Inden Design Ferrari F430 Convertible
James List has a look at the sleek-looking Inden Design Ferrari F430 Convertible. It’s not only Italian tuning houses who can seek to improve upon the Ferrari F430 Scuderia 16M convertible; how Inden Design has come out with their own version straight outta Haiger, Germany. Aerodynamic upgrades – including a modified front-spoiler, aggressive side skirts [...]
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Nordstrom Fall 2009 Designer Preview
Here it is, the best of Nordstrom’s Fall 2009 Designer Preview on Wednesday July 22, 2009 at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. The show raised money for the Seattle Art Museum and showcased clothes from designers CHANEL, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries Van Noten, Gucci, Marc Jacobs, Marni, Michael Kors, Nissoni, Nina Ricci, Oscar de la [...]
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Man converts vintage plane to luxury hotel
Holland’s new Honecker Hotel is a converted Russian airliner. If you have a hankering to join the mile-high club but you’re frightened of flying, Holland’s brand new Honecker Hotel could be just the ticket. A vintage four-engine plane that’s been converted into a luxurious five-star hotel, it boasts a whirlpool, sauna, bar, kitchen, flat-screen televisions, [...]
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Samsonite partners with McLaren
Luxury luggage from the co-branding of McLarenSport and Samsonite. McLaren and Samsonite are proud to announce a licensing agreement for a superior range of travel luggage under the co-branding of McLarenSport and Samsonite Black Label. The initial phase of this cooperation between the two companies is an edgy, yet casual collection linked to the Vodafone [...]
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Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon Watch 40th Anniversary
The classic Moon watch is back to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Omega Speedmaster Moon watch is one of the most recognizable watches in the world, as well as among the most popular. Omega’s longevity in the watch world was solidified once NASA chose Omega to build the watches [...]
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Dubai airport shop sells some of the world’s rarest wines
If you have an extra 20k while in Dubai, we have the shop for you. A fine wine and spirits shop has opened in Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3 selling some of the rarest wines in the world, duty free. Le Clos boasts some of the world’s most sought after wines, including Château Petrus 1947 [...]
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Chanel’s Easy Rider
Nice creation – too bad it’s not available to the public. Karl Lagerfeld, being the head designer and the creative director for Chanel, is always ready with the wackiest ideas for the design house. Here’s one executed, if not conceived by him. The Chanel boutique on Rue Royale in Paris has organized a photo-shoot last [...]
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Pershing Unveils the 108 in Milan
News from Pershing Yachts on their new superyacht. Pershing Yachts founder Tilli Antonelli and Ital Projects’ Fulvio De Simoni just unveiled the groundbreaking new Pershing 108 in Milan. The 108 marks the first time the famed shipyard has fitted split engines in one of its superyacht designs, with the aim of matching high-performance to economy [...]
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Groovy Poolside Perch
Take a look at this magnificent high-back outdoor armchair from Patricia Urquiola. In Europe, B&B Italia has been selling outdoor furniture through its stable of international designers for years. But not until 2007 did B&B Italia Outdoor become available to the U.S. market. Its latest introduction, a stunning high-back armchair by Patricia Urquiola for her [...]
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Moët Hennessy unveils Belvedere IX
Moët Hennessy continues to mine the Belvedere brand. Moët Hennessy has unveiled a new ‘premium’ spirit under its Belvedere vodka brand designed for nightclubs and ‘high-end’ members bars. IX, (pronounced one-X), will launch in the UK, US, Canada, UK, France, Singapore and Australia this year, the company said today (21 July). The spirit contains ginseng, [...]
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Prada’s new concept store inspired by poetry
Luxury label launches new concept store inspired by Apollinaire’s popular poem ‘Le Pont Mirabeau’. Prada has announced the opening of a five-month temporary shop at Place Beauvau, in Paris, inspired by the French poet, Apollinaire. Designed by the architect, Roberto Baciocchi, the front of the store evokes the image of the Mirabeau Bridge, immortalised in [...]
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Lily Allen releasing jewelry line
She already has a clothing line, now socialite and singer Lily Allen is to release a jewelry line. She invited people to London’s Claridges hotel to demonstrate her new jewelry range last afternoon. She will be unveiling Lily Allen collection to the fashion press on July 27th. So far the details of the future jewelry [...]
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Would You Wear This Chanel Gown To Your Wedding?
Style.com ask the perfectly innocent question, “Would You Wear This Chanel Gown To Your Wedding?” Check out their gallery: From Christian Lacroix’s flight of fancy to Alexis Mabille’s garden-party-ready lace frock, here are the looks that caught my eye and the kind of settings they’d work in, should I decide to pull a Gisele and [...]
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BMW Plans Tiny Electric Car ‘City’ for 2012
Smaller than the Mini? Called City? Green and BMW? Awesome! It turns out BMW has more alternative fuels brewing than just clean diesel and hydrogen. BMW is also working on Project i–a code name for a tiny electric car that will launch in 2012 and be smaller than the Mini Cooper, according to Car and [...]
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Christian Lacroix saved? Perhaps!
Here’s Reuters with the report: Turnaround investment group Bernard Krief Consulting is planning to make an offer next week for cash-strapped French fashion designer Christian Lacroix, it said on Monday. Crumbling under debts and unpaid bills, the company behind the designer known for his baroque and embroidered dresses was placed under creditor protection in early [...]
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Ritz-Carlton Chefs Create Airline Menus
Airline food that you look forward to?! Here’s Hotel mag with more: Notable chefs partnering with airlines on menus for business-class or first-class passengers is nothing new, but when a luxury hotel brand like Ritz-Carlton—which has never relied too heavily on strategic partnerships—offers up a handful of its chefs to do airline food, it’s something [...]
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Hermès bags improved sales and senses good vibes
Signs the recession is coming to an end? Hermès, the family-controlled French luxury goods group, has reported a 12 per cent increase in second-quarter sales, taking the market pleasantly by surprise. The appetite for its Kelly and Birkin bags, which sell for astronomical prices, has clearly not abated, nor has demand for its traditional silk [...]
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The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Chicago to open fall, 2010
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Chicago, Magnificent Mile offers 86 ultra-luxurious residences ranging in size from approximately 1,370-square-foot, one-bedroom homes to grand penthouses of more than 6,500 square feet. Just one of the special features is a full-floor private club reserved exclusively for the residents and their guests. Other special features within each home include 9’8” to [...]
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Mercedes-Benz to offer 58 BlueEfficiency models by end of 2009
The BlueEfficiency badge is the Mercedes-Benz way of saying ‘green.’ Green isn’t always green – sometimes it’s blue. Or at least that’s what Mercedes-Benz wants us to think when we think of efficient, environment-friendlier motoring. And to help back up Mercedes’ claim to being one of the cleanest luxury carmakers, it has announced it will [...]
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Best International Red Wines of 2009
The Robb Report gets the scoop on some of this year’s best international red wines. This year’s picks include: - Two Hands 2006 Shiraz Coach House Block Seppeltsfield Road Barossa Valley - Le Macchiole 2005 Messorio - Mas de Boislauzon 2006 Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Quet” - Pio Cesare 2004 Barolo Ornato - Viña Cobos 2005 uNico Mendoza [...]
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