Monthly Archives: November 2011

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MotoMan goes on a journey to find out if luxury is a car or the brand ON the car?

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The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is the world’s biggest boat show in terms of exhibit space sold with more than 3 million square feet on land and in the water. The annual show, which is held at the end of October, is spread across six sites: Bahia Mar Yachting Center, Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club, Hyatt Pier 66 Hotel & Marina, Hall of Fame Marina and Las Olas Marina, all in South Florida.

The Fort Lauderdale boat show is known for its collections of superyachts, which are boats 80 feet and longer. More than 200 of the vessels, some of which exceed 200 feet, are on display each year in the water. In addition to superyachts, the show has trawlers, cruisers, sportfishermen and high-performance boats in the water, plus inflatables, center consoles, flats boats, runabouts, personal watercraft and ski boats on display on land. Those looking to build or outfit a superyacht visit the yacht builders & designers tent and the international yacht builders pavilion. Also at the show are exhibits with diesel and gas engines, outboard motors, generators, electronics, clothing, artwork, jewelry, fishing tackle, coolers, furniture, boat lifts, fighting chairs and other accessories.

The value of the products on display is more than $2 billion. The economic impact of the show in South Florida is more than $550 million.

Enjoy the 2011 Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show “Sights And Sounds” presented by Westship World Yachts.

  

It is a year since an 18th-century Chinese vase was sold in London for $68 million, smashing world records.

Now dealers and auction houses in London are feverishly anticipating a slew of sales as part of Asian Art in London, a week-long event that has been attracting newly-wealthy Chinese buyers and collectors to the capital for over a decade.

Max Rutherston, Chairman of Asian Art in London, says the week of Asian art sales and exhibitions in London has been running for 13 years, and has seen a “Chinese art boom,” with collectors from mainland China and Hong Kong flocking to London to check out the array of antique wares laid out in the salesrooms and galleries.

Antique vases hailing from the much-sought-after 18th-century Qianlong period are going under the hammer at major auction houses Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams and on display at the commercial galleries, alongside decorative objets d’art and furnishings.

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Put max in the sound to hear the unique roar of the V12 engine of 700 PS.

The video taken on the occasion of the presentation of the Italian supercar representatives of Lamborghini Aventador specific release was recently in Rome. After driving in the streets, a test drive was on track at Vallelunga circuit located about 30 km north of the Italian capital.

  

By RACHEL STRUGATZ at WWD

Cartier will launch the first leg of its second digital “Painted Love” campaign for its Love jewelry line Nov. 9 — on Facebook. It will mark the first time the luxury brand has marketed on Facebook, where it boasts more than 280,000 fans. “A digital platform is a wonderful medium to express creativity,” said Corinne Delattre, head of communications at Cartier International. “The digital landscape is in constant evolution and with that, our role as communicators evolves daily. Our mission is to keep the timelessness of our maison in the reign of the ‘endless now.’” In partnership with The Hours, the four-and-a-half-minute short film is set to a backdrop of music from French band Air, and Brooklyn-based Waverly Films. The first of three parts, it features a painter in New York City in search of his creative vision of a woman — who ultimately loses touch with reality. He can’t get his vision right, so he goes out in the world — and his life becomes the fantasy that he’s created in his paintings. “The way Cartier envisioned the Love project was by initiating exclusive and original collaborations and highly creative synergies between the music and the image worlds,” said Leslie Dubest, co-founder and chief creative officer of The Hours. “Emotion through art engages digital conversation. This is the new marketing.” Cartier hosted an event and screening Tuesday at the Thompson LES hotel’s penthouse here, and events in Paris and Tokyo will follow. In 2007, the brand released its first digital campaign, “How Far Would You Go for Love,” where Olivier Dahan directed a dozen short films that featured models such as Helena Christensen and Marisa Berenson.