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By Drew Taylor, Style Editor Go beyond the obligatory dozen roses and surprise your valentine with a luxurious gift they’ll treasure long after February 14th. Charlotte Olympia Kiss Me! Capsule Collection Say it with shoes: Adorned with a festive hot pink lips print, these cheeky Kiss Me Desiree! pumps from Charlotte Olympia offer a Valentine’s... View Article

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has revealed an exclusive sketch of the Bespoke Waterspeed Collection, a series of 35 Phantom Drophead Coupés that seeks to celebrate a seminal act of British daring and endeavour. On the morning of 1 September 1937, at the height of the battle between the United States and Great Britain to be the... View Article

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Never before had a watchmaker so perfectly fulfilled the desire for comfort of frequent travelers and explorers. Part of an iconic Ulysse Nardin collection, the launch of the Dual Time Manufacture was a significant milestone in the history of contemporary watchmaking. For the first time, it was possible to adjust the second time zone forward... View Article

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The first ‘create your own’ tasting menu restaurant has opened in London. CANVAS by Michael Riemenschneider, in Marylebone, invites guests to construct a tasting menu – a minimum of three courses up to nine courses at lunch, or a substantial 10 courses at dinner – from a selection of 16 dishes. Spearheaded by Swiss chef... View Article

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Luxurious Colorado resort Gateway Canyons Resort has been unveiled as the home of Curiosity Retreats: luxury, lifelong learning events created by John Hendricks, founder of Discovery Communications.* These exclusive five-night retreats, taking place on May 18-23 and July 20-25, will provide a limited number of attendees with intimate access to eminent visionaries, scholars and trendsetters. Curiosity... View Article

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It’s not every day you see a large red origami-style Perspex horse leaping across a restaurant window, but chance a stroll past Yauatcha Restaurant in London this week, and your luck may change. This spectacular one-off window display was designed by luxury fashion destination Harvey Nichols, to celebrate the Chinese New Year and the Year... View Article

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Jaguar North America’s 60-second television cinematic advertisement, “Rendezvous”, which will be broadcast for the first time during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVIII, has debuted online. The spot launches the “British Villains” campaign, which introduces the Jaguar F-TYPE Coupe (on sale spring, 2014) and features the campaign’s unique hashtag, #GoodToBeBad. “Rendezvous” stars Sir Ben... View Article

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The secret of a true luxury boutique resort (under 100 rooms) is its ability to offer the comforts and amenities of a larger property without losing the charm, privacy, and personality that only one-of-a-kind resort hideaways can provide. The Zoetry name, created to describe a place where “life intersects poetry”, is profoundly expressed in this... View Article

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Bentley Motors presents its range of luxury home and executive furniture at the Maison & Objet fair in Paris, designed and manufactured in collaboration with Luxury Living Group, one of Europe’s leading furniture makers. The collection is inspired by the renowned craftsmanship and exquisite materials that characterise the interiors of all Bentley models. Exclusive designs... View Article

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Last year, former Ledbury chef Isaac McHale opened one of London’s most eagerly anticipated restaurants, the Clove Club. Now, nine months on since the restaurant opened, head chef McHale says it has been a “fairytale”. “We wanted to do really delicious food with really high-quality product, the best we could get, presented in a simple,... View Article

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Greubel Forsey opens new horizons with a revolutionary interpretation of one of the oldest watchmaking complications, the Perpetual Calendar. The inventive watchmakers in La Chaux-de-Fonds have also incorporated the Equation of Time in a demonstration of how to add complexity of function while simplifying with clear legibility and easy operation. Greubel Forsey has pushed beyond the previous... View Article

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The Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendar watch revolutionizes the perpetual calendar in terms of function and appearance. Its innovative design has produced a three-dimensional concentric display of the day, date and month. A flying tourbillon, rotating once every minute, occupies center-stage. Fine watchmaking connoisseurs will be sure to appreciate the ease of correcting the settings with... View Article

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