New York handbag designer Kate Spade is launching her first London pop up shop in Covent Garden this coming Wednesday October 13th. The pop up shop will be located on Henrietta Street; it will be a two-floor boutique boasting four rooms decorated to look like a typical Kate Spade girl’s apartment. Drop by on Wednesday, you will not be disappointed …

With Christmas just round the corner, most people have started making their Christmas shopping list. I mentioned Neiman Marcus ‘s 2010 Christmas Book which is the ultimate Christmas luxury shopping guide but if you are shopping for a whiskey lover, don’t forget this  Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve. The special blend packs yuletide aromas such as sweet wood, dried fruit and cinnamon, and …

Have a look at Esquire “Ultimate Bachelor Pad” valued at $18.9M. Every year Esquire magazine takes a house, revamps it, uses it to host a variety of charity functions, publicises it as the “Ultimate Bachelor Pad” and then sells it.  This year’s “Ultimate Bachelor Pad”  is a 9,000-square-feet house with 11 bedrooms, nine bathrooms, an infinity pool, two-story pool house, …

We know that with technology, anything can happen. I’m actually waiting for the day when humans can transfer their thoughts into machines. Whilst we wait for that day, researchers at Dutch facility IMEC in the mean time have managed to make it possible for human body parts to send updates to a mobile phone; they managed this by converting IMEC’s ultra-low-power electrocardiogram …

As a child of the 80’s, I don’t know much about Soul Singer Solomon Burke, though I have heard some of his songs; it is sad to hear he died today on a plane from Los Angeles after landing at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. The Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was due to perform at a …

Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale of fine Chinese ceramics and works of art was a record breaker with the auction bringing in a staggering HK$1.15 billion instead of the estimated HK$336-479 million. Nicolas Chow, Sotheby’s Deputy Chairman and International Head of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, said: “Chinese Works of Art took their place on the world auction stage today …

So everyone hates the new Gap logo, I have to say if the plan all along was to make the logo this ridiculous and get all this publicity then their PR machine is genius. But if this is just a coincidence then most people hate GAP anyway for ethical reasons so the company can’t be that surprised with the responds …

I’m starting to see a pattern here-that Fenice Milano loves gold; a few days ago I posted that they have customized the Fiat 500, now they’ve turned their attention to the Rolls-Royce Ghost. Fenice Milano  have truly given the Rolls-Royce Ghost  a golden  touch; the hood, grille, side sills and mirrors have all been coated in 24-carat gold, as has the interior, along …

Luxury phone makers Gresso have outdone themselves with their new offering, the Luxor World Time Luxury Phone. Designed for the world traveller  the Luxor World Time Luxury Phone shows time for six different locations (Tokyo, Moscow, Paris, London, New York and the sixth can be a location of your choice). Gresso’s Luxor World Time Luxury Phone is handled by six independent …

Do you remember what an original Coca Cola bottle looked like? No me neither, the Coca Cola bottle has been redesigned so many times it’s hard to keep track. This time it’s the turn of Gianfranco Ferré designs to give the famous bottle a new look and they haven’t disappointed. Drawing inspiration from a rich croc texture, an Obi belt …