March 18th, 2010
Paris is the most expensive city to live in according to the latest survey from Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company to The Economist.
The survey assesses the cost of living by comparing housing, food, clothing, transport and utility bills and the like in 132 cities around the world.
The study is aimed at helping companies calculate allowances for executives and their families being sent overseas.
Tokyo comes second, up from sixth place a year ago. The fall in Russia’s currency against the dollar has made Moscow cheaper than it once was.
March 17th, 2010
After beauty retailer Sephora targeted the French capital’s metro system with vending machines, it is now furniture giant Ikea that has chosen the tunnels for an unusual advertising campaign.
The Swedish chain has furnished the Saint-Lazare, Champs-Elysées Clemenceau, Opéra and Concorde metro stops with lamps and sofas from its new Ektorp and Karlstad collections.
With Ikea being associated with affordable and disposable furniture, it is likely that the campaign aims at demonstrating the durability of the designs.
January 8th, 2010
Karl Lagerfeld has jumped behind the camera again for Chanel’s pre spring / summer collection.
We saw a preview in July this year when Lara Stone and Baptiste Giabiconi were spotted posing with a motorbike in front of the Paris Chanel boutique.
In this short film called Vol de Jour, Lara and Baptiste run around Paris to visit each Chanel store, grabbing everything they love while spending quality time together.
December 31st, 2009
The Eiffel Tower will become a “giant Chistmas tree” as Paris rings in the New Year with a spectacular light and music show, city officials said Wednesday.
The “unique and magical” display will round off a year which saw the tower, one of the world’s most visited sites, mark its 120th birthday and usher in a new decade.
The fete begins at 11:30 pm with the 12-minute display that has been shown every night since October to mark the anniversary, using state-of-the-art LED spotlights.
December 30th, 2009
On December 08, 2009 Marie Christiane Marek hosted “The Designers’ Christmas Trees” at the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris.
World-famous designers have sold 20 Christmas trees for a total of 41,500 € to be donated to The Foundation headed by France’s First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
Since 1996 several famous names have taken part, including Stella McCartney, Jean Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs.
December 3rd, 2009
Karl Lagerfeld gave a SpongeBob SquarePants doll a makeover for a Paris fundraiser for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The figurine was outfitted in the image of his maker, with Karl’s signature dark shades, a white shirt and fingerless gloves.
This auction of celebrity look-a-like dolls was held on the 26th of November at the Pavillon Eau and succeeded in raising more than €7000 for the charity.
