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Burberry Check Stars Satchel, Handbag of the Day

Filed under: Handbags

How about some stars and stripes for the 4th of July holiday weekend? These aren't in red, white, and blue though, but red, white, peach and brown instead. The Check Stars Satchel by Burberry is a fresh and bright neutral, featuring a PVC body with glossy patent leather trim and double rolled leather handles. It also has a detachable cross-body strap, top-zip closure, metal feet, and a cotton lining with both zip and open pockets on the inside. A great summer casual in timeless colors and style. $750

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Summer Star Parties at Utah's Cedar Breaks National Monument

by Alison Wellner (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Green

Summer is the best time to let your inner space geek run rampant, but a truly dark night sky is hard luxury to come by -- most of the United States suffers from extravagant light pollution.

Overcome this challenge and head to Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah. At over 10,000 feet of elevation, it's got a view on a perfectly dark sky and on nine nights this summer, throws a Star Party. You can bring your own telescope (which you could do any night on your own), but they'll take you to Point Supreme Overlook and let you look through their powerful telescopes, accompanied by park staff an astronomy volunteers to answer your questions.

The 2010 Star Party dates are July 8, 10, 12, August 7, 9, 11, September 6, 8, 10 and are free of charge. Be sure to dress warmly!

Tags: astronomy, cedar breaks national monument, light pollution, stargazers, stargazing, stars, utah

The Star System Collection

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

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

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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.

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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: Luxury Travel & Hotels, 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!

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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]

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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.