GM on Sunday unleashed the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the seventh generation of the classic American sports car and the first new version since 2005.
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
German luxury automakers see record sales in 2012
Luxury German carmaker Mercedes-Benz said on Friday it had achieved record sales in 2012, driven by accelerating growth in China and the United States.
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Gucci Spring 2013 Campaign
Models Anja Rubik, Karmen Pedaru and Clément Chabernaud star in the Gucci Spring 2013 campaign, photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot.
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Kate Moss in Versace Spring 2013 Campaign
Italian house Versace has revealed the first image of its S/S 2013 campaign, which features six famous models including Kate Moss, Daria Werbowy and Joan Smalls.
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Bang & Olufsen to shut 125 shops
Danish high-end hi-fi maker Bang & Olufsen reported on Wednesday a 47-percent plunge in its second-quarter net profit and announced the closure of 125 stores.
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Lexus unveils new IS
Lexus on Wednesday unveiled the first official photos of its all-new IS sedan, ahead of the car’s world debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show on Tuesday.
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Children’s perfume in the works at Dolce & Gabbana?
A cryptic image released by Stefano Gabbana on Instagram has set speculation going that the Italian label could be releasing an alcohol-free children’s scent.
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Stella McCartney to Launch Eyewear
British Designer of the Year Stella McCartney will release her first collection of optical eyewear in March 2013.
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Would you pay $2,013 for a plate of pasta?
A Manhattan restaurant has created a pasta dish topped with fresh lobster and one ounce of black truffle to usher in the new year, for the princely sum of $2,013.
BiCE, a posh Italian restaurant in New York, is confident that customers with deep pockets will be willing to shell out more than $2,000 (€1,530) for a dish of homemade tagliolini, two pounds (0.45 kg) of fresh Maine lobster, wild mushrooms and a generous shaving of black truffle.
Chef Silverio Chavez says what makes the dish even more unique is the fact that it comes served on a gold leaf platter designed by fashion designer Gianni Versace.
Versace, who died in 1997, was reportedly a fan of the Milan-based restaurant which opened in 1926 and expanded to New York in 1987.
Seven months before his death, the designer was approached to design a limited edition series of chinaware for the restaurant. Although there were originally 800 plates produced, according to Mr Chavez there are now only 45 left.
The four-course meal also includes a starter of crispy calamari and crabcakes, veal scaloppini in a lemon caper sauce, sautéed spinach, potatoes gratin, and a ‘special BiCE’ dessert.
Salvatore Ferragamo Spring 2013 Campaign
Salvatore Ferragamo enlists top model Raquel Zimmermann for its spring 2013 campaign shot by David Sims.
Emilio Pucci Spring 2013 Ad Campaign
Italian luxury fashion label Emilio Pucci has launched its Spring-Summer campaign which will debut in magazines and online from February 2013 worldwide.
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Dubai hosts largest gathering of chefs in the world
Dubai hosted 2,847 chefs last week, breaking the record for the largest gathering of chefs in one place.
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Montblanc Sets First U.S. Pop-up Shop
Montblanc is partnering with the St. Regis Washington DC Hotel and Thornwillow Press on a pop-up hotel lobby store for Barack Obama’s upcoming inauguration.
Fans of the Montblanc brand assembling in Washington DC for the upcoming inauguration will be able to purchase leather goods, cuff links, timepieces and signature writing instruments in a new pop-up location.
Obama’s first inauguration address from January 2009 has also been bound especially for the event and will be on sale in the store.
Scheduled for January 21, the event will see Chief Justice John Roberts swear the president in for a second term after his November 2012 victory in the US elections.
Huge crowds are expected to assemble on the US Capitol for the historic event, as the 44th US president, and the first-ever African-American to occupy the Oval Office, is sworn in for a second term.
A selection of other historic presidents including Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, James Madison and John Adams, will also appear on Montblanc’s ‘America’s Signature for Freedom’ collection of limited-edition presidential pens, available at the pop-up. Thornwillow Press has produced a hand-printed book titled “A Presidential Miscellany” for the occasion (pictured below).
Obama fans with deep pockets can also purchase the official medallion set for $7,500. Those whose budgets won’t stretch to a Montblanc pen can also get an official inauguration souvenir pen for $30.
In an added interactive element, visitors to the stand will be encouraged to use Montblanc stationery and pens to write letters to the president that will then be hand-delivered to the White House by the St. Regis Hotel’s team of butlers.
Domino’s Japan launches Kobe-beef pizza
Domino’s Pizza, the world’s most well-known home delivery pizza services, has released a new luxury pizza in Japan- an exclusive to the pizza fast food market.
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Giorgio Armani Spring 2013 Campaign
Italian brand Giorgio Armani has released images of top Dutch model Saskia de Brauw modelling its Spring-Summer 2013 collection.
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Jay-Z Rents Million Dollar Nursery For Blue Ivy
The daughter of Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z now has her own nursery at a basketball stadium that costs $1 million a year to rent, according to the Daily Mail,
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Abu Dhabi to build $654 million Louvre
A consortium led by Dubai-based Arabtec Holding will build the Louvre Abu Dhabi art gallery for $654 million, the developers of the project announced on Tuesday.
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Richemont wins $100m battle against counterfeiters
Following a lawsuit filed August 2012, luxury conglomerate Richemont last week won a $100m default judgement against counterfeit selling websites.
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Five destinations for a January holiday
In many places, January’s drab gray skies can damper spirits. Prompting many to seek out sunnier climes. Here is a small selection of places to escape to.
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Kate Moss stars in new Givenchy campaign
Veteran British supermodel Kate Moss has scored a Spring-Summer 2013 coup, appearing in adverts for Parisian label Givenchy.
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Women-only restaurants trending around the world
From Dubai to Las Vegas, London and Zhengzhou, China, restaurants catering to a female-only clientele are becoming increasingly popular the world over.
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