You know there’s not just the Louis Vuitton Luggage to make your trip the stylish one ever! There’s also the latest edition of the Louis Vuitton City Guides!

For 10 years, the Louis Vuitton City Guides have been capturing the spirit of cities. Now with the new 2009 edition, there are many new destinations and new sections with a vintage-inspired look inspired from the label’s iconic travelling trunks.

Whether you’re headed to Asia, Europe or just a quick getaway to Miami, the guides are full of wonderful suggestions for restaurants, hotels, sightseeing as well as local destinations that are not usually on a tourist’s radar. In addition, the revamped Guides will feature personal tips from the likes of Italian actress Monica Belluci on Rome and Barneys creative director Simon Doonan on New York.

The newly revised City guides will be available at LV boutiques worldwide from 15th October and costs from $25 up.

(On the picture below : Previous 2008 guides)

The World’s Billionaires can now raise the world’s most expensive toast for signing a billion dollar dealby sipping on to $2,500 shot of the Louis XIII Black Pearl Magnum – Limited Edition.

Exclusively being offered at Rose Club at The Plaza hotel, the price for a single shot is equivalent to average monthly rent for an apartment in New York, according to Daily News journalist who reported the news.

The exclusivity of this Remy Martin-produced spirit is raised further by the fact that it cannot be sampled anywhere else in the State of New York.

Designed by Baccarat and hand-blown from black crystal, this bottle has not yet been uncorked since it was introduced in June.

There are about 32 pours in the 1.75 liter bottle, meaning that the stylish decanter contains $80,000 worth of booze. However the bottle as whole, one of oncly 358 in the world, is not up for sale.

Each drink will be poured by a white gloved-manager and accompanied by a selection of dried fruits and nuts.

Louis Vuitton Monogramouflage Collection is the result of Murakami’s collaboration with Louis Vuitton.

The collection that combines the monogram and camouflage, made its debut on June 1st exclusively at an exibition of Takashi Murakami’s art in Brooklyn, New York.

The LV Monogramouflage collection features everything from bags to wallets to belts made of canvas or denim:

Monogramouflage Lys for $2,090,

Monogramouflage Bandeau for $135,
Monogramouflage Stole for $725,

Monogramouflage Treillis for $1,610,

Monogramouflage Ceinture for $305.
Monogramouflage Pegase 60 for$2,570
Monogramouflage Keepall 55 for $1,930

Monogramouflage Speedy 35 for $1,530

You can also pick from Monogramouflage iPhone Case which sells for $280 or the really cute Monogramouflage Passport Cover for $355.

We don’t have the images of all these lovely LV items so if you are rich enough, just buy the entire collection and take some pics for us please ^_^

The Frozen Haute Chocolate at the Serendipity-3 restaurant in New York has taken the cake, according to Guinness World Records, as the most expensive dessert in the world.

One year ago, the dessert emporium teamed up with jeweler Euphoria New York to create the “Frrrr-ozen Haute Chocolate” a $25,000 chocolate sundae.

The dessert is made from a blend of 28 cocoas from all around the world and contains five grams of edible 23-karat gold. It is topped with whipped cream, more gold and a side of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound.

The whole mass is served in a goblet surrounded with a crown made, of course, of gold. And diamonds. If that is not enough, the spoon is gold, too.
It even comes with souvenirs, an 18K gold bracelet with a carat’s worth of diamonds that rests at the base of the goblet and a gold spoon set with white and chocolate-colored diamonds.

Joe Calderone, a spokesman for the restaurant, said the lead time for an order is two weeks. “Everything is created for the order,” he explained. “The truffle has to be flown in from France; we order the cocoas from around the world; we have the gold flown in from Switzerland, so it takes time to put it together.”

Sounds delicious ? And now the glamorous side of the story

A week after the announcement of its new record-holding dessert, the four-star restaurant Serendipity 3 shut its doors due to pest infestations (roaches, two types of flies, and mice).

Health inspectors also found standing water in the two-story restaurant’s basement. The landmark was closed after failing two health inspections in one month, according to a report from the Associated Pres.

British Airways, Europe’s third-largest flag carrier, on Wednesday said it is going to buy the French all-business airline l’Avion for 54 million pounds ($107 million) as it steps up efforts to take advantage of the recent liberalization of transatlantic travel.

The privately owned airline flies two Boeing 757 aircraft with 90 seats each between Paris and New York. L’Avion has flown 65,000 passengers since its January 2007 launch.

The deal, which includes £26m of net cash on L’Avion’s balance sheet, will allow OpenSkies to raise its Paris Orly-New York flights to three per day. Both carriers use reconfigured Boeing 757 aircraft.

The idea behind Open Skies was to capitalize on the deregulation of traffic between the U.S. and Europe that took effect at the end of March. Until then, BA couldn’t offer direct flights from Paris to the U.S.

L’Avion is the sole survivor of the four all-business class airlines launched in recent years following the collapse of Maxjet, Eos and Silverjet. But given oil at around $140 a barrel, industry observers doubted that l’Avion ever turned a profit.

BA plans to integrate L’Avion under the OpenSkies brand. L’Avion’s aircraft have 90 seats in a single-class cabin, while OpenSkies has 82 seats in three classes : 24 seats that convert into beds, 28 in premium economy and 30 in economy making it closer to the l’Avion model than traditional British Airways flights.

Representing a fresh, new approach to luxury air travel, Halcyon Jets a premiere broker of private jet charter services, announced it will be arranging helicopter packages operating between New York City and eastern Long Island for travelers eager to avoid the traffic-snarled Long Island Expressway en route to the Hamptons exclusive beach vacation areas this summer season.

“For our clients, time is more important than money. A helicopter flight arranged by Halcyon takes about 45 minutes from Manhattan to the East Hampton Airport. The same trip via car can take upwards of four hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic.”

Halcyon Jets’ aircrafts, which include the Bell Jet Ranger, Long Ranger, Augusta, or Eurocopter, are replete with luxurious cabins that can comfortably accommodate up to four passengers.

Halcyon clients can choose to purchase helicopter packages through either the Southampton Flight Club Card or East Hampton Flight Club Card. Halcyon’s Southampton Flight Club Card, which costs $7,700 (plus fees) includes two one-way transfers from NYC to East Hampton or vice versa. The East Hampton Flight Club Card costs $22,500 (plus fees), and includes six one-way transfers.

Clients who purchase a Flight Club Cards will receive a complimentary bottle of champagne, strawberries, and a Halcyon Jets’ gift basket which includes Keihl’s Sunscreen, a Lauren Ralph Lauren Towel, Origins organic lip balm and a bottle of Evian Mineral Water Spray so as to go straight to the beach when you arrive ! (source : press release)