The Veuve Clicquot Ski Goggles were created by Smith Optics to celebrate Veuve’s annual Clicquot in the Snow, an event in Aspen, Colorado.

The goggles include a cylindrical, carbonic-X lens and airflow system, making them one of the more functional fashion items destined to pop up on the slopes!

The price of the Veuve goggles? $105.

If there was any doubt that the luxury real estate industry is facing financial issues, the latest casualty in Aspen, Sotheby’s International Realty, should dispell that notion.

Sotheby’s closed their doors on Feb 13th, after running into financial difficulties and the franchise will be taken over by a former rival, Morris and Fyrwald Real Estate.

The luxury ski resort business has been hard hit by the financial crisis, and the value of sales in Aspen fell 46% in 2008, with the trend continuing.

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When two name like Cassina and Jean Marie Massaud team up the results are bound to be impressive, and more than likely very contemporary.

The Aspen opposing sofas work well together as a long sleek single seating surface, or as individual chaise lounges.

Cassina’s Aspen collection includes an end table suspended on a center cylinder that transitions into the side of the sofa in a very smooth transition.