stars

The Star System Collection

Filed under: Decor

Bright vibrant hues are totally in this season on the fashion front and if you want to translate the look over to your home decor also then a few pieces from the Star System collection would do the trick. Featuring candy colors in solid shades of orange, blue, purple, fuchsia, and white the set includes 4 versions from the small one-seater Starlet to the full-fledged Superstar. The "stars" are created with removable steel buttons (why would you want to remove them?) and the whole look is, to me, a combination of relaxed and in-your-face. Very glamorous.

Via Denzeen

Gallery: The Star System Collection

Source

Tags: couch, couches, furniture, seat, seating, sit, sitting, star, star system, stars, StarSystem

Are Observatories The New Must-Have?

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

Now here's a trend in luxury home design that I really get: observatories. For some people a beautiful view of the stars is becoming just as important (if not more so) than a view of the ocean or the beach. And thanks to technology observatories are more fun in places they never used to be, and people are putting them in as additions to their home and taking up astronomy as a regular hobby. But they aren't cheap, obviously, because in addition to the space involved the telescope alone can cost several hundred thousand dollars.

I would love to have an observatory in my home! Forget waiting for the weatherman to say there's a certain star or planet that might be visible at 3am on a random Monday, I'll just pop upstairs and see the stars whenever the mood strikes.

Source

Tags: astronomy, home, homes, observatories, observatory, space, stars, telescope, telescopes, trend, trends

How Far Will a 5 Star Hotel Go to Keep a Guest Happy?

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Journeys, Services

Five star hotels don't get that rating simply by having the highest thread count sheets and gourmet room service meals, they will bend over backwards (literally if need be) to keep their guests happy. So that begs the question: how far will they actually go for a client?

It might surprise you. From sending staff to get iPhone training at a local apple store (so they can help a guest learn to work hers) to last minute damage control and orchestration of a wedding proposal involving a hot air balloon, they really will do it all. Read about more crazy stories here, and if you have any of your own please share!

Source

Tags: 5 star, 5Star, concierge, concierges, five star, FiveStar, hotel, hotels, service, star, stars

Armand De Brignac is the New Cristal

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits, Wine

After denouncing Cristal, the luxe drink of choice of rap artists for many years, Jay-Z was left with a tough decision as to which champagne could replace it as a sign of opulence in rap/music culture. It appears that the artist has decided to (unofficially) endorse Armand De Brignac now, featuring it in one of his new songs as "gold bottles with the ace of spades." It seems like a good choice based on the bottle alone.

Armand De Brignac has been produced by a family owned vineyard for over two hundred years and has only just started to be imported from France. It is said to have notes of flowers, citrus, dried fruits and brioche.

[via vox / image flickr]

Source

Tags: Armand De Brignac, ArmandDeBrignac, chanpagne, crystal, gold bottle, jay-z, music, rap, spade, stars

The Vinci Diamond

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry

Shlomo Cohen, who is credited with the 1982 development of the Princess Cut diamond, has created a new cut known as the Vinci Diamond. Based on the "divine proportion," a golden ratio that was studied intensely by Leonardo da Vinci, who inspired the diamond's name, the diamond features a 62-facet pentacle cut. By contrast, a standard round-cut diamond has 57-facets. The perfect proportions of the diamond include three pentacle stars and give a stone with this cut unprecedented brilliance. The design is patented in Japan, Israel, Belgium, and the United States, and Cohen already has marketing plans in place.

[Image Israeli Diamond News]

Source

Tags: brilliance, cut, diamond, facets, gem, pentacle, princess cut, shlomo cohen, stars, stone, vinci, vinci cut, vinci diamond

Join Luxist on Facebook!

Luxist bloggers (30 days)

#	Blogger	Posts	Cmts
1	Deidre Woollard	184	3
2	Jared Paul Stern	53	0
3	Ariel Adams	43	0
4	Tom Johansmeyer	36	0
5	Carrie Coolidge	32	0
6	Rigel Celeste	30	0
7	Lisa Palladino	26	1
8	Annie Scott	23	5
9	Jeremy Korzeniewski	18	0
10	Noah Joseph	18	0
11	Deb West	11	0
12	Alison Wellner	9	0
13	Jonathon Ramsey	9	0
14	Ariston Anderson	8	0
15	Brendan Cleary	5	0
16	Kristin Young	4	0
17	Amanda Gordon	2	0
18	Marsha Reid	2	0
19	Sam Abuelsamid	1	0
20	Ann Brenoff	1	0