Dog Nail Art

Naturally the trend of nail art designs has spread from humans to dogs and there are even special design pens made for application on our beloveds’ nails. The images here come from ”dog spa” Warren London, which sells its own Pawdicure nail art pens and encouraged its clients to send in images of doggy nail art.

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The Jaffa Cakes edible elevator

The Jaffa Cakes edible elevator is installed in the communications company Engine’s offices in London, the lift is papered with lickable wallpaper. Studded with 1,325 Jaffa Cakes, employees can enjoy a sweet lick before heading to the office.
While the Jaffa Cakes edible elevator is full of whimsical fun, it does raise a blatant germ issue. Sure, flavored wallpaper is yummy in theory, but now that it has come to fruition some are skeptical about the health issues it could cause. 
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The Polka Gelato Shop by Vonsung

 The Polka Gelato Shop by Vonsung is as chilly as the product it is selling. Challenging traditional ice cream shop designs, this space trades in bright colors for concrete-clad walls. Looking stark and streamlined, this captivating interior stays true to Polka Gelato’s simplistic branding.
Created by the London-based design studio, this minimalist space contrasts its surrounding historic neighbourhood, with its only pops of color coming from the ice cream itself. Designer Joseph Sung explains Vonsung studio’s attempt to create a modern design that corresponds with its location without clashing with it.

With colorful gelato as the space’s vibrant focal point, the Polka Gelato Shop by Vonsung features the use of a single continuous color throughout the space. Displaying a raw aesthetic, the space is reminiscent of Italy’s cobble stone streets.
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Harrod's to sale the biggest plasma screen in the world

Harrod's has recently launched its new technology department, showing off some of the world’s most exclusive and high-end gadget, including the Panasonic’s 152-inch TV, the biggest plasma screen in the world which was first shown in 2010 at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas. Weighing 600kg, the TH-152UX1W Panasonic TV set uses 4K2K technology with four times as many pixels as a standard high-definition TV set. It plays the content in 4096 x 2160 resolutions and delivers a separate 3D image, that too in HD for each eye of the viewer, and Further, the 17:9 ratio of the TV set is same as used in cinemas.
Price Tag: $952,200.
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Nike Sportswear Spring/Summer 2012 Liberty for London by

Dropping on April 2nd the first installement of the Nike Sportswear and Liberty of London collaboration includes covetable Nike running styles featuring  Liberty’s “Lagos Laurel” print. Nike’s Cortez, Air Max One and the Nike Free 5.0 all get the treatment of one of Liberty’s most talked about prints.

In May the collection will be extended with the addition of three basketball styles: the Blazer, Hyperclave and Dunk Sky High. The Dunk Sky High will feature a wedge heel inserted into the shoe.

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The Zermatt GMT by IceLink

IceLink is a young Swiss-American watchmaker, which adheres to the principal of catching attention at any cost without losing the focus for quality mechanisms. The Zermatt GMT, named for the famous Swiss ski resort, is for this reason showing five dials telling you the hour and minutes of New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong and your individually adjusted home time plus a perpetually rotating seconds dial. The huge case, 63x43mm to be precise, is crafted of titanium with a 18kt rosé gold coating. In the inside works a ILMM1 caliber, which revolves at 28.800 vph and provides a power reserve of around 2 days.
Price tag: $44.000
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Limited Edition kit for the X-Pro1 Fujifilm x Globe-Trotter

Fujifilm and Globe-Trotter are teaming up to release an incredibly luxurious, limited edition kit for the X-Pro1 that will be exclusive to Harrod's in London. The kit ($9,000) will include a complete X-Pro1 system with three lenses, all of which is encased inside a custom Globe-Trotter Vulcanised Fibreboard suitcase.
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Pierced nails art by CND

The pierced nail is getting some love in London, with this look featured at the Ashish Autumn/Winter 2012 runway. Designed by CND’s  Marian Wilson, note the muted-beige color played against neon and black charms. 
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Hand-crafted Faberge chocolate egg

A hand-crafted Faberge chocolate egg will vie to become the world’s most expensive non-jewelled chocolate egg sold at auction next month.
Britain’s best chocolatier Willam Curley is creating the giant egg using materials such as expensive Tuscan Amedei dark chocolate and Japanese Wasabi chocolate.
The auctioneers hope to break the current Guinness World Record price for a non-jewelled chocolate egg of £1,000.
The sale is part of The Faberge Big Egg Hunt, a charity event which is trying to break a world record for having the most participants in an Easter egg hunt.
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Christian Louboutin's Capsule collection

Christian Louboutin has launched a Capsule collection to celebrate the brands 20th anniversary. The collection includes twenty pairs of shoes and six bags.

The French creator has shown his sense of humor by including a “Pilule” bag shaped as an actual capsule. Giving a new meaning to the term doctor’s bag, the shiny blue and white pill capsule even has “500 mg” stamped in red on the side.
It is just one of many standout pieces from the celebratory range comprising 20 shoes and six bags inspired by his best work over the past two decades.
The collection will first hit European cities including Paris and London February 27, with a pop-up shop at department store Selfridges selling the line in the UK capital.
Fashionistas can sign up to receive email invites to shop the line on Louboutin’s soon-to-launch website by registering on Facebook.

Other events to honor Louboutin’s landmark year include a retrospective exhibition at London’s Design Museum which opens this March.
The designer has also collaborated with prestigious Parisian cabaret venue Le Crazy Horse, directing four original tableaux which will preview March 4.
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Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton collaboration in 2012

A collaboration between the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton is set to debut with the New York show, coinciding with artist’s retrospective at Tate Modern Museum in London in February which will then move to the New York’s Whitney Museum in July. While no official images of the collaboration have been made available, the above image of  Marc Jacobs (pre-studliness) holding an LVMH bag customized and signed by Kusama, dating from 2006, perhaps can be seen  as a precursor of what we can expect. Lots of artsy polka dots.

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Golden Spider Silk at the V&A Museum, London

An astonishing golden outfit made from the silk of spiders has gone on display at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
It took more than four years to make the four-metre-long hand-woven textile from the silk of 1.2million female golden orb spiders, native to Madagascar.
It was made by Englishman Simon Peers and American Nicholas Godley, both of whom have lived and worked in Madagascar for many years.

Spiders were collected every morning before silk is extracted from them by trained handlers. They were returned to the wild at the end of each day.
The process is extremely laborious – on average, 23,000 spiders are needed to create about 28 grams of silk, according to the museum.
The last known spider silk textile was made for an exhibition in Paris in 1900 but no examples remain.
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Bulgari Hotel opens in London in April

Bulgari Hotel is scheduled to open in London in April in the exclusive district of Knightsbridge, just in time for the Summer Olympics and the Queen’s Jubilee events.
Bulgari Hotel is managed by Bvlgari Hotels and Resorts, a joint venture between Italian jeweller Bvlgari (owned since last year by LVMH) and Marriott International.
Bulgari Hotels and Resorts already operates properties in Milan and Bali. The opening will signify the first luxury new-build hotel in 40 years to open in the city.
It will offer 85 rooms and suites, including seven Bulgari suits which measure over 200 sq. meters, and will be designed with silver as the dominant theme by Antonio Citterio, Patricia Viel & Partners, the company behind Bulgari’s other two hotels.
Guests will be able to enjoy a dip in an indoor pool, part of a 2,000 square meter spa and fitness center, as well as relaxing in the hotel’s private cinema or dancing the night away in a ballroom.
There will also be residences available for sale. A 7th floor penthouse is available through Christie’s International Real Estate.
Although few details are currently available online about the penthouse, the Bulgari Hotel’s website indicates that it features 9,260 square feet of exquisite living space.
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Rolex Milgauss ‘I Love You’ limited edition Watch

The Rolex Milgauss ‘I Love You’ limited edition watch would make the perfect gift.
The Bamford Watch Department created this beauty by using the wildly popular Rolex Milgauss model blended with a bevy of hearts to cover the face. Only ten watches have been manufactured for those Casanova’s looking to cloak their loved one in a luxury chronometer and it’s strapped with a hefty $15,500 price tag.
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Umbrellas by London Undercover

London Undercover recently released an assortment of umbrellas inspired by British cuisine. 
Visually striking and perfectly appropriate for  foodies,  the set of lightweight umbrellas features bangers & mash, beans on toast, brussel sprouts and chips & ketchup.
Price £28.
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Emirates to introduce Wifi on A380

Middle Eastern airline Emirates has announced the launch of wireless internet access on board its fleet of flagship super-jumbo A380 aircraft.
Customers flying the massive planes, which operate between Dubai and destinations such as Paris and London, will now be able to use wifi-enabled devices on selected routes, Emirates confirmed December 12.
Eleven of the airline’s 19 planes have now been kitted out with the technology, with the remainder of the fleet following suit in the coming months.
Emirates, which has a total of 71 A380 aircraft on order, says that from next summer, the planes will be delivered with the technology as standard.
Prices start from $7.50 for mobile devices, which will be sufficient to keep a Blackberry user connected all the way between Paris and Dubai, and $15 for laptops.
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Michelin starred meals on Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways has hired 110 international chefs, some of whom have worked in Michelin-starred restaurants, to cook in its Diamond First Class cabins.
They are already working on flights to London, Sydney, Melbourne and Paris and will be introduced across all other First-class destinations by early next year.
The chefs work from a pantry, stocked with prime cuts of meat, sauces, par-cooked items, spices and freshly chopped vegetables along with specialized tools such as a a whisk and foamer.
They will work from a new first-class menu which includes between four and six meat or seafood dishes, four sauces and four side options, all prepared to order.
The chefs, who have a minimum of 6 years of professional experience in 5-star restaurants and hotels, can also create custom dishes to suit individual tastes.
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Roca London Gallery by Zaha Hadid Architecture

The Spanish sanitaryware manufacturing company Roca with the architects of Zaha Hadid Architecture have recently opened a surprisingly dynamic and undulating gallery space in London, where their products are displayed in a customized space. Roca London Gallery gathers together great modern commercial design and fascinating products. 
The architects of Zaha Hadid Architecture described the space as the place “where a fluid architectural space meets innovative Roca products“.

Contemporary plastic furniture and ceiling elements adorn the spaces, creating a futuristic look. The space captures the essence and values of the global Roca brand, enhancing their customer’s experience with the brand and products. This gallery is the latest addition to Roca’s showrooms: Roca Barcelona Gallery, the Roca Madrid Gallery and the Roca Lisbon Gallery.
Roca’s London showroom is located near Chelsea Harbour, London, and features a reception and lounge area with sinuous design lines that undulate towards semi-open zones for product displays and a meeting room space.
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The Ralph & Russo 150,000 Swarovski crystals at Harrod's

A dress costing £230,000, embellished with more than 150,000 Swarovski crystals,goes on display at Harrods as part of its Crystal Christmas event.
The Ralph & Russo-designed dress will be the centrepiece of the department store’s Swarovski-sponsored window displays over the festive season.
The dress, inspired by the decadence of the Twenties, took more than 25 people working on it and is the result of hundreds of hours of man hours.
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Loewe's La Colección exclusively at Harrod's

Loewe's La Colección consists of four amazing fragrances and will only be available exclusively at Harrods for six months. The four fragrances are created by Emilio Valeros who is Loewe’s in house perfumer. 
The fragrances are available individually in a beautiful vanity case made in Loewe’s Suede Gold collection. The vanity case collection was launched in 1975 and soon became Loewe’s icon. Individual bottle retails at $400 and the vanity case is priced at $5,606, available only at Harrods.
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