Archive for May, 2009

You don’t have to be a Harley fan to appreciate the wonder of leather clad everything — apparel, accessories or sporting gear. Natalia Brilli’s Leather Skateboard has a black lambskin covered deck accenting the sport’s hard edge with a smooth, buttery finish. I wonder if you can buff the scratches out of leather after scuffing [...]

Larkspur & Hawk designer and curator Emily Satloff has an exceptional eye. Not only does she design her very own pieces for mass-public consumption, but she also has an absolutely unmatched collection of antique jewelry — all available on her website! Finally, one can shop for well-photographed, reasonably-priced antiques online without having to “bid” or [...]

The Milus TriRetrograde watch and movement is really the novelty that put the watch maker back on the map a few years ago. Their latest creation using the unique triple retrograde seconds counters is this lady’s Merea TriRetrograpde Seconds Skeleton Joaillerie timepiece. This watch does not frame the TriRetrograde complication as much as past Milus [...]

Until the days of Patsy & Edie on Absolutely Fabulous, few in mainstream society had heard of French fashion designer Christian Lacroix. Unfortunately, the downturn in the economy has hit the House of Lacroix and he went looking for investors to shore up its business. Now the brand has filed for bankruptcy in the wake [...]

The Red Dot Award is of the more desirable “good design” awards out there. Emphasis is always on form and function. You’ll find that most award recipients are often excellent selling products. The award is given by the Design Zentrum Nordheim Westfalen in Germany. This year two Tag Heuer watches received Red Dot Awards, and [...]

Ferrari just opened its first store (above) in the UK in London‘s fashionable Mayfair, second in size only to their Milan flagship. Located in a beautiful historic stone building, the store features a Ferrari Formula 1 racing car on display and carries the full line of Ferrari by Panerai watches, sunglasses, luggage, clothing, model cars [...]

Want your own private island? Taylor’s Island is a four and a half acre private, gated island. near Solomons Island in Maryland. The island has a main house, three outbuildings, a pool, hot tub, a pier and a sandy beach and comes with a golf cart for navigating the property. The island is accessible to [...]

You might think the diamond-covered phone market had dried up in this economy but companies are still creating them. Luxury designer and jeweler Knalihs Athem has come out with their latest diamond-covered phones: The Diamond Blackberry Bold (BlackBeauty) and The Diamond Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte (SnowWhite). The custom phones can be decorated with pink, yellow, [...]

Included in the June 11th Antiquorum watch auction is this Cartier Pasha watch model that was a gift from Rat Packer Frank Sinatra to other fellow Rat Packer Sammy Davis Jr. The watch auction comes with news photos of Davis Jr. wearing the watch, while the rear of the watch still bears the engraving by [...]

10 Cane is the luxury rum made from the first pressing of virgin Trinidadian sugar cane, has come out with a VIP gift box (above) in time for Father’s Day and makesa  stealler gift for the man that truly has everything.   In fact, if James Bond drank rum it would come in one of these [...]


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