The elegant crown princess, Mary of Denmark is soon to take up residence at the Frederik VIII palace in Copenhagen with her husband Frederik and her two kids. The palace had been on a five-year refurbishment project costing about $21.5million while the royal family resided at the modest Chancellery House at Fredensborg, 50km north of the Danish capital. The 17th century palace that had been vacant since the death of his grandma Ingrid in 2000, received a face-lift, with...

Hollywood, the dream conurbation of many is getting creamier with the introduction of more amenities and residences. The latest to crop up is the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences that brings the extraordinary W lifestyle combined with contemporary modern design to Hollywood with 143 delightfully appointed residences and 305 signature hotel rooms. The $350 million landmark development will offer a world-class opportunity providing hotel, retail and luxury for sale residences. The amenities of this uber-luxury complex include Delphine, a...

China and Japan seem to be recovering from the credit crunch, but that does not give the Russian government to take the liberty to spend big bucks on luxury furniture, especially when the country’s economy shrank 10.9 per cent in the last quarter. That’s what the bloggers opinionated when the Russian government issued a tender for luxury furniture, including a gilded, cherry wood bed ‘covered with a thin layer of 24 carat gold on the decorative elements of the...

It wouldn’t take much for enticing a devout Nigella Lawson fan into buying a product recommended by the grocery goddess herself. Blame her pert English charm or her remarkable culinary skills. Here is a stunning line of refrigerators from Menenghini recommended by the British celeb cook that embraces the Italian Antique modern aesthetics by bonding together brass handles, hinges, glass shelving, portholes and clawfoot legs. The antique, sophisticated line of refrigerators is available in aged cherry wood and walnut,...

The long awaited Virgin Galactic which is the world’s first commercial airliner, launched it’s first spacecraft, named as WhiteKnightTwo was finally viewed by hundreds of air show spectators as the airliner made its first attempt to jumpstart commercial space travel. The WhiteKnightTwo designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Sir Richard Branson looked on as the twin-fuselage craft circled the runway several times on Monday before landing at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Air Venture annual gathering....

The House of Lalique presented the masculine and mysterious Encre Noire fragrance in a black crystal block in 2006. We’re soon going to have a feminine version of the same in September this year. The fragrance will arrive in a black flacon that would read Encre Noir Lalique on one side and Pour Elle on the other side. The special limited flacon is composed of crystal with golden engravings and its outer carton is luxurious and composed of painted...

The London’s Gulf Luxury Fair has already proven to us that ‘oil-affluent’ nations are untouched by the recession. Even the global recession for that matter is showing some sluggish signs of recovery, so we aren’t surprised to know that the World Millionaire Summer Fair, 2009 was held in Moscow at the Royal Bar Yacht Club recently. The participants of the Fair comprised of carmakers McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes to jewelry brands such as Piaget. The merchandise up on the...

Hauling heavy stuff around is one of the most tedious jobs to be done, but it is also one of the most inevitable ones especially when you have a huge garden, farmhouse or loads of miscellaneous work to do. The Two-n-Stow is a car-towable trailer that cuts your ‘workload’ by less than half times by converting into a storage unit. The water tight trailer holds 1.4 cubic meters, has two removable doors over the top and also a removable...

If you are heavily loaded and want to splurge it on your deepest passion, you’re just a Ducati away! So says Columbus International, which is a company that offers an interesting way of touring France on a motorcycle in style and luxury. The relatively new company is organizing tours in exotic places like France using different Ducati motorcycles. One could use models like the latest Streetfighter, or Monster S2R 1000, Hypermotard 1100 and Supersport 848 to pick from the...

The latest news reveals that using a wealthy ex-lover’s memorabilia is not just a flick from a Hollywood movie. It has happened now and under the nose of the public scanner. James Albright, the lover and one-time boyfriend of Madonna is all set to auction off Madonna’s love letter sent to him while they were dating in the early 90’s. The singer, now 50, referred to herself as “Lil Booty” while her lover called her ‘Dumbo’. Also going for...

The Frankfurt Motor show witnesses the debut of several glamorous cars each year. This time again, BMW will present its high efficiency sports car concept set at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, in its home country. Here is a picture of the now-defunct M1 Homage concept car unveiled last year at the Villa d’Este Concours in Italy, based on which the new model is rumored to be designed....

After having featured in Louis Vuitton’s previous enterprise earlier this year, the queen of pop became the face of design house the second time, starring in the timeless Paris setting. The queen of pop’s creative team worked in coordination with the influential photographer and long time collaborator Steven Meisel and Louis Vuitton’s director Marc Jacobs to create the glamorous sets with bright color shapes, and Madonna’s provocative poses. The shoot exhibits Madonna with the collection’s emblematic bags in Monogram...

Steam sessions are always a delight at the end of a tiresome day. But they’re not so much fun when you have to go all the way into the shower to program your steam session. But with the ThermaSol Steam shower, users can now program their steam sessions from outside of the shower with the aid of ThermaSol’s Easy Start Control. You could be 50 feet away from the location of the steam generator and still be steaming some...

Christie’s, the world’s leading auction house is planning to go all bling at its Jewels:The New York sale on October 21. But this time, it is going to turn heads with a masterpiece that is opulent and magnificent in nature: The Annenberg diamond. It is a 32.01 carat diamond that will be exhibited at key collecting centers such as Geneva, Hong-Kong, London, and Los Angeles, after which it will return to New York for the coming Fall Auction....

Who said passionate cooks are not technophiles? Here is a household that integrated a robust AMX Automation and a flash mounted TV in the comfort of their kitchen in order to use it effectively as a space for social gatherings. The task was effectively carried out by custom electronics pro Sensory Environment Designs who provided some nifty solutions to secure the gadgets in impactful and convenient spots of the kitchen. After some analysis and deliberation, they decided to move...