11 feet x 12 feet in London for USD 450,000
A parking lot in London’s upscale market of Hyde Park Gardens has been put up for sale for a whopping £300,000 ($447156.05 USD), which is close to twice the average buying price for residential properties in the United Kingdom. The posh spot measuring 11 feet x 12 feet costs more than double the aggregate price […]
Luxury loans trending in Asia
Hong Kong’s ladies-who-lunch are indulging in a smart new trend — cashing in luxury handbags for quickie loans in the Asian style capital. Luxury purses by brands like Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Gucci can all be used to secure a loan in less than half an hour, with specialist pawnbrokers providing cash at up to […]
Turning [coconut] water into wine
A Filipino winemaker is hoping to put coconut-based wines, which have long been consumed in parts of South Asia and Africa, on liquor store shelves around the world. Made from the sap of coconut palm flowers, Vino de Coco is slated to hit shelves this month in China, where it will sell for 100 Yuan […]
World’s most expensive cheese is no more, until 2014…
Novak Djokovic, who until yesterday was known as the Serb who was ranked the number 1 professional tennis player for both 2011 and 2012 will henceforth be known as the guy who stole our cheese. Djokovic who is clearly at the peak of his career (you really cant go any higher than being #1) has […]
A dozen bottles of whisky [only] on Harrod’s wall for $1.5 million
Scottish distillery The Dalmore has partnered with Harrods to launch The Dalmore Paterson Collection, named after master distiller Richard Paterson who assessed, nosed, tasted and selected each whisky blend for the lot of a dozen bottles. The price tag for the world’s only collection of its kind? A cool £987,500 ($1.5 million). Whiskies range in […]
Summer at Versace’s Palazzo – not in Italy
A sprawling, palatial hotel and residence signed by luxury label Versace is set to open its doors next summer in the heart of Dubai. Specs for the Palazzo Versace Dubai are impressive. Hotel guests and residents will be offered a range of luxury amenities that include a lagoon, sandy beach, waterfront pedestrian promenade, male and […]
IT’S A GOOD YEAR FOR SCARCE BUBBLES
First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year. The good news: what there is could be outstanding. After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of champagne are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in the last 20 years. But […]
LUXE SPA TRENDS + HOT SPOTS 2012
It appears leeches sucking out toxins, a stage of an Indian traditional cleansing practice termed Panchakarma, and fish pedicures no longer top the bizarre in spa trends, for the record the leeches stay on HEDGEAnswer’s list. According to the site Cracked, the “rich and insane” are hot for massages by snakes in Israel and elephants […]
A TREEHOUSE FOR GROWN-UPS
A UK-based company Blue Forest is making both children’s and adults’ wildest dreams come true with custom luxury treehouses. The blog Rich Times notes “that [the treehouses] would lure even Tinker Bell to move from Neverland.” However these luxury treehouses are a far cry from Neverland with features that include “biometric security systems, safe houses […]
AMAZON GOES LUXE
Amazon.com’s members-only flash-sale site MYHABIT launched its first designer tab, with the likes of Thakoon, Valentino and Balmain, to attract high-end shoppers in search of 60% savings on February 6 at 9am PST/12pm EST. Top fashion houses including Bibhu Mohapatra, Costume National and Alejandro Ingelmo have been hanpicked for the high-end category. The first sale […]