terça-feira, 31 de agosto de 2010
Shipwrecked Madiera To Be Sold At Auction
From the depths of the ocean to your wine cellar. Spectrum Wine Auctions, Southern California's leading auction house of fine and rare wine, will hold its first sale of the fall 2010 auction season on September 24 including a bottle of shipwrecked Madeira wine dating to the 1800s. The bottle, which is estimated at $1200 was discovered off of the Savannah, Georgia coast by professional diver Bill Kinsey in the late 1970s. The lot comes from a collector who bought the only two bottles from the shipwreck in 1980 at The Heublein Premiere National Auction of Rare Wines XII. He tasted the first one on television and noted that it was fantastic and in perfect condition. The thick mud on the ocean floor protected the bottles from worms and water.
The sale will take place at 6 p.m. PDT at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills and Saturday, September 25 at 9:00 a.m. HKT at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. Other highlights from the sale include some of the greatest vintages from producers in Bordeaux, Burgundy and California including 37 lots of Harlan Cabernet Sauvignon, 47 lots of Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon and several verticals of Chateau Montelena in magnum, three-liter and five-liter bottles. The total pre-sale estimate for the 761 lots on offer is $3.2 million.
segunda-feira, 30 de agosto de 2010
THEN & NOW : Anna Wintour Chanel Suits
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Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld strike a pose backstage at Chanel
Anna Wintour front row at Chanel Fall/Winter 2010-11
sábado, 28 de agosto de 2010
sexta-feira, 27 de agosto de 2010
Corinthia Plans Lavish London Hotel
Corinthia Hotels is showing off new details of its planned five-star luxury hotel in London. The hotel is being built in central London inside a Victorian building overlooking Trafalgar Square and the River Thames.
The Victoria exterior houses a modern interior with an inner foyer and garden, two restaurants, cocktail bar, spa, meeting facilities and a grand ballroom. Chef Massimo Riccioli, owner of La Rosetta in Rome is creating a fish and seafood specialty restaurant at the Corinthia and a new wave British restaurant will provide all-day dining. There will be 294 rooms including 45 suites. The two-bedroom Royal Suite will be over 5,050 square feet and will be the largest in London. Some suites are located on duplex floors inside turrets and feature private staircases.
The hotel is due to open in early 2011 and will become the world's ninth Corinthia hotel.
Huge, Rare Emerald Up For Auction
A massive 1,040 carat emerald heads to auction this weekend on August 29 at LiveAuctioneers.com. The Polly Emerald will be offered for sale by GovernmentAuction.com. The gemstone has been appraised for $454,000 by a GIA certified appraiser. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding for this special auction, which will consist of the lone lot selling at 6 p.m. Pacific, 9 p.m. Eastern Time. There is no reserve, the stone goes to the highest bidder. For this auction they are accepting phone bids and absentee bids with a $50,000 deposit.
quinta-feira, 26 de agosto de 2010
Out On the Town With Vogue
shot by steven meisel, american vogue september sets out in a bold attempt to draw focus on fashion’s night out. successful in that attempt, anna wintour manages to bring guinevere van seenus, carolyn murphy, liya kebede, kristen mcmenamy, stella tennant, kirsi pyrhonen, karlie kloss, joan smalls, mirte maas, daria strokus, jourdan dunn, miranda kerr, lara stone, valerija kelava, eliza cummings, robert fairchild, kathryn morgan, pharrell williams, christina ricci, yi jianlian, usher, rachel weisz, terence koh, carolina herrera, ryan mcnamara, elly jackson, dakota fanning, hayden christensen, eddie redmayne, david chang, tony vincent, mary-kate & ashley olsen, henrik lundquvist & naomi watts all together for this phenomenon of a cast. when anna sets out to promote something, the world best take notice; she has single handedly orchestrated one of the biggest nights in fashion as a interlude to new york fashion week festivities. grab your bags & your pocket books; fashion’s night out in every major city, september 10th. models, actors, musicians- major!
Jay-Z and Beyonce Charter $40 Milllion Superyacht
Add another famous couple to The Classicist's list of superstars (including Madonna and Brangelina) sunning themselves on superyachts this summer: Jay-Z and Beyoncé. R&B's royal couple have been cruising on the French Riviera on a $40 million superyacht, the London Daily Mail reports. The pair, who earned an estimated $150 million between them last year, are chartering the 180-ft. Altitude(above), built by Italy's Benetti yachts in 2003, for $370,000 a week. The yacht can accommodate 14 guests in 6 cabins. The vast split-level owner's apartment has his and hers white marble bathrooms, a separate study and a private 180º raised observation lounge with spectacular views forward. A sun deck features a huge spa pool complete with wetbar and a well equipped gymnasium. The yacht is also available for sale at about $40 million.
quarta-feira, 25 de agosto de 2010
Albertus Swanepoel Brings Spice to Stetson
Even if you've already got an iconic, American-made Stetson hat, you probably don't have one like this.
Though the classic Stetsons will always be available and you may think there's nothing new (or at least nothing new that's not ridiculous) in the world of hats, Albertus Swanepoel's 2010 collection has rendered us speechless. These fabulous, spicy hats are masculine and creative, with lush materials and colorful, yet handsome plumage.
"It's a great honor to collaborate with a legacy brand such as Stetson. They are theRolls Royce of hats to me in America and I'm thrilled to be associated with this brand," said Swanepoel. "This is also is a great opportunity for me to inject a more modern sensibility into their iconic designs."
And that he did. Inspired by everything from vintage cars to modern films and evenart, he has created an alluring collection of attractive hats that appeal to ages 8 to 80. Above, for example is the "Pablo," a 100 percent fur felt pork pie dress hat which has coloring and an unusual bow placement influenced by the works of Pablo Picasso (retails for $200.00). Fewer than 50 of this hat will be made.
Select styles from the limited edition Albertus Swanepoel for Stetson collection are available now from Hartford York for pre-order, to ship in September, and will be available at Barneys stores nationwide. Check out the full 14-hat collection -- and their inspirations -- below.
Waldorf Astoria Announces First Latin American Hotel
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts has announced its first hotel in Latin America, The Panamera, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, will open the second half of 2011 in Panama City, Panama. The new hotel will be located in the tourist-friendly Calle Uruguay area of Panama City. The tower will have 130 guest rooms, 118 luxury residences, a 1,200-sqare-foot fitness center, a 2,500-square-foot spa, an outdoor swimming pool, 4 600 square feet of meeting space and more than 9,000 square feet for food and beverage options. The hotel is already under construction and slated to open in the second half of 2011.