Travel Diary: W’s Tina Huynh in Vienna
As a jewelry lover, I was honored to be invited to LINK, the jewelry summit in Vienna hosted by Swarovski. Not only did I get to this close to the crown jewels I got to meet a personal icon, Iris Apfel. Here, some other highlights from the event.
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Before the press conference officially started, I took a walk through the picturesque streets of Vienna, winding my way to the Hofburg Palace—of course, I had to see the crown jewels.
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Dinner at Leloft, hosted by Swarovski—the tabletop was covered in crystals and no one could keep their hands off of them.
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The conference was held at the Aula de Wissenschaften. One of the opening speakers, Lois Sherr Dubin had me try on her glass bead necklace—which she had strung herself!
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During the panel break, we were treated with this eye candy of a dessert table.
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Dinner at the breathtaking garden palace, Palais Liechtenstein, where guests were treated to a private viewing of the museum which is no longer open to the public.
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A highlight of the two days was meeting fashion legend and jewelry lover, Iris Apfel.
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I could not stop fawning over Iris’s fun and colorful bangles! One of my favorite lines from her talk: “Just because you are old, doesn’t mean you should roll up in a ball.”
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These Swarovski decorated headpieces from Philip Treacy at the Swarovski store were quite a spectacle.
