Tapestry, the leading New York-based house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, announced the appointment of Nicola Glass as Creative Director of Kate Spade. She is expected to join the company early in the new calendar year, and will succeed Deborah Lloyd, the brand’s current creative director who, in the wake of the Tapestry … Read more
Vacheron Constantin, the luxury Swiss manufacture of prestige watches and a brand of the Richemont group, is celebrating one of its most important prize in fine watchmaking. The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2017 has awarded the Mechanical Exception Watch Prize to Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600. The exceptional timepiece pushing … Read more
When buying luxury goods such as watches and jewellery, British consumers still trust the old economy: About 70% prefer shopping at a speciality store to online because they value the personal and professional consultation they find at a jeweller’s. At the same time, nearly 40% wished that their own trusted jeweller had an online presence. … Read more
Soaring rents have seen London’s New Bond Street rise to become the world’s third most expensive retail street, while New York’s Upper 5th Avenue and Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay retain their first and second place rankings, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The annual Main Streets Across The World report, now in its 29th edition, … Read more
“We won’t be the last, and we definitely weren’t the first to put a bike on the water!” – Manta5 Can this be the most unique and intuitive cycling experience to date? Described by its builders as “the new frontier of cycling“, Manta5 Hydrofoiler XE-1 hydrofoil bike combines electric bike and hydrofoil to let us … Read more
Lift Up. Jet Out. XTI Aircraft Company Books Over 60 Orders for TriFan 600 Vertical Takeoff Airplane. TriFan 600 is a major breakthrough in aviation and air travel. No traditional jet, helicopter or other aircraft can offer the same world of possibilities, because not one of them can provide true door-to-door travel with the speed, … Read more