Monthly Archives: September 2011

Megan Fox Madre Perla Armani

Giorgio Armani Beauty 2011 Christmas Collection

Megan Fox Madre Perla Armani

Here is a first look at Megan Fox starring in Giorgio Armani Beauty 2011 Christmas Collection. The collection is called “Madre Perla” and it’s limited worldwide.

Megan wears Madre Perla Palette, Gloss d’Armani Rouge, and ‘Eyes To Kill’ Eye Shadows which is available in Gold, Silver and a shimmering Gold & Silver blend.

Megan is also the face of the fashion brand’s fragrance, Armani Code, and appeared in Emporio Armani’s women’s underwear and Armani Jeans ads last year.
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eating out

Dining out? Restaurant Dos & Don’ts

eating out

Is it rude to tweet about a luscious treacle tart at dinner? Or take a phone call when your starter is being served?

It’s an issue that has London divided in a Zagat London Restaurants survey released Wednesday that asked respondents to weigh on the issue.

According to the 5,500 diners answering the survey, 53 percent said it’s “rude and inappropriate” to text, tweet or talk on the phone while dining at the table.
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18kt Cartier Paris Sunglasses

Having a nice pair of eyewear, is like wearing your favorite pair of shoes. And if a pair of custom made sunglasses is high on your wishlist, then Cartier, Paris should be your first choice.

Exclusively adorned with an exquisite array of 188 collet diamonds, this pair of Cartier sunglasses is boasting in retro style and sheer glamor.

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porsche 911 configurator

Online car customization embraced by Porsche, Ford

porsche 911 configurator

Porsche and Ford have become the latest brands to offer customers the chance to pick their dream cars via online configurators.

Brands are increasingly tapping the internet to let customers design their perfect model without even leaving the house.

The trend was originally started by Bentley, which has allowed customers to design their own hand-built luxury models for some time now at bentleyconfigurator.com.
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Hotel Indigo Paddington room

Boutique hotels in London to boom

Hotel Indigo Paddington room

The number of boutique hotels in London is set to soar over the next few years, a new report has predicted.

London, which will host the 2012 Olympic Games next year, could see the number of design-led hotel rooms double by 2013, adding some 2,544 rooms to the market.

Hotel consultancy HVS London predicted this week that another 18 boutique properties will open their doors in the capital through 2013.
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Elizabeth Taylor jewelry collection poster

Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry goes on show in Moscow

Elizabeth Taylor jewelry collection poster

Christie’s has revealed the main lots of the jewelry collection of Oscar-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor to be auctioned in New York this December.

Select highlights from the 269-piece collection went on an eight-city tour including London, Los Angeles, Dubai, Geneva, Paris and Hong Kong, beginning in Moscow.
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Garia Mansory golf car

Garia Mansory Edition Carbon Fiber Golf Car

Garia Mansory golf car

Garia, the Danish manufacturer of luxury golf cars, has recently teamed up with Mansory (a high-end car customization company) to create the Garia Mansory Edition.

With carbon fiber body panels and supercar inspired modifications on the exterior, the golf car conveys the values of its creators: craftsmanship, design and luxury.

Carbon fiber has been used on body panels on the front apron, side steps and tail apron. The cabin floor is lined with teak tree, while the specially designed headlights, air scoop and fender gills complete this unique and complex transformation.
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Front row fashion show

Fashion bloggers to spur online luxury sales

Front row fashion show

Fashion bloggers will help propel online sales of designer clothes, jewels and luxury cars to more than 11 billion euros ($15 billion) in 2015.

The exclusive fashion world has embraced the Internet later than other industries but is catching up quickly.

Brands such as Burberry, Tiffany and Gucci are increasing exposure to social media to connect with a new generation born when mobiles and Internet were already there.
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Ritz Carlton ad

‘Let Us Stay With you’ from The Ritz-Carlton

Ritz Carlton ad

Today marks the beginning of a new initiative from The Ritz-Carlton with the introduction of an entirely new communications approach.

Their new brand platform, ‘Let Us Stay With You’ requests guests to allow The Ritz- Carlton to be much more than just a hotel, and instead a memory that lasts a lifetime.

Through the use of artwork, film, messaging, and digital experience platforms, guests are requested to allow The Ritz-Carlton to be much more than just a hotel; indeed to be that indelible memory that lasts a lifetime.
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Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise spacecraft

Virgin aims for first space launch within 12 months

Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise spacecraft

British business magnate Richard Branson hopes to launch a vessel into space within the next 12 months, kicking off an era of commercial space travel.

“The mother ship is finished… The rocket tests are going extremely well, and so I think that we’re now on track for a launch within 12 months of today.”

“This could be the beginning of a whole new era of space travel, which will be commercial space travel,” he told CNN’s Piers Morgan late Wednesday.
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Johnnie Walker Blue Label Bar

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Private Bar

 Johnnie Walker Blue Label Bar

Luxury whisky Johnnie Walker Blue Label has partnered with Porsche Design Studio, to create the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Collection by Porsche Design Studio.

The collection consists of “The Chiller” and “The Cube”, but is led by a made-to-order Johnnie Walker Blue Label Private Bar (price available on request).

Made from the finest materials – including brushed titanium and leather – the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Private Bar, measures 220cm high by 65cm and weighs 450 Kg.
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Qantas

Qantas in ‘world-first’ tablet trial

Qantas

Passengers on Qantas will be the first in the world to have in-flight entertainment streamed wirelessly to tablet devices in a trial announced by the airline Thursday.

To be rolled out from the end of next month on one Boeing 767-300 flying domestic routes, the six-week test will see Qantas’s current entertainment programme broadcast to a tablet supplied by the airline.

The brand of tablet is yet to be confirmed, but Qantas said Apple’s popular iPad was among the models being considered.
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jaguar cx75

Jaguar C-X75 Inspirations & Icons by Dunhill

jaguar cx75

To celebrate the birth of the new Jaguar C-X75 Alfred Dunhill have filmed a short movie that links its inception to the legendary 1960’s icon – the Jaguar XJ13.

Produced to celebrate 75 years of Jaguar, the C-X75, is an example of state of the art thinking and engineering.

It is propelled by a combination of four electric generators, two jet turbines and a diesel engine making it very fast and extremely efficient.
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mercedes benz f125 concept

Mercedes-Benz F125 Hydrogen Concept

mercedes benz f125 concept

The Mercedes-Benz F125, is the latest technology concept in a long line of research vehicles, from the Stuttgart-based automaker.

Powered by hydrogen and electricity, the F125 will initially evolve from it’s gullwing coupe effect, into a four door sedan, and it may very well be the future generation of the S class Mercedes-Benz.

This luxurious eco-friendly car of your dreams is perfected by an E4Matic all-wheel-drive-system, consisting of 4 motors mounted in each wheel.
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The Wolseley

Zagat’s Picks for the Top Restaurants in London

The Wolseley

The most popular restaurant in London as chosen by Zagat readers is a grandiose café-restaurant with towering pillars and sweeping archways that was formerly a car showroom and now serves high tea and coq au vin.

The 2012 London Restaurants Survey includes the ratings and reviews of 1,187 restaurants in Greater London as voted on by 5,497 local diners.

Of the 1,397 reviews posted for The Wolseley, 84 percent of diners said they liked their experience, making the west-end eatery the most popular among Zagat readers according to the latest survey released Wednesday.
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Consuelo Castiglioni Veronique Gabai Pinksy

Marni to launch first fragrance

Consuelo Castiglioni Veronique Gabai Pinksy

Beauty giant Estée Lauder announced Wednesday that it had partnered with the Italian fashion brand for the latter’s first foray into fragrances.

“Wearing Marni is like wearing a piece of art. It is an expression of individuality. Few designers can make the fashion community smile the way Consuelo Castiglioni does,” Veronique Gabai-Pinsky of Estée Lauder’s Aramis and Designer Fragrances stated.
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Fisker Surf photo

Fisker Surf Concept

Fisker Surf photo

Green car maker Fisker Automotive has confirmed that it is to launch a second model at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Following in the footsteps of rival Tesla, which is working feverishly to ready its new Model S sedan for a launch next year, Fisker will expand its lineup beyond its $95,000 sports model with the launch of stablemate for the Fisker Karma.

The Fisker Surf concept was formally unveiled September 13 and is an extended-range electric vehicle, powered by batteries but capable of using a small gasoline generator to top up the charge when necessary.
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