Swatch has a new collaboration out; this time, with Swiss dive timepiece experts, Blancpain. This second partnership with a luxury brand on a legacy model has birthed the Bioceramic Scuba Fifty Fathoms collection consisting of five designs, each paying homage to the five oceans and the creatures …
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The Superfake Luxury Industry is Evolving — and Booming
In 2021, Chanel announced that it would be restricting sales of its bags in South Korea in what experts said was a move to check hoarding and inflated prices on the secondary market. However, with the rise of ‘superfake’ luxury handbags in Indonesia and elsewhere, it is clear that Chanel, and all…
ASPIRE CEO: Dr Chichi Menakaya is Delivering the Ultimate Concierge Medicine Experience
Concierge medicine has always been in existence. Think back to ancient monarchical times when the nobility had their personal doctors at their beck and call. Or, if you would rather not travel so far back in time, you likely had a ‘family doctor’ your parents would reach out to whenever anyone in…
Luxury Fashion is Finding New and Exciting Expressions
Do you remember the year Coco Chanel started wearing and designing pants for women in the early 20th century, causing high society to clutch their pearls and gasp in collective horror at such audacious vulgarity? Or, when in 1947, Christian Dior threw this same class into further distress by debu…
How Koko Beach Hotel and Resort is Shaping Up to Be Lagos’ Dream Luxury Destination
It may not seem like much now, but Richie Shittu’s Koko Beach Hotel and Resort, scheduled to open in 2025, may become the pinnacle of luxury all-inclusive resorts in Lagos. Its latest announcement that it has been added to the Curio Collection by Hilton is just further confirmation of its entranc…
The Future of Private Jets: The Gulfstream G800 Takes The Lead
There is a new, shiny kid on the private jet block that is hoping to change the business of flying private, and, if history is anything to go by, then the newly-introduced Gulfstream G800 will successfully do just that. What is special about the G800? The corporate aerospace giant, Gulfstream, ha…
The First-Ever Louis Vuitton Luxury Lounge Opens at The Hamad International Airport, Qatar
Qatar’s Hamad International Airport is already considered one of the top luxurious airports in the world with a five-star rating from Skytrax. With its latest addition, the first-ever Louis Vuitton luxury lounge, it is sure to rank even higher on the list. The LV Luxury Lifestyle Louis Vuitton ha…
What’s the Future of First Class Travel Like? Lufthansa Allegris Offers Some Insight
It almost feels like an act of sabotage that Lufthansa would include revamped first-class suites in its newly-launched Lufthansa Allegris, a catalogue of products crafted specially for its long-haul flights. After all, the general opinion is that first-class cabins on commercial flights are on th…
Turn the Lights off on Old Products like Rolls Royce did with the Final Rolls Royce V12 Coupe
It has been only a few weeks since Rolls Royce officially sent off its V12 engines in the specially-crafted Black Badge Wraith Black Arrow, and while it is not the first automaker to do this, the way it chose to go about this process, right from the creation of the last engines to their final [&h…
Unable to get Your Fave Hermès Kelly Bag? That is set to change Soon
We are only in Q1 of 2023, but Hermès looks like it is having a great year. According to recent reports, the international market value of the French luxury brand has now surpassed €200 billion, making it the second most valuable luxury brand after LVMH. Simply put, Hermès products, like the Kel…