Best fine home furnishings brands

Best luxury furniture brands. The details are not the details. They make the design. (Charles Eames) Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful with intense relationships with furniture and books. There is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house, n’est-ce pas? Here are some of the luxury brands that … Read more

Burberry to plunge into skincare

Burberry to launch skincare division. Building on the success of Burberry cosmetics line launched in 2010, the British fashion house announced a future line of skincare products. The luxury label follows into the footsteps of Gucci house, which also announced a beauty forray. Creative director Christopher Bailey appeared in his debut public address since also taking … Read more

Kering fostering young talent at 3rd “Empowering Imagination” competition

3rd “Empowering Imagination” competition announced by Parsons The New School for Design and Kering. Parsons The New School for Design and Kering luxury group have announced the third annual “Empowering Imagination” competition, which provides graduating Parsons BFA Fashion Design students the opportunity to earn an internship within one of Kering’s 22 luxury and sport & lifestyle … Read more

Michael Kors and the £300 It bag

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?

• Gallery of 15 statement handbags for under £150

James Franco Seeing in Techno Color

James Franco, L.A.’s Chateau Marmont and spring’s Techno Color sunglasses. Italian fashion house Gucci turns the spotlight on its new Techno Color Sunglasses Collection with a film directed by and starring James Franco, the ambassador of the luxury Italian label since 2009. Last year, France produced “The Director,” a documentary about Gucci creative director Frida … Read more

Bulgari to finance the renovation of Rome’s famous Spanish Steps, the widest staircase in Europe

To mark Bulgari’s 130th anniversary, the luxury jeweller announced it will come to rescue of Rome’s Spanish Steps/ Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti, a “special gift from Bulgari to its city”. Bulgari is following an appeal from Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi who called for private investors to help restore crumbling monuments of Italy. According … Read more