Search results for: “ Luxury Collection”
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2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance honouring the racing driver Sir Stirling Moss
1955 was a year of triumph for Stirling Moss, who completed Italy’s famous Mille Miglia in a record time that has never been matched to this day: 1000 miles, driven at top speed in the truest sporting spirit. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Moss’ Mille Miglia triumph, Mercedes Benz is celebrating all things…
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#vamJapan : revamped Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art to reopen at V&A
V&A to open Refurbished Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art, the first major gallery of Japanese art in the UK A selection of mobile phones designed by Naoto Fukasawa, a Hello Kitty! rice cooker, toaster and kettle; a cloisonné enamel handbag imitating snakeskin; and a group of kimono from the 1920s-1930s are among recent acquisitions that will be shown…
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Caprices by Roger Vivier
Looking through archives is always a good idea for any artist, designer or artisan. For Bruno Frisoni, Roger Vivier’s archives served as a fountain of inspiration for 2015 Caprices – a capsule collection consisting of designs based on archival pieces. Vibrant, multi-hued feathers are banded together to create a shoe, straws of raffia embrace marine…
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Fred’s Force 10 reloaded
Cable Jewelry: The sea and the maritime universe transmits freedom and audacity. “My creations are inspired by the life, the light, the movement, the energy,” used to say Fred Samuel, the founder of Fred Jewelry. As he raised two young boys, Fred Samuel passed his passion of for sailing and rowing his two sons. In…
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Jane Birkin handbags Hermès – but can she get her name back?
The 1960s chanteuse wants to ‘debaptise’ the Birkin Croco bag, while an increasing number of celebrities are trademarking their names, lest fashion houses beat them to it
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Welcome to Astana, Kazakhstan: one of the strangest capital cities on Earth
The flashy buildings of Astana rise up implausibly from the flat plains of oil-rich Kazakhstan to form a city stuck between a Soviet past and an aspirational present