Luxury art and collectables
V&M (Vintage and Modern), one of the world’s most distinctive curated marketplace of unique design goods, announced Design Atelier, an exclusive series of home decor and accessories collections created by leading interior designers and architects exclusively for V&M. Design Atelier, V&M‘s invitation-only incubator for design pros to produce and promote their own lines, launched November … Read more
Dior shares secrets with the masses: J’adore fragrance film Dior reveals production secrets behind J’adore fragrance in short film After the recent Chanel‘s Inside platform launch, Dior perfume maison sheds light on one of its iconic fragrance. French luxury house launches a 20-minute film dedicated to flagship J’adore fragrance. From flower harvest to the flacon’s … Read more
Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lotus “Between the Finger” ring, an emblematic piece from 2004, features an ingenious mechanism that can be worn on one or two fingers. The unique mechanism enables the shank of the ring to swivel so that it can be worn in different ways on different occasions. In addition to this technical … Read more
Peter Marino receives French Honor Peter Marino, the famed fashion’s star architect, those last projects include the Chanel store on Avenue Montaigne in Paris (2012), Loewe in Barcelona (2012) and the Louis Vuitton flagship at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore (2011), has been awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry … Read more
‘Electric Holiday’ – Disney creates animated fashion film for Barney’s New York The Walt Disney and luxury specialty retailer Barneys New York launched the 2012 Holiday project Electric Holiday at the Barneys New York Madison Avenue flagship store. The multi-platform holiday project infused with fashion and fantasy includes the “Electric Holiday” animated movie (a so-called … Read more
Marilyn and N°5.: What do you wear to bed? “Just a few drops of N°5.” Chanel tells us the story behind this quote, in the words of Marilyn Monroe herself. The new film on Inside CHANEL web platform launched this fall explores what inspired Marilyn’s world-famous reply. In the 1950s the glamour of Chanel No. … Read more