No matter how beautiful something is some people just can’t live in a copy and paste world and need an environment that is truly just for them. That is where the world renown French-Moroccan luxury interior designer Rita Chraibi comes in. She has a remarkable list of clients from Miami to Morocco, New York to Paris. The palaces, princes, hotels and Hollywood stars who all look to Chraibi for perfectly remarkable designs know that she delivers what no one else can. Singularity. Rita Chraibi, formed a concept she calls Only Once, where each piece of furniture and design you will…
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When world traveler and Australian Gemologist, Tereena Lucas, decided to channel her love of beauty, art and culture into a jewelry collection she knew it had to not only be beautiful in appearance but that she also had to imbue it with a beautiful soul. Each ring, necklace and pendant had to have something special and unique. As such, she started at the source, ensuring each diamond and jewel be ethically sourced. With these parcels of treasures she began to design a collection that often features a burnished, matte finish creating a feeling of a happened upon coin, ring, or…
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In one of the driest deserts in the world, late into the night, there is a garden of prickly pear bathed in moonlight. As the precious cacti are resting in the desert chill of the night it prepares itself for the first blush of sunrise, soon transforming into a feverish mid-day heat wave. From ancient times this remarkable and unassuming plant has quietly become one of the most important sources of food and an ingredient in skincare for the native cultures where it is found, in particular Morocco. On a chance encounter on a departing flight from Casablanca, international makeup…
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Aureus in Latin literally means golden and that is the perfect name for this one-of-a-kind surfboard. The team at LUX Surfboards, Ellie Miller and Danni Bradford, broke convention when they created Aureus, the world’s first and currently only 24 Karat gold gilt surfboard. The design of this golden god hails from the early 1970s and keeps with the traditional single-fin short-board layout. This work of art was handmade in England with the greatest care and craftsmanship. The gold leaf was hand-applied to accentuate every curve. The deck’s triple layer gold leaf elliptical pipeline design matches the glassed-on fiberglass fin and…
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When you're heading up a company founded on the work of one of fashion's most iconic women of all time you have a lot to live up to. Fortunately Alexander Vreeland, the grandson of Diana Vreeland, is cut from the same chic cloth.
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The iconic institution that is Diana Vreeland lives on thanks to the creative eye and wisdom of her grandson, Alexander Vreeland. The latest book launch, Diana Vreeland: The Modern Woman, is already making a splash and explores her 26 year career as editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar. Decadent in images that showcase her creative genius and collaborations with visionary photographers, such as Richard Avedon, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Lillian Bassman, Martin Munkacsi and George Hoyningen-Huene, this is obviously a must have book in any fashion and art lover’s personal library. Flipping through the pages you begin to touch on the groundbreaking…