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Global luxury brands partake in Indian wedding mart

2007-12-05T03:31:00.000-08:00

Brands like Christian Dior make-up, GUCCI apparel, Jimmy Choo shoes for the bride for the special day, a 50-inch TV screen from Bang and Olufsen part of the trousseau, fresh fruits from Unifrutti imported from Turkey for the guests and a Canadian wedding planner to take care of it all.

The luxury brand it seems has followed the footsteps of Gucci and La Perla to take a slice of the burgeoning Indian wedding mart-pie.

Global luxury brands in Indian wedding mart

Classic Luxury beauty treatments

2007-11-29T00:41:00.000-08:00

Fluffy white towels, expensive creams and relaxing music just aren’t enough these days. Beauty junkies want jewels mixed in with their treatments. In response therapists have ditched the hot flannel and carted out the gold in a bid to create the ultimate – and most expensive – beauty treatments.

One central London clinic offers the ‘Red Carpet Facial’ using diamonds in a technique Rene Zellweger and Madonna are said to be fans of. The DiamondTome wand is tipped with real diamond chips and exfoliates the skin while an attached vacuum sucks up the dead skin cells.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg with jaw-droppingly luxurious treatments. Here some of the most decadent:

The gold facial
Wallet Watch: Pure Gold Radiance Facial and Caviar Firming Facial $275 – 90 minutes. Refining Microdermabrasion Facial $275 – 60 minutes

The gold leaf facial
Wallet watch: $400 for 90 minutes at Veronica’s Skin and Beauty Centre, Malibu www.veronicaskincare.com

The Evian bath
Wallet watch: US$5,000 at Victor Hotel www.hotelvictorsouthbeach.com

The Perrier facial
Wallet watch: Perrier facial £150, Shenaz Shariff at The Face and Body Clinic on London's Harley Street www.thefaceandbodyclinic.co.uk 020 7436 3936

The caviar facial
Wallet watch: Kerstin Florian Signature Caviar Facial, 90 mins, £125

The champagne facial
Wallet watch: Champagne Facial, 60 minutes, $85 www.polishedskincare.com

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New perfume Diamonds from Armani

2007-11-13T04:06:00.000-08:00

Well-known Italian designer Giorgio Armani has recently given more and more attention to his perfumery line.

As it turned out, new perfume from Emporio Armani are called Diamonds not without purpose. The announcement of new aroma release became really an elegant advertising shrewd move: in honor of the new perfume Fashion House has prepared

The New perfume Diamonds from Armani: On sale with true brilliants

Luxury Accessory - The Amelia Earhart Pen by Krone

2007-10-27T01:14:00.000-07:00

To commemorate HER achievements as a female pilot and champion of commercial aviation, Krone has created the limited edition Amelia Earhart fountain Pen in a herringbone- patterned blue celluloid with sterling silver accents.

Acquiring a Krone Pen can be a symbol of something that resonates with a person’s values, beliefs, or occupation.

Want to know more : http://www.luxurylifestyle.com/listings/view_magazine_article.cfm?ArticleID=55&type=3

Bring Luxury Into Your Life

2007-10-06T01:33:00.000-07:00

A life of great wealth, surrounded by the finest things in the world will be achieved by very few of us. Antique furniture and oriental rugs are out of the range of most household budgets. But if you want to look at the finest quality of household goods, collectibles, artwork, and linens, you're in luck! The resources listed here will direct you to some of the sources available to top architects, decorators, and designers.

What makes something a luxury ? The piece might be:

* Rare or one of a kind
* Antique or very old
* Handmade by artisans
* Made of expensive materials such as gold, silver, diamonds
* Of exquisite design or quality
* Designed with exceptional features
* Of extraordinary size or detail
* Original, authentic, or custom made
* Created by a well-known person or company

Read more at http://interiordec.about.com/od/luxuryarticles/a/a_buyluxuryprod.htm

SAMSUNG OFFERS NEW SUPER-LUXURY PHONE

2007-10-01T05:21:00.000-07:00

Samsung Electronics said yesterday it will release a new fashion mobile phone, "Serenata," in partnership with Bang & Olufsen.

It is the second time that Samsung has joined hands with the Danish audio specialist, as part of its efforts to expand its super-luxury handset market. Their first product, the "Serene" phone, was produced in 2005. The Serene model costs about $1200, according to online shopping malls.

Serenata phone is expected to be out Oct. 1, according to its promotion homepage (www.serenatamobile.com). The website does not provide a photo or any details of the mobile phone's specification.

Some articles posted on the internet say that the new product uses a touch-screen, like LG's Prada phone. They say it supports up to 4G memory for large music files like MP3 and MPEG4 and has a scroll wheel like Apple's iPod.

Bang & Olufsen is famous for super-luxury audio stereos, adopting cutting edge design and function.

the design with the Samsung F310 is also quite strange. The scrollwheel with which the device is used is placed at the top of the device and due to this, the display has found its spot at the bottom of the phone. This was not seen with any former phone in the world.

The Samsung F310 is the second exclusive phone in the Bang & Olufsen range and due to this it will not become one of the cheapest phones. This time, Samsung focusses on the musiclover with a wel-filled wallet with the Bang & Olfusen device. The internal memory of four gigabyte and a musicplayer with a handy "Apple-like" scrollwheel offer a delightful and easy musical experience.

The Samsung F310 can be slid open just as every other slider. In this case, the back of the device is moved upwards instead of downwards and a large speaker is revealed with this.

Source : http://www.duttondirect.com/lifestyle/view_article/id:3281