One of Nixon’s most popular styles, The Player, has been a fixture of the line for the last seven years and has seen a number of iterations in styles and colors.
This year Nixon’s “4 x 4” will introduce 4 Rubber Player sporty watches for men on a single colorway to the world. On the 15th of each month from March to June a new surprise color will be released.
Participating shops will be shipped only 4 Rubber Players each month. Each surprise color will be kept secret. Price: $170
A planned luxury train to Tibet has been postponed for the second time in a year, the operator said Monday, adding the global slowdown – not simmering tension in the Himalayan region – was to blame.
Tangula Luxury Trains, which was expected to launch high-class tours from Beijing to Lhasa in April this year, said it would delay the start of package holidays on the world’s highest railway until spring 2010.
“The rescheduling of our official launch was a very recent decision and was taken by our management in light of the current global economic climate,” a Beijing-based spokeswoman told AFP.
Luxury gadgets for your fashion dog? Italian fashion designer, Roberto Cavalli will launch a new pet-line for your sophisticated puppies.
The collection consists of stylish pieces such as jersey or printed fleece t-shirts and velour tracksuits, as well as classic garments such as polo-shirts, sweaters and puffer jackets.
Key pieces in the collection are satin-trimmed bathrobe, silk printed shorts and some shearling jackets.
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The most powerful Maybach ever, the highest quality paint finish, meticulously crafted materials, only 100 examples produced worldwide.
This and much other fascinating thing comes out of the new limited edition Maybach Zeppelin.
From the glorious past to the present of the famous luxury car, this video shows black and white images, old advertising campaigns and of course the great design, the unique sense of style and the incredible performance of Maybach Zeppelin.
Crystal Lagoons has announced the construction of twelve giant crystal clear lagoons at the Sharm El Sheik beach, in the Egyptian desert, the biggest of them measuring 8.8 hectares in size.
The world’s largest pool is currently in San Alfonso del Mar, Chile, and has an area of 8 hectares.
But this one-kilometer-in-length behemoth, also built by Crystal Lagoons, will soon be surpassed by its Egyptian relative, which is expected to be finished around July 2009.
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The beautiful singer and actress, Jessica Simpson has asked Tiger Woods for golfing lessons.
And sure, everyone would have as a golf teacher Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods! He is currently the world number 1 and he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2007, having earned an estimated $122 million from winnings and endorsements.
Lucky Jessica has already signed up for a set of lessons, and has bought, for $8,400, a Louis Vuitton golf bag and some accessories to look always stylish, even when she learns to play.
Quinta Do Lago, once recipient of the famous Most Luxury Resort Award and the 2009 Best Golf Destination in Europe Award has a selection of luxuriously appointed villas available for holiday rentals.
The resort is home to a number of celebrities and state dignitaries. Madonna, Silvestre Stallone and Bonnie Tyler are just a few household names that are rumoured to have purchased properties.
The villas all have access to one of the world’s most pristine and challenging golf course. There is a small shopping centre on the premises with luxury brand outelts and a gourmet food hall.
Villas in the resort range from €3,000 to well over €10,000 per week. Some include access to a private motor boat and a chauffeur driven car.
The resort is minutes away from a discrete private airport which make access by private aviation effortless.
Various ground staff companies and concierge outlets operate in the area to ensure that your holiday rental is memorable and stress free.
Source: PortugalVillaRenters.com
According to the art website Artdaily, the owner of Torpedo Comics has paid $ 317,200 at auction for the first edition of Action Comics, featuring the debut adventures of Superman.
John Dolmayan, drummer for System of a Down and owner of Torpedo Comics, is now the owner of the first edition of Action Comics, from June of 1938 which is famous for having in its pages the debut of the “Man of Steelâ€.
This sets a record price for a comic book, but far from the $500,000 that Comic Connect estimated it to be worth.
Flame on! This jewelry watch from Vacheron Constantin features the newest officially recognized diamond shape, the “flame cut.â€
The shape, that looks like a small flame, is emphasized in the dial as well as the use of 200 flame cut diamonds all over the watch, 20 on the case, 60 in the dial, and 120 used on the bracelet.
The case dressed in white gold and embracing a diamond-set dial, echoes the flame shape of the gems.
The bear is sewn entirely out of genuine U.S. dollar bills. No eyes, no mouth, just old dollar bills.
The bear is 12″ tall and sells for a whopping $1,250 (far more than what is sewn on his body). Source: Vivre
Swedish designers Erik Nyberg and Gustav Ström created the WAVE Hammock for Belgian outdoor furniture manufacturer Royal Botania.
The idea is to convey the feeling of lying underneath the canopy of a tree, surrounded by a defined, natural space, forming both a sculpture and an inviting and luxurious outdoor furniture.
The materials in WAVE consist of electro-polished stainless steel and perforated fabric, one type for the upper roof section, and another for the lying section. Source: contemporist
Mini has launched an advertising campaign with some funny video and the slogan “always open†for the new Mini Convertible model.
Enjoy these two videos: the first one is about a duel between two different Mini colours, blue and yellow,
… and the second one shows a drive through history, from the Roman Ages, through the Middle Ages to the present days.
North Korea has opened its first “authentic” Italian restaurant on the orders of its leader, Kim Jong-Il, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper said Saturday.
The Chosun Sinbo, often seen as a mouthpiece for North Korea’s communist regime, said the restaurant had proved to be a major hit after it opened in the capital Pyongyang in December.
“I’ve learned through TV and books that pizza and spaghetti are among the world’s famous dishes, but this is the first time that I’ve tasted it,” Jung Un-Suk, 42, told the newspaper, which is published in Japan.
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Get ready to swoon. The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach – playground of the rich and famous right on the sand in exclusive South Florida – has opened a spa that simply oozes glamour.
The Eau Spa (“Eau” is French for water) is a 42,000 square foot palace that fuses baroque designs with strong modern accents to create a sensory experience for its guests.
The heart of the spa is the open-air Self-Centered Garden, where guests can float in swinging chairs above a shallow pool of water, enjoy the warmth of a waterfall cascading on their shoulders, or recline on chaise lounges with a glass of wine.
The big news for Maitres du Temps at Baselworld this year will be their new Chapter Two watch, but the beautiful Chapter One watch should not be overlooked.
To help emphasize that point, Maitres du Temps is releasing a new limited edition, featuring a jet-black dial and rollers set in a high-contrast white gold case.
Whereas the standard Chapter One watch comes in blues and gold, “the Black version is a monochromatic delight.”
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is selling the Holmby Hills house near to the Playboy Mansion for $27,995,000.
The 7,318 square feet (700 square meters) English manor-style personal residence has been home to his estranged wife Kimberly and their two teenage sons since the late 1990s.
Hefner bought the mansion for a reported $6.7 million.
Marc Jacobs created a collection full of accessories for the Louis Vuitton fall 2009:
Lovely handbags, exciting shoes, bejeweled satin leggings, necklaces modeled after paper garlands, stunned gloves mixed with ladylike pearls of all sizes and even bunny ears for playful ladies.
And of course the gilded monogram, the protagonist of every collection.
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name,/ Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love/ and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” said the Juliet of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, on her balcony in the wonderful Italian city of Verona.
Now, for everyone who has a romantic soul, there is a great chance to say “yes” and marry the love of his life on the famous balcony in Juliet’s house.
The balcony looks out over a small courtyard that can be accessed from the street by a short passageway.
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Lamborghini has released the first Lamborghini Murcielago SuperVeloce promotional video.
The short film was shot in a hangar in Hamburg, Germany and shows the supercar drifting in a cloud of smoke with a light that underlines its aggressive line and elegant design.
An entire village, complete with a cricket club, a blacksmiths and a manor house is to go on sale next week for up to £25 million.
Whoever buys Linkenholt, near Andover in Hampshire, will land its 22 houses, the village shop, a commercial shoot, 1,500 acres of prime farm land and 450 acres of woodland.
The village is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is to be sold by the Herbert and Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust.
