 2016 – January 15, 2017).

Modern art fans should pencil in a visit to the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville to see the Bernard Buffet exhibition (October 14, 2016 to February 26, 2017), to the Fondation Louis Vuitton for its key exhibition, Icons of Modern Art. The Shchukin Collection, from the Musée de l’Ermitage – Musée Pouchkine (October 22, 2016 – March 6, 2017), and Cy Twombly at the Centre Pompidou (November 30, 2016 – April 24, 2017). And the Espace Dalí presents a dialogue between the great artist Salvador Dali and Joann Sfar now through 31 March 31, 2017.

Herge exhibition :The Grand Palais pays tribute to Georges Remi, better known as Herge. Considered to be the father of the European comic-strip, the creator of Tintin sold some 250 million comic-strip books during his career and has been translated into one hundred or so languages.This retrospective exhibition with original plates is an opportunity to admire the work of the Belgian artist, but also to find out more about Herge the person, through the many archive images and testimonies. (PRNewsFoto/Office du Tourisme et des Congrè)

NEW CULTURAL VENUES

After 8 months of closure, the Musée Maillol is reopening, under the aegis of Culturespaces, with an exhibition by the famous artist Ben (now through January 15). This should renew the genre and attract a new public. Early October will see the opening of Art 42, the first museum of street art, which will be free and permanent, and which will bring together more than 150 works, in the 17th arrondissement. The opening is an important step towards the promotion of urban art, a subject dear to Parisians, which could gain recognition as a discipline apart.

MAJOR FESTIVE EVENTS 

Staple events of the autumn season unveil their new program and are set to win over numerous visitors again. Towards the end of September, there is the 6^th Fête de la Gastronomie which takes place from 23 to 25 September, and which offers a rich program of special events (cooking classes, walks, new meals, etc.). And on 25 September, the Car Free Day, launched in 2015, takes on a greater dimension this year with an area five times larger! The Grape Harvest in Montmartre livens up the streets of the Butte, from 5 to 9 October, for its … 83rd edition. Not forgetting Nuit Blanche which will celebrate its 10th anniversary on the theme of love on October 1^st. There will be a trail along the Seine with performance art and surprising artistic installations for the public.

Nuit Blanche in ParisAs the days shorten and autumn turns to winter, the Nuit Blanche event in Paris offers an opportunity to see the city in a new light. For once special night, the city’s streets are teeming with people of all ages, lit by moonlight and by strange lights, works of art become the focal point. (PRNewsFoto/Office du Tourisme et des Congrè)