Luxury

Shock in the arts’ world normally revolves around works that are pushing the boundaries of decency, but this time around it is the demise of arguably the best and largest visual arts and crafts event on the calendar: Art In Action.  

Last night I watched agog as Bill Bailey performed his new live show, Limboland, at Glive (or “galive” as he calls it) in Guildford. The sheer raw talent, skill, energy and technique was quite awe inspiring. The term genius is too often used, but in this case there is simply no other way to encompass the range and abilities Bill Bailey exhibits in this two hour show.

Marané is dedicated to connecting its wearer with the water and the surrounding natural world, through painstaking attention to detail, high quality construction, and an incomparable cut.
The story of Marané and its elegant and classic Manantiales swim short is rooted in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Atlantic Ocean, wild uncluttered beaches and a thriving creative community inspired lifelong family friends Christine Serhal and Alessandro Aquilina, to create the perfect swim short.

Professor Qing Wang, co-founder of Warwick Luxury & Innovation Hub will present her latest research findings at the 2016 Global Marketing Conference in Hong Kong on the “influence of cultural experiences on consumers’ authenticity evaluation of luxury brands”, using British luxury brands as a case study.

Frost. Brrrrr! For many, the word "frost" conjures forth images of breath-condensing cold and bright, early-morning winter sunshine scintillating off frost-covered lawns. That natural frost sparkles vivaciously due to light reflecting off the microscopically uneven ice crystals – exactly like the LM101 Frost sparkles due to light reflecting off its microscopically uneven frosted surface.

The jewellery auction season is over and now that the blizzard of publicity and eye watering numbers has stopped cascading towards us we can step back and take a measured look at how the sales have performed.

Oman Air were today crowned kings of Act 3 of the Extreme sailing Series™ following a tense finale that saw them only just manage to hold off a late charge from rivals Red Bull sailing Team.
Morgan Larson’s men went into the fourth and final day of racing in Cardiff Bay with a commanding 17-point lead following a string of top results executed with trademark consistency throughout the Act. When they finished second in the first four races it looked like they would breeze to glory, but just as it looked like victory was sewn up Red Bull sailing Team mounted a spirited comeback.

Renowned British furniture Designer, Tim Gosling, is curating the main entrance at this year’s Decorex International (18-21 September). Embracing this year’s show theme, the roots of design, Tim will be constructing a spectacular exhibition called ‘The Heritage of Chair Making’ that documents the links between interior design, architecture and the exceptional heritage of British craftsmanship through the ages.

Goodwood Festival of Speed is delighted to announce that the car Bugatti call “the world’s most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car,” will be making its UK dynamic debut at the world’s most luxurious motoring celebration.  
After its global premiere at this year’s Geneva International Motor Show, Festival of Speed visitors will to be able to get up close to this incredible car, named after Monegasque racing driver Louis Chiron, as it prepares to tear up the infamous Goodwood hill.

It’s perhaps ironic that with Iceland having one of the lowest murder rates in the world, the local population is lapping up crime fiction by Icelandic and foreign novelists in the murder mystery genre. You just have to compare homicides in Reykjavik to Caracas. In fact the murder rate in Iceland is twenty times lower than the world average according to the ‘Homicide Map’ from Brazilian think tank Igarapé.