Margiela documentary: The Artist is Absent – what do we learn about the Greta Garbo of fashion?

He has never been photographed, is very tall and nobody know what he looks like. But that’s pretty much all we know about the fashion designer Margiela. So how on earth did they make a film about him?

EXPO 2015: A panorama of Italian Beauty

Panorama, a video-installation that narrates Italian uniqueness in 15 minutes. On the occasion of Milan 2015 Expo, Italian Beauty will be the subject of Panorama, a one-of-a-kind artistic installation that, through film narrative, features the peninsula’s most captivating destinations, artistic treasures and unparalleled manufacturers. Located in Piazza Gae Aulenti, the heart of Milan’s new, progressive … Read more

All aboard San Francisco’s hipster bus for leather seats, Wi-Fi and iced coffee

New private bus service Leap boasts spacious seating, a general air of calm cleanliness and a steward serving coffee, cold-pressed juices and granola bars. With tickets costing almost three times as much as the regular bus, is it a welcome new addition to the marketplace or a step towards two-tier transit?

Beyond the bling: the most pointless luxuries ever

A bubble-bath necklace? A DNA vending machine? An unwearable gold hat that took 12 years to weave? Through a collection of priceless, pointless and surprising objects, the V&A’s new exhibition asks: what is luxury?

Grazia – 2015 Mercedes Sprinter Conversion

Can’t decide if you want to have a full bed in your custom car or a more casual seating arrangement? For those facing this major dilemma, there is Lexani Motorcars, a boutique luxury conversion company with conversions having everything from bedrooms, bathrooms, technology-laden mobile offices, to integrated Curved TVs—and always famously topped off with premier … Read more