Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche – 160 years of creation

45,000 LEGO construction bricks. More than 300 hours of work. 2 mini buildings. A model. Bon Marche Rive Gauche and La Grande Epicerie de Paris were made from LEGO toys to guard the main entrance at 24 rue de Sevres, Paris 7th, as France’s first department store and one of the most prestigious stores in … Read more

Karl Lagerfeld’s Parisian concept store to host limited-edition items from designer’s collaborations

Karl Lagerfeld to open Parisian concept store  “Save the date! February 2013: KARL LAGERFELD will open its 1st concept store in the heart of St Germain des Pres in Paris,” the facebook page of the famed designer of Chanel, Fendi and Chloé announced during Paris Fashion Week. The Karl Lagerfeld concept store will offer the … Read more

Peugeot Design Lab x Pleyel: one of the greatest innovations in the history of contemporary piano

Peugeot Design Lab x Pleyel: a UFO in the world of piano design The revolutionary piano signed by Peugeot Design Lab and Pleyel, the oldest piano maker in the world and the only piano maker in France, was a star of the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The idea was primarily to provide an innovation by creating … Read more

St Andrews Links, the ‘Home Of Golf’, commemorated with Montegrappa limited edition

Montegrappa St Andrews 2012 Collection   Montegrappa, the oldest Italian manufacturer of fine writing instruments, celebrates St Andrews Links, the greatest landmark in golf, with a limited edition collection. St Andrews Links in the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is regarded as the “home of golf”. It is one of the oldest courses in the … Read more

Eric Clapton’s hyper-rare Patek Philippe expected to fetch over $4 million

Eric Clapton, a renowned watch collector and a Patek Philippe fan, is selling a very rare Patek Philippe (reference 2499/100P) Perpetual Calendar Chronograph. The highly important platinum perpetual calendar chronograph reference 2499/100 from the collection of Eric Clapton is expected to fetch over $4 million at Christie’s Geneva Auction on November 12 at the Four … Read more

Marc Jacobs opened two new Book Marc locations in Europe

Marc Jacobs opens two European bookstores   The book sections in Marc by Marc Jacobs stores proved a hit with customers. Following the Karl Lagerfeld’s example, the designer who created his own Parisian librairie 7L back in 1999, Marc Jacobs fashion house decided to get into the bookstore sector by opening two new Book Marc locations … Read more