Prices for luxury homes and apartments in Moscow will go up 10 percent Moscow will have the steepest price growth next year among the world’s most expensive cities for luxury homes because of a shortage of properties for sale, global property consultancy company Knight Frank said. “There’s a stock shortage in Moscow following the change … Read more
British Fashion Council (BFC) announces a brand new category for the British Fashion Awards, named the New Establishment Award. The new category will seek and recognise a particular movement in British Fashion that is taking the industry by storm. London’s New Establishment category is personified by its inaugural three nominees. These designers were selected for … Read more
December is the month of suprizes and “most expensive” experiments. Andrew Stellitano, who runs food design firm Astarism, created a £3,000 mince pie. The Christmas cookie was made for a pie workshop in a London shopping centre, where visitors can create their own “artisan” mince pies. Using a mix of traditional ingredients from recipes dating … Read more
Sir Paul Smith will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s British Fashion Awards. This special award celebrates the achievement of a designer whose work has had an exceptional impact on global fashion. Four times previous British Fashion Awards winner, Paul Smith has been the recipient of Menswear Designer (1997/1999), Classic Designer (2001) and … Read more
Designed for those customers deeply embedded in African and Middle Eastern cultures, the 2011 luxury Shisha waterpipe by Porsche Design reflects the iconic style credo of the Porsche Design luxury brand: purist design combined with high-end materials. A vision of simplicity, The Porsche Design Shisha is made in Germany and stands at a height of … Read more
The Marc Jacobs PR team cancelled its press day in London due to the theft of the spring/summer 2012 collections during its transfer from Paris. The 7ft size-six proportions samples from next season that probably haven’t gone into distribution yet disappeared. The fashion pieces will end up in a bin bag, because he/she sure isn’t … Read more