1858 Cognac Fetches 1 Million Yuan (118 000 euros) The most expensive cognac in the world went to Hong Kong! The most expensive cognac in the world was sold at auction in Shanghai to Maggie Vong from Hong Kong. She paid for a 1858 Cognac Croizet bottle one million yuan (approx. $156,000)! The “Cuvee Leonie” … Read more
Luxury brands stalk Bond’s outfitter Suitors are stalking luxury Italian brand Brioni – known for dressing James Bond 007 and presidents including Barack Obama. Zegna, an Italian luxury brand, PPR, one of France’s biggest luxury houses, and Eurazeo, the French private-equity firm, are all known to have had recent talks with the Bond suit-maker about … Read more
The debt crisis “will definitely have an impact on consumption” of luxury goods Luxury-goods companies should brace for weaker growth in 2012 as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis leads to a slowdown in spending, according to Gianluca Brozzetti, chief executive officer for designer Roberto Cavalli. “To say it won’t have an effect is madness,” Brozzetti … Read more
Amosu Couture yet again amazes the world of luxury with the release of the World’s First ‘Blackberry 24ct Gold Swarovski Bold 9900‘, which is skilfully smothered with over 650 Swarovski crystals encrusted in its bezel and also plated with 24ct Hardened Gold. Without the benefit of the doubt, this will most certainly set you apart … Read more
Across Europe, two in five people (40%) now shop online – and it is men not women that are driving the charge into internet purchases – according to a new study by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). At a time when there is an unprecedented level of consumer access to the internet across Europe, CBRE’s study … Read more
Galaxy Hotel, or how many stars you want A magic space, a dream, an unusual night under the stars. Spend an original night within a transparent bubble in the nature? How would you fancy drifting off to sleep under the glow of the stars with the romantic city of Paris just a few kilometres down … Read more