Volcano-loving tourists are spoiled for choice in Iceland, a country with over 100 volcanic mountains to admire, but few would relish the opportunity climb inside — until now that is. This week, tour company Discover the World launched a new tour which will take visitors to the country inside a volcano for the first time, [...]

Marie Antoinette is continuing to prove a source of fashion inspiration this season, with Australian actress Mia Wasikowska doing her best impression of the famed French queen in the latest Miu Miu video campaign. The technicolor pop art-influenced ad sees Wasikowska showcasing the Spring/Summer 2012 offerings of the Italian fashion house including an array of [...]

Meet the 2013 Venom GT Spyder from Hennessey Performance, the open top variant of the Venom GT Coupe. A massive 1,200 bhp (895 kW / 1217 PS) is produced by the Venom GT Spyder’s engine and the model’s weight is stated to be 1,200 kg ( 2,645 lbs ). Pricing for the coupe is set [...]

The iconic France brand Louis Vuitton has partnered with renowed polo bike players Grégory Barbie and Hannes Hengst to design the Louis Vuitton Polo Bike and Mallet. With classic Vuitton patterns and shapes, the bike also features a machined chainring created by Victoire Cycles from Clermont-Ferrand, France, an area that has a tradition of hand-made [...]

Talk about life imitating art — just last season on Mad Men, London Fog was a client of Sterling-Cooper. Now, London Fog has hired Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks to appear in the fall marketing campaign. Brilliant move, London Fog. Here’s the official news: Iconix Brand Group announced today that Emmy® Award-nominated actress Christina Hendricks [...]

Here’s the very first look at Keira Knightley as Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle, a new campaign for the Chanel fragrance. Talking about the new campaign, Keira said: “I knew it was something about a motorbike and they said something about a catsuit. It was completely unexpected. It is the Chanel superwoman I think.” Previously: Actress Keira [...]

Sharper Image has chosen actress Megan Fox as the new face of the iconic brand. Her sexy campaign will debut later this year, and will likely include TV commercials as well as print ads. Here’s the first campaign photo of Megan for Sharper Image.

Brad Pitt has been tapped to star in a movie based on the controversial book The Billionaire’s Vinegar based on the true story centred around a bottle of 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux, purportedly owned by Thomas Jefferson. The movie, which is slated to hit theatres this year, is produced by Will Smith who bought the [...]

San Francisco restaurant Boulevard, set in a historic building and designed in the manner of France’s Belle Epoque, has been named the best in the US. At the James Beard Foundation Awards, an event known within the hospitality industry as the ‘Oscars’ of the food world, chef Nancy Oakes’s eatery was named Outstanding Restaurant Monday [...]

The estate of Humphrey Bogart is suing British-based clothes company Burberry over use of the Hollywood icon’s name in what it said was an advertising campaign. But Burberry has filed a countersuit, insisting it did not breach Bogart’s rights by using a photo of Bogart wearing one of its trenchcoats in the movie “Casablanca,” and [...]

H&M is taking a different direction with its latest collaboration by joining forces with global style icon Anna Dello Russo. The fashion director at large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan is a fashion week favorite, regularly appearing on best-dressed lists thanks to her extravagant sartorial choices. Her H&M accessories line will hit some 140 [...]

Tom Ford is a bit sexy and playful for 2012. The collection showcases menswear look as well as the eyewear available now.

After its recent opening in Mayfair London, celebrity luxury shoemaker Nicholas Kirkwood inaugurated this week its boutique in New York’s hip Meatpacking District, precisely at 830, Washington Street. The boutique covers 140 sqm and follows the creative design concept of the flagship store in Mayfair, London. The store stocks the brand’s complete collection, as well [...]

Last night at the Hollywood Bowl, Coldplay sang the Beastie Boys’ anthem Fight For Your Right (to Party) as a tribute to Adam Yauch. Singer Chris Martin took the lead on piano for the re-imagined, almost acoustic version of the rap-rock anthem, acknowledging Yauch by name about half-way through. Yauch, who was also known as [...]

Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini marked her return to China with the launch of a new advertising campaign featuring Chinese star Li Bing Bing and two other exclusive events. At the historic Wai Tan Yuan in Shanghai, Giannini hosted a cocktail in honour of Li Bing Bing where the new advertising campaign starring the Chinese [...]