LED is a technology that has caught up pretty fast across the globe despite the fact that it is on the higher scale of the price tag compared to other low-profile technological solutions that could take its place. Just goes to show that people love bling and green solution will be accepted when they come in an attractive package. The Circuit MK2 designed by STORM of London is all set to take that LED charm and put in on your wrist. Designed to look like a space age tool, the LED display watch does not use the traditional analog or digital way of conveying time.

The flash from London uses an LED display on a sleek stainless steel bracelet to offer that sleek and ultra-modern look. With minimalistic design being the trend in fashion today the LED watch should have quite a few takers indeed. Displaying time and date despite the lack of chronograph functionality, the MK2 looks like the perfect wrist gear for every occasion.

With its understated style and futuristic the LED watch might very soon compete with the digital and analog versions across the planet. Till then you can get your own Circuit MK2 for $200.

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You will agree that it’s always nice to shop once in a while for an unusual hand bag that isn’t your black or white. Here we have a very structured fashion accompaniment that comes in a very pretty and rather rare shade of blue with subtle intones of black. Called the Temperly London Design this one has fashionable studs on the front flap that will blow you away.

We do realise that it is a wee bit small for a shoulder bag but still it is spacious enough to hold you bare essentials for the day (it’s ok once in a while to step out without carrying your bottle of water and rely on the many vending machines standing out there). Again, the smallness of the bag makes it a good fit for evening hang outs too.

The handbag has been made in 100 per cent leather except for the hardware and te hinges that run along throughout its structure. The popper fastening is an addede attraction. There is an interior zip pocket too. The price tag reads £475.

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We just came across a snazzy party table called the “Aperitivo Table” designed by Eu Ju Park from Korea. The good news is that ‘Aperitivo Table’ has been shortlisted as one of the 100 best entries for the recent designboom competition, which is soon to begin in callaboration with ‘Peroni Nastro Azzurro’.

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London will host an exhibition show from September 30 to October 4, 2009 for the shortlisted winners to display their projects. The usual and ordinary square tables or round tables do not quite do a good job during parties when so many people gather around the table to eat and converse.

What distinguishes the ‘Aperitivo Table’ from the rest is its special feature that can hold food and drink together. The table per se looks like a tree with a lot of branches of small circles. These branches are individually connected to the main stand.

The multiple circles on the branches allow you to place and remove glasses with a lot of ease. This will save a lot of space during parties. Indeed, a very creative and unique idea!

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Watch genius Severin Wunderman indeed lived life king size. After all he is the man who built the Gucci watch brand. His eight-bedroom townhouse in the Chelsea part of London grabbed headlines last year. And haven’t we heard so much about his Corum and other interesting images that he possessed. Come September 30, and his collection of furniture, paintings and several obejects from his house will go on sale at Bonhams London.

All this is being done for a good cause as the proceeds will be directed to the Severin Wunderman Family Foundation that supports research on incurable diseases.

Wunderman had a very fine taste in life. He would collect a range of things from walking canes to images of Napoleon to even skulls. As a matter of fact, one of the rooms in his townhouse is actually referred to as the Napoleon room. Interested buyers will also let you take a peek at all the stuffs in Wunderman’s drawing room. We have taken a likin to the Charles X style walnut and parcel gilt day bed that is supported by swans. The estimated price is between €810 and 1,200.

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Newer standards in luxury are being laid. Yes, even in the financial hard times! Of course, the selected few like the Sultan of Brunei (the pic above is not a recent one). The status is rarefied and so you can well imagine the ostentatious spending habits that he must be enjoying. Well, the man is in news for a haircut he took recently. Boy, now what’s big with that is what you must be wondering. Well, the simple routine thing cost him a huge $21,485.

Believe it or not but the stylish Sultan hired a private luxury cabin on a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Brunei for an appointment with his favorite barber Ken Modestu which cost £11,000, excluding the bit about hotel ad luxury gourmet food. Though regular folks can get a snip from Ken for £30 at the Dorchester hotel in Mayfair, Central London; but His Majesty did not want to take any chances with the Swine Flu bug and thought it was safer to fly his hairdresser instead.

An insider revealed that Ken has been styling the Sultan’s hair for 16 years now. And an appointment is duly taken once every three-four weeks. And the Sultan likes to treat his hairdresser friend to a first class flight for £9,000.

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Hear hear, recession has struck everyone hard, the rich included. We are referring to the richest man of Britain, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. Apparently, the man has had not succes in finding a buyer for a luxe home of his, which is why he had decided to rent out the property instead.

The plush estate is located in Hampstead in North London and goes by the name of Summer Palace. Experts calculated its price to be $65.5 million before the credit crunch hit. This is indeed a home fit for a king with 11 luxuriously decorated bedrooms with 12 complementing bathrooms. There are six reception rooms, a glass lift leading to the swimming pool plus a jacuzzi along side a steam room.

Mittal bought this home in 1996 at a very high price  and is looking to sell it as he relocates to West London in the Kensington area. If the Summer Palace finds prospective tenants, then it can revv up some cool $16,300 every week.

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Stuart Phillips could be the most expensive hairdresser in the world. He earned a lot of appreciation for his work at the very start itself. So armed with technique, the man travelled the world to explore how hairdressers work in other countries. Quite disappointed with the low standards particularly in Japan and Indonesia, he decided to make amends in his own salon in hometown London. Together with his luxury expert wife Tabitha, he worked on a dream hairstyling package  that would mean great business for the couple.

And so the various jaw-dropping packages came into existence. So if you are looking for an adventure of sorts at the least expensive international services provided by Phillps, try the Gold Package at £8,000. This includes a limo ride, champagne lunch, hair consultation, head and scalp massage, cut and blow dry, instructions on hair care, a range of L’Oreal products to take home and a limo ride back to the airport.

Next is the Diamond Package costing £20,000. And apart from the basic facilities, it lets you enjoy a day/night package, personal driver, assistant, personal shopper and Stuart will personally escort you to the salon. Then there is the Platinum Package, the price of which is not really known. All you have to do is call the Stuart Phillips award winning salon and tell your demands and get the quote on price.

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Price may have been cut at most eateries due the global financial hit but not everyone likes to follow herd. Take the posh London curry house Bombay Brasserie, for instance. The cooks here have concocted a spectacular culinary delight with a price, that both have enough ammunition to blow your mind away even individually. So, you can well imagine the lethal combination that apparently is being patronised by the Richie Richs of the society.

Called The Samundari Khazana aka Treasure from the seas, this one is tasteful mix of Beluga caviar, sea snails and a whole lobster topped with edible gold. The head chef, Prahlad Hegde, believes that there still are many people who are willing to shell out the extra buck to pamper their taste buds. We hear that Prahlad is the one to have created this expensive curry, which in turn is an inspiration from his mother’s kitchen.

The five shavings of truffle in the dish cost £90 while the edible gold comes for £1,000,  making the dish accompanied y saffron rice and a glass champagne cost $3,281. The curry has been created to coincide with the DVD launch of Slumdog Millionaire, the Oscar winner this year.

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Luxury airliners are doing their best to revv up things for their business. For instance, if you wish to take Delta Air Lines or even one of its SkyTeam partners then you can enjoy into a splash of comfort that is super-glam. Yes, their new lounge at London’s Heathrow Airport is the result of the marriage between Delta Air Lines and the Air France KLM group and it reminds you of ‘The Jetsons’ for some reason.

The lounge works on two levels, literally so! It includes a spa, restaurant, wine bar, oxygen bar and an entertainment center with all sorts of computer games. This service is for a privileged few who travel international first class, business class and SkyTeam Elite Plus.

We especially liked the touch of the green. French botanist Patrick Blanc has used some 60 species of plants to create an indoor living wall. So you can well expect a calming effect when you rest here in between flights. It has place for 300 people who can relax by taking the benefits of a full-body massage chair. There are PCs, day beds and showers too.

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The name is Bond, James Bond!  I am much too sure half of you viewing this page must have fantasized saying that yourself, havent you? And if you day dream being Bond and driving his classics then this pieces will make you drop your jaw. The white dazzling 1976 Lotus Esprit from the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me is going on sale by the international auctioneers on 1 December at its annual motoring Auction Sale at Olympia, in West London.

The vehicle is one of two Lotus cars driven in the film by Roger Moore’s James Bond character. It turns into an amphibious car for the movie, driven both on land and underwater. Also for sale, is the registration number AU1, used in another James Bond film Goldfinger. The first registration issued in Nottingham in 1903, this number was fitted to the Rolls-Royce Phantom III used by arch villain Goldfinger in the legendary film of the same name, since AU is also the chemical symbol for gold in the Periodic Table. It is expected to fetch in excess of 80,000.

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