According WWD, Lady Gaga will perform at a New York Fashion Week launch party for the new Givenchy Play men’s fragrance at The Box on September 15th!
The event is being hosted by Out magazine. Lady Gaga is also rumored to perform at Marc Jacobs’ party the previous Monday evening.
This weird thing is a 1.2kW electric motor powered, carbon fiber foldable bike called the YikeBike.
YikeBike is a statement about using smart technology to solve the problems of our increasingly congested, polluted, stressful cities.
It is the first commercial expression of the mini-farthing concept, created up by a bunch of successful entrepreneurs, engineers and dreamers.
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Vertu has a new line-up of luxury devices. It’s called Ascent Ti Mixed Metal collection, and is set to start selling in September.
The Knurled version features knurled rose gold side panels with rose gold keys and screws whilst the back is a specialized knurled rubber back.
The other version is made of brushed titanium with yellow gold screws and keys with the same knurled rubber back as the knurled version.
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Rolls Royce has released over the week-end detailed information on the Rolls Royce Ghost, including a new image gallery.
The 2011 Rolls Royce Ghost is the second Rolls Royce model since being bought by BMW in 2003, the other being the Phantom line.
Ghost is the most powerful car that Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has ever produced.
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George Clooney hits the Venice Film Festival red carpet with his beautiful love, Italian showgirl Elisabetta Canalis, at the premiere of his comedy, The Men Who Stare At Goats, which will be out in the US in November.
Elisabetta wears an elegant Roberto Cavalli dress and Cesare Paciotti black shoes. She keep her look simple but really chic with a minimal single diamond pendant necklace.
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Yann Samuelides, 35, millionaire banker and managing director of Goldman Sachs, offered an escort girl £500,000 to leave her pensioner husband, the court was told.
He became so infatuated with the Slovakian escort girl, 28-year-old Alzbeta Holmokova, that he wanted to make her his wife.
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Cartier is organizing an exhibition event from September 5 to November 22 at the Palace Museum in Beijing, in a sacred place: the Forbidden City.
The exhibition includes more than 350 items, including archives dating from the founding of Cartier to its creations from the 1970s.
Partly dedicated to royal jewels, the exhibition will be illustrated by historical documents relating to European royal courts.
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Following Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget also intends to amuse all with its new iPhone application.
Based on the Polo Forty Five model, Piaget’s iPhone application displays a virtual time clock.
This original timepiece in titanium, steel and injected rubber houses an automatic Manufacture Piaget caliber.
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Bad Taste or Creativity? Apparently it’s somewhere in Mexicali…
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Brabus has announced plans to introduce the insane SV12 R, the world’s fastest and most powerful luxury sedan, at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The high-performance automobile reaches a top speed of 340 km/h (211 mph).
It is built based on the latest Mercedes S 600 facelift model and is powered by a BRABUS SV12 R Biturbo 750 twelve-cylinder engine with 750 hp (740 bhp) / 552 kW and a peak torque of 1,350 Nm (995 lb-ft).
The Brabus SV12 R Biturbo 750 engine is a prime example for the old adage that nothing can replace displacement except more displacement.
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On Tuesday, Annie Leibovitz’s $24 million loan comes due, but she really can’t pay it.
Her lender, Art Capital, is planning to sell Leibovitz’s archive and describes it as fine art and intellectual property, as the right to reproduce and sell pictures.
One recent court document reveals that Leibovitz’s vintage Rolling Stone material alone was appraised “in excess of $50 million.â€
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We’ve earlier reported about Grand Monaco collection of luxury phones. Gresso continued the collection by announcing Grand Monaco USB flash drive edition.
F1 fans can pick from any of the two models – Double Security and Classic.
Crafted out of tough yet light weight titanium superalloy, the case is further toughened with high-tech ceramic.
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Do you like those gold sunnies? They look fantastic! Carrie Bradshaw wears a pair on the set of the upcoming Sex and the City 2 movie in New York City.
They are Mykita & Bernard Willhelm’s Franz Limited-Edition Aviator Sunglasses for $525 now on pre-sale at costume designer Patricia Field’s online shop.
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The first backstage video of Lily Allen’s Chanel new campaign have finally hit the web.
She was shot by Karl for a new Chanel handbag line, Chanel Coco Cocoon which brings a more fresh and playful mood to the classic French maison.
The bags are reversible and will be out in October.
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Menswear designer Thom Browne has teamed up with classic American travel outfitter, Samsonite, for a sleek Attache Case for the company’s flagship Black Label line.
It comes in grey finish which is issued in a grey tone which not only matches the overall look of the A/W collection but looks simply great in hand.
Samsonite is no stranger to designer collaborations, having worked with Viktor & Rolf last year.
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According to showbiz411, Michael Jackson’s funeral costs $1 million dollars. This is the second funeral, the first one was the Staples Center memorial in Los Angeles, on July 6.
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Louis Vuitton has honored the South of France’s defacto official sport, Pétanque by creating a limited-edition pétanque ball set.
The Luxury collection was created in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the sport pétanque.
The set includes a leather-encased set of nine monogrammed balls and a cochonnet, or jack.
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The sexy English model Kate Moss is the icon for Yves Saint Laurent’s new fragrance Parisienne.
The commercial in black and white was just introduced in France by the famous maison and the claim, “living and loving, in the moment!”, reflects the romance and carpe diem spirit of Paris.
Kate Moss was the perfect muse to illustrate the message of the fragrance.
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A harmonious and elegant design is featured in the earrings Luci, the Italian for Lights, by the young designer Francesca Furzi.
Two cylinders, one illuminated by a polished surface, the other enriched by sparkling Pavé of diamonds, accompanying the sinuous and sensual movements of a woman.
Luci are the simplest, easiest, and most convenient way for woman to make her look more polished.
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For the last five seasons the YSL Manifesto has piqued the interest of the industry as a unique means of communication with the customer.
Like past seasons, over half a million copies of the Manifesto will be distributed in the streets of Paris, New York, Milan, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and, for the first time, Seoul.
The first 2,000 passerby in each city will receive the Manifesto in a custom cotton tote bag designed by Creative Director Stefano Pilati.
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According to U.S. reports, Lindsay Lohan could face up to $50,000 in charges as she moves out of her rented Hollywood Hills home, after spate of burglaries, several months before the end of her lease.
“Lindsay has five months left on her lease. She’s breaking her lease by moving on at this time.
The property was up for rental at $15,000 per month but she got a special deal of $10,000 per month, meaning she’s going to owe $50,000 on the remainder of her lease,†neighbours told RadarOnline.com.
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