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Montegrappa unveil a pens collection to celebrate the greatest landmark in golf: St Andrews Links. Montegrappa will be offering the ideal pen to commemorate the ‘Home Of Golf’, St Andrews Links.

In Montegrappa St Andrews 2012 Collection a new model will be offered as a fountain pen and roller ball in black resin and sterling silver or in bamboo black celluloid and 18K rose gold. Silver pens will be produced in limited edition of 600 pieces each to denote the number of years golf has been played in St Andrews, while the gold pens are to be issued in an edition of only 7 fountain pens and 7 roller balls, to represent the number of golf courses.

Lastly, a special hand-etched edition called “18th Hole” completes the collection, with only 18 fountain pens and 18 roller balls in rose 18K gold and green celluloid being produced. The barrel shows a golfer in period dress, about to complete a putt, skilfully reproduced from an original photo by Montegrappa’s in-house engraver, Mario Rossetti, while the ring surrounding the cap is engraved with golfing images.

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Chopard was officially partnering the Cannes International Film Festival for the 15th consecutive year. On this occasion, Chopard unveiled the 65 models composing the new Red Carpet collection.

Today I want to show you a stunning rings Red Carpet collection by Chopard.

Designed as a tsavorite garnet green apple, to the pavé-set brown diamond stem and tsavorite leaf.

Set with a pear-shaped, aquamarine 58.44 carats, within a gem-set surround with tulip detail, to the similarly set band.

Set with a pear-shaped rubellite 49.64 carats, within a gem-set surround with tulip detail, to the similarly set band.

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Are you looking for an expensive case for your new iPhone 5? Stop searching and take a look at this new product of The Natural Sapphire Company. The case is crafted of 18kt white gold and set with 2,830 natural blue Ceylon sapphires, totaling 169.8 carats.

The Apple logo is set with 38 colored natural rubies totaling 2.28 carats, and the Apple’s leaf is a single marquise cut natural green sapphire. The cost for this case is $100,000 but you will be unique…

Also, the iPhone case is made in America and but the stones used are sourced from mines in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Africa, and Thailand.

Link www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com
Via www.embelezzia.com

In the week-end I miss the cup of coffee which I pick up it from Starbucks every morning in my way to the office… but now maybe I can make a Starbucks Coffee at home as Starbucks unveiled Verismo System, a new premium single cup machine. The Verismo System is the first at-home single cup solution to deliver perfectly crafted Starbucks Caffé Lattes, espresso, and brewed coffee, consistently and conveniently, all from one machine.

Verismo System combines Starbucks-sourced 100 percent arabica coffee – the same coffee served in Starbucks cafes – with high-pressure technology to ensure Starbucks-quality beverages every time.

The machine comes in an assortment of colors, including silver, black, burgundy, and champagne, and is available in two design options, the 580 base model and the V•585, which offers additional features, including LED display and temperature control, for $199 and $399, respectively. In addition, customers can purchase Starbucks signature Espresso Roast pods, a selection of Brewed coffee pods, including top-sellers from Starbucks Roast Spectrum (Blonde, Medium, and Dark), and real milk pods wherever Verismo machines are sold.

The Verismo System will be available at select high-end specialty retailers and participating Starbucks retail stores in the U.S., Canada, and select international markets starting in early October.

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The new Constellation Neon Collection from Vertu combine the handcrafted perforated leather reminiscent of a motorsports heritage and with their Vertu Concierge service that can facilitate access to all the iconic sporting events of the year, this handset is designed for the uncompromising high-octane adventurer.

The users of Constellation Neon Collection will have access to exclusive services like: Vertu Concierge, Vertu Concierge Live, Vertu Club Access, Vertu Select and Vertu City Brief

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La Mer’s Moisturizing Soft Cream is the new formula that delivers the profound benefits of Crème de la Mer in a softer and smoother texture. All key ingredients are now infused by way of Moisturizing Spheres, an advanced absorption technology that allows for irritant-free penetration.

The cream contains the sea kelp-infused Miracle Broth, to sooth redness and replenish lost moisture, and the brand’s exclusive Lime Tea Extract, which is steeped in power anti-oxidant properties to neutralize free radicals, enabling the skin to focus on renewal and repair.

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The 2012 Biennale des Antiquaires will be held in the Grand Palais in Paris from 14th to 23rd September 2012. The 2012 show will welcome nearly 150 exhibitors (there were 86 in 2010) including ten of the most desirable jewelers including Cartier, Chanel, Harry Winston, Boucheron, Piaget, Van Cleef and Arpels, Dior and for the first time ever Bulgari and Chinese jeweller Wallace Chan.
In addition to the main dome of the Grand Palais, the event will also take place in “Le Salon d’Honneur”, which is opening its doors after several years of restoration work.

The High Jewelry collection presented by Cartier at the XXVI Biennale des Antiquaires 2012 takes “Dépaysement” (“Change of scenery”) as its theme, inviting us on a journey and mapping out a world of styles and creativity.
It takes us to the four corners of an extraordinary world, revealing an urban landscape, a luxuriant landscape, a solar landscape and a boreal landscape. This collection comprises 148 creations, including 12 precious objects and five High Jewellery watches.
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Not all rich people like Vertu Constellation. Some of them choose iPhone and add an expensive case to it. For this kind of people Crystal Rocked launch iPhone 5 Swarovski cover case, a case handmade with over 1300 new Xilion cut Swarovski Crystals.

Lightweight hard-shell plastic construction colour coded to the base crystal

The tag price is $242 for white and $258 for Jet Hematite (black) (With a two-year contract, a new iPhone 5 (16GB) price is $199).

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World’s most expensive cheese board that costs $1363 was unveiled at Frome Cheese and Agricultural Show in Somerset

This cheese plate includes cheese made from Serbian donkeys, and a cheddar contained gold leaf and French truffles.

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Burberry has opened its largest brand experience store in the world on one of London’s most famous thoroughfares and bordering the world-renowned Savile Row and Bond Street, the Regent Street.

The 44,000 square-foot space is divided into rooms that mirror sections from its online counterpart.

At the heart of the building is a large auditorium, part of the original cinema once housed in the building. An original stained glass dome, 10 metres in circumference, lets in daylight and reflects it onto a sundial framework on the floor below.

Following the launch of Burberry Bespoke on Burberry.com in 2011, the Bespoke room in Burberry Regent Street brings the digital experience into a physical space for the first time.

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