Ducati North America reported a retail sales increase of 49 percent in May, reaching 1,782 new motorcycles sold and marking the company’s all-time monthly record. This result surpassed the prior record set in June 2008 by 388 motorcycles or 28 percent. YTD retail sales growth of 19 percent to 4,844 units also marked an all-time … Read more
Obsessive, repetitive, rhythmic. The art of Japanese genius Yayoi Kusama, the Princess of Polka Dots, is blending with Louis Vuitton’s creativity. Yayoi Kusama‘s favorite motif, the dot, besieged LV concept stores, a new iPhone App and the products of the new collection “Dots Infinity“. For this occasion, Louis Vuitton will open worldwide several pop-up stores. … Read more
Christian Lacroix ballet designs go on display in France Chrisitan Lacroix, great French couturier who has become a designer of costumes for theatre, opera and ballet, created the sumptuous costumes for the ballet La Source, given at the Opéra national de Paris in the autumn of 2011. Now these sumptous costumes are presented in an … Read more
The official London 2012 Victory Ceremonies podiums, ceremonial costumes, make-up and flowers have been revealed. These components will be used across 805 Victory Ceremonies taking place in over 30 London 2012 venues. Taking place soon after a medal event finishes, the design of the Victory Ceremonies has been created to be an exciting celebration of … Read more
LeWeb London Conference: 19 and 20 June 2012 – Westminster Central Hall The eighth LeWeb Conference held in Paris last December, Europe’s number one event for the web industry, once again brought together over 3,500 business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers and tech enthusiasts from 76 countries to take part in Europe’s biggest event dedicated to … Read more
In 2002, when Karen Murdock purchased the nine-year-old chestnut gelding, a former racehorse and a sorely neglected yard animal, neither had any idea how both their lives were soon about to be transformed forever. At the time, Murdock worked as a psychiatric nurse handling mentally ill patients. Using her experience as a neglected child herself, … Read more