Maybe it’s time to get a new car: The 12th edition of Top Marques Monaco 2015

Latest state-of-the- art technologies @ Top Marque Monaco 2015 60-plus of the world’s most exclusive and exciting supercar and tuners such as the Zenvo St1, the Evantra by Mazzanti and Lamborghini Aventador by Hamann Motorsport will be presented at the next Top Marque Monaco 2015, the luxury auto show taking place in the heart of … Read more

Bulgari and Central Saint Martins bag design collaboration

Bulgari partners with Central Saint Martins for bags inspired by Bulgari’s codes. LVMH’s Bulgari luxury jewelry house is supporting the creativity of students through a design competition. Bulgari and Central Saint Martins graduates have collaborated on new handbag designs for the ‘self-confident woman’.The Italian luxury label asked three of Central Saint Martins’ recent fashion graduates to … Read more

Is the crisis in the Chinese luxury market temporary? It is time for us to think of the Chinese market sociologically

Since 2012, Western luxury houses have been going through a slumping phase in their most profitable market China. Gucci has closed stores in second-layer cities across China, Prada has experienced its gloomiest sales in a decade and Swiss watches are struck with the lowest increase in recent years.Moreover, Bain & Company has demonstrated in its newly … Read more

Urquiolawelt! The world of Patricia Urquiola for Kartell.

imm cologne 2015: Kartell’s tribute to the Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. For 2015 Imm Cologne (internationale möbelmesse/German furniture trade show), Italian contemporary furniture design house Kartell dedicated a surprising setting in its flagship store in the German city to Patricia Urquiola. “The world of Patricia Urquiola for Kartell is an infinite concept of forms and … Read more

The first mid-engine V8 Ferrari in history to get a turbocharger

The 488 GT, a model previously referred to as the 458 M, is the latest mid- engined V8 supercar from Ferrari. Forty years on from the unveiling of its first ever mid-rear-engined V8 model, the 308 GTB, the Prancing Horse opens a new chapter in its 8-cylinder history. The 458 GT holds the World Championship … Read more

Green news roundup: fracking bans, Paris climate summit and pine martens

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