The French luxury leather and lifestyle accessories brand, Hermès continues to make history in its bag auction. A 30 cm diamond matte Himalayan Nilo crocodile Birkin bag, featuring as many as 242 diamonds with a total weight of 9.84 carats, was auctioned at a whooping amount of $185,000, at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills.
The event marks the second most expensive bag sold at auction, after the shiny rouge 30 cm Porosus diamond Birkin that was sold for $203,150 at a Heritage auction in Dallas, 2011.
Meanwhile, the auction included as many as 480 luxurious and the most refined quality handbags from brands like Hermès, Chanel and Louis Vuitton to name a few, and was a part of the Heritage ‘Luxury Accessories Signature Auction’ series. However, both the buyer and the consigner were present at the auction, the names of whom remain anonymous.
Meanwhile, the news was broken through Burberry’s twitter page, where a picture of Romeo Beckham attired in Burberry’s signature trench coat and checked cashmere muffler is shown. The entire campaign has been shot in London and features many more actors dancing to music.
Designed by the architect Farshid Moussav, the store features everything from ready-to-wear to accessories, and is an effective conceptualisation of Victoria’s personal designs and visions. In a world where online shopping is becoming rampant in an extremely speeding pace, the store offers a one of a kind experience to its each and every customer with some exclusive, innovative and novel features.
Besides, the location of the store at the Dover street market, also works wonders for the store, keeping in mind it as a platform for standalone stores and shops-in-shop. Let’s see how the ‘coolest shop ever’ is received at the customers’ end!
In conjunction with Grosse Fatigue, Gucci Museo is also showing two of Camille Henrot’s sculptural pieces, which make use of varied materials, such as the industrial items , or flowers, first shown at the 2012 Triennale at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
Gabrielle Chanel loved this intense navy blue as much as she loved blue on black, and making it an infallible code of CHANEL style.
Speaking of the collection showcased, Daniel enthusiastically exhibited creations inspired from his personal and rich heritage, nature and wilderness of North East India. Going eco-friendly and keeping the sustainability factor intact, the collections were made from the most natural, hand woven and organic textiles and fabrics. The colour palette for the collection was equally mild and awe-inspiring, including turmeric, violet, olive, indigo and ivory to name a few.
Besides, the looks were also accessorised sober and simplistic jewellery made from wood, bamboo and pinecone, which over and all added the required grace and originality to the collection. Comprising of exuberant shirts, shirt dresses, jumpsuits, crop shirts, tops, sleek dresses and flare bottom pants amongst others, the collection was an ideal casual and semi-formal wear.
Meanwhile, the collections include the designer’s Winter Festive 2014 bridal, couture and pret, completely apt for the modern day bride. The main essence of the collection lay in the extremely glamorous yet light-weight lehangas, sarees and gowns, all embroidered in applique detailing and embellishments like gota patti, dori, zardosi and intricate hand work. The Menswear line comprised of sherwanis, kurtas, pants and dhotis, all which were classy with an unmatchable finishing and exquisite sophistication.
Gracing the launch with their presence were the crème de la crème of the society, which included film maker Onir and actors Arpita Chatterjee and Mimi Chakraborty amongst others.
