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de Grisogono tells you what time it is

Mar 31st, 2006 8:57pm
grisogono watch

A bitchin' pink way to tell the world what time it is. We like. Very much.

And talking about design houses liberating their inner pimps in new areas, de Grisogono ties in three current trends of product diversification, healthy lifestyle focus, and mass luxury to hook you up with these fancy skipping ropes and haute weights:...

Van Cleef & Arpels wrist gems

7:44pm

vancleef watches

For those who just love ambiguity in everything, enter the "secret watches" by Van Cleef & Arpels. The watch faces are revealed by pulling on tiny handles to expose hidden blinged-out drawers that just happen to contain dials too. If you're into cherry blossoms and coral structure motifs, the left one's for you. If that's just ...

Multiple Bubbly chiller and drinking horns

Mar 30th, 2006 9:20pm
So, you know how you, puffy P-diddy Diddy P-Doodles, the Donald, Xtina, etc. be chilling after before/during/after a hard night of partying and for some reason, the silly gophers are being slow on the Cristal refills? Well, you can now banish your tipply angst old chap; just have Jeeves update your crockery with this stylish multiple bubbly chiller from the peeps at Rita Jordens. ...

CarLoft: when your wheels are part of the view

Mar 29th, 2006 1:55am

CarLoft

German firm Paul-Linke-Höfe presents an interesting way of combining space. If you've ever felt that your car should sleep inside, not in the garage, then CarLoft has just the loft apartment for you. When you arrive, you simply drive inside the elevator (CarLift) which then delivers you to your unit. Some of the attractive advantages listed include ...

Boutique Viticulture: Mexico’s renaissance

Mar 5th, 2006 11:37pm

Winery Baja California,  Mexico The wine industry in Mexico is undergoing a renaissance which is manifesting itself in the form of boutiques wineries in Baja California.  Some say its the next Napa and a few foreign wine-makers have moved to the area and wine-making classes are even available at a wine school. One of the wineries on a tear is ...

Tailor-made condoms? Leave it to the Germans.

Mar 2nd, 2006 9:29pm
These days Forbes now counts billionaires instead of millionaires.  Likewise, the bar for pimpdom just got raised again.  So forget your tailor-made suits or bespoke shoes, this is really what tell us whether you've arrived: Do you have your condoms tailor-made?  Word. Individually tailored condoms that are anatomically designed to fit each penis perfectly are going on sale in Germany. Businessman Oliver Gothe, 36, is behind ...

Bling this: diamonds & gem warfare

Dec 20th, 2005 1:00am

diamonds

I recently came across an interesting article by Jay Epstein exploring the good ol' marketing precept that the value of a diamond never diminishes, until you try to sell it... Why you're forever being told that "diamonds are forever", so don't sell/exchange, just buy more. Good thing I happen to find conventional/white diamonds ...

N’Orleans: It ain’t over until it’s over.

Dec 13th, 2005 1:00am
pillar From random looting to architectural theft in New Orleans: Professional photographer Keith Calhoun is resigned to the hurricane that destroyed his studio. And he has even reconciled himself to the pilfering of negatives he had stored there. But what has him spitting nails is the recent looting of the fat cypress beams that had kept his Victorian-era building standing -- and that would ...

Boff n buzz to the rhythm; iPod sex toy

Nov 15th, 2005 1:00am

ibuzz ipod sex toy

"Big buzz over iPod sex toy; Boffins have invented iBuzz, a sex toy that connects up to an iPod and vibrates in time to the music."  Well OKAY!  Time someone addressed our real needs (*snort*)

Get your luxe on, war or not! KABUL’s first 5-star hotel

Nov 8th, 2005 2:00am
Kabul's 1st luxury hotel
Why let trivial things like war and strife stop you from getting your luxe on?  Kabul, Afghanistan opens its first 5-star hotel

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