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    FASHION: Bárbara Bandeira’s $105,000 Gold Dress

    Portuguese singer Bárbara Bandeira’s latest music video has caught international attention with its unique and eye-wateringly expensive dress featured throughout the film. The famous European singer created a music video that clearly had a vision of celebrating the Portuguese culture and, one facet it has had since perhaps even before colonial days, is a history of fine gold smithing. They have an eye for treasure and her gown showcases it perfectly. She enlisted the jewelry design house Portugal Jewels to help bring the creative vision to life. The native jewelry brand is rooted in heritage craftsmanship, a perfect fit for…

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    LIFESTYLE: Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc Launches The Eden-Roc Riviera Collection

      This season’s reopening of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc was marked by the launch of their Eden-Roc Riviera collection, a playful and chic gathering of all things elegant and refined to enjoy at the hotel and beyond. Exclusive and deliciously curated, the luxury lifestyle collection is now available through its new online boutique, where you’ll find a curated trove featuring collaborations with like-minded brands; such as Bamford, Dear Annabelle, Riedel, Rue de Verneuil, Chez Dede and regional artisans, as well as iconic branded items, such as an Eden-Roc lifebuoy, a 150-year history coffee table book, elegant glassware, and more, providing…

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    FINE ART: Ted Hartley’s ONWARD Exhibition

    Written By: Alicia Kunkel Perhaps if we knew that we would live to 100 years of life, each of us might choose to be brave enough to become all that we wished we could become. A dancer, a marine biologist, a cowboy, a president. Would 100 years be enough time to be all the versions of ourselves that we dream that we could be? Well, without the guarantee, Omaha born Ted Hartley, lives his life with a mission of always moving forward and never letting the past pull him down with regrets and doubt. His 100 years of life have…

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    FINE ART: Crane Court Gallery

    Looking to London’s latest venues for fine art, the Crane Court Gallery certainly stands out among them. The gallery itself offers a fascinating provenance, as it served as Sir Isaac Newton’s Royal Society and its museum, as well as the headquarters for Punch magazine. Today, it’s curator and director Alex Prior, known internationally as one of Brittain’s important gallerist, who has worked closely with clients based in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia on both public and private projects and commissions, is proud to present this stunning five story townhouse, now home to important works from both established and…

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    ART: Jan Kaláb & Modern Morphology

    Bright, boundless and bold. Jan Kaláb is known from Europe to Shanghai, New York City to Rio de Janeiro, as an exuberate artist who turn shapes, streetcorners and galleries into points of shifting perspective. There is a youthful projection of coloring outside of the lines. Perhaps that is reminiscent of the wild nights in Prague he spent slipping from stop to stop on the subway delving recklessly into graffiti with his friends, a crew called the ‘The DSK’ in Prague’s art center, formerly known as the Cakes. They would quickly throw street art all over the walls in an attempt…

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    EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Jill Bokor, Executive Director of NYC’S Salon Art +Design

    Art is transformative, groundbreaking and seductive. Something as delicate as a drawing of a butterfly or imposing like large sculptural columns dripping in gold; historic as a tiny carved animal from ancient Greece or a glittering contemporary glasswork, art transports the viewer to a shared vision and moment in time with the creator, a glimpse inside the often inscrutable human mind. There we find beauty. Once again New York City is privileged to host a veritable consortium of the most trained eyes in the art world during the annual Salon Art + Design. The premiere event showcases world renown galleries…

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    MAISON RAPIN: ITALIAN METALWORKERS

    Maison Rapin will showcase the official grand opening of its second location on rue de Beaune with the theme of Novecento Italy, Italian Metalworkers In The Liberty Period. The highly stylized workmanship  by the great artist of the 1900’s – 1930’s, shows an elegance and love of nature artfully portrayed in the curves and corners of their designs. Join in the celebration  September 5th to October 15th 2018, at 3 rue de Beaune 75007 Paris. To Learn More Visit: Maison Rapin Photo Credits: Maison Rapin SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MAILING LIST FOR MORE LUXURY TODAY! YOU WOULD ALSO ENJOY

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    LANVIN & THE TECHISM OF KRISTA KIM

    It has never been more true that ‘fashion is art’ than this year’s Fall/Winter collection by Lanvin, who took an inspirational turn in their designs by collaborating with Techism artist Krista Kim, a leading contemporary artist who creates emotionally moving creations with her large digital algorithmic paintings.  The collection that Olivier Lapidus, the maison’s artistic director and initiator of the first e-couture label, and Krista Kim brought to life is a fusion of high technology and high fashion, for the modern woman. Elegantly balancing a futuristic vision with timeless pieces as they explore what it means to be human in the digital age.…

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    DEMISCH DANANT: NARRATIVES ON VIEW

    Demisch Danant opens the year with a view to explore more than the visual aspect of art and goes deeper into the meaning and importance of each unique piece. 2018 is the year of ‘Narratives’, an exploration of the stories behind the art and why they have been chosen. Whether the work is a turning point for the designer’s career, represents new innovation in technology and material – or is just a beautiful object, there is a singular begging to be told.   Narratives   1.  a spoken or written account of connected events; a story. 2.  the practice or art…

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    NOMAD: ST. MORTIZ & GIUSTINI/STAGETTI GALLERIA O. ROMA

    Giustini / Stagetti Galleria O. Roma is delighted to announce its participation at the second edition of NOMAD, the traveling showcase dedicated to collectible design and presented for the first time in St. Moritz. The venue of this edition will be the historical Chesa Planta, built in 1595 as a stately patrician house, then enlarged in 1760, nowadays documents the domestic culture in the Upper Engadin from the XVIII to the XIX century. Particularly known for its sleek and elegant life, St. Moritz is renowned for being the destination of the world’s most stylish holidays in Europe, it hosted two…