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Presented in the style of a fashion magazine, offers the style-savvy customer exactly what she wants – unprecedented access to the hottest looks of the season from international cutting edge labels via worldwide express delivery.
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Valentines will be getting fewer karats this year
Plunging stock prices and home values are making consumers feel less wealthy, and robbing some of the passion from luxury shopping.
"We'll sell a lot of diamond rings and pendants, from $59 up to $300 or $400," said Jerry Taylor, an assistant manager at Rich's Jewelry and Pawn Shop in Newark. "But we won't be selling much gold. This is the time for people to sell their gold, not buy it." | Millionaire Fair - About Millionaire Fair
In 2002, the organisers of the Millionaire Fair shook the little country of the Netherlands at its foundations by organising an event unparalleled in luxury and size. 'A fairytale for the affluent, a cornucopia for culinary fans and a feast of superlatives', said the press. Initiator Gijrath Media Groep International S.à r.l, publisher of Miljonair Magazine, launched the idea for the Millionaire Fair on the basic theme of their magazine: 'The Luxury Lifestyle'. The Amsterdam launch paved the way for a great success. The next year, in 2003, the fair quadrupled in terms of size and number of visitors. In 2005, the first international Millionaire Fair was held in Moscow. Since then, this glamorous spectacle has been conquering the world and the Millionaire Fair is known as the World's Leading Luxury Fair. A place where the top of the international luxury industry meet to present their most beautiful and exclusive products and services. | BillionairesLife.com
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| Fashion's Elite Expand Online - By ELVA RAMIREZ - August 11, 2007
Luxury labels finally warm to the Web, designing high-tech sites that aim to enhance their upscale appeal with video and more
A January 2007 survey by market research firm Luxury Institute found that 99% of those 21 years and older with a minimum household income of $150,000 had Internet access at home -- and 94% said they used broadband connections, which are amenable for video viewing. Similarly high numbers were reported for the use of the Internet in researching products and shopping. Naturally, as high-end consumers have gone on the Web, more luxury brands and high-end retailers have opened up online flagships (though they generally have lagged behind other industries' online offerings).
Many luxe sites also aim to give visitors a sense that they are getting insider information. Those not invited to Fashion Week's members-only tents can watch the runway shows online. Christian Dior's Fall/Winter Haute Couture extravaganza, in honor of the fashion house's 60th anniversary, was available online the morning after the show. | Omniyat Properties breaks ground on the USD136 million 'The Pad'
Omniyat Properties, the real estate development arm of the UAE headquartered Omniyat Holdings, has broken ground on its USD136 million (AED 550 million) technologically advanced apartment tower - 'The Pad'- in Dubai's prestigious Business Bay district.
'Business Bay has already attracted developers delivering innovative designs, but the concept of 'The Pad' lifts its appeal to a whole new level,' he said.
'The Pad' will have 231 'intelligent' apartments ranging from studios to one and two-bedroom units as well as a range of 'loft' homes. The I features in each apartment covers everything from communications and entertainment to shopping which all fuse a plethora of technologically advanced features, making the entire building a reactive. | BurJuman - the world's most luxurious shopping destination
Located in the heart of Dubai, the BurJuman Centre is a distinctive landmark which comprises of 800,000 square feet of retail space.
The residence of high-fashion BurJuman brings the world before your eyes. Here's where the world's leading brands mingle comfortably with one another. Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermes, Valentino, Emanel Ungaro, Loewe, Etro, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Christian Lacroix, Salvatore Ferragamo, Just Cavalli, and many more. Tempations abound, but the feeling of getting the finest in an ambience of absolute comfort and luxury is wonderful. With 300 leading stores including Saks 5th Avenue, you'll always be spoilt for choice. | The famous Dutch shoppingstreet PC Hooftstraat in Amsterdam (Netherlands). The PC Hooftstraat is THE shoppingstreet to: find the major fashionbrands, take unique personal care, find unique products as they are style- AND classfull. This site gives an impression about a fabulous visit and gives you information about a unique street in Amsterdam that attracts more people every year. | Shanghai Tang opens Boutique at Mandarin Oriental, Miami. Florida’s first Shanghai Tang, the luxury brand renowned for its vibrant and witty articulation of Chinese culture translated in its fashion, accessories and homeware items has opened at the Mandarin Oriental, Miami.
“We are thrilled to offer our guests and local residents a new luxury shopping experience,” said Gabriella Panis, Mandarin Oriental’s Retail Manager. “As the leader of Modern Chinese Chic, Shanghai Tang perfectly befits the hotel’s vibrant design and Oriental heritage.” | Mandarina Duck has conquered the Pyramids. Look out though! We’re not in Egypt but in the Wafi Mall; one of Dubai’s luxury leisure and shopping kingdoms, where a new mono-brand store has just opened.
If you’re not a millionaire but want to live in luxury, I suggest staying at the (not inexpensive) Raffles Dubai Hotel, which, of course, is a pyramid!
Wafi City MallA typical day in Dubai includes some serious shopping in the frenzied international stores. Make sure that you get an advantage card, with which you might even win a free flight! | Luxury Shopping Trips
Shivani Vora 06.15.07, 11:45 AM ET
Why go stare at some big white marble dude named David, when instead you can go shopping for a Fendi sweater?
That’s the attitude of a majority of luxury travelers, according to new statistics. A 2006 study by the Travel Industry Association shows leisure travelers going abroad prefer shopping (53%) to sightseeing (48%). Among domestic travelers, the only activity more popular than shopping is dining out.
"Travelers have always been interested in shopping," says Douglas Amrine, publisher of DK Eyewitness, a travel guide series. "But these days people have more disposable income and are traveling more frequently and more adventurously. As a result, they are shopping in foreign countries more than they used to." | Brands love India. Jimmy Choo and Gucci are just the latest makers of luxury goods to target India as the next hot growth market, joining Herm�s, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Piaget, Tiffany, Moschino and others. Last October, Chanel launched its brand by organizing an exhibition and haute couture extravaganza in New Delhi's tony Imperial Hotel with models flown in from Paris. That same month, Swatch Group introduced its Breguet watches (average price: $30,000) to India, which it hails as one of the world's most enticing growth markets. In January, the Indian government gave upscale retailers a further boost by allowing foreign companies to own a controlling interest of 51% in joint ventures operating "single-brand" stores. | BurJuman - the world's most luxurious shopping destination
Located in the heart of Dubai, the BurJuman Centre is a distinctive landmark which comprises of 800,000 square feet of retail space.
The residence of high-fashion BurJuman brings the world before your eyes. Here's where the world's leading brands mingle comfortably with one another. Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermes, Valentino, Emanel Ungaro, Loewe, Etro, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Christian Lacroix, Salvatore Ferragamo, Just Cavalli, and many more. Tempations abound, but the feeling of getting the finest in an ambience of absolute comfort and luxury is wonderful. With 300 leading stores including Saks 5th Avenue, you'll always be spoilt for choice. | Stella McCartney expands in luxury-hungry Asia
SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (Reuters Life!) - Stella McCartney's luxury fashion and accessories label, part of French retail group PPR , which also owns Gucci and other luxury brands, opened its first boutique in Southeast Asia in Singapore, forging deeper into a region hungry for everything designer.
The store joins three outlets for the brand in China, regional distributor, The Lane Crawford Joyce Group said in a statement on Monday. It is also part of a global expansion by McCartney that will see shops in Tokyo, the Middle East and Moscow within the next few years.
The Singapore store stocks McCartney's main label as well as accessories including perfumes and her newly launched organic cosmetics line.
Along with Hong Kong and Shanghai, Singapore is one of the main shopping centres in Asia, where a growing, newly affluent class is fuelling demand for luxury goods. Stella McCartney’s web site Biography and news with photographs of current and previous collections.
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