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Cheval Hyde Park Gate is a classic, just like the Ray Ban Aviator Ray-Ban's legendary Aviator sunglasses will soon be available in an exceptionally luxurious edition, with frames made from solid 18-karat gold. Launched in 1937, Ray-Ban's Aviator frames were initially designed for US Air Force pilots, who wore them for maximum protection from the sun's rays on high altitude flights. Today, the brand's Aviator model is an iconic accessory worn by men and women alike. Ray-Ban has presented a number of variations on the original design over the years, using different materials and colors. This November the brand will launch Aviators with a solid 18-karat gold frame. The polarized G-15 crystal lenses are also of exceptionally high quality. Only 1,200 pairs of these exclusive and luxurious sunglasses will be produced. The model will be available from November for about £2370. Recommended by Cheval Residences - Serviced Apartments London The best alt...

Oxford Street Cheval Phoenix House has a great location for a good shopping day in London We already talked about how great all the departments stores in London are and how they are perfect for a good shopping spree ( post here ), but what if you don't feel like staying inside a store?  London has great shopping streets , with stores for every taste, size and budget. The british style is famous: woolen, tartan, tweed and cotton are greatly appreciated, not to mention prints of known brands like Laura Ashley and Liberty. Other items are the region's traditional soaps, floral perfumes, antiques and porcelain. Oxford Street is a great starting point, with over 300 stores, the most part belonging to large international chains. Oxford Street is also home to many department stores, none of which is more famous than +Selfridges Co . There is also a wide selection of bars, restaurants and cafes. Liberty Regent Street is the home of iconic shops, includin...

Cheval Knightsbridge is just a few minutes from  +Harrods   Scottish distillery The Dalmore has partnered with Harrods to launch The Dalmore Paterson Collection, named after master distiller Richard Paterson who assessed, nosed, tasted and selected each whisky blend for the lot of a dozen bottles. The price tag for the world’s only collection of its kind? A cool £987,500.  Whiskies range in date from 1926 to the 1990s and make up a surprisingly personal collection linked to Paterson. Bottles are named after either important figures in Paterson’s life such as his father and grandfather, as well as James Whyte and Charles Mackay, the founders of The Dalmore’s parent company. Richard Paterson Bottles are handcrafted, full lead crystal decanters made by crystal house Glencairn, while luxury jeweler Hamilton & Inches hand-engraved the silver that embellishes the bottles. All 12 bottles are presented in a wooden case that took cabinet maker Gavin Ro...

Diamond Champagne Cheval Knightsbridge is close to the famous department store Harrods , in London. We have seen many brands launching beautiful iPhones cases, with diamonds and pearls like we talked on this post , cases made with pure gold and platinum such as the Brikk cases  and even iPhones made of gold, like this one by Gold & Co . But what about the Android fans? They too deserve fancy mobiles.  And that is what Savelli is doing.  The brand, a Geneva-based company, launched a new line of luxury Android-powered smartphones for women that will be unveiled at Paris Couture Week this month. The collection of phones, called "Jardin Secret", includes 11 models that feature blue ostrich, black alligator and iguana leathers, as well as 18-carat gold and precious stones as decoration. The models, which were assembled in the Chanel watch factory in Switzerland, are Italian designed and are mainly priced at £5,868 to £6,378, though the most expensiv...

The Denim Tailor Cheval Hyde Park is near Selfridges Audrey Hepburn will excuse me but owning a good pair of jeans is as important (if not more important) that having a little black dress. After learning through internal research, that the denim is the most wanted material among the clientele (like we didn't already know that), +Selfridges  created the largest department of its kind in the world! It's called Denim Studio, which has just opened on the third floor of the famous luxury department store in London. In the 2320 square meters - think of two Olympic swimming pools - more than 60 brands and 11,000 pairs of jeans are available to buyers of all tastes, shapes and budgets. If there is a denim in the world that you're looking for, it's definitely there: low bugdet brands such as Primark, the most classic Levi's and Lee jeans, jeans masters like Citizens of Humanity and Paige, and the premium brands like Christopher Kane and Alexander McQueen...

The making of a scarf Cheval Hyde Park Gate is near Saatchi Gallery Have you ever wondered how the birkin bags take their form? Or maybe how the beautiful Hermès scarfs end up with those amazing prints? If you're in London next week this might be your chance to find out. From the May 21 to 27,  the Hermès' Festival des Métiers exhibition will bring the iconic French fashion house's skilled artisans to London's Saatchi Gallery to allow the public to witness the creation of some of its most iconic pieces. The fashion house's skilled artisans will come from their Paris workshop, where they will continue with their everyday tasks but in front of an audience. Visitors will be encouraged to interact with the craftspeople throughout the seven days in order to experience their unique savoir-faire first hand. Admission to Festival des Métiers is free. 21 May – 27 May 2013, 10am – 6pm daily. More information in the Saatchi Gallery website . Recommende...

Cheval Knightsbridge is near Selfridges Oxfort Street Are you too busy to go shopping? Are having trouble sleeping? Or maybe, a problem that happens with all the ladies: you regret not buying that dress and can't wait for the next day (and have nightmares that it will not be available anymore)? +Selfridges  has the solution.  This month the worldwide famous department store lauched the Click-and-collect service. Already available in their four stores in UK: London Oxford Street, Manchester Trafford and Manchester Exchange Square and its Birmingham store situated in the Bullring. The service is simple: make your choice in the store's online store,  selfridges.com , add the chosen products to the bag. Chose Click-and-Collect as the shipping metod and chose the store you wish to take your product! Easy and simple. You will receive an email with all the purchase details and another email once the product is ready to be collected..  This new service co...

Parisian cosmetics label Chanel is serving up mascara via innovative vending machines at Selfridges for a limited time only. Chanel famously first created ‘ human vending machines ‘ in 2012 at Fashion’s Night Out, but the luxury label has taken a robotic leap into the future with its latest project. London beauty fans are now able to get their hands on Chanel’s first volumizing mascara via automated vending machines at the Selfridges department store. The mascara is available in three shades: ‘Noir’, ‘Prune’ and ‘Bleu’, and the applicator features a unique ‘snowflake’ brush designed to lengthen and separate lashes as it coats them with quick-drying mascara for a volumizing effect. Until May 8, customers will be able to use the machines at the central London store, with eye makeovers supplied by Chanel’s beauty experts. Recommended by Cheval Residences - Serviced Apartments London Great locations for your London Vacation Rental H/T Luxuo

Cheval Phoenix House is near Selfridges It may not look like but Spring is here. And even though we are all still in our winter coats, its impossible not to think about some spring shopping.  And as we suggested for Christmas , the Department stores are great for this season too. Department stores are a London specialty. You can find them all over the city, each one with what makes them unique. Not only they sell everything you need, from clothing, shoes and accessories, but they go all the way to caviar, furniture and toys, not forgetting jewelery and cosmetics . They also have their own bars, restaurants or cafés for that pause that a good day of shopping requires. And, of course, if you feel overwhelmed with all the options you can count on the services of a personal shopper to help you. +Fortnum & Mason   - For three centuries this jewel of London has been commited to bringing the world's best food to Piccadilly. With five award-winner rest...

Cheval Calico House is in the modern neighbourhood The City French fashion brand Hermès introduced its Rallye 24 collection of tableware last month in a Paris garage stocked with vintage sports cars. The Paris-based firm has a storied association with the world of automobiles: In 1923 Thierry’s grandson Émile-Maurice introduced a chic leather handbag dubbed the sac pour l’auto (still sold as the Bolide bag), as well as trunks to fit on the backs of Bugattis and slick chrome radiator caps. Inspired by this legacy of the world of motor racing, the new tableware re-imagines the classic chain d’ancre design as a race car track. The 49-piece collection of jewel-colored porcelain has a pattern of ellipses reminiscent of speedways. The rich colors evoke old international racing liveries, like Italian red, French blue, German silver and British green. Rallye 24 reflects the sporting life, Hermès’s theme for 2013. The dishes will be available by the end of March. Prices ran...

Luna & Curious London is one of the best places in the world to shop for clothes. It has shops for all the tastes, stylist's shops and is known for the most beautiful and prestigious departments stores, like Harrods, Harvey Nichols and others, as we listed on this post .  But what about the more local shops, the ones that, unlike the department stores, have a lot less tourists inside? To unveil the real british taste, we have a list of clothes shops not to missed when shopping in London: Wolf & Badger, Mayfair Adding to the fashionable boutiques on Dover Street, Wolf & Badger describes itself as an exciting and unique retail concept, which promotes and supports exciting, independent design talent with a focus new generation brands in fashion, jewellery, accessories and interiors. KJ’s Laundry, Marylebone Named after owners Kate Allden and Jane Ellis, KJ’s Laundry is a wonderful boutique that stocks a small collection of lesser known designer...

Don't like to go out and see someone else with a bag exactly like yours? Nobody likes. But british brand Burberry is proposing an innovative new way to do business, rolling out a new ‘Runway Made to Order’ service during the current London Fashion Week. Traditionally the collections are shown to buyers and journalists at shows and private presentations around six months before they hit the store, like the Spring 2013 styles that were shown off last September are only just hitting physical stores now. Burberry is aiming to leverage its enormous social media influence and online fan base to cut out the middle man, offering the brand’s biggest fans the chance to pre-order their own personalized versions of the latest Autumn-Winter 2013 styles. This season all the bags and outerwear shown in the Burberry runway presentation Monday are currently available to pre-order now online. According to the brand “each piece is made to order for you” and customers are also gi...

With just a little over 320.000 clients worldwide, Vertu is definitely not for the mass market. And their latest product launch just reaffirms that this phone is a technology for few.  With virtually scratchproof sapphire crystal screen for flawless optical quality (unless you carry a diamont in your pocket, it will not get scratched), lightweight titanium casing for strength without compromise, and symphonic sound tuned in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen and with musical punctuation from the London Symphony Orchestra, here’s the brand-new Vertu Ti: handmade in England and powered by Android.  With a price tag of $10,569 (£6,994), this super-expensive communication device is notably the very first Android-powered smartphone from the house of Vertu, the British luxury handset manufacturer, that until last year was owned by Nokia and designed for the Symbian operating system. Each device is assembled by hand. The name and signature of the person who assemb...

British luxury brand Burberry has released a new video wishing fans Happy New Year in Chinese alongside a line of special red products. The limited edition line in different shades of red includes the Blaze Bag, one of the highlights of the 2013 Spring summer collection. Other leather goods and scarves also feature. From Feb. 10, Burberry will also be celebrating Chinese New Year across all digital platforms and on the Chinese social networks Sina Weibo, YouKu and Douban. The new products are available on Burberry.com, which now has a dedicated ‘Chinese New Year Gifts’ section, and will appear in Burberry stores alongside traditional lucky red envelopes which will be given out to customers. Burberry is not the only luxury brand paying tribute to the new year. Mercedes-Benz has recently released a limited edition of its Smart Car model, with a special release of 666 vehicles costing 128,888 yuan ($20,700) each. The cars all feature a snake-shaped logo creat...