How to crash the Oscars’ swag bag and get your goodies into celebs’ hands

Follow these simple rules and your outlandish products could feature in the goody bag presented to Oscar nominees. Meringue tiara, anyone?

The future of luxury hospitality isn’t greenness, it’s fitness, says report

Affluent travelers not only travel a lot, they focus on fitness much more too. Desirable luxury hotel amenities. Top 1%. Wealthy hotel guests place higher importance on hotel gyms than others, say the results of the 2016 Luxury Travel Report published by consultancy firm Resonance. The richest travelers not only travel a lot, they focus … Read more

Christian Lacroix – A brilliance of Branding in Unexpected Places

An article and video interview By Philippe Mihailovich. One of the greatest critical success factors for a brand, whether it be a mass market brand or a luxury, is the element of surprise. Of course, we all prefer pleasant surprises to shocks. Apple tends to surprise whilst Benetton chooses to shock. I must admit my … Read more

Elon Musk hints that his next project could be an electric plane

Perhaps the most highly revered Silicon Valley engineer, Musk said he has been thinking about an electric jet with vertical takeoff and landing

On board the Wider 32 & 42 express day cruisers

February is seeing considerable activity for the revolutionary Italian shipyard WIDER YACHTS in the Western hemisphere. From 11th – 15th February, the shipyard founded by Tilli Antonelli and specializing in the production of luxury yachts from 32′ to 165 is taking part at Miami Boat Show. On show are the eye-catching WIDER 32 in her … Read more

The Last Conspiracy: Shoes as Art

The art of shoe. Clean, functional and destined to last indefinitely. The art of shoe is about going back in time, it is three dimensional, it is about shapes, the right construction and pure sculpture in exclusive materials. Danish brand The Last Conspiracy (TLC) takes special shoemaking techniques from the past and bring them to … Read more