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Donatella Versace’s First Blog Post

11. May 2009

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It seems Donatella Versace has taken up blogging. She made her first blog post today on The Huffington Post, “White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Glamour is Back“. Donatella attended the dinner last night with a Versace clad Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Among the other guests at their table were Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter. Wanda Sykes provided [...]

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Chanel Fiole Concept Car

29. April 2009

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After last season’s Segway from the Chanel Sport collection, many of us were asking, how will they top that? South Korean car designer Jinyoung Jo had the answer with the Chanel Fiole Concept Car, an ultra-sleek and ultra-chic three seater. Check out the video below, which is better than most real car commercials of late!

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Artist Destroys $12,000 of Louis Vuitton Bags for Sculpture

20. March 2009

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New York, NY, March 19, 2009 — As part of his latest exhibit entitle “I Am Not Chinese”, R. Lloyd Ming has incorporated twelve Monogram Alma bags from Louis Vuitton in a unique way — they have all been cut in half for a sculpture he calls “Crucifix”. The bags were purchased at a Manhattan [...]

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Mariah Carey To Purchase Suzanne Saperstein’s Fleur de Lys

20. March 2009

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Does anyone remember Suzanne Saperstein? In 2002 Vanity Fair named her as the world’s biggest consumer of haute couture and 18th century furniture. She had Fleur de Lys built near Beverly Hills as a near replica of the Château de Versailles, even going so far as to have an exact replica of Marie Antoinette’s bed [...]

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Daniel Lalonde Takes 200 Flights Per Year for Louis Vuitton

18. March 2009

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I find it facinating to learn how other people travel and I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps because travel is innately a luxury — or at least it was before massive airline restrictions and cutbacks. But it does say a lot about a person: how they travel, how they pack, what they pack, and the [...]

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Hermès Nose Jean Claude Ellena at Wallpaper*

17. March 2009

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Hermès fragrances are some of my favourite, especially those created by Jean Claude Ellena — the in-house nose since 2004. Have a read of the Jean Claude Ellena Q&A over at Wallpaper* Magazine where he discusses his creative process for the fragrance Un Jardin Après La Mousson. (I’m actually wearing it right now!)

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