Luxury Halloween

  With the cooler temperatures starting to kick in, it’s time to bid farewell to summertime activities and start planning for autumn’s most anticipated holiday: Halloween. Not sure how you’ll be celebrating this most bewitching holiday? Consider these suggestions for a fun and luxurious Halloween. Costumes Whether you’re planning to go to a fancy Halloween … Read more

Bulletproof Rolls-Royce Sliver Shadow used by Princess Diana to fetch more than £1.2m at auction

The bulletproof Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, the silver limousine used to transport Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their trip to Washington in 1985, the royal couple’s first trip to America, is expected to fetch more than £1.2m at Volo Auto Museum‘s auction on ebay on November 9 – exactly 27 years after Diana’s visit. The … Read more

Light of tomorrow: International VELUX Award 2012

International VELUX Award 2012 for Students of Architecture: Team from Switzerland Takes First Prize Among 983 Entries International VELUX Award 2012: “resonance, memory” took first prize   A team of two students of architecture from ETHZ in Zurich, Switzerland, took the International VELUX Award 2012 for their poetic project “resonance, memory”. In 2012 the International … Read more

“Green” Nemesis breaks the UK land-speed record for electric vehicles

UK’s Nemesis electric car land-speed record attempt   Electric cars are slow and boring? It is a myth Dale Vince, founder of Stroud-based Ecotricity, wants to challenge with Nemesis, a a modified Lotus Exige originally bought off eBay. Nemesis breaks the UK land-speed record for electric vehicles. The battery-powered car clocked an average speed of … Read more

Online luxury retail proves that smaller and newer brands can shake up incumbents

2012 Luxury Online Experience Index (LOEI) survey   Wealthy shoppers with minimum annual income of $150,000 rated the online experience at websites of 10 traditional luxury retailers and 16 online-only retailers in the 2012 Luxury Online Experience Index (LOEI) survey by the independent New York-based Luxury Institute. LOEI scores include evaluations of a site’s navigation, … Read more