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Article: STUDYING THE CLASSICS.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- May 26, 1998
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IN HIS NEW BOOK, TIFFANY'S DESIGN DIRECTOR JOHN LORING SHOWS THAT SOME THINGS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE.
DALLAS -- John Loring, design director of Tiffany & Co., is regarded as such a trendsetter in the jewelry world that competitors shadow him at trade shows to spy on what he's buying.
But there's nothing revolutionary in his outlook for fine jewelry fashions.
"I think women go back to the classics every single time," reflected Loring, who visited here during a tour to promote his seventh book, "Tiffany's 20th Century, A Portrait of American Style." "We're going back to the classics after the extravagance of the Eighties. We've got our wits about us ...