swarovski gorenje fridge-freezer

One of the strongest Slovenian brands Gorenje has recently entered the luxury market with a very special high-end fridge-freezer. They took a fridge designed by Ora-Ito and covered it with thousands of Swarovski crystals. The head of Gorenje marketing says the inspiration came from the latest material-merging trends.

Well … On this blog we’ve been writing about golden mobiles and diamond laptops … And when you buy those two … Why not also having a fridge “Crystallized with Swarovski”. Read the rest of this entry »

hand-made-shoes-italian.jpgI must admit I am no shoe expert but I always raise my eyebrows when I see small luxury details! And when I saw the pictures of Bontoni men’s shoes I realized these are probably the most beautiful men’s shoes I have ever seen!!! Read the rest of this entry »

copperHermandad de la Costa is a brand for hand-made decorative home accents and accessories. They mostly use copper, ceramics and silver. So far they’ve been selling their high-end arty products at Philadelphia Musuem of Art, Bergdorf Goodman and they are currently working with Kelly Wearstler. This $1600 / €1200Change Copper Vase is really neat. The wonderful color was obtained just using the fire. Read the rest of this entry »

sarah-jessica-parker-shoes1.jpgThis one is for all the ladies. My girlfriend just told me about the The Shoe goddess. It’s a nicely designed blog on … Well. On shoes!

A woman sure looks great in well designed shoes and I actually know many women who cherish their shoe collection far more than they cherish their jewelry. The Shoe Goddess obviously knows this and that is why she is probably the #1 in the online luxury shoes niche. One of the most interesting things I found on her website was a really nice (sho)e-shopping guide.

She suggests the following sites for the best online shopping experience: www.netaporter.com, www.neimanmarcus.com, www.saks.com, www.barneys.com, www.eluxury.com

The shoes on the photo are from Sarah Jessica Parker shoe collection. She sure is THE shoe star. ;)

luxury-summit-venice.jpgThe third annual luxury summit will happen in Venice on June 3-5, 2007.This year the FT business of luxury core theme seems to be very interesting. On their website the organizers say this years’ focus will be on: Old Luxury in New Markets; New Luxury in the Old World. Read the rest of this entry »

AbuDhabi Kings Palace is just amazing. Enjoy this presentation and get some luxury idea for your home.

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Luvaglio million dollar laptop was built with the idea to develop something out of the ordinary with real attention to detail. Ok. This is promotional talk. Behind the scenes it is known this beauty comes with 17 inch wide screen LED lit screen, 128 G disc and a Blue-Ray drive. Luvaglio million dollar portable computer is not just an ordinary laptop with diamonds. Everything from external look to keyboard feel and down to charging unit is pure luxury. Diamonds are used with purpose and act a security role.

The true element of luxury is having something that says “YOU”, that money can’t buy.

That’s why this million dollar laptop will be relatively custom made. At Luvaglio they have access to some of the rarest diamonds in the world. And they are going to use this skill when building luxury laptops and other gadgets. Yes … They are planning to overcome the gadget and luxury technology sector. The diamond laptop is just a first step.

The price of the first such laptop will be around $1,000,000 / €750,000.