ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL GIFT?
NOW, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT REALLY MAKES AN
IMPRESSION, AND ALSO REFLECTS THE ESSENCE OF THE PERSON
RECEIVING THE GIFT.
WELL, TODAY'S EYE ON BEAUTY SEGMENT OFFERS SOME GREAT WAYS
TO GIVE THAT TRULY SPECIAL GIFT.
(MUSIC).
WELL, IT IS GETTING CLOSER.
MOTHER'S DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
TONY, ARE YOU LISTENIN'?
THAT'S MY HUSBAND.
ALRIGHT.
FATHER'S DAY IS, TOO.
WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT.
AND, THAT MEANS A SEARCH FOR FINDING A TRULY PERFECT GIFT IS
ON.
WELL, FEAR NOT, BALANCING ACT VIEWERS, OUR EYE ON BEAUTY HAS
FOUND SOMEONE TO HELP US OUT, THIS MORNING.
HE IS NONE OTHER THAN THE SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR SKAGEN
DENMARK, AND HE'S GOT SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL IDEAS, THIS
MORNING.
SO, PLEASE WELCOME TO THE SHOW THOMAS BENNEDSEN.
HEY, THOMAS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'VE GOT JEWELRY.
(LAUGHTER).
'CAUSE I LOVE DOING SEGMENTS LIKE THIS.
'CAUSE, THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT WOMAN DOES NOT LOVE JEWELRY?
EXACTLY.
ALRIGHT.
EXACTLY.
AND, YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT PIECES, ALL FROM A REALLY GREAT
DANISH WATCH AND JEWELRY COMPANY, SKAGEN DENMARK.
BUT, OUR VIEWERS MIGHT NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH SKAGEN.
SO, TELL ME ABOUT IT.
WELL, SKAGEN IS THIS FANTASTIC LITTLE CITY PLACED AT THE VERY
NORTHERN TOP OF DENMARK, AND IT'S AN OLD FISHING VILLAGE.
IT HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR OUR ARTISTS FOR OVER A CENTURY,
AND WE'RE JUST TAPPING INTO ALL THAT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION OF
NATURE, AND HOUSES, AND WARMTH OF DENMARK, IN THAT LITTLE TOWN.
NOW, THOMAS, WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING WATCHES AS A GIFT, IT CAN
BE A LITTLE TRICKY.
I HAVE TO ADMIT.
BUT, YOU'RE SAYING IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.
NO.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR CORE PIECES
OF, OF WHAT WE DO IS, ONE THING, FOLLOWING TRENDS AND FASHION
STYLE, WHICH CAN BE A LITTLE DAUNTING, AND ARE YOU ALWAYS ON
THE RIGHT BEAT.
PART OF THE HISTORY, AND THE THOUGHT BEHIND OUR PRODUCT IS,
THAT THEY'RE VERY MUCH BASED ON DANISH DESIGN, AND TIMELESSNESS.
MMMMMM.
SO, IT'S MORE AN EXPRESSION OF WHERE AND WHO YOU ARE, AS
OPPOSED TO A REFLECTION OF WHERE SOCIETY AROUND YOU IS.
YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I LIKE JEWELRY THAT TALKS TO ME, AND WATCHES
THAT TALK TO ME.
THIS IS---.
WELL, THERE YOU GO.
---TALKIN' TO ME, THIS MORNING.
(LAUGHTER).
THESE PIECES ARE BEAUTIFUL.
I WANT YOU TO GO OVER.
LET'S START WITH THE WATCHES, HERE, FIRST, BECAUSE THEY ARE
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
I LOVE THEM.
IT CAN BE GREAT FOR A MOTHER'S DAY GIFT FOR MOMS, LIKE ME.
HINT, HINT.
RIGHT?
OH, DEFINITELY.
IT'S, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE WATCHES THAT WE HAVE ON DISPLAY,
HERE, UH THERE'S A NICE BALANCE OF CLEAN SIMPLICITY THAT GIVES
YOU A LOT OF USE IN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, AND AT THE SAME TIME,
YOU HAVE JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF GLITZ AND GLAMOR THAT, I
THINK, MOST WOMEN REALLY LIKE TO BE APPRECIATED IN THAT WAY.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SO
SIMPLE, AND THAT THEY'RE TIMELESS, AND THIS IS A GIFT
THAT YOU CAN HAVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND IT NEVER LOOKS DATED.
EXACTLY.
VERY BEAUTIFUL.
SO, WHAT ABOUT THE MEN?
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FATHER'S DAY IS NOT, UH, TOO FAR AFTER
MOTHER'S DAY.
SO, WHAT ABOUT THE MEN?
YEP.
AND, THIS CAN BE GREAT, I THINK, FOR FATHER'S DAY, OR ANY
OCCASION.
DEFINITELY.
AND, BEING A FATHER MYSELF, I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD FOR
FATHER'S DAY, AS WELL.
UH, BUT AS YOU SAY, THE SAME THING WITH THE WOMEN'S WATCHES.
THEY'RE VERY CLEAN, AND SIMPLE IN THEIR DESIGN.
PURE.
AND, THAT REALLY ALLOWS THEM TO BALANCE BETWEEN BEING AN
EVERYDAY WATCH, OR FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DRESSED UP
OCCASION.
UM, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES.
ALSO, SOME THAT ARE VERY, VERY SIMPLE AND PURE, AND SOME THAT
ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE.
THEY'RE NOT SPORTS WATCHES, BUT FOR AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
ALRIGHT, THOMAS.
LET'S MOVE OVER TO WHAT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO TALK ABOUT,
SINCE YOU SAT DOWN.
(LAUGHTER).
LET'S DO THAT.
YOU KNEW THAT, RIGHT?
YEP.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE JEWELRY, AND, AND I'VE GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL
PIECES ON, HERE.
AND, I LOVE THAT FACT THAT ONCE AGAIN, VERY SIMPLE, VERY
ELEGANT, REALLY GREAT GIFT IDEAS.
YES.
AND, THE PIECES THAT YOU'RE WEARING ARE FROM OUR SEAS
COLLECTION,---.
UH HUH.
---AND AGAIN, THEY'RE REALLY SPEAKING TO THIS ESSENCE OF
DANISH DESIGN, AND THE PURE AND---.
SO PRETTY.
---SIMPLICITY.
UH HUH.
SO, THE INSPIRATION OF THESE ARE, OF COURSE, UH, SEA GLASS
AND STONES THAT YOU SEE WASHING UP ON THE BEACH, WALKING UP IN
SKAGEN.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SKAGEN PIECE THAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL,
AS WE LOOK AT A LOT OF THE OTHER JEWELRY YOU HAVE, HERE, ON THE
TABLE?
AND, AND I HAVE MY OWN THEORY, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT YOU TO
ELABORATE.
FOR ME, IT IS THE SIMPLICITY, BUT THE BEAUTY, AND THE
ELEGANCE.
I MEAN, THE PIECES ARE ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
THE PURITY OF NATURE, AND THE PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS OF NATURE,
ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY USE AS OUR INSPIRATION,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO, TO OUR, OUR HAPPY
CUSTOMERS IS THIS SIMPLE, BUT WARM MESSAGE THAT, THAT SKAGEN
REALLY ENCOMPASSES.
AND AGAIN, THE NAME OF THIS SHOW, THE BALANCING ACT, FITS
VERY WELL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS
BALANCE.
MMMMMM.
AND, THAT'S WHAT DANISH DESIGN IS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S BALANCING MINIMALISM, BUT WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF STYLE.
BALANCING FUNCTION WITH FORM.
UH, NEED, AND WANT, AND I THINK GETTING THAT RIGHT, PERFECT
BALANCE, IS WHAT DESIGN IS ALL ABOUT.
AND, YOU'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT YOUR JEWELRY, YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT US WOMEN, AS WELL.
ALL THOSE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT---.
THERE YOU GO.
---ARE WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO ACHIEVE OUR OWN
BALANCE.
SO THOMAS, THANK YOU, SO MUCH, FOR COMING BY AND SHARING THIS
BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY, WITH US.
IT REALLY IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS MY PLEASURE.
MY PLEASURE HAVING YOU, HERE.
AND, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET EVEN MORE GORGEOUS, UH, DANISH
DESIGNED GIFT IDEAS, AND SEE MORE WONDERFUL PIECES, LIKE THE
PIECES THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE, THIS MORNING, BE SURE TO CHECK
OUT THE SKAGEN DENMARK WEBSITE, IT'S skagen.com.
THAT'S SKAGEN, S-K-A-G-E-N DOT COM.