Los Angeles-based luxury jeweler Azature has revealed the most expensive nail polish in the world.
Containing 267-carats of black diamonds, the tiny bottle of varnish has been priced at 250,000 dollars.
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
InterContinental Sanya Resort, China
Singaporean firm WOHA has completed the massive 100,548 square meter ‘intercontinental sanya resort’ on hainan island off the southern coast of China.
The villas, a clubhouse, two hundred hotel rooms, restaurant, watergarden, spas, sports center and ballroom are encapsulated within the concept of the garden.
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Top 10 best street food cities in the world
A trio of Southeast Asian cities took the top spots in a ranking of the top 10 street food cities, with Bangkok, Thailand emerging as the best in the world, notably for its variety and abundance of options.
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Tom Ford Fall 2012 Beauty Campaign
Snejana Onopka fronts the Fall Winter 2012 beauty campaign from Tom Ford, lensed by Mert & Marcus.
Chaumet Bee My Love Collection
Chaumet presents its new collection featuring the bee, which has been an emblem of the House from the time of its most famous customer, Napoleon Bonaparte.
The 9 stackable, hexagonal rings in this collection perfectly imitate honeycomb and can be worn alone or in an infinite array of combinations.
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Aston Martin Vanquish to Debut at Pebble Beach
Aston Martin is bringing its new Vanquish to the U.S., with the supercar set to appear at a number of events surrounding the Monterey automotive week in California.
The Vanquish will first appear at McCall’s Motorworks Revival on August 15, before attending the Quail Motorsports Gathering on August 17 and then the Pebble Beach Concours two days later.
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Brad Pitt gets a $390,000 watch for Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt has reportedly spent $390,000 on one of the world’s most expensive watches as a wedding present for fiancée Angelina Jolie.
He has managed to buy a luxurious Patek Philippe Minute Repeater despite the fact that there is usually a two-year wait for the piece, reported Sun online.
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McLaren helps design a boat fit for an MP4-12C
You are looking at renders of the world’s largest sailing trimaran. It is called the CXL Trimaran Concept and it features a garage for your personal McLaren MP4-12C.
The 158-foot-long trimaran superyacht was designed by manufacturer UltraLuxum. It features retractable outer hulls designed by McLaren Applied Technologies.
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Luxury heads east: India set for ‘LVMH clone’
L Capital, LVMH’s private equity arm, is in talks with leading Indian designers to create an Indian luxury house in the mould of French luxury goods company LVMH.
Designers linked to the project include Rohit Bal and Sabyasachi Mukherjee, who are both cited among the country’s biggest creative talents.
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Diane Von Furstenberg Fall 2012 Campaign
Arizona Muse looks fantastic on the first released images from Diane Von Furstenberg‘s Fall Winter 2012 campaign.
Photographed by Camilla Akrans, Muse wears Diane von Furstenburg’s iconic printed wrap dress with statement jewelry!
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Prada x LG Bluetooth Headset
Prada and LG have teamed up to produce a new Bluetooth headset, extending the collaboration alongside their Android smartphone.
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Jay-Z And Beyonce Renting $400K Summer Home
Jay-Z and Beyonce reportedly spent $400,000 to rent a Hamptons holiday home during the month of August, it has been revealed.
Equipped with everything from a rock-climbing wall to a virtual golf course and two-lane bowling alley, the 11-acre property was constructed by super-developer Joe Farrell and is currently on the market for $43.5million.
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Billionaire to build real-life Jurassic Park area: rumor
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer is looking for a way “to clone a dinosaur from DNA” as part of the park-style area at his new resort in Coolum.
Reports suggest that Palmer has been in “deep discussion” with the team that successfully cloned Dolly the Sheep.
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Christmas comes early to Harrod’s
Just a day before the start of the Olympic Games, Harrods has opened its Christmas World department, the earliest opening date in the seasonal department’s history.
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DreamWorks plans $3.2 billion China theme park
DreamWorks plans to build a $3.2 billion theme park in Shanghai, as the US film giant seeks to bolster its presence in the booming Chinese entertainment market.
The studio’s newly formed China joint venture, Oriental DreamWorks, is set to open the theme park in 2016, the creator of “Kung Fu Panda” said in a statement.
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Chef Laurent Gras releases first e-cookbook for iPad
New York-based, Michelin-starred French chef Laurent Gras is the latest chef to release his first cookbook in digital form.
Gras chose to bypass the traditional publishing medium and go straight to the e-book route with his first cookbook Laurent Gras: My Provence.
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Ritz-Carlton to open its first hotel in Vietnam
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has announced the brand’s first hotel in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), marking another step in the group’s expansion in Asia.
The 250-room hotel is set to open in 2017 and will be located in the historic centre of Saigoni9 adjacent to the famous Ben Thanh Square market, in a 48-storey tower.
The Ritz-Carlton, Saigon is part of a development project called The One Ho Chi Minh City, which also includes prime office space, retail outlets and 350 luxury apartments.
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Barbara Rihl handbag for Pierre Herme
Barbara Rihl has collaborated with Pierre Herme to produce a collection of luxury leather handbags.
A couple at home and at work, these two creative geniuses decided to blend their spheres of creativity and co-produce the collection.
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Frank Sinatra’s New York pad goes up for sale
Frank Sinatra’s former Manhattan penthouse, where Ol’ Blue Eyes entertained the hell-raising Rat Pack, has gone on the market for $7.7 million.
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Chanel Obsession Video
British model Edie Campbell is the star of a new Cyrille de Vignemont-directed Chanel video for Fall 2012.
Called “Obsession,” the film sees Campbell take on two different characters — one who is all boyish waistcoats and loose-fit trousers and another classically feminine persona with sequined pieces and a pouty red lip.
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Lane Crawford Fall 2012 Campaign by Nick Knight
Edward Enninful styled the superb Fall Winter 2012 campaign of Lane Crawford that was shot by Nick Knight, featuring Ming Xi, Xiao Wen Ju and Wang Xiao.
All of them hail from China and they’ve all have walked the runways for important labels like Alexander Wang, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton.
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