Talk:Swarovski

Birthplace

Daniel Swarovski wasn't Polish: see official website - "founder Daniel Swarovski was born in Bohemia in 1862". [1] 81.132.104.43 01:20, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Just because he was not born in Poland doesn't mean that he was not Polish. Maybe you'd want to do some more research. Up and over for a six! (talk) 21:56, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

company location

the english article says that swarovski ag is based in feldmeilen near zürich, switzerland. actually, it's based in wattens, austria (see this article or german wikipedia entry). --Mnolf 12:19, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

The above cited article refers to 1895. Multiple sources confirm the corporate HQ, Daniel Swarovski Corporation AG (aka Swarovski International Holdings), is in Feldmeilen. See Google. Tearlach 15:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

wow, i guess you do learn something new every day ;-) thanks for the clarification. --Mnolf 17:59, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Swarovski Crystal is still based in Wattens [2], but it's now one of the subsidiaries of the parent corporation (I guess they set it up in Zürich as it's the major financial focus of Switzerland) that manages the wider portfolio of Swarovski products. Tearlach 11:37, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Partnerships

Swarovski Crsytal and SOS Children's Villages - USA have indeed formed a partnership. There are sources to prove that. Flowanda, you continually remove the links and have deemed them as "non-notable unsourced content". If more sources are required I have all of them readily available. --Apmolde (talk) 15:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

None of the sources I found indicate a U.S.-specific partnership; even the press release you used as a reference cited SOS Children's Villages as the beneficiary although the U.S. spokesperson was quoted. I added a NY Post citation that more closely matches WP:RS and replaced the press release link with a link to the SOS-kd.org corporate sponsor page, which provides better details of Swarovski's contributions. Flowanda | Talk 19:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Here is the exact location of the mentioning of SOS Children's Villages - USA in the PR.com press release reference link that was located in this article. "Washington, DC, October 05, 2007 --(PR.com)-- SOS Children’s Villages, the largest international orphan care organization in the world, is recognizing World Orphan Week with Swarovski by auctioning off celebrity designed jean jackets on Ebay."
Washington, D.C. is the location of SOS Children's Villages - USA.

"'SOS Children’s Villages is thrilled to be partnering with Swarovski for World Orphan Week. Swarovski understands the needs of orphaned children around the world and with their sponsored charity auction of one-of a-kind celebrity designed jackets, they have joined us in an important way to make a difference to children who have lost everything,' says Dr. Heather Paul, CEO of SOS Children’s Villages USA." -- Apmolde (talk) 19:50, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Swarovski supports the umbrella organization; the link I added was to the sponsor page that explained the relationship and history of this company's corporate support; yet you replaced it with a press release generated by the U.S. chapter about a single event. If information on the U.S. -- or other English-speaking -- chapter sites was better written or more detailed -- or there were special connection with the U.S. chapter (as was noted in the Sarah Ferguson and Johnny Cash articles), there would be reasons to include individual chapter references, but there are none as far as I can see. Flowanda | Talk 02:44, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Overall, the sentence or two about SOS Children's Villages partnerships reads like a press release or advertisement, and is hardly a notable piece of historical information for a cororation with a history that is longer than one hundred years. It's silly and superfluous and not encyclopedia-worthy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.197.7.22 (talk) 15:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Swarovski Optik merge

Merger does not look like a good idea. The article at Swarovski Optik just needs to be expanded since they are notable in their own right. Mr Floating IP (talk) 08:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Swarovski Optik is a completely separate company from Swarovski Crystal and the other companies in the Swarovski Group. It does not make any sense to consider the two together. It should be expanded though. Capepolly (talk) 06:27, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I also oppose the merger as Swarovski Optik is a leader in its own field which is entirely distinct from the fashion brand. - Fayenatic (talk) 13:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Marketing literature?

Parts of this article sound and feel like marketing literature. I'm going to make some minor aesthetic edits to reduce the size of the font used in a few places, however if the information pertaining to Swarovski brands and product lines originated from marketing material then it should be removed, or at least properly quoted. Maas15 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:02, 8 November 2009 (UTC).

Why is there no detailed description of glass forming process

This article has very little, if any, description of the technical details of the process that Swarovski uses to make the crystals.

Surly, there must be someone who works for or used to work for Swarovski who can describe how these crystals are made?

If the process is patented, then it's public information, isn't it?

Allyn (talk) 05:41, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Vajazzled!

The latest chapter in the Swarovski story?

http://www.stylelist.com/2010/01/13/jennifer-love-hewitt-swarovski-crystal-vajazzle/

71.174.36.172 (talk) 13:15, 26 February 2010 (UTC)