In the mood for holidays…. The hottest looks on the beach, all right here. Best of luxury swimweare brands The first bikini was born in the Ancient Greece. After centuries of oblivion, the bikini reappears in 1947 on the French beaches. First banned as a vulgar item, it ends up being socially tolerated in the … Read more
The luxury market has pushed prices ever higher – but few women can afford £1,000 handbags. How did one designer bring things back within reach?
Global luxury goods sector remains resilient, despite tougher consumer market, according to a new Deloitte report. The world’s 75 largest luxury goods companies generated luxury goods sales of $171.8 billion through the end of last fiscal year (fiscal years ended through June 2013) despite a slowdown in the global economy. The average size of the … Read more
Ready-to-Want: Miuccia’s Pradasphere exhibition introduced at Harrods. Hailed as ‘the anatomy of fashion’, Prada came to Harrods with #Pradasphere, a month-long exhibition tracing the universe of Miuccia Prada. The immersion into the world of Prada’s ground-breaking approach to fashion began at the first Pradasphere Café, which serves Italian delicacies with customary Prada style. Prada fans … Read more
The One-77′ Aston Martin sterling silver bottle cooler. Grant Macdonald for Aston Martin. In 2011, Grant Macdonald has been officially named as silversmiths to Aston Martin under the name Silver by Aston Martin. Since then, London’s finest silversmiths and the multi-divisional luxury bespoke service company, inspired graceful forms in sterling silver, gold, carbon-fibre and other fine … Read more
In 1828, Guerlain founder Pierre-Francois-Pascal created a perfume called “Royal Extract of Flowers”. The perfume bottle in a very familiar hue reigns through time in a new 2014 version. Guerlain’s perfumer Thierry Wasser celebrates the early days of Guerlain perfume house with Royal Extract by Guerlain (£280 for 125ml) a perfume limited to 900 bottles, … Read more