Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 30th June 2006 at 03:47 PM, Filed in Luxury Blogs
Luxist was probably one of the first luxury blogs to hit the scene several months ago and is now pretty ubiquitous in this blog niche. It’s a Weblogs Inc blog, if that means nothing to you, don’t worry you’re in the majority. In a nutshell a very shrewd chap called Jason Calacanis set up a blog network approximately 2 years ago and sold out a few months back to AOL for a reported $40 million. Luxist is part of this network and now part of AOL’s blog division or whatever they now call themselves. Clever guy hehh!
It sounds wise after the event but Orbital Media Network had the same idea 3 years ago but never got off our asses to do anything about it until the beginning of this year. C’est la vie - we might be sitting pretty on that cool $40 million by now if we’d had the “balls of our convictions”. No matter, we digress. Luxist really was quite an intriguing blog when it first came on the scene and carried a large number of people’s aspirations in it’s content.
It’s still a corking good read now and again but it seems to be losing it’s way slightly in recent months, often regurgitating similar themes with worrying regularity - is it running out of steam? Maybe, that’s unavoidable over time, but there is definitely an intangible sense that the crown is slipping ever so slightly for Luxist. However, I have no doubt that with some editorial tweaking it will regain the mantle before long.
Good luck to Deidre Wollard and the team at Luxist.
Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 30th June 2006 at 12:18 PM, Filed in Luxury Watches
I’m not a particularly huge fan of Gucci watches for men. There always seems something a little too overtly feminine about them. It’s difficult to deny the undoubted class in their designs and the precision engineering is there, but some how they fail to produce the goods.
We picked the Gucci G Metro watch out from their range because it is unquestionably stylish and reasonably priced for a luxury watch, retailing at around $1000 (£725). I’m still not seeing a watch here that screams masculinity but it’s still a very nice luxury piece.
According to Gucci via Daily Mail
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Posted by Peter Brady on Thu 29th June 2006 at 09:10 PM, Filed in Luxury Bathrooms
I have been looking for a while now to feature a luxury bathroom design service. There doesn’t seem to be that many of them out there for some reason. So I was quite pleased to spot Ripples who have apparently been around since 1988.
According to their web site they have been honoured with various awards that quite frankly mean nothing to me. But what really caught my eye is the sleek modern look of their designs. Take a look at this one:
Tasteful, modern, spacious and luxurious personified.
According to a recent feature in the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper, Ripples are also offering new Jacuzzi Morphosis whirlpool baths. Great name for a bath!
“The collection features beautiful organic lines and contours and therapeutic lighting. With four jets and additional rotating back jets, the baths are designed to stimulate and satisfy all the senses. The futuristic system has electronic controls to adjust the intensity of the whirlpool, allowing you to tailor the water massage to your individual needs. Prices start at £6,495.”
Posted by Peter Brady on Thu 29th June 2006 at 03:30 PM, Filed in Luxury Blogs
We spotted Luxury Affair a newish, luxury based blog a while back and while it’s still what I might call “in the development phase” there is some ok content. Take a look at this post on “Oprah’s $24 million private jet.”
Here’s what they say about themselves:
“This blog is all about luxury…watches, handbags, real estate, diamonds, jewelry, vacations, investing, and so much more. If you stop by again soon, plan on checking out tons of luxury items you can drool over and hopefully purchase for yourself? From $50mm estates, $1mm+ cars, beautiful bags and watches, you can see it all here.”
We at Lussorian and the Orbital Media Network, wish Tim at Luxury Affair the very best of luck.
The UK property market has seen unprecedented growth in the last decade. So, I suppose it’s no real surprise to see Halifax reporting that “there are now 63,200 more properties valued at £1 million than there were in 1995.” This is a staggering twenty fold increase.
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