From March, 21 Prada will launch a new special edition of bijoux, called Shell Jewellery and available only in Milan’s stores.
Born from Miuccia Prada’s wish to mix various worlds for create a new one, the special line includes necklaces and earrings featuring metals and shells.
Unique shells of different forms and colors are mixed with crystals and make a particular craquelè effect.
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BMW released an unexpected preliminary earnings release showing that the Munich-based company made a €330m net profit, down 90% from 2007.
The car maker’s total production fell by 78% during 2008 producing 1.44m cars. The statement cited bad debts, one off costs and risk provision costs on used car markets.
Company chief executive Norbert Reithofer claimed that the economic downturn has given the company an opportunity to strengthen at an operating level.
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The yokozuna Asashoryu has appeared in the Shibuya Girls Collection show in Tokyo this week and entertained a crowd of 20,000 mostly teenage girls.
He was wearing a school uniform as a reference to him starring as a high school student in a recent TV commercial. Source: Relaxnews
In a simple yet innovative personal touch to various runway shows around the globe, Massimo Gammacurta with the help of various fashion brands created a series of branded lollipops.
The instantly recognizable powerhouse brands include Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel.
Designer logo lollipops, created in delicious flavors and rich-looking textures just call on you to lick them.
The first example of Audi’s track-only R8 LMS with chassis number ‘101’ has been delivered to first lucky owner in Italy.
Overall, twelve units of the 500hp+GT3 sports car will be delivered during the forthcoming weeks to six customer teams that plan to race in five European GT3 championships as well as in the 24-hour race at the Nurburgring for which Audi Sport has developed an endurance version of the R8 LMS.
Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as “the greatest American architect of all time” designed a ranch house in the southern edge of Los Banos (Merced County).
The house is the third-to-last California residence drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of only two currently on the market.
There is a large living room at the base looks onto the garden through a wall of windows and French doors and a row of bedrooms radiating outward on the north side, a kitchen and a play room on the south, and also a wonderful palm-shaded swimming pool.
The Custom Acrylic Coffee Table Case shown was created by Aaron R Thomas for Louis Vuitton for use in VIP Functions such as Louis Vuitton Golden Globes Party.
These ingenious cases allow you to display your family heirlooms without fear of cat claws, high heels, wine or coffee stains or other effects of things that go bump in the night.
The American national business magazine, Forbes, compiled and published the list of billionaires including the world’s wealthiest people as of the first quarter 2009, based on each person’s total net worth.
Bad news for rich people: last year there were 1,125 billionaires, but this year there are just 793 people rich enough to make the list that means a 30% decline from a year ago.
The world’s richest are also a lot poorer. Their collective net worth is $2.4 trillion, down $2 trillion from a year ago. Their average net worth fell 23% to $3 billion.
“Billionaire Bust”, is the red title on the cover of this month’s Forbes special issue that demonstrated how hard the crisis had struck on the richest people on the planet.
Harrison Varma have created “The Mansion”, a luxurious home, located near the Kenwood House in the Hampstead area of London.
This magnificent modern mansion located in Courtenay Avenue has been built to the highest specification with over 16,300 sq. feet of accommodation comprising of 8 bedroom suites, 6 reception rooms, cinema, indoor pool, gym and leisure facilities, staff apartment, 8 person lift as well as secure underground parking for 6 cars.
The property is currently for sale with Savills for £35,000,000 ($49,000,000).
After the pink version of Italian city car Fiat 500, another company created a fashionista present for Barbie’s 50th Birthday.
It’s the time of Volkswagen with its New Beetle dressed like the famous doll and called Malibu Barbie New Beetle Convertible.
The chic car made its debut at Barbie’s real-life Malibu Dream House, a 3,500 square-foot Jonathan Adler-designed residence in California, during an exclusive birthday celebration where celebrity guests, as supermodel Heidi Klum, received a grab bag with Barbie sunglasses, handbags, and “tiny shoes.”
Just Cavalli Spring Summer 2009 ad campaign, photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, features English super model Kate Moss along side uber hunks Kerry Degman and Justin Gaston.
The small, volcanic Canary Island of Lanzarote is arguably best known for bucket and spade beach holidays.
But this tiny speck of Spain located just seventy miles off the coast of West Africa also boasts a growing selection of top quality rural hotels. With the Finca De Las Salinas amongst the cream of the crop.
The Finca De Las Salinas occupies a classic 18th century colonial mansion – that was constructed for the original owner, a Spanish pharmacist and businessman named Don Jaime Leo.
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This weekend, 12 of the world’s top wine and champagne experts flew from all corners of the globe to the boutique Champagne House Perrier-Jouet for the chance to taste 20 historic vintages from the House’s own cellars, including the oldest champagne in the world: Perrier-Jouet Vintage 1825.
Each sip would have been worth hundreds of Pounds/ Euros/ Dollars at auction, according to the Head of the International Wine Department at Sotheby’s, Serena Sutcliffe MW, who co-hosted the tasting with Perrier-Jouet Chef de Cave, Herve Deschamps.
“It is virtually impossible to assign a value to the 1825 vintage – we’ve never seen anything like it on the market! This was, quite simply, the opportunity of a lifetime tasting such exceptional, historic vintages.”
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The largest Louis Vuitton store in Indonesia is also the first Indonesia’s global store with VIP room.
Located in prominent shopping mall of Plaza Indonesia – Jakarta, the store design reflects the merging of Maison’s traditional European craftsmanship and heritage with the modernity, openness, space and light.
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It’s the year of electric cars at the Geneva auto show.
Various companies exhibited cars that feature environmental without missing the driving pleasure, as Smart that presented its exclusive and innovative model Smart fortwo BRABUS electric drive.
The new Smart green-model with its high quality equipment proves that a car that makes environmental sense can also have charm and be fun to drive: ecology and a feast for the senses go hand in hand.
It features a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery that celebrate its world premiere.
Toy retailer ToysRUs has paid $5.1m for the Toys.com domain name.
It is believed to be the biggest payout for a domain this year but has some way to go to beat the $14m paid for sex.com in 2007 or the $9.5m paid for porn.com.
“Toys.com is going to put them in the top search ranking and is likely to give them kudos in terms of brand recognition,” said Sedo’s business development manager Nora Nanayakkara.
Antiquorum Auctioneers sale of Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks realized the impressive sum of $8,707,724.
“Our March 4th and 5th auction confirms the continuous enthusiasm on behalf of collectors for watches with historical significance and exceptional timepieces. Despite continued global economic concern, we have achieved tremendous results for our first auction of 2009,†said Evan Zimmermann, President and CEO, Antiquorum.
The star lot was indisputably Gandhi’s pocket watch, sandals, glasses, bowl and thali, but another extremely significant lot was the unique and historically important “Kennedy Onassis†Wristwatch.
More from the most talked about Spring Summer 2009 campaign shot by Steven Meisel, recently the campaign was released in full on Prada‘s official webpage.
UK’s Arsenal soccer team manager Arsene Wenger and players, Gael Clichy, Robin van Persie and  Manuel Almunia met the world famous cartoonist Gerald Scarfe to realized the so-called, “Ultimate Arsenal Fans’ Car†based on the Citroen C4 hatchback.
Citroen, Arsenal Football Club’s official car supplier, donated the C4 which will be raffled in aid of the Club’s Charity of the Season, Teenage Cancer Trust, with raffle tickets priced at just £2 with all funds going to Arsenal’s Charity of the Season.
Quintessentially, one of the most established concierge services launched an iPhone Application for its iPhone users today.
The application provides members with luxury insider tips and information on hotels, restaurants and night life events in cities around the world.
The service is available to all iPhone users, but the concierge service requires membership.
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Hilton Hotels Corp. is developing a new luxury lifestyle hotel chain, Denizen Hotels, that will target business travelers as well vacationers.
This new brand, unveiled this morning, means “citizen of the world” and will appear in international cities catering to globally-conscious modern travelers in the coming years.
The long-awaited announcement comes as luxury hotels and resorts have fallen out of favor during the deepening recession, as businesses look to cut back on extras and corporate travel planners shy away from frivolous spending.
