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Inspired by Christian Dior’s childhood growing up in a villa in Normandy surrounded by colourful flowers, and by the skillful seamstresses he observed there, Dior Horlogerie tells time in a most artful way. La D de Dior watch was designed by Victoire de Castellane fifteen years ag…
Have you ever wanted to be Iron Man? Perhaps you’ve simply longed to win a best costume prize at a Halloween party? Well, either way, you’d do well to check out buyfullbodyarmors.com. Not only can you score a 2,700 USD Mark 43 Iron Man suit from them (as shown here), you can also get yo…
1. Qatar Airways Business Class Qatar Airways has upped its game with the launch of Qsuites, offering tailorable configurations for business class travellers thanks to centre partitions that can be removed by the cabin crew. We like the idea of the airborne “family room” that seats up t…
Una Burke’s leather accessories are sculptural, artful and timeless. Handcrafted in London using traditional leather-working techniques, the Irish-born designer draws her inspiration from psychological, military and medical sources- think internal organs and plenty of brass fitti…
In September we were invited to San Francisco to witness the future of Audi, and the future it seems is quiet, expensive and electric. But let’s not ignore how consumers are now buying more fossil-fuelled SUVs than ever before, so the question is: why is Audi messing with a good thing? …
We all love the full-on cinematic experience of watching a movie at home on a massive television but the problem is what to do with such an ugly eyesore when it’s not in use. Sure you can buy a disappearing custom console or hide your TV behind a sliding panel of sorts, but Samsung has …
Seemingly designed by a blind person, we’ve yet to discover a single redeeming feature about Boxx’s 4,000 USD electric moped. After all, the Gogoro S1, costs the same, seats two rather than one, looks better, has 50 per cent more range and has greater torque and acceleration.
If the Veyron rewrote the book when it comes to hypercars, the Chiron represents Bugatti’s next volume. Harder, better, faster, stronger – we uncovered all you need to know about this Ultimate Car at its US launch in Pebble Beach. They say there’s a fine line between madness and genius.…
Money may not buy happiness, Nicolas Shammas concedes, but it can buy a yacht to moor right beside it. He shares years of daydreaming about how, when you go big, his ultimate vessel would be built.
There is a whole world worthy of attention beyond fashion itself. Faissal El-Malak argues that formally trained designers tend to overthink, theorising about how things work rather than simply letting ideas breathe.
It was the right idea at the wrong time. These days Porsche builds something like 170,000 SUVs a year but there was a time when the company was so invested in the 911 product line – as a business, and an automotive sub-culture – that doing something else was considered sacrilegious. &nb…
Set against the idyllic views of Lake Como, the annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is an automotive event quite unlike any other. Architects have the Pritzker. Actors have the Oscars. Singers have the Grammies. And cars – well, not just any cars but the finest, rarest and most expe…