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This week, Alexandra Jacobs reports on Swarovski's Fulton Mall outpost. "Until recently, I believed that Swarovski was just a manufacturer of rhinestones, or 'bling': used to jazz up cellphone cases, waxed bikini lines and other assorted fripperies." [NYT]