Catch out the quixotic designer creation by Spanish designer at Designer Planet.

Senora Cartera identifies the blessed celebrity to carry designer Prada’s Bow Clutch Bag for the first time. Blessed celebrity or bag!

Fashion Fling is in its informative mood. The space offers you good reasons to carry limited edition Jones New York t-shirts to support teachers.

Style Talk brings the designer collection from Agatha Ruiz de la Prada displayed during Madrid Fashion Week to your desktop.

GLAM & TONIC proposes an online-shop to help you store up on Scandinavian fashionable attire.

Follow the ultra-sensible style tips by So Frugalicious taking you towards a budgeted New York look.

Spork Fashion presents ‘Rock Bands’ that makes you rock to the beat of rock-n-roll

Gareth Pugh ruled the ramp of London Fashion Week with his peppy collection; sneak a peek into it via Designer Tips.

Lifestyle Buzz takes the opportunity to present some mind-blowing falling designs as a part of Amanda Wakeley’s Spring 2008 collection.

What’s Haute features Angelina Jolie and Zahara Jolie-Pitt and show us why they are the ultimate mother/daughter bagistas.

John Rocha’s Spring 2008 collection from London Fashion Week is inviting eyeballs at Designer Sense.

Curious about much-admired TV celebrity Emmy Award’s show “beauty secrets”? The Beauty Counter is geared up to calm down all your curiosity.

Now your yearn to initiate your own fashion line can be accomplished in the company of Fashionably Cute.

Diva In A Carry On hunt for the perfumes that could fit in travel-kit is over with the sweetest scents around.

Pink Rock Candy makes an effort to help you identify your right age to model women’s designer attire. Is it 12 yrs young or could be younger than that.

Giving a tribute to Princess Grace, an exhibition is being scheduled straddling Kelly’s role from a Hollywood celebrity to Princess of Monaco at Sotheby’s auction house from 15-26 October. The exhibition would include her lavish gowns, ornaments, letters and photographs.

It will set the stage for a series of events, including the 25th anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala and an arts benefit. This 11-day long exhibition is set to stage countless events on the 25th anniversary of her death.

The major highlight of the exhibition would be Givenchy-designed sleeveless dress (right) with matching fringed bolero jacket in vivid green worn by Princess Grace Kelly on an official 1961 visit with Prince Rainier to lunch at the White House with President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. Another most-awaited dress is a Helen Rose ball gown (left) that she carried in the 1956 musical comedy “High Society.”

Give some feast to your eyes:

Here is a statue won by Kelly for her performance in “The Country Girl”. Also, the late Princess Grace’s engagement ring (top), a 10.47 carat emerald cut diamond set with two baguette diamonds and mounted in platinum would be a part of the exhibition.

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It took three-long years to build 1985 Buckingham and the very out product demands $1,400 per mile. Isn’t it pricey? Yah, it is the obvious reply but it’s justifiable. Around eight proficient Aston Martin Lagonda craftsmen were deployed for two years to complete its design and for final touch.

In terms of running costs, this is the most-expensive coupé produced ever till date counting depreciation, indemnity, listing, maintenance. It required an investment of $509,673 for its build-up and it has taken a ride over just 348 miles in the past 22 years.

The car would be available for auction on 2 October in BCA’s next Classic & Historic auction in the UK. Its radiator badge was designed by the regal jeweller, Garrards in gold and black shades.

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Check out this elite handbag by Mark Jacobs with a leather body and a bold chain strap. The very look of the bag is formal but its feel wouldn’t stop you from carrying it in your next scheduled party. It is spacious and trendy. The company of this bag would never make you feel alone as the warmth attached to it is inexpressible.

USP: Patchwork
Price: $1,475
Color: Black and Peanut
Designer: Marc Jacobs

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The history of submarines tracks back to 1620 when a Dutchman built the first submarine by using leather and wood that can swim around 15 feet under the surface. Experimenting with submarines seems to be in the blood of Dutchmen as they are now making efforts to deliver personal submarines.

Following the success of single-seater, C-Quester at Monte Carlo has lately unveiled CQ-2; a fully-automatic twin-seater personal submarine that maintains the cabin pressure at one temperature. Fully charged battery (14-hrs) can hold you submerged for 2.5 hours under assured safety precautions offering suffice air for 36 hours to meet the urgency, if any.

Accessible on four 36V electric motors (two for drive, one to take you sub upwards and another downwards), the submarine drives on a total 101lbs of power.

Folks who are introduced with the art of driving a boat would find driving CQ-2 a child’s toy. The cost-factor is quite alarming as it would be SOME million dollars. Yah, it would be a bit-pricier than Porsche and its exclusivity deserves this. Presently, all eyes and ears are on a four-seater anticipated to be launched in 2008.

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Following the modern artwork of Damien Hirst’s $100 million diamond skull that aroused the curiosity of the art-lovers, today an old and rare master study by Peter Paul Rubens is using its hypnotism effectively among art collectors.

Rubens’ “Two Studies of a Young Man,” an oil-sketch study is anticipated to land the U.S this weekend and would be presented to the public for the first time in the history of 70 years.

The sketch would be available at Christie’s New York from 30 September to 3 October. The auction is scheduled for 3 December in London and is expected to fetch $8 million to $12 million.

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Bold and beautiful, this unique piece of furniture is designed by the British Alexander Taylor in accordance with International standards. Known as butterfly table, its sculptural base is well-supporting the glass plate.

It is this complicated yet designer form of the timber structure that end up creating wings of butterflies, giving you the feel to breathe in the open air (high sky) while being packed in four boundaries.

The proportioned gathering of refined plywood plates makes it look complete. The beauty of its formation adds simplicity and elegance to it. The stability of the table is assured using non-skid pastilles.

This table is a replica of the Taylor’s talent and courage to experiment with new designs. The structure is plated reopens some natural or tinted white and black. Butterfly exists in two dimensions:

Price:

Square plate: $191,448 (90 X 90 cm)
Rectangular plate: $ 267,600 (120 X 90 cm)
Designer: Alexander Taylor

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Literally speaking, there are two reasons for being hopeful to invite high-bids on the ‘mere’ bottles of wine. First, it’s the old history attached to the old bottles and secondly, the brand of the wine that makes you ignore its price.

The majestic bottle of French Grand Cru First Growth Château Pétrus, 1961 falls under the latter category. Edward Roberts International has plans to auction this bottle on 28 October. The regal bottle (beating the affect of eight usual bottles) is anticipated to fetch $150,000.

The auction also offers 1921, 1947 and 1961 Chateau Petrus en Magnums and several prized vintages of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild including the 1945. Out of the myriad of wines available, the most-appealing wine set for auction is the Courvoissier Cognac Erte decanter collection featured above. Bids are invited for the same online or by making presence to the auction scheduled at the Columbia Yacht Club in Chicago.

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Celebrities Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have acquired a land for their new farm house, so the duo has given a green signal to sell off their Nashville home in the Green Hills. In 2005, Urban procured this four-bedroom house spread over 7,000-square-foot for $1.7 million and at present is available for sale demanding $2.45 million. Built two-years back, this home still has the same appeal.

The home shares the commonality of bearing the old beige shades with soft colors, then what is its USP?

The polished black piano and the countless fitness equipment offer the identity of a celebrity home. And yes, by loosing weight of your wallet with just $2.45 million, you will be blessed to have a celebrity neighbor as LeeAnn Rimes puts in the house adjacent to it.

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After diamond studded Gold-Bra ($108,600) and world’s most-expensive diamond encrusted lingerie ($30mn), here is a new entrant to the ornamental world of undergarments. Exhibited in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province on 27 September, the fabric used to design this set of underwear is 950 grams pure gold.

To your much-amaze, this underwear costs 200 thousand yuan but is not available for sale. It seems that the craftsmanship invested in its production is valuable as it will be displayed in the shop for three days. Not to forget, it deployed four-veteran craftsmen for complete one month.

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