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The Classicist: Etiqueta Negra Launches 'Classic Cars' Collection

Filed under: Apparel, Luxury Cars & Autos, Sports, Men's Style, The Classicist, Luxury Shopping

This season Argentina-based design house Etiqueta Negra, known for its modern take on masculine, equestrian and sporting style, is launching a new men´s collection inspired by one of our favorite things: classic cars. The company's Classic Cars Collection features casual wear such as sweaters, t-shirts, jeans, down vests and leather jackets characterized by clean lines and neutral colors - black, white and dark gray - with a touch of yellow in the detailing designed to evoke traditional motor racing livery. The sporty and sleek pieces range in price from $40 to $1,200 for a leather motorcycle jacket.

"I've had a passion for automobiles since I was a child and am an avid car collector," explains the label's founder Federico Alvarez Castillo. "This appreciation for beautiful cars has played a central role in the design and aesthetic of Etiqueta Negra as a brand from its inception. It was only appropriate to integrate the vehicles into the design of the clothes." Etiqueta Negra, which means "Black Label", is committed to impeccable craftsmanship and the highest quality fabrics, from Pima cotton to fine denim, cashmere and merino.

They also offer a line of leather shoes designed exclusively for them by Casa Fagliano, the Argentina-based maker of Prince Charles' bespoke polo boots. Prices for the princely footwear begin at $2,500 a pair. Etiqueta Negra also sponsors a polo team in Argentina called Ellerstina, ranked as one of the country's best, which serves as the mascot for its Polo Team Collection comprised of chic sporting classics. Both collections are now available in the company's stores, including the recently opened New York outpost. The stylish spaces (above) are decorated with vintage leather luggage, racing helmets and handmade riding boots set against a background of dark wood paneling, iron beams, black and white photography and vintage-inspired industrial lighting.

Gallery: Etiqueta Negra Classic Cars

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Piaget Celebrates 20 Years Of "Possession" With Sienna Miller

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Filed under: Jewelry, Timepieces / Watches

To highlight its famous watch and jewelry line, Piaget has recruited Sienna Miller to be the face of their new messaging campaign. The Possession collection has been a mainstay of Piaget for years. Offering luxury items of good taste and a timeless quality. Not just Piaget's well known evening gown gear (as I call it). Richemont Group, the parent of Piaget has been very keen on celebrity tie-ins with its brands after noticing just how much attention they get. Sometimes their choice of face to go with any particular brand... is interesting. In Piaget's opinion, Sienna Miller is "one of the most fashionable woman in the world." I don't know about that, but she is surely the type of women to get that well-to-do 30 or 40 something woman interested in Piaget. Piaget enlisted some world-class photographers and stylists for the campaign. Click on the "read more' link below to see an enlightening video talking about the making of the campaign with some nice images.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Sienna Miller's London House for Sale at $1.6 Million

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Design

Beautiful blonde Brit actress Sienna Miller has put her posh London townhouse (above) up for sale at £995,000, or about $1.6 million. The starlet, as well known for her roles in films like Alfie as for a heated romance with Jude Law, apparently favors a "Manhattan meets Morocco" vibe judging by the décor at the residence situated somewhere between Marylebone and St. John's Wood not far from her pal Kate Moss' pad, though there seems to be some debate about how posh the location really is.

The house, which boasts both a fireplace and a terrace, features a striking ground floor studio-style reception room with a galleried study area as well as a louche lower ground floor entertaining area complete with a Turkish bath and sauna. The Real Estalker notes that Miller purchased the house 2007 for £1.2 million, or about $1.9 million (at the current deflated rate of exchange) which means that even if she gets her full asking price, she stands to lose at least $325,000 on the deal.

Gallery: Sienna Miller in London

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Sunday Real Estate-Round-Up. 03/08/09

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the Real Estalker:
--E Television presenter Giuliana Rancic has dropped the price on her Wilshire Blvd. condo in Los Angeles, shown above, to $749,000. The listing is here.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--Ashton Kutcher has sold his former bachelor pad for $3.67 million, it was listed at $3.7 million.
--Fashion designer-turned-photographer Hedi Slimane has picked up a swank midcentury home in Beverly Hills for $4.1 million.
--Tawny Kitaen has listed her Newport Beach home at $3.45 million. The listing is here.
--Actor Kerr Smith has listed his home in Encino, California for $1,479,007. The listing is here.
--Soap opera actor Jerry Douglas has put his home in Encino, California on the market for $3.999 million. The listing is here.
--Jeremy Strick, the former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, has listed his Westwood-area home at $2.85 million. The listing is here.
--Reginald Hudlin, the first president of entertainment for Black Entertainment Television, has listed his Beverly Hills home for sale at $4.995 million. The listing for the five-bedroom home is here.
---Norm Zada, publisher of Perfect 10 magazine, has put his house in Beverly Park on the market for $24.5 million.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--A penthouse on the 165-unit cruiseliner known as The World, which calls itself the is a private residential community on a seafaring ship that travels around the globe, is for sale for $17.5 million. The listing is here. The apartment has prime views over the bow of The World and will accommodate up to 12 people. It includes dining areas with bar facilities and fully equipped kitchens with laundries plus 150 feet of private veranda and a private living area large enough to host your own parties. The listing is here.
--Tony-Award-winning producer Anita Waxman has dropped the price on her Lakeville, Connecticut home. We'll be checking out this one as our estate of the day on Monday.
--Sheik Abdul Aziz al-Thani of Qatar has cut the price of his Trump Park Avenue three-bedroom apartment to $10 million from $14 million. The listing is here.
--Alex Rodriguez, has gone to contract on his New York apartment. It was last listed at $10 million and was our estate of the day last October.

From Move Trends:
--Kanye West's six-bedroom home in teardown condition in Beverly Hills is back on the market. It first hit the market for $8.699 million last March and is now listed at $7.995 million. The listing is here.
--A Malibu home once lived in by Britney Spears and Kevin Federline is one the market for $11.75 million. The listing is here.

--The Inn at Jackson Hole, which was at $33 million back in September when we first mentioned it, has had a price chop to $26 million. It has 83 rooms and an onsite restaurant.
--Lindsay Lohan's former New York City apartment is listed for sale.
--Manny Ramirez has put his Boston apartment back on the market for $8.5 million. It was our estate of the day on Friday.

From the Daily Mail's Property:
--Sienna Miller has bought a cottage in the Cotswolds.
--Photographer Rankin converted an empty warehouse in North London into a space with his penthouse, a gallery and 11 flats but so far none of the apartments have sold.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Tori Spelling and her husband, Dean McDermott, have sold their Westwood area home for $2.3 million. It was listed at 2.395 million when it was our estate of the day in October.
--Actor Tom Bresnahan has paid $1.68 million to purchase a Paul Williams-designed house in Los Angeles' Silver Lake area.
--Singer-songwriter Ruben Blades has put his five-bedroom house in Los Angeles' Windsor Square area on the market for $2.65 million. The listing is here.
--Jewel has sold her home in the Hollywood Hills, which had been listed for $1.75 million.

Gallery: Sunday Real Estate Round-up, 03/08/09

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Celebs Flock to L.A.'s "Luxury Erotic Emporium"

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Filed under: Apparel, Celebrity Shopping

While many high-end boutiques are experiencing a severe downturn, L.A.'s "luxury erotic emporium" Coco de Mer is busier than ever, with an increasing quotient of sex-starved celebs. The Melrose Avenue shop sells a wide range of goods including lingerie, books, oils, housewares and luxurious sex toys and accessories, including a $10,000 14kt gold and diamond vibrator. Angelina Jolie was spotted shopping there just the other day (though we don't know what she splurged on). Other celebs including Madonna, Kate Moss, Salma Hayek and Sienna Miller have also been by to pick up something saucy for, ahem, entertaining at home.

The shop is owned by Justine and Sam Roddick, daughters of Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, who opened the original Coco de Mer in London in 2001. The shop's clever, opulent design features a "Confessional" room attached to the dressing room providing a private view of your partner trying on lingerie. All of their products are made in consideration of the environment and human rights, and their policy is to invest in the work of local talent as well as small Fair Trade projects or cottage industries. The Roddicks are "committed to enabling individuals to use sex as an instrument to transform their own existence."

Gallery: Coco de Mer Luxury Erotica

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Gwyneth Paltrow Named the New Face of Tod's

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Filed under: Apparel, Handbags, Shoes

Gwyneth Paltrow has been named the new face of Italian luxury goods brand Tod's in the wake of a short film she made for them which just debuted at Cannes. The ad campaign, shot by Mario Testino in Capri aboard dashing Tod's CEO Diego Della Valle's yacht, portrays "the uber luxurious, outdoors-y life of a beautiful Italian aristocrat from the heady days of the jet-set era," Vogue UK reports.

"Italian style is very sexy, very womanly and what I love is that it seems to have so many different inspirations," Paltrow told the mag. She replaces Sienna Miller, who starred in Tod's ads last year. The Cannes short, which was directed by Dennis Hopper, a longtime friend of Della Valle's, portrayed a day in the life of Gwyneth with her favorite Tod's bag. We have long been fans of Tod's classic driving mocs, probably the most comfortable shoes in the world.

Gallery: Tod's Top Drawer Style

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Sienna Miller to Launch Denim Line

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Filed under: Apparel, Celebrity Shopping

Sienna Miller, the actress and ex of Jude Law, is taking her fashion sense to the masses - and by masses, we mean Pepe Jeans. The 24 year old up-and-coming style icon has been seen not only in the gossip pages, but on the cover of Vogue. She has a contract with Pepe to be the "face and body" of their jeans, and her super-skinny frame fits the style of the moment. Unfortunately, a fashion insider told the Mirror that the "jeans will be her own unique designs and ... even though she is ultra-skinny, her jeans will be made to flatter most sizes." Don't they know that is precisely what got Jessica into trouble with her Princy line?