Thursday, December 30, 2010
Stella McCartney Tapered crepe pants
Stella McCartney Black crepe pants with a slouchy fit and tapered ribbed jersey cuffs. Stella McCartney pants have side slit pockets, an elasticated waistband and a concealed fastening. 100% rayon. Dry clean
Labels:
crepe pants,
Fashion,
Luxury,
Stella McCartney,
Tapered,
Womens
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry
On a barren island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, workers have dug the foundations for three colossal museums: an $800 million Frank Gehry-designed branch of the Guggenheim 12 times the size of its New York flagship; a half-billion-dollar outpost of the Louvre by Jean Nouvel; and a showcase for national history by Foster & Partners, the design for which was unveiled on Thursday. And plans are moving ahead for yet another museum, about maritime history, to be designed by Tadao Ando.
Labels:
Abu Dhabi,
Frank Gehry,
Guggenheim
Balenciaga Body Cream
Balenciaga Body Cream
A luxury white cream made with shea butter, it is smooth yet light, and leaves a sensual veil on the skin.
A luxury white cream made with shea butter, it is smooth yet light, and leaves a sensual veil on the skin.
Labels:
Balenciaga,
Body Cream
Victoria Beckham's hexagonal chain crocodile bag
Victoria Beckham's hexagonal chain crocodile bag, from her debut handbag collection
for £8,950, available at net-a-porter.
Labels:
crocodile bag,
Victoria Beckham
Xenatec Maybach Cruiserio
Xenatec Maybach Cruiserio made its debut at Daimler headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The coupe features a 600+ horsepower twin-turbocharged V12 engine. Only 100 examples will be made with a €675,000 ($894k) price tag. Waiting list 9-12 months.
Labels:
Cruiserio,
Xenatec Maybach
Spoon bowl by Toni Grilo for Christofle
Spoon bowl by Toni Grilo for Christofle
Produced in Christofle’s ‘Haute Orfèvrerie’ workshops from 30 silver-plated Christofle spoons, this surprising but apparently effortless piece is one of the collection’s most charming. You can’t help feeling that the illustrious role call of Christofle’s historic clients (King Louis-Philippe, Napoleon III, the Tsar of Russia, the Emperor of Mexico, Pope Pius IX among them) would have approved.
This highly-collectible piece is available to buy only through 20ltd.com and is limited to only 20 editions
Produced in Christofle’s ‘Haute Orfèvrerie’ workshops from 30 silver-plated Christofle spoons, this surprising but apparently effortless piece is one of the collection’s most charming. You can’t help feeling that the illustrious role call of Christofle’s historic clients (King Louis-Philippe, Napoleon III, the Tsar of Russia, the Emperor of Mexico, Pope Pius IX among them) would have approved.
This highly-collectible piece is available to buy only through 20ltd.com and is limited to only 20 editions
Labels:
Christofle,
Spoon bowl,
Toni Grilo
YVES SAINT LAURENT Court shoes
YVES SAINT LAURENT Suede court shoes with goat hair fringes. If Stefano Pilati presents this season a ready-to-wear collection inspired by the religion, it is completely different for the range of shoes which reveals its punk style ! Monachal dresses but crest, leopard or patent leather court shoes and vertiginous heels!
2010-11 Fall-winter collection by Stefano Pilati
2010-11 Fall-winter collection by Stefano Pilati
Labels:
Court shoes,
Fashion,
Shoes,
Womens,
Yves Saint Laurent
Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook
Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook
Cecil Beaton was one of the 20th century's most important photographers, and now for the first time ever, Assouline presents his private scrapbooks—personal collections of the man who helped invent the cult of personality.
Labels:
Assouline,
Books,
Cecil Beaton
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Premium Tequila by DeLeon
Premium Tequila by DeLeon
DeLeon Tequila is premium tequila produced in Purisima del Rincon. DeLeon Anejo is double-distilled and aged in French barrels for 17 months to achieve its distinct “cognac-like” taste.
Labels:
Premium,
Tequila by DeLeon
four new color schemes - Bugatti Veyron by Hermès
Hermès and Bugatti have developed four new color schemes for their collaboration. The color options include ‘Indigo Blue and Vermilion,’ ‘Indigo blue and Lime Green,’ ‘Black and Garance Red,’ and ‘Prussian Blue and Blue Jean.’ The new models are priced at €1.55 million without taxes (approximately $2.77 million) and will be available at the end of the year.
Labels:
Bugatti Veyron,
Hermès
Bandit
Bandit is Robert Piguet's first fragrance, launched in 1944 as the perfect scent to create an aura of mischief. Provocative and sultry, this Chypre fragrance is an intense blend of exotic Leather, Wood, Spice and floral notes including Neroli, Orange, Ylang Ylang, Jasmine,Tuberose, Vetiver and Patchouli, finished with Musk.
£95.00 per 100ML
Basquiat
From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27. The subject of a feature film by fellow artist Julian Schnabel, Basquiat is one of the most admired artists to emerge from the 1980s art boom. This book explores his short but prolific career.
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Basquiat
Konstantin Beta sit-on toy by Nika Zupanc
“Punk elegance” (Elle USA), “Techno chic” (BUSINESSWEEK), “Larger than life” (CLEAR MAGAZINE) – the international critique of this rising star of furniture design is as effusive and inventive as the work itself. Attracting increasing attention since graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2000, Nika created her decisive splash with her notorious “Lolita” lamp, designed for Moooi and featured in NEW YORK TIMES STYLE magazine as one of the hottest trends for 2008. This was swiftly followed by her “5 O’Clock” collection being picked out by Ambra Medda, co founder and art director of Design Miami, as one of 12 most influential décor trends of the moment. The world according to Nika Zupanc is an intriguing one – the creation of this sit-on ‘child’s’ toy exclusively for 20ltd.com is an epitomizing tour de force of her cute originality. Playfully nostalgic for a time when children had physical friends as toys rather than digital enemies, it is surely any youngster’s most stylish first car. For the adults, it might be rather a chic means of arriving into dinner. Available exclusively through 20ltd.com, only 7 editions will ever be made.
www.nikazupanc.com
Labels:
Konstantin Beta,
Nika Zupanc,
sit-on toy
MÉLANIE GEORGAPOULOS necklace
MÉLANIE GEORGAPOULOS Punched white cultured pearls, magnetized vermeil clasp shaped as a pearl necklace
Graduate of the Royal College of London, Mélanie Georgapoulos is a Greek and French young designer who, influenced by her sculpture formation, imagines luxurious jewels luxurious reflect of her passion for beautiful materials, forms and design. Her first collection uses pearls, the challenge being to reinvent a classic, to re-interpret in a modern and unique way the traditional necklace.
Labels:
MÉLANIE GEORGAPOULOS,
Necklace
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Chanel Le Vernis
Chanel Le Vernis - Classic and trend-defining shades from the runways of Paris. State-of-the-art formula strengthens and moisturizes nails as it delivers long-wearing, high-shine, chip-resistant colour. Applies evenly without streaking.
Chanel Rogue Allure
Chanel Rogue Allure - An instant icon, this luxurious lipstick formula combines lustrous colour, sensational comfort and fabulous wear. Purely CHANEL: the subtly etched, world-renowned logo, and an elegant click-open case that provides a most glamorous effect when applying colour.
Neo Rauch
Bursting with radiant and unsettling juxtapositions, Neo Rauch’s paintings are wormholes into worlds of startling psychological power and cultural collisions. His scenes involve the viewer in a history that is at once mythic, intimate, and present. Through a deep consideration of philosophy, art history, literature, and his own dreamscape, Rauch’s paintings depict the precipices of progress and the struggles of communication. Electrified by their rich palettes, Rauch’s fragmented landscapes and timeless characters dance between pop and baroque, social and psychological, graphic and painterly.
Born in Leipzig in 1960, Rauch learned his trade behind the Iron Curtain. His influences and interests were shaped by personal hardship and the tumultuous changes of East Germany after the Wall fell. In the late 1980s, having finished his studies at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig under Arno Rink and Bernhard Heisig, he explored diverse approaches to painting in dialogue with works he encountered by Francis Bacon, the New Wild painters, and the pre-Renaissance painters he saw during his travels in Italy. By 1993, he had arrived at the unique style of intertwining figuration and abstraction that characterizes his oeuvre and has brought him international attention and respect.
Only a book of truly epic scale could begin to unpack the emotional, historical, and formal density of Rauch’s canvases. Comprising over 450 pages, including more than 250 large-scale reproductions, this monograph is the most inclusive collection of his work to date. It offers a generous range of writings that illuminate the personal, symbolic, and formal complexities of Rauch’s world. Wolfgang Büscher’s open and sensitive account of a walk through Rauch’s neighborhood reveals the painter’s compassion and modesty. Harald Kunde tracks Rauch’s stylistic development through its main semantic threads and historical influences. Gary Tinterow draws from his work on Rauch’s exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum to offer the reader a guide to the symbols that form the painter’s extensive mythology. These essays complement Rauch’s work with nuanced insights while allowing the images room to speak on their own. Within this atlas, readers will discover the rich density and enigmatic openness of Rauch’s paintings.
Fendi Brushed Python Tote
Fendi Peek-a-Boo Tote made of gray brown brushed python. The Brushed Python Tote has an optional detachable shoulder strap added to it and is available exclusively from Fendi stores in limited quantities.
Strand Craft 166 yacht
Stand Craft 166 is a modern yacht with a high-horsepower supercar in the aft. The machine featues a 620-horsepower V8, and Stand Craft claims that the vehicle has a top speed of 189 mph.
Each of the suites is loaded with 52-inch flat-screen television with iPad controls.
Labels:
Motoring,
Strand Craft 166 yacht
Karl Lagerfeld’s Volkswagen Commercial
Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld stars in a commercial for special editions of Volkswagen’s Polo and Golf models.
The Volkswagen Polo/Golf x STYLE pack features a set of lightweight alloy rims, fog lamps, privacy glass as well as STYLE badging.
Labels:
Cars,
Motoring,
Volkswagen
Royal Crown Derby ‘Imari’ pattern pet bowls by Peter Ting
Peter Ting deconstructs traditional Royal Crown Derby ‘Imari’ patterns and reassembles them into a contemporary collage. He works on the factory floor and personally creates each piece like a tailor - joining, matching, overlapping pattern upon pattern, colour against colour. Each piece may take up to 6 firings to achieve the desired depth of colour and vibrancy. He signs each piece (together with Royal Crown Derby Chairman Hugh Gibson), and after the final firing, all the 22 ct gold is burnished by hand ( a painstaking and labor intensive task, where all the gold is rubbed with damp silica sand, transforming the dull gold into a lustrous gleaming gilding). These seven individual one-off pieces have been created exclusively by Peter for 20ltd.com.
Labels:
20ltd,
Peter Ting
VALENTINO Silk muslin dress
VALENTINO Silk muslin dress, flowers print, silk lining, belt, zip
Ultra feminine resort collection for Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli who revisit the 60s style, silk, lace, frills, flowers (garden print or embroidered) but also leather, studs and metal buttons for a young, fragile, romantic but also modern Valentino woman.
Spring / Summer resort collection 2011 by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli
Ultra feminine resort collection for Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli who revisit the 60s style, silk, lace, frills, flowers (garden print or embroidered) but also leather, studs and metal buttons for a young, fragile, romantic but also modern Valentino woman.
Spring / Summer resort collection 2011 by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli
Monday, December 27, 2010
Les Voyages Extraordinaires Van Cleef & Arpels
Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry collection for the holiday season called Les Voyages Extraordinaires. The collection is inspired by the unique works Jules Verne and feature four pieces which include; the beauty of flora and fauna, imaginary creatures, sky and stars.
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Les Voyages Extraordinaires
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