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.