mercoledì 22 dicembre 2010

Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh: Adorable at Big Star Entertainment Awards

December 22, 2010, (Sawf News) - Band Baaja Baaraat co-stars Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh charmed at the debut Big Star Entertainment Awards in Andheri, Mumbai on Tuesday, December 21.

Anushka Sharma flaunts her towering figure in blue Versace mini dress. Photo Credit: Sawf News

Anushka looked gorgeous in a blue and black Versace colorblocked long sleeve dress; Ranveer was dressed to kill in black suite.

Anushka paired her body hugging mini dress with black strappy caged heels, black clutch and light jewelry - stud earrings and two rings on her right hand.

Her waist length hair, styled with a deep side parting, draped her back and cascaded down her left shoulder. Blue eye shadow and bronze lipstick rounded her alluring looks.

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Luxury Abounds in Books on Vuitton, Savile Row, Extreme Golf, Zeffirelli - Bloomberg

Luxury Abounds in Books on Vuitton, Savile Row, Extreme Golf, Zeffirelli

By Jeremy Gerard - Dec 22, 2010 6:01 AM GMT+0100

The auditorium of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium. The photograph is included in the lavish book "Palaces of Music: Opera Houses of Europe" by Ahmet Ertug, with text by Michael Forsyth. Photographer: Ahmet Ertug via Bloomberg

The cover jacket of "Bespoke: The Men's Style of Savile Row" by James Sherwood. Source: Rizzoli via Bloomberg

The auditorium viewed from the upper circle of the Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona, Spain. Photographer: Ahmet Ertug via Bloomberg

The auditorium seen from the stage of the Teatro Communale, Bologna, Italy. The photograph is included in the lavish book "Palaces of Music: Opera Houses of Europe" by Ahmet Ertug, with text by Michael Forsyth. Photographer: Ahmet Ertug via Bloomberg

The cover jacket of "Leonard Bernstein at Work: His Final Years, 1984-1990." The book showcases Steve J. Sherman?s black-and-white photographs. Source: Amadeus Press via Bloomberg

The cover jacket of "Living Architecture: Greatest American Houses of the 20th Century" by Dominique Browning and Lucy Gilmour. Source: Assouline via Bloomberg

In March 1905, Georges Vuitton dared escape artist Harry Houdini to pit his skill against a handmade trunk bearing the Vuitton family name.

“Sir, I take the liberty of challenging you,” he wrote in a newspaper ad, “to get out of a BOX MADE BY ME, NAILED SHUT after you get in by MY STAFF, and tied with ropes.” Houdini doesn’t seem to have taken up the offer, aware, no doubt, that the LV brand stood for goods even tougher than he.

“Louis Vuitton: 100 Legendary Trunks” (Abrams) is as luxe and quirky as the luggage produced by the house since 1854, when Louis Vuitton opened his shop on the rue Scribe in Paris. Here are the trunk custom made to transport diva Lily Pons’s 36 pairs of shoes and a black trunk emblazoned with a life-size penguin ordered by the avant-garde director Robert Wilson.

There’s even a trunk made expressly to carry a Sony PlayStation 3 and all its accoutrements.

Bespoke!

And here is Michael Caine, Alfie himself, in a sleek black double-breasted suit tailored for him by Douglas Hayward.

The photo is a standout in “Bespoke: The Men’s Style of Savile Row” (Rizzoli). In a changing fashion world where “custom” fittings are done by computer, it’s practically nostalgic to revisit the likes of Gieves & Hawkes and a time when hunting outfits included a top hat and silk cravat. Jude Law knows (he’s here, in Kilgour), as does David Beckham (in Timothy Everest).

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WIN a pair of designer shoes every month for an entire year from NET-A-PORTER!

As this chilly Tuesday draws to a close, we’ve got one final treat up our sleeves...

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Mel Gibson Lists Costa Rican Hideaway For $35 Million

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Dec 22nd 2010 at 11:02AM

Is a 500-acre spread in Costa Rica not private enough? That's the reason Mel Gibson is giving for listing his tropical getaway, Hacienda Dorada, for sale. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Gibson's property is up for sale through Engel & Volkers for $35 million because the oceanfront property is no longer private enough and he is plagued by paparazzi when he is there. The estate on the Nicoya Peninsula has a seven-bedroom main house, a pair of two-bedroom homes, each with a private pool. The property is staffed full time. He brought the property in 2007 for $25.8 million.

Gibson may be in for a bit of a wait if he wants to sell this one. Earlier this year he finally sold Old Mill Farm, his 75-acre Greenwich, Connecticut estate. It went for nearly $24 million after spending three years on the market and having a series of price cuts. He bought the property in 1994 for $9.3 million.

His Malibu property, Lavender Hill Farm, where his ex-wife Robyn lived, hit the market earlier this year for $14.5 million is still listed but with a lower price of $12.75 million.

lunedì 6 dicembre 2010

Miami, 06 Dec 2010 -

StudioBene© (P.3456289885), a private company experienced in art investments, announces the purchase of the "Inthenet Saga" by Andrea Ampelio Meli for the value of 32000 USD. Dated Aug 2002, the 4 photos referred to as: "Social Networking", "Nick Inthenet", "Inthenet People", "Inthenet Freedom" to denounce the skewed perception of freedom in the Internet, which drives people to hide in anonymity. "There was a widespread feeling that is synonymous with fear. The temptation to express themselves without brakes in the alleged anonymity, is somewhat the impossibility to be ourself." The author wrote (Inadeguato -come me).

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mercoledì 1 dicembre 2010

StudioBene-cr (P.3456289885), a private company experienced in art investments acquired the art work “French Kiss” (100x100 cm - 39”x39) by the Italian artist Andrea Ampelio Meli for the value of € 185000.

The artwork represents an interesting example of POW (painting on the waters) technique developped by the artist from Parma.

Previous value € 123000 quoted on 28-03-2009 as per Hong Kong acquisition by Wei Long private collector.

The Italian artist to register an improvement of +30% on a Year basis

Paris the diamond hitech handbag: Consciousness of luxury

The new amazing hi-tech Minaudiere by Andrea Ampelio Meli as an example of hi-tech luxury culture and social consciousness

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Minaudiere Name: Paris.

Black, pink and white diamonds to fit the mosaic composition for this exclusive minaudiere by the Italian artist Andrea Ampelio Meli (andreameli.it, andreameli.asia, andreameli.in, andreameli.jp). Fine python leather to complete the inner bag.
Shaped to meet the dream by any Milady, the handbag reveals an automatic credit card holder, integrated mobile phone, a couple of bluetooth diamond earrings to call your love for an exclusive and warm: "Thank You!". These are a short example only of the tech-gadgets amazingly installed inside this beautiful piece of art. Just click on the diamond cover to disclose each function and to live such as gorgeous apps. Full set for make-up and all you need to bring inside the handbag for an unforgettable event. Wearing the name of the lady inspiring the model, Paris minaudiere is the last design to represent a tech evolution on the research in luxury sector by Andrea Ampelio Meli. Luxury designs by Andrea Ampelio Meli are very often collected as fine art. 2010 to register a performance of +28% per value on limited edition collected designs. Paris purse is available on 3 pieces only and sold out for the value of € X345000 each, 10 percent of which is donated to charity foundations. Painter, sculptor, designer and writer (his last book “Inadequate (like me)” went sold out within a few of weeks) grew up in the hinterland of the beautiful “Petite Capitale” of Parma-Italy to flight overseas very soon. Talented as well as one of the most reserved artists, we had pleasure to contact the Italian artist at his headquarter in Paris-France to understand the reason for the donating choice:"Luxury is culture. The Culture of donation" Andrea Ampelio Meli said.

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