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Toyota F1 Car Parts Available For Purchase

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Sports

Getting a piece of the action is what sports memorabilia is all about. And when it comes to motorsports, there's plenty to go around. Every year, each Formula One team complete redesigns its cars, and builds several of them in pairs to last its drivers the entire season. Once the season's done, many of the teams opt to sell off either the entire car, or pieces of the car to collectors. And while Toyota may not have fared so well in previous seasons, this year the team is in third place, ahead of recent championship-winning teams Ferrari, McLaren and Renault, making their memorabilia particularly attractive to collectors, especially at prices significantly lower than those of its competition. While a 1:3 scale replica of a Ferrari nose-cone from last year, for example, will set you back a whopping 5833 euros, an authentic example from Toyota (like the one pictured above) doesn't cost a fraction of that amount, and there are plenty of tantalizing collectible bits starting at just 200 euros for an authentic wheel, brake disc or carbon-fiber suspension piece.

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Neiman Marcus Plans New Cusp Stores

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

WWD has a piece on the new move by Neiman Marcus Group to capture a younger demographic. Their new Cusp stores are smaller, hipper stores designed to lure those who might regard the traditional Neiman's as a bit staid.
The four pilot cusp stores will be launched in Tyson's Corner in McLean, Va., Century City in Los Angeles, Georgetown and an unnamed location to be determined later. Cusp will have a more contemporary look and feel with fashion, accessories, beauty products and CDs and books. The article says that the stores will be decorated with a mixture of flea-market finds and natural elements (hmm, sounds like someone's been checking out Anthropologie). The Cusp stores won't be branded with the Neiman Marcus name but you can use your Neiman's card there and the idea behind the store is to offer Neiman's signature service and luxury but with a fresher style.

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KISS Plans "Elegant" Fragrance Line

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Filed under: Cosmetics and Fragrance

You would think the day for this had long since passed but according to WWD, KISS is coming out with a fragrance line. The band signed a deal with Gemini Cosmetics to do men's and women's scents. What does KISS smell like? The scents are going to be elegant, sexy and emblazoned with the KISS logo. The article quotes band member Paul Stanley as saying that "this is the fragrance for people who dare to be like KISS — not fans of KISS." Stanley also recently designed a guitar line and says the band is working on an apparel line.

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Tags: fragrance, KISS, memorabilia, merchandising, perfume, rock