Matthew Williamson for Ladurée

Laduree have undergone a makeover with the help of British fashion designer Matthew Williamson.

The macarons boxes – designed in his signature kaleidoscopic, graphic style — will be available during London Fashion Week starting Sept, 16 before moving across the channel to the pastry shop’s home to coincide with Paris Fashion Week Sept, 27.

A box of eight macarons — light airy cookies made with egg whites, sugar, ground almond powder and ganache filling — costs €15. 60.

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Jeremy Scott’s watches for Swatch

Following to the initial collaboration with Jeremy Scott, Swiss watchmakers Swatch unveils another set of fun, funky, and undoubtedly attention-grabbing set of timepieces. Five new stylish designs are presented for Swatch x Jeremy Scott Fall/Winter 2011-2012 Collection, the (S)watches arrive with signature Jeremy Scott finishes seen throughout the wristwatches and lone pocket watch. The collection will be distributed to retailers later this month.

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The Wolseley: Best restaurant in London

The most popular restaurant in London as chosen by Zagat readers is a grandiose café-restaurant with towering pillars and sweeping archways that was formerly a car showroom and now serves high tea and coq au vin.
The 2012 London Restaurants Survey includes the ratings and reviews of 1,187 restaurants in Greater London as voted on by 5,497 local diners.
Of the 1,397 reviews posted for The Wolseley, 84 percent of diners said they liked their experience, making the west-end eatery the most popular among Zagat readers according to the latest survey released Wednesday.
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Richard Branson hopes to launch Virgin Galactic within the next 12 months

Richard Branson hopes to launch a vessel into space within the next 12 months, kicking off an era of commercial space travel.

His company, Virgin Galactic, hopes to one day send people into space and launch satellites for a fraction of the cost of government-run programs, as well as eventually offering high-speed intercontinental flights.

“About an hour between Los Angeles and London is not completely out of the question”. But it will take many years before the company can offer such a service.

In the meantime, Virgin has sold some 430 tickets for space travel — at $200,000 a pop — for an estimated $86 million.

The company will take tourists on sub orbital flights before eventually soaring higher. Branson has said in the past he hopes to one day build a hotel in space.

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