La Paz/ AFP Centuries ago, Spanish colonizers forced their Bolivian servants to wear the puffy skirts that have come to symbolize the country’s “cholitas,” or indigenous women. Today, one local designer is turning the tables with plans to export high-end cholita fashion — blossoming skirts, bowler hats and intricately woven shawls — to Madrid, Paris and beyond. Fresh off ...

  Bloomberg After years of steady growth and skyrocketing prices, luxury watchmakers are facing slowing sales in 2016, spurring some to introduce elite models for the first time in steel this year (such as Blancpain’s Villeret Quantieme Annuel GMT) and others to deliver complications such as tourbillons and perpetual calendars at more attractive prices. “This is consistent with watch brands ...

  Bloomberg Stylish guys love pocket watches – James Dean carried one, while Johnny Depp and Justin Timberlake also have been spotted wearing them. At the Baselworld watch fair in March, they proved popular as well. Hermes debuted a trio from its Arceau Pocket Promenade de Platon collection showcasing the beauty of Grand Feu enamel work; a silk scarf that ...