Savoir-faire.com - literally meaning know-how -is an online luxury gifting website, started last November by Princess Kasia Al Thani, who is married to a brother of the Emir of Qatar.
The site is quite similar to “net-a-porter” but for the gifting market, forging together iconic ambassadors for luxury such as Allegra Hicks, Bamford, Geoffrey Parker Games, Bill Amberg and Kelly Hoppen, to name but a few.
SavoirFaire focuses on the top tier of luxury gifts and home goods. From elegant home wares to irresistible handbags it is all online !
For decades people in search of an out-of-the-ordinary gift have been naming stars for each other, with the inclusion of a map of the sky showing exactly which star belongs to them.
Now OwnMaui.com is giving you the chance to own your piece of paradise.
Menehune Land Sales LLC is selling one square foot of land on the island of Maui in Hawaii for $9.99 each. The 83,635 square feet of land are available along the coast of Hana.
Okay, admit it: You’ve swiped a little, or not so little, souvenir before checking out of a special hotel. You’re not alone !
Hotels have long since realized that their towels don’t disappear in washing machines. They’ve gone home with guests.
That is why the Ritz-Carlton has just launched a new online retail store, The Shops at Ritz-Carlton, so that you can order all your favorite luxury items for your home.
The Dow Jones has sunk below 10,000, Wall Street is in turmoil and big banks are disappearing. But that hasn’t stopped Neiman Marcus from mailing its much-anticipated annual Christmas Book catalog this week.
From high-end cars to custom sculptures, The 82nd edition of this world-renowned book is full of fantasy gifts. The most expensive item this year is the Three Chimneys Thoroughbred Racing Package, which is priced at $10 million.
Fantasy gifts, along with life-time memories, are also for sale, including a platinum wedding at an exclusive beach side resort. The turnkey wedding includes a custom-designed dress by Carolina Herrera, up to 40 private ocean-view guest villas and all the other wedding must-haves. The wedding destination packages are all customized - one size or price will not fit all, so the starting price is $1.3 million.
Each year, the store selects the fantasy gifts from the thousands of suggestions it receives from customers around the world. First published in 1926 as a 16-page booklet, the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book was initially intended as a Christmas card to the store’s best customers.
Following on the heels of last year’s Lexus IS F and 2006’s 2007 BMW M6 Convertible, this year they’ll be offering up the new 2009 BMW 7-Series.But what’s so exclusive about this 7-Series? Each model has been customized by BMW Individual and painted in a special Diopside Black metallic color with an interior stitched in Champagne Merino leather and accented with wood and Piano Black inserts.
This luxury car limited to 31 examples which also expresses the commemoration of 31 years 7-series. Those who do their daily shopping within the pages of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book will be the first able to purchase the new 2009 BMW 7 Series beginning October 17th, before it arrives in showrooms next spring and even before its LA Auto Show stateside debut.
The $160,000 package also includes two business-class tickets to the Headquarters in Munich including a four-night stay in a luxury hotel. And, to adequately get in touch with the your one-of-31s you’ll be invite to seize a road-trip into the French Riviera.
