OBSESSED: JEWEL THIEVES

THIEVES IN DRAG CLEAN OUT HARRY WINSTON

How awesome is this??? Sorry, I mean, how terrible is this.


From the Huff Post:
PARIS — Armed robbers _ some disguised as women _ snatched euro85 million ($108 million) worth of diamond rings, necklaces and luxury watches from a Harry Winston boutique on a posh Paris avenue in one of the largest jewel heists in history, officials said Friday.

The gang of three or four robbers threatened about 15 employees with handguns and hit some on the head before taking the jewels from display cases from the store near the Champs-Elysees, said a police official, who was not authorized to be publicly named under agency policy.

At least two of the bandits were men wearing wigs and women's clothes, the official said. The robbers also spoke a foreign language at times and appeared to know employees' names when they robbed the store before it closed early Thursday at the height of Christmas shopping season.

The brazen theft was among the world's costliest jewel heists. Five years ago, thieves plundered 123 maximum-security vaults in Antwerp, Belgium, stealing $100 million (euro78.96 million) worth of diamonds in the biggest theft in the world's diamond-cutting capital.

"We are cooperating with the authorities in their investigation. Our first concern is the well-being of our employees," New York-based Harry Winston said.

Rhonda Barnat, a spokeswoman for the company, did not provide further details.

The boutique on Avenue Montaigne was closed to the public Friday. Employees who came out for cigarette breaks refused to speak to reporters, and three of the five display windows stood empty of their usual wares.

A Paris judicial official said Harry Winston declared to insurers that the stolen goods were worth euro85 million ($108 million). The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.


This is the kind of headline every good fashionista prays for. Trannies, jewel thieves, Harry Winston, Paris. I'm sorry but jewel thieves are so cool. I'm sure I'm on some kind of FBI list now... but there is clearly an inherent glamour in jewel thievery. In a fierce Angelina in Mr and Mrs Smith kind of way. This is well documented by Hollywood and romance novels.

If I were a jewel thief I would only wear Burberry Prorsum. I would be sort of a formal rocker jewel thief. I would wear this:




And I would carry this:





For the record, FBI guy - I can't even get my laundry done in the same week as my dishes. I hardly could plan a jewel heist. You can call off the investigative team you were assembling.