12.30.2010

Stella McCartney Tapered crepe pants




Stella McCartney Black crepe pants with a slouchy fit and tapered ribbed jersey cuffs. Stella McCartney pants have side slit pockets, an elasticated waistband and a concealed fastening. 100% rayon. Dry clean

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry

On a barren island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, workers have dug the foundations for three colossal museums: an $800 million Frank Gehry-designed branch of the Guggenheim 12 times the size of its New York flagship; a half-billion-dollar outpost of the Louvre by Jean Nouvel; and a showcase for national history by Foster & Partners, the design for which was unveiled on Thursday. And plans are moving ahead for yet another museum, about maritime history, to be designed by Tadao Ando.

Balenciaga Body Cream

Balenciaga Body Cream

A luxury white cream made with shea butter, it is smooth yet light, and leaves a sensual veil on the skin.

Victoria Beckham's hexagonal chain crocodile bag


Victoria Beckham's hexagonal chain crocodile bag, from her debut handbag collection
for £8,950, available at net-a-porter.

Xenatec Maybach Cruiserio


Xenatec Maybach Cruiserio made its debut at Daimler headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The coupe features a 600+ horsepower twin-turbocharged V12 engine. Only 100 examples will be made with a €675,000 ($894k) price tag. Waiting list 9-12 months.

Spoon bowl by Toni Grilo for Christofle

Spoon bowl by Toni Grilo for Christofle 

Produced in Christofle’s ‘Haute Orfèvrerie’ workshops from 30 silver-plated Christofle spoons, this surprising but apparently effortless piece is one of the collection’s most charming. You can’t help feeling that the illustrious role call of Christofle’s historic clients (King Louis-Philippe, Napoleon III, the Tsar of Russia, the Emperor of Mexico, Pope Pius IX among them) would have approved.
This highly-collectible piece is available to buy only through 20ltd.com and is limited to only 20 editions

YVES SAINT LAURENT Court shoes

YVES SAINT LAURENT  Suede court shoes with goat hair fringes. If Stefano Pilati presents this season a ready-to-wear collection inspired by the religion, it is completely different for the range of shoes which reveals its punk style ! Monachal dresses but crest, leopard or patent leather court shoes and vertiginous heels!


2010-11 Fall-winter collection by Stefano Pilati

Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook


Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook

Cecil Beaton was one of the 20th century's most important photographers, and now for the first time ever, Assouline presents his private scrapbooks—personal collections of the man who helped invent the cult of personality.

12.29.2010

Premium Tequila by DeLeon


Premium Tequila by DeLeon


DeLeon Tequila is premium tequila produced in Purisima del Rincon. DeLeon Anejo is double-distilled and aged in French barrels for 17 months to achieve its distinct “cognac-like” taste.

four new color schemes - Bugatti Veyron by Hermès


Hermès and Bugatti have developed four new color schemes for their collaboration. The color options include ‘Indigo Blue and Vermilion,’ ‘Indigo blue and Lime Green,’ ‘Black and Garance Red,’ and ‘Prussian Blue and Blue Jean.’ The new models are priced at €1.55 million without taxes (approximately $2.77 million) and will be available at the end of the year.

Bandit


Bandit is Robert Piguet's first fragrance, launched in 1944 as the perfect scent to create an aura of mischief. Provocative and sultry, this Chypre fragrance is an intense blend of exotic Leather, Wood, Spice and floral notes including Neroli, Orange, Ylang Ylang, Jasmine,Tuberose, Vetiver and Patchouli, finished with Musk.

£95.00 per 100ML

Basquiat


From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27. The subject of a feature film by fellow artist Julian Schnabel, Basquiat is one of the most admired artists to emerge from the 1980s art boom. This book explores his short but prolific career.

Christian Louboutin Rollerboy Spikes


Christian Louboutin Rollerboy Spikes in beige suede for Spring/Summer 2011.

Antonini's Diamond Necklace


Antonini FULL PAVE' DIAMONDS NECKLACE

Konstantin Beta sit-on toy by Nika Zupanc


“Punk elegance” (Elle USA), “Techno chic” (BUSINESSWEEK), “Larger than life” (CLEAR MAGAZINE) – the international critique of this rising star of furniture design is as effusive and inventive as the work itself. Attracting increasing attention since graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2000, Nika created her decisive splash with her notorious “Lolita” lamp, designed for Moooi and featured in NEW YORK TIMES STYLE magazine as one of the hottest trends for 2008. This was swiftly followed by her “5 O’Clock” collection being picked out by Ambra Medda, co founder and art director of Design Miami, as one of 12 most influential décor trends of the moment. The world according to Nika Zupanc is an intriguing one – the creation of this sit-on ‘child’s’ toy exclusively for 20ltd.com is an epitomizing tour de force of her cute originality. Playfully nostalgic for a time when children had physical friends as toys rather than digital enemies, it is surely any youngster’s most stylish first car. For the adults, it might be rather a chic means of arriving into dinner. Available exclusively through 20ltd.com, only 7 editions will ever be made.

www.nikazupanc.com

MÉLANIE GEORGAPOULOS necklace


MÉLANIE GEORGAPOULOS Punched white cultured pearls, magnetized vermeil clasp shaped as a pearl necklace

Graduate of the Royal College of London, Mélanie Georgapoulos is a Greek and French young designer who, influenced by her sculpture formation, imagines luxurious jewels luxurious reflect of her passion for beautiful materials, forms and design. Her first collection uses pearls, the challenge being to reinvent a classic, to re-interpret in a modern and unique way the traditional necklace.

12.28.2010

Chanel Le Vernis


Chanel Le Vernis - Classic and trend-defining shades from the runways of Paris. State-of-the-art formula strengthens and moisturizes nails as it delivers long-wearing, high-shine, chip-resistant colour. Applies evenly without streaking.

Chanel Rogue Allure


Chanel Rogue Allure - An instant icon, this luxurious lipstick formula combines lustrous colour, sensational comfort and fabulous wear. Purely CHANEL: the subtly etched, world-renowned logo, and an elegant click-open case that provides a most glamorous effect when applying colour.

Neo Rauch


Bursting with radiant and unsettling juxtapositions, Neo Rauch’s paintings are wormholes into worlds of startling psychological power and cultural collisions. His scenes involve the viewer in a history that is at once mythic, intimate, and present. Through a deep consideration of philosophy, art history, literature, and his own dreamscape, Rauch’s paintings depict the precipices of progress and the struggles of communication. Electrified by their rich palettes, Rauch’s fragmented landscapes and timeless characters dance between pop and baroque, social and psychological, graphic and painterly.

Born in Leipzig in 1960, Rauch learned his trade behind the Iron Curtain. His influences and interests were shaped by personal hardship and the tumultuous changes of East Germany after the Wall fell. In the late 1980s, having finished his studies at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig under Arno Rink and Bernhard Heisig, he explored diverse approaches to painting in dialogue with works he encountered by Francis Bacon, the New Wild painters, and the pre-Renaissance painters he saw during his travels in Italy. By 1993, he had arrived at the unique style of intertwining figuration and abstraction that characterizes his oeuvre and has brought him international attention and respect.

Only a book of truly epic scale could begin to unpack the emotional, historical, and formal density of Rauch’s canvases. Comprising over 450 pages, including more than 250 large-scale reproductions, this monograph is the most inclusive collection of his work to date. It offers a generous range of writings that illuminate the personal, symbolic, and formal complexities of Rauch’s world. Wolfgang Büscher’s open and sensitive account of a walk through Rauch’s neighborhood reveals the painter’s compassion and modesty. Harald Kunde tracks Rauch’s stylistic development through its main semantic threads and historical influences. Gary Tinterow draws from his work on Rauch’s exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum to offer the reader a guide to the symbols that form the painter’s extensive mythology. These essays complement Rauch’s work with nuanced insights while allowing the images room to speak on their own. Within this atlas, readers will discover the rich density and enigmatic openness of Rauch’s paintings.

Fendi Brushed Python Tote




Fendi Peek-a-Boo Tote made of gray brown brushed python. The Brushed Python Tote has an optional detachable shoulder strap added to it and is available exclusively from Fendi stores in limited quantities.

Strand Craft 166 yacht



Stand Craft 166 is a modern yacht with a high-horsepower supercar in the aft. The machine featues a 620-horsepower V8, and Stand Craft claims that the vehicle has a top speed of 189 mph.

Each of the suites is loaded with 52-inch flat-screen television with iPad controls.

Karl Lagerfeld’s Volkswagen Commercial




Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld stars in a commercial for special editions of Volkswagen’s Polo and Golf models.


The Volkswagen Polo/Golf x STYLE pack features a set of lightweight alloy rims, fog lamps, privacy glass as well as STYLE badging.

Royal Crown Derby ‘Imari’ pattern pet bowls by Peter Ting


Peter Ting deconstructs traditional Royal Crown Derby ‘Imari’ patterns and reassembles them into a contemporary collage. He works on the factory floor and personally creates each piece like a tailor - joining, matching, overlapping pattern upon pattern, colour against colour. Each piece may take up to 6 firings to achieve the desired depth of colour and vibrancy. He signs each piece (together with Royal Crown Derby Chairman Hugh Gibson), and after the final firing, all the 22 ct gold is burnished by hand ( a painstaking and labor intensive task, where all the gold is rubbed with damp silica sand, transforming the dull gold into a lustrous gleaming gilding). These seven individual one-off pieces have been created exclusively by Peter for 20ltd.com.

VALENTINO Silk muslin dress

VALENTINO Silk muslin dress, flowers print, silk lining, belt, zip

Ultra feminine resort collection for Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli who revisit the 60s style, silk, lace, frills, flowers (garden print or embroidered) but also leather, studs and metal buttons for a young, fragile, romantic but also modern Valentino woman.

Spring / Summer resort collection 2011 by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli

12.27.2010

Les Voyages Extraordinaires Van Cleef & Arpels

Van Cleef &  Arpels jewelry collection for the holiday season called Les Voyages Extraordinaires. The collection is inspired by the unique works Jules Verne and feature four pieces which include; the beauty of flora and fauna, imaginary creatures, sky and stars.

Mehrangir Meena Ring by Alice Cicolini

Alice Cicolini is a visual culture specialist: a designer, creative commissioner and producer, curator of several international touring exhibitions on design and a published author, including a book on contemporary British dandyism, The New English Dandy, for Thames & Hudson. Her exquisite jewellery – a unique example of east/west collaboration being handmade in India in the studio of one of the last Jaipuri meenakari trained in the enamel traditions of Persia, – is inspired by the sacred architecture and patterns of the Silk Route. This fabulous 24 ct gold, pink amethyst and enamel ring has been created exclusively for 20ltd.com and is available in only 5 editions.

75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking



In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1, the first comic book with all-new, original material—at a time when comic books were mere repositories for the castoffs of the newspaper strips. What was initially considered to be disposable media for children was well on its way to becoming the mythology of our time—the 20th century’s answer to Atlas or Zorro. More than 40,000 comic books later, in honor of the publisher’s 75th anniversary, TASCHEN has produced the single most comprehensive book on DC Comics, in an XL edition even Superman might have trouble lifting. More than 2,000 images—covers and interiors, original illustrations, photographs, film stills, and collectibles—are reproduced using the latest technology to bring the story lines, the characters, and their creators to vibrant life as they’ve never been seen before. Telling the tales behind the tomes is 38-year DC veteran Paul Levitz, whose in-depth essays trace the company’s history, from its pulp origins through to the future of digital publishing.

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Year-by-year timelines that fold out to nearly four feet and biographies of the legends who built DC make this an invaluable reference for any comic book fan.

Night Fetishes by Kilian Hennessy


‘Night Fetishes’ evening bag collection from luxury brand creator and grandson of the LVMH founder, Kilian Hennessy . Launching exclusively at Harvey Nichols.
Inspired by his partners use of her perfume box, Kilian designed these beautiful and unique clutches, each taking its name from the renowned ‘L’Oeuvre Noire’ fragrances, such as Invitation, Don’t be shy, Aphrodisiac, Prohibited and Surrender.

The By Kilian ’Night Fetishes’ collection is available exclusively in our London store.

Youth Code, from L’Oréal

Youth Code, a new line of anti-aging products from L’Oréal.

chau har lee Shoes

Award winning, London-based footwear designer Chau Har Lee has been designing and hand making shoes for over a decade. Shoes are available at Selfridges

Diamonds in Glass Imperial Champagne Glass

Diamonds in Glass Imperial Champagne Glass touted as the world's most expensive Champagne Glass

Austrian glass artist and designer Tobias Berger and Natascha Marx have partnered up to create the world’s most luxurious glassware. Priced at €65,000 ($85,500) it’s also the world’s most expensive champagne glass.

Designed by Tauerngold, the hand-made glasses feature 180 grams of yellow gold. Set at the stem is a stunning 8.1 carat diamond.

Dom Pérignon Andy Warhol

Dom Pérignon exclusive collection of three bottles by the Design Laboratory at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art & Design that pays homage to Andy Warhol.

The project was inspired by a March 8, 1981, diary entry in which Warhol wrote: “Went to the gallery where they were having a little exhibition of the glittery Shoes, and had to do interviews and pics for the German newspaper and then we had to go back to the hotel and be picked up by the ’2,000′ people — it’s a club of twenty guys who got together and they’re going to buy 2,000 bottles of Dom Pérignon which they will put in a sealed room until the year 2,000 and then open it up and drink it and so the running joke is who will be around and who won’t.”

11.01.2010

Balenciaga duppioni silk and calfskin bag



Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière’s duppioni silk and calfskin bag, $1,375, at Balenciaga,

W Magazine

Absolut Watkins

Absolut Watkins described as a reflection of “the excitement, glamour and star quality of the globetrotting fashion world.”

“Having my name on the Absolut bottle is crazy and fantastic,” said Watkins, who is based in Stockholm and Milan. “I’m Swedish, so the brand has always been there for me, and looking back at previous Absolut collaborations, it’s truly a great honour to be in that company.

“With my bottle decor and the campaign imagery, I wanted to convey something of my own vision regarding the archetype of cosmopolitan glamour,” Watkins added. “The flavour is a traveller’s exclusive and travelling is one of my great passions. Everything I do is all about people and places, travelling and new experiences.”

Eadweard Muybridge, The Human and Animal Locomotion Photographs

The life and work of the grandfather of the moving image, from his early anatomical experiments to his greatest photographic plates.

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Montante Maserati 8CTF



Maserati is collaborating with Montante Cicli on a two wheeled bicycle in tribute to the Maserati 8CTF. The new Montante Maserati 8CTF features a frame which is painted in the same wine red color as the winning car in 1940 on the Indianapolis track. Only two hundred examples will be produced which can be customized to have the number of the owner along with the name. Available from Montante Cicli and Maserati dealerships.

Bottega Veneta iPad & iPhone Cases

Bottega Veneta has released new iPhone and iPad cases, available in a variety of colors. There is a strap and brass snap to secure the gadget, and all cases have reinforced panels for additional protection.

LOUIS VUITTON 100 Postcards Box Set

This new  2011 edition is entirely remelted and updated and visits  in only one volume 30 new destinations, stopping over for the first time in more unexpected cities like Beirut, Courchevel, Gstaad, Oxford, Palma de Marjorque, Oporto Cervo or Thessalonique. Paris, London, New York, Tokyo and Berlin have a clean volume where confirmed adresses and places mix with innovations. And for our greater pleasure the illustrations of Ruben Toledo since the first guide in 1998 are joined together in a set of postcards, quite simply splendid.

AIAIAI TMA-1 headphone

The TMA-1 headphone has been tested and tweaked by the world's most skilled DJs, designed by Danish design firm KiBiSi and further developed in cooperation with Tartelet Records, Mannhandle and Thank You For Clapping. It combines incredible sound quality with a striking modernist aesthetic.

Six Scents Series Three



Six Scents Parfums navigates us through the awkward moments of innocence through the promiscuous encoutners of experience with Six Scents: Series Three, with designer contributions by Alexis Mabille, Mary Katrantzou, Junn.J, Rad Hourani, N.Hoolywood and Ohne Titel, paired with a new group of amazing perfumers and artists, to benefit War ...Child International. Global launch in New York on November 5th.





10.13.2010

Limited Edition Ferrari Paddock Chronograph

Ferrari has announced a range of new limited edition timepieces, available exclusively for its online customers. Specifically, the Ferrari Store has launched the Ferrari Paddock Chronograph line in a limited run of 299 pieces.

The series comprises three chronographs, including a Black/Carbon version combined with a pair of cufflinks with Prancing Horse logo enamelled on carbon fibre base in stainless steel with black titan colour finishing.

The limited edition Ferrari Paddock Chronograph sells for EUR695 (approx. $1,050 at the current exchange rate). Each watch carries its individual Limited Edition number engraved on the case back.

La Mer Eye Balm Intense.

La Mer has introduced a new treatment product called The Eye Balm Intense. It is claimed to support the skin’s natural renewal process to revitalise the fragile eye area. Powered with a triple concentration of La Mer’s exclusive elixir - The Miracle Broth™, state-of-the-art Marine De-Puff Ferment™ and exclusive Lifting Ferment™ - The Eye Balm Intense is said to comfort skin; smooth the appearance of lines and wrinkles; and diminish puffiness. The result, according to the brand, is a firmer, more lifted looking eye.

Vertu Quest

Vertu have released the Quest, their first phone with a full keyboard and is aimed at the business user. The phone is made of either matte or polished stainless steel or eighteen karat gold with a leather back and sapphire crystal or stainless steel keys and a wide screen display.

Bar Boy by Verner Panton

Bar Boy by Verner Panton, with black lacquer coating and leather interior specially edited for Moet & Chandon. The lower compartment has a capacity for 3 bottles of Grand Vintage Moet & Chandon and can cool them at a time to 10° C in 15 minutes. The middle compartment has 4 flutes inside, designed for Grand Vintage by Riedel.

Chivas Regal 18 Year Old by Christian Lacroix

Fashion designer Christian Lacroix has teamed up Chivas for a special edition Chivas Regal 18 Year Old release.

This is the second release for the relationship. The new edition of Chivas 18yo will be available in selected travel retail outlets from November.

Chivas Regal 18 Year Old by Christian Lacroix features a lavish, brocade presentation box in French jacquard, with a mirrored interior, while the familiar Chivas label on the bottle is also embroidered in jacquard.

Only 3,000 bottles of the Lacroix 18yo will be available. $495.

QEELIN Roobot #1 Pendant



The Roobots, five small robots in dazzling gold and encrusted with diamonds and gemstones - are inspired by the personal collection of vintage toys of Dennis Chan, artistic director of the house Qeelin. They mark the birth of the new CC collection. Exclusively at colette for Paris, in  windows from October 11th.
€53200

2011 Shelby Supercars Ultimate Aero II

Top Gear's SSC Ultimate Aero II. The new Ultimate Aero is powered by a 6.8-liter twin-turbocharged V8 - up to a 9,000 rpm redline, 1,350 horses - top speed of 275 mph. cost $970,000.

Black necklace by AnaMariaDesign

Since creating her unique brand of hand-sculpted accessories in 2006, Ana-Maria Pasescu is one of the country’s most exciting young designers. Serving her apprenticeship with some of the industry’s most illustrious names including Jam design, Phillipe Starck, Tom Dixon and Gillian O'Brien, she has evolved her own distinctive and experimental style, always exploring new materials and processes with recycling and longevity at the heart everything she does. This braid leather and brass studded necklace is   – beautiful and dangerous. It is available exclusively through 20ltd.com and is limited to only 10 editions.

www.AnaMariaDesign.co.uk

10.12.2010

Serge Lutens Bas de Soie

Serge Lutens's Bas de Soie, meaning “silk stockings”  is a floral perfume with notes of hyacinth and powdery iris. Available in 50 ml bottles.

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