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Mechanic and aesthetic: the great return of the musical box!

Novembre 2008

Despite the roaring success of digital music, a handful of nostalgic craftsmen are still resisting this new type of invasion with the traditional music box. Beyond the fashions and the technological developments, this mechanism has valiantly travelled ...

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Galeries Lafayette: Cloud Nine Luxury

Novembre 2008

After long weeks of refurbishing, once again the first floor of Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, this ‘shopping temple’ of luxury and top designers, reopened its doors in October, 2008. Between a cloudlike ceiling of porcelain, a precious stone-carpet ...

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Fall-winter fashion trends for women in a potpourri of greys

Octobre 2008

The latest in trends. This fall announces ultra feminine, we are sure to see women wrapped up in soft knitwear, sophisticated furs worked as if fabrics, dynamic colours, as well as disproportionately sized-accessories, that look like real works of art.

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Annayake: Fresh air in a …pump flask!

Octobre 2008

As the summer starts becoming a distant memory and the days are getting shorter and shorter, the skin becomes tires, one’s complexion gets duller. Aware of this autumn ‘curse’, Annayaké has finally elaborated the pure air formula in a welcomed ...

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Everland - Hotel or Art?

Octobre 2008

For those of you who like to mix your culture with a relaxing time, why now try out Paris' hippest new "art" hotel ? Hotel Everland is a one room hotel-cum-artwork, located on the roof of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, with a cinemascopic view of the Eiffel ...

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Art Gallery: Art just a click away

Octobre 2008

After spending a good 21 years collecting art objects, while working in the humanitarian field, thanks to the Internet, Marc Laurenti has definitely found the perfect opportunity to combine his two passions. The result is the Art Gallery that intends ...

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Karl Lagerfeld’s effigy in a plush toy teddy bear

Octobre 2008

The first jointed plush toy teddy bears saw the light of day in 1903 and today Steiff has come out with another first : a jointed Karl Lagerfeld. An affectionate and hilariously funny tribute to this genius creator many times over. A word of warning : ...

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Tell me which green is yours and I will tell you who you are

Octobre 2008

Whether you make a putt, a chip or a pitch, the ball will react on our greens like on a natural grass golf green... That is the promise of Southwest Greens, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and now present in France through the company Les Nouveaux Greens de ...

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Walk on water? Child's play, just takes H2O!

Octobre 2008

Lo and Behold ! You no longer need to « hope for a miracle » to dare move fearlessly on a lagoon :  H2O optimizes all possible uses of a transparent floor just above the water and realises the dream of all mankind....

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All heading for the Paris' Galerie des Gobelins!

Octobre 2008

Tea-time, a shopping break or a business luncheon in the heart of the Golden Triangle, the Plaza Athénée's Galerie des Gobelins which has been completely renovated, is surely the chic and gourmet address of the fall! On the menu, the carefully ...

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Toyota iQ: the Japanese Smart Fortwo

Octobre 2008

After the buzz of the 2007 Frankfurt International Motor Show, as well as the 2008 Geneva International Motor Show, the Japanese giant is, finally, preparing the launch of its ultra-compact city car: the Toyota iQ. Standards have been set high: less than ...

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Men’s fashion trends this winter: Anglo-Saxon is in!

Octobre 2008

Classic comebacks with an Anglo-Saxon flair is the buzz word for the 2008 fall-winter fashion season. Gents, you can get your good old classics back out of the attic and shake the moth balls out of them. They are back in fashion!

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Adour, Alain Ducasse's totally new concept in New York

Octobre 2008

Right in the very heart of New York City, in Midtown Manhattan, Alain Ducasse offers us a new joyfull experience with his nascent Adour Restaurant. Located at the Saint Regis Hotel between Fifth Avenue and Madison, this truly prestigious address ...

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Eric Carlson: Star Architect on the Roof!

Octobre 2008

Who could ever imagine in such a densely populated, endlessly sprawling city which shows the signs of fast urban development, to find a number of architectural marvels hidden away in the heart of Tokyo providing a welcomed refuge, where each one boasts ...

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Seven Royal: The $100 000 credit card

Octobre 2008

Are you one of those happy few whose monthly credit line reaches the 'modest' sum of 200 million dollars ? If so, you will hardly be able to resist much longer the latest Visa and Morgan Stanley credit card to come out.  Its real selling point? It's ...

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Coquilles Saint-Jacques at Brasserie Julien, Paris

Octobre 2008

It's always difficult to say which of Flo's 12 establishments has the most stunning decor, however when you walk into Julien, with its bar by Majorelle, the Louis Trézel etched glass, its frescoes in the style of Mucha and the sumptuous floral ...

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Christophe Robin: And let there be colour!

Octobre 2008

With more than ten years under his belt, as the hair colourist of the stars, Christophe Robin is now working, tucked away in the back of a quiet courtyard in the very Parisian 6th district. A large, three-story salon complex dedicated specifically to ...

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An unusual restaurant in London

Octobre 2008

In the heart of trendy London, 20 metres away from the shopping area of Regent Street, there is an unusual and trendy restaurant, run by an Algerian Kabyle, Mourad Mazouz, nicknamed Momo. Located in the little Heddon Street, which has now become very ...

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