Saturday, January 5, 2008

White Gold Bottle - Dom Perignon


The house of Dom Perignon,has unveiled their latest divine creation with the 1995 Vintage White Gold Jeroboam commemorative champagne. This seductive beauty is the newest addition to the famed Perignon name and the limited 100 luxurious bottles will be available through only a few select locations: Hotel Byblos in St. Tropez, Matsuzakaya Department Store in Nagoya's Sakae-ku of Japan, and a few chosen nightclubs in the United States. Balanced notes of fresh apricot, brioche, honey and almond make this champagne a true taste of elegance.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

The Warhol Economy:How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City by Elizabeth Currid


In The Warhol Economy, Elizabeth Currid argues that creative industries like fashion, art, and music drive the economy of New York as much as if not more than finance, real estate, and law. And these creative industries are fueled by the social life that whirls around the clubs, galleries, music venues, and fashion shows where creative people meet, network, exchange ideas, pass judgments, and set the trends that shape popular culture. The economics of art and culture in New York and other cities has been greatly misunderstood and underrated. The Warhol Economy explains how the cultural economy works-and why it is vital to all great cities.

The book has fascinating original interviews with many of New York's important creative figures, including fashion designers Zac Posen and Diane von Furstenberg.

Aerin Lauder's Closet



Designer Milly's apartment in NYC - Gorgeous!




Neue Gallerie


If you've never been to the Neue Gallerie in New York, you really should plan a visit. It's a small little jewel box of a place with a fabulous restaurant, Cafe Sabarsky, named after the museum's co-founder Serge Sabarsky, that serves authentic Viennese specialties. It's a great place to enjoy a hot chocolate on a cold New York afternoon. The Neue Galerie (New Gallery) also has a Gustav Klimt exhibit opening on October 18th. Check it out and enjoy some beautiful art and maybe a little strudel

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon


Look forward to seeing the movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, that is learn is based on the memoir, Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, by Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor-in-chief of French Elle who suffered a rare stroke to the brain stem. Only his brain and his left eye were left undamaged. Yet Bauby didn’t let a small thing like paralysis stop him from blinking his memoir into existence. His memories included a combination of how he remembered life and how he imagined life would have been had he not been paralyzed at the age of 43. His extravagant and larger than life interpretation of a world he never knew is inspirational and heartwarming.

Murakami



Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has attracted celebrities and art enthusiasts, as well as serious shoppers, due to the freestanding Louis Vuitton store inside. Once again, another example of art and fashion colliding with the help of some serious brand management.
“If you look at the world of art people interested in contemporary art, they are usually interested in luxury,” said Yves Carcelle, the president of Louis Vuitton. “
There has been a lot of comparison between Takashi Murakami and Andy Warhol as well. Murakami calls his studio the factory just like Warhol and has a team of assistants who actually "create" his art which also blurs the line between high and low, similar to Warhol.