The rise and rise of luxe knitwear October 14, 2010 POOR knitwear. Despite its high fashion credentials and cleverly crafty origins, vestments made of knitted wool are still commonly associated with commune-dwellers and grungy boho hippies. Yet as British Wool Week draws to a close, one has only to look at labels such as Missoni, Sonia Rykiel and wool-based label The North Circular, co-run by [...]
The latest watches for the (truly) discerning man October 14, 2010 JAPANESE company Seiko may be best known for its high-end quartz watches, but the company makes some pretty spectacular mechanical numbers too. Last year it launched its Ananta line of watches, which use Seiko’s cherished Spring Drive movements, in which the hands glide rather than tick round the dial –?they’re bewitching to look at. It’s [...]
JOHN LEWIS GOES MOBILE October 14, 2010 John Lewis this week launched a mobile-friendly website that enables customers to buy from the full selection of goods and find their nearest shop by entering m.johnlewis.com. Plans for an app are afoot – this mobile site acts as an enabler for a mobile application – penned for a potential launch in 2011. m.johnlewis.com
LAUREN’S FIRST RUGBY SHOP IN THE UK October 14, 2010 Ralph Lauren has signed the lease on a shop in Covent Garden for the first UK branch of its Rugby franchise, set to open in autumn 2011. The feel is “campus” meets “downtown prep”. There’s a whiff of Britishness about it, given the “classic, sporting heritage” of the brand – and, of course, the sport [...]
VERSACE COMES BACK TO FINANCIAL LIFE October 14, 2010 The fashion house known for its brash designs has come back from the near-dead, and is eyeing re-entry into Japan. The full-year revenue of the house – whose chief designer is Donatella Versace – will exceed €280m, well beyond forecasts. The reversal of fortunes comes as luxury goods conglomerate LMVH announces record profit.
POCKET SQUARES FOR A GOOD CAUSE October 14, 2010 Everywhere you go right now you see men sporting a raffish flash of colour in the breast pocket. Pocket squares are the suiting accessory du jour, and if you get one of these cool checked numbers from Brooks Brothers –?including its City shop – you’ll be donating to charity too, as £5 from every sale [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 14, 2010 WINTER HAND CLINIC John Lewis Oxford Street has teamed up with luxury skincare brand Elemis to launch free Winter Hand Clinics to run throughout November and into December in-store. The bespoke consultations will be led by an expert Elemis skin therapist who will give customers top tips and advice on how to protect their hands [...]
Mobile luxuries October 13, 2010 On the face of it, the idea of phone as status symbol runs fairly contrary to the general reality of the phone market now: anybody can own an iPhone, Blackberry or any one of the plethora of good-looking, ingeniously engineered smartphones out there, and most of us do. But there are those looking for something [...]
Google to compile financial data October 13, 2010 Google is planning to launch a new measure of inflation collated from online shopping data, to be known as the Google Price Index (GPI). It’s part of a public data project that will see the search giant release new ways for users to collate information from a multitude of sources. A list of the top [...]
helicopter drone uses ipod joystick October 13, 2010 Visitors to the recent Tokyo Games show were treated to a special demonstration of the Parrot AR Drone, a toy helicopter (pictured) that users can control wirelessly via their iPhone or iPad. The drone has two cameras mounted on its body, which is suspended between four helicopter blades that give it instant manoeuvrability in any [...]