Month: August 2017
Luxe City Guides: Everywhere With You
Premium global travel expert Luxe City Guides has relaunched its portfolio, pairing print and digital content for 30 destinations worldwide. Each premium print guide (US$14.99, RM67.45) includes a complimentary six-month subscription to its corresponding digital version. These e-guides, found within the mobile app, are constantly updated by curators resident within these locations. Other features include …
Bulgari Hits You With A Brand New Band Ring Collection
Since the 1940s, Bulgari’s Serpenti collection (from RM9,800) has been reinvented annually with its latest 2017 iteration coiling around the wearer’s finger. The tessellations of the ring are shaped as a viper’s head, simultaneously recalling the folds of a serpent’s scales. These triangular segments are set with shining hard stones and glittering diamonds in various …
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This Office Chair Is Simply Amazing
Poltrona Frau, outfitter of Ferrari interiors since the 1980s, has collaborated with the Italian supercar manufacturer for an office chair dubbed Cockpit. Two versions are proposed, President (RM55,000) and Executive (RM41.250). The former is inspired by the ergonomics of competitive racing ‘bucket’ seats. The external shell is moulded from carbon or alutex, while the leather …
Otis Batterbee Makes Long-Distance Air Travel Better
Ease the strain of a red-eye flight with Otis Batterbee’s Travel Gift Set (£180, RM1,013). A lavender-infused eye mask and an inflatable travel pillow fit neatly into an envelope travel pouch, although they’ll arrive at your doorstep in a luxury gift box, perched on the softest wool. The set comes in either Prince of Wales …
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Thorsun Shorts: Your Shapes In This Shorts Will Amaze You
Make doubly sure before you set off for your island getaway that your Thorsun swim shorts are in your suitcase. Whether you prefer the tailored Apollo body or athletic Titan fit, Thorsun’s Modernist-print Shatter shorts (US$275, RM1.188) are sure to make waves by the beach. Slick details include side seam slits and brushed brasstone hardware, …
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These Regal Jewellery Bring Back The Old-World Glory
Loren Nicole’s creations draw upon the most ancient of aesthetics, adapting them from deep-rooted ethnographic sources. Her Etruscan Collar (US$22,300, RM96,383) turns its wearer into an empress, inspiring awe with a handcrafted filigree collar in 20-earat, satin-finished yellow gold. The piece comes with bezel-set stones, and Nicole provides a choice of topaz gemstones in blue, …
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Chanel Has New Toys For Tennis Lovers
Far, far more than your ordinary balls-in-a-tube, Chanel’s spring/summer 2017 tennis balls eschew traditional green for pearl white. Emblazoned with the interlocking Cs, of course. When not in use, the four balls (US$450, approx. RM2,025) should be safely tucked away in their black leather pouch. Quilted, of course. Naturally, there’s a tennis racket – pearl …
Bentley Has A Surprise For Vegans
Going vegan has been catching on in the worlds of food and fashion, so why not automobiles? Bentley is now offering protein leather, or pleather, as the immediate option. But Bentley and its bespoke division, Mulliner, are also looking into more esoteric sources, such as mushrooms and jellyfish, that have the cachet of rarity and …