Ex-Agent Provocateur Fabrizio Malverdi is the new CEO of Italy’s Brioni

Brioni has a new CEO. Kering luxury group announced the appointment of Fabrizio Malverdi as the CEO of Brioni, effective 18 April 2017. Fabrizio Malverdi will report to Jean-François Palus, Kering’s Group managing director. Fabrizio Malverdi has held management positions in luxury companies including Dior Homme, Givenchy and John Galliano. From 2016, he was CEO … Read more

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Acquires Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Maison Francis Kurkdjian — created by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian and Marc Chaya – is emblematic of a new generation of exclusive and atypical fragrance Houses. The House’s fragrance collection is conceived as a “fragrance wardrobe”. Announced back in November 2016, the Maison confirmed it has beed acquired by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The acquisition … Read more

Casinos- the playgrounds of the rich. Which are the world’s most wonderful?

Casinos are the playgrounds of the rich, the stomping ground of the high rollers, and the domain of billionaires, tycoons, and impossibly wealthy magnates. It is because of this that they also tend to be some of the most luxurious, extravagant, and magnificently palatial premises on the face of the planet. For those connoisseurs of … Read more

Feminine Haute Horlogerie: Breguet’s new self-winding Tradition Dame 7038 in rose gold

Baselworld 2017: Breguet unveils new Tradition Dame 7038 timepiece radiantly attired in rose gold. Breguet’s new self-winding Tradition Dame 7038 set to assert itself as a major player on the scene of feminine Haute Horlogerie. The luxury watchmaking house presents a worldwide exclusive glimpse at a new version of its Tradition Dame model, radiantly attired … Read more

Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF now offers age dating of natural pearls as a client service

SSEF first gem lab to introduce age dating of pearls The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has become the first gem laboratory worldwide to introduce, as an additional service to clients, age dating of pearls using carbon-14 (14C). This scientific method can provide the pearl industry with new valuable information about the age of loose pearls … Read more

London to remain a ‘magnet for global superrich despite Brexit’

UK capital will continue to pull millionaires and billionaires from Asia and Middle East, says report by property consultants