Monthly Archives: December 2010

Dear theUltimateLuxuryCommunity Members and Visitors,

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, and, like most of the times, some of us have organized how to spend the night, some others not. What are your plans to ring in the New Year? and most important where are You going to celebrate?  It’s that time of year! Outdoor block parties, dining and dancing, crooners and champagne are among others on the agenda.

A lot of people like to spend New Year in different countries rather then their home country.  When deciding where to go for New Year’s Eve You have many options open to You. You have the option of staying in your home country for the New Year, or You can take one of many New Year breaks around the world, so that you can experience a new culture and see how they celebrate the New Year. Click here to view our recent post Top 10: 2010 New Year’s Eve Destinations

I hope most of us are in their favorite location, either Copacabana Beach, Champs-Elysees, Las Vegas Strip, London Eye or elsewhere while the rest of us will celebrate their best Eve in homeland. My choice for the New Year Eve would be to Celebrate 2011 in Times Square and although I cannot be there I will have my share by the watching the following video (livestream from New York).

Let us give You our best wishes for New Year; may 2011 bring health, prosperity, business-job opportunities and lot of Luxuries for You and Your families!  May the joys of the Season lead the way to a bright and prosperous New Year!

theUltimateLuxuryCommunity team

  

2011 Consumer Trends Forecast by Trend Hunter

Projected Publicity, Tweetonomics and Rockstar Self-Expression Today we hunt Trends in 2011

20. Projected Publicity – Marketers turning to large-scale, low-cost and ultra viral mediums like these projected billboards. From Pac-Man projections to giant pinball displays, this form of advertising is grabbing the attention pedestrians in dense urban cities.

19. Interactive Retail – Interactive shopping bags, dinosaur-themed malls and iPad menus are all examples of how retail stores are striving to differentiate themselves from other industry competitors. These brands have turned positive in-store experiences into loyal customer relationships.

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It’s no secret that soccer sensation David Beckham is an avid car collector. His eldest son Brooklyn seems to be following father’s footprints, as he owns the refined version of the ultra-small Porsche sports car. The toy car is handcrafted and is powered by a diesel engine. Costing £50,000 (approx. $72,610), the customized small Porsche is a single-seater. The toy car is just for him to go out on a joy ride in the backyard of his mansion

by Bornrich.org

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How much costs a private plane and which iPhone case makes ultra rich holders to distinguish them from ordinary people who bought in installments? Is there a safe that except to provide the utmost security is a status symbol, too? How do you find a table at the best restaurant in the world, when all others must close the table six months ago? At the end, how the rich people of this world live?

We have chosen eight status symbols, from a private plane to a beautiful timepiesce, reflecting the luxurious life of the majority of bon viveurs.

Transportation mode: IconA5 Personal Aircraft
Price: around € 110.000 

Before some months, the DJ – super star David Guetta said that postponing his appearance, due to the failure of a private jet. Apparently, there was no question to travel by any other aircraft. The beautiful two-seater airplane of the photo would be worthy of the requirements of any rich or super star who respects himself. Features include possibility of landing on land and water, Rotax 912 ULS engine that delivers 100 horsepower and reaches a top speed of 193 kilometers per hour, folding wings that allow easy transport by trailer and built a huge parachute, among other security features 

Transportation mode for shorter distances: Venturi Fetish Sports Electric Vehicle 
Price: around €  520.000

Who said the rich do not have environmental concerns? With the trend of the planet sustainability  and saving energy, the first electric two-seater sports car is here to stay. With power of nearly 250 horses, top speed 160 km per hour and acceleration from 0 to 100 km in less than five seconds, Venturi Fetish is not much to envy from the traditional behemoths that aspires to compete. With a full charge, which lasts just one hour, can travel up to 250 km.

The detail that makes the difference: Spare Tire Case Damien Hirst 
Price: around € 1.100

Let’s say you turned your back on the top eco-car in the world and continues to surf with your shiny Jeep. The case of the spare wheel that makes the difference is a detail that can not be neglected. Of course, we have the best-and expensive-the world: the colorful case signed by the renowned artist Damien Hirst, is made of stainless steel and plastic, while the striking colors protected by special filters from the UV rays of the sun.

Safe: Narcissus from Döttling 
Price: € 250.000

Designed by Karl Lagerfeld, the Narcissus is the world’s most expensive safe. This handmade work of art high security weighs 800 pounds, has a height of 1.80 meters and width of one meter. Identifies the owner with a simple gesture, relieving him from remembering passwords. The impressive interior, reminiscent of futuristic room, dominated cabinets, drawers and numerous loose parts designed in order to accommodate your valuables.

iPhone case: Softbank BB Samurai
Price: around €800

The traditional Japanese art of polishing married to high technology in these such impressive cases for the iPhone, which are inspired by famous samurai-five from left to right: the conqueror Oda Nobunaga, the one-eyed chieftain Date Masamune, the Dragon of Echigo Uesagi Kenshin, the famous lover Naoe Kanetsugu and  triumphant Yukimura Sanada.

Timepiece: Breitling Montbrilliant Legende Chronograph
Price: € 7.800
Impressive at first glance, thanks to the size of the frame of nearly 47 mm. Made of stainless steel combined with detailed red gold 18 carat, it has a non-engraved sapphire crystal and operates with an automatic mechanism, certified of course, for its accuracy. On the back of the case is engraved … a very useful table of key measures of the navigation bar.
 

Corkscrew : “Most Expensive” by Frank Sveid 
Price: €  50.000
Belgian designer Frank Sveid created a unique tool for the rich who get their cellar very seriously. The corkscrew is hand-made of titanium and gold (every time there is someone to order). In fact, it is manufactured by 52 different pieces of titanium, a  material used in aerospace, including a trimmer for lead cap. Available in an impressive box-shaped cigar.

For all these «cannot be done»: Lifestyle Management Companies
Price: from €x.000 a year

Want to say, tickets for a sold out concert, special treatment in the best hotel in the world, access to prive party table at the best Restaurant for tonight. Or you want to have the shoes, Lady Gaga had in her latest video clip in order to make a gift to your niece. All done. If you’re not so rich that your name be enough to open doors, a lifestyle management company can arrange everything for you. Soon more news in theUltimateLuxuryCommunity!

  

Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert 2011 with Franz Welser-Möst

Vienna Philharmonic

On January 1, 2011, Franz Welser-Möst takes up the baton for the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert, which in terms of its international coverage represents the largest classical music event in the world.

This year’s concert will once again be broadcast on television and radio to over 70 countries worldwide. Franz Welser-Möst, following in the footsteps of Clemens Krauss, Josef Krips, Willi Boskovsky, Herbert von Karajan and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, becomes the sixth Austrian conductor to stand at the helm of the Vienna Philharmonic on the first day of the New Year.

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert for the first time

In June 2010,  Franz Welser-Möst also conducted the second major annual concert event of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn.

In addition to compositions from the rich repertoire of the Strauss Family and its contemporaries, this year’s program includes the Mephisto Waltz No. 1, by Franz Liszt. This composer is being honored on the occasion of his 200th birthday which occurs in 2011.

bonus video : Johann Strauss Sr. “Radetzky March”, the last piece at the New Year’s Concert Vienna 1987, with Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic AND THE AUDIENCE, lol. Enjoy

  

by AskMenUK

Number 1 Gieves & Hawkes, 1 Savile Row, London, England
 
Since the late 18th century, the tailors at No. 1 Savile Row have fitted some of the United Kingdom’s most famous historical figures — George III and Admiral Lord Nelson among them. Intact Royal Warrants of Appointment to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales will ensure Gieves & Hawkes’ place in tomorrow’s history books; approximately $5,000 (to start) will secure your own bespoke legacy.

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Great outfit still in fashion! Enjoy

  

Christophe Margot for The New York Times

 By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON at  theNewYorkTimes

IN the early 1990s, Powder magazine, the proudly die-hard ski rag that has weaned countless future ski bums, published an article in which the author spoke of a mystical ski area of unprecedented off-piste challenge. So paranoid was the writer that this mountain’s pristine slopes and elevator-shaft chutes would soon be overrun by, well, the rest of us, that he wouldn’t even name the place. He would only call it — tantalizingly — Valley X.

The crowd-free views of the Alps. Click Image for More Photos

Secrets are hard to keep in the ski world. People pieced together the clues, and word got out that Valley X was La Grave, France. La Grave became famous.

A few winters later Powder ran a piece about another unknown ski kingdom — a Valley Y — where off-piste runs stretched for a vertical mile or more. The place was revealed as Alagna, Italy. “So many Swedish ski bums” — those shock troops of great skiing —“showed up there and were so rowdy, Alagna had to hire a cop for the first time in its 800-year history,” recalled Powder’s former editor, Steve Casimiro.

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 There’s no shortage of high-end products in the UK to tempt the big spenders this Christmas.

Among the luxury goods on offer is a diamond encrusted iPad that is all set to be a Christmas top seller. Made of 24 carat gold and encrusted with diamonds, it costs 4,400 dollars.

“The beauty of it is that individuals who have bought the iPad want something completely different from their spouse, so what we decided to do was add a bit of luxury to it. We have created it in 24 carat gold then iced out the apple logo with diamonds,” said Alexander Amosu.

Watches are often a popular Christmas gift. This watch with a 18-carat gold dial and a platinum and sapphire case will surely take your breath away. Diamond-studded iPad and other fancy Christmas gifts