March 4th, 2010
A Ryanair passenger who became enraged when he was told he could not claim a scratchcard prize on his flight ate his winning ticket.
The man was flying from Poland to the East Midlands on a Ryanair flight when he won 10,000 euros on a scratchcard he had purchased on board.
Ryanair confirmed he ate his ticket on 26 February after cabin staff refused to pay him the winnings immediately.
February 11th, 2010
Watchmaker Hublot and the band Depeche Mode are teaming up to offer you a one-of-a-kind deal.
The two have created twelve unique versions of Hublot’s Big Bang that will be auctioned off for the next two and half weeks.
Throughout the 12 watch designs are album artwork featured in landscape form along the 3 and 9 o’clock parts of the watch.
February 9th, 2010
Businessweek reports that Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin plans to leave almost all of his $2.1 billion fortune to charity within the next decade.
The billionaire says he won’t deprive his three children of material support and will appropriate money for their plans, as well as for unforeseen circumstances.
An article in The Financial Times says that Potanin was inspired by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and has a long history of philanthropy.
February 5th, 2010
Dita Von Teese knows the benefit of a good night’s sleep: she has designed a pink silk-satin sleep eye mask in collaboration with Moschino.
The eye mask is pink silk-satin with a spotted lace overlay with “trompe l’oeil” eyelash detailing.
It is embellished with ‘Dita for Moschino’ in rhinestones and comes in an attractive matching case.
February 4th, 2010
A set of cufflinks featuring an 18-c gold finish has been made using parts from Prince Charles’s Aston Martin to raise money for charity.
Pistons removed from the car when the prince decided to convert the vehicle to make it more eco-friendly have been transformed into cufflinks.
A total of 200 cufflinks were made by TMB ArtMetal, and they were designed to resemble the DB6 and the car’s iconic wheel ‘spinners’.
February 3rd, 2010
Scarlett Johansson has designed a solidarity handbag for the Spanish retailer Mango to help raise funds for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
The bag design depicts an early cartographical representation of Haiti, and the words “supporting the people of Haiti, designed by Scarlett Johansson.”
The Haiti handbag will be exclusively available at over 1,390 Mango stores around the world from March 2010, retailing for $29.90.
