Entries Tagged 'Luxury' ↓

Today I came across some interesting pictures in the form of an advertorial for a shoe store from Hong Kong. On Pedder was established in 1996 and is completely committed to luxury. However, money spending isn’t really the point of my article (this time). The visuals of their Spring Summer 2008 campaign is the main [...]

Is there a new trend for the rich and bored? Like … “oh, look, my things look too put together, maybe if I’ll tear them here and there and then stitch them up together? Oh, wait? Can’t someone do that for me? Like a designer, or whatever….?” Chloé Saskia Patchwork Pouchette. For only $1,560 you [...]

Madonna is the toughest…diamond girl! Everywhere you turn your head, another Madonna cover pops up. Now that we’ve all seen the boots, we can admire the bling. “M-dolla” Chopard Knuckle Ring has more than 258 brilliant diamonds and appears on the cover of the much awaited “Hard Candy” album. But what’s the idea with this [...]

You remember that fashion big names only come in large spaces? Well, the new Alexander McQueen Store from Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles has a 3,100-square-foot space filled with 70% air. Of course the store looks clean and slick, a new sci-fi hospital where you get to cure your clothing urge, but it’s wasted space if [...]

You can tell Cavalli’s on the market, can you? If he can issue a $1,569 watch on the market after Donatella sprung out her $227,000 Destiny timepiece. So for this amount, you get alligator skin and diamonds. No gold. Like a regular fast-fashion store collaboration with a haute-designer – you get the name, the signature, [...]

Why not? Crocodiles are hard to catch, everybody knows that! Fetching one, removing all the skin, nasty job! Someone has to pay a fair price, right? I like yellow. It brightens up my day! And the Gucci Spring-Summer 2008 was a beautiful collection for me. Sunflowers, black-white-yellow, it’s all joy! However, a crocodile handbag, be [...]

Versace is branding Luxury. At a recent Watch Fair in Baselworld, the Donatella unveiled the Versace “not like a watch” watch. Available on order only, it’s a gold timepiece with a dial covered in more than 122 white diamonds. Given that three of this overprecious Destiny watch have already been sold, seems like The Versace [...]

And it’s officially out! The new Monogramouflage from Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami looks like this. Have to say I’d expected something little less on the war side… In fact it was a secret hope for something less monogramouflage than real-life-army camouflage. But then again, fashion’s at war (at least with Marc Jacobs) so there’s [...]