MERRY CHRISTMAS

I WISH ALL OF YOU MY FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FOLLOWERS A BLESSED AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! MAY THIS CHRISTMAS BE FULL OF NEVER FAILING KINDNESS, BEAUTY AND THE WARMTH OF LOVE...

PINEL & PINEL FOR RICOLA

RICOLA CONFECTIONERY KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR ITS DELICACIES HAS RECENTLY TEAMED UP WITH LUXURY LEATHER GOODS MAKER PINEL & PINEL FOR A STUNNING COLLECTION OF 11 TRUNKS FOR RICOLA CANDY. WITH THE HOLIDAY JUST AROUND THE CORNER, IT MAKES SENSE TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL LEATHER TRUNK TO ENCASE 11 JARS OF RICOLA CANDY. THE ONE IN THE CENTER IS AN EXTRA LARGE FEATURING A 'BLIND TEST' DRAWER JUST BELOW IT. AN ABSOLUTE GIFT FOR ANY CANDY LOVER, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN A LIMITED EDITION. THE BEES WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE RICOLA TRUNK BY PINEL & PINEL AS THE COMPANY INTENDS TO DONATE PROFITS FROM THE SALE OF THE TRUNKS TO THE LAND OF BEES ASSOCIATION THAT FIGHTS FOR PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIES IN EUROPE.

MCM/ASSOULINE TRAVEL TRUNK

RECENTLY LUXURY DESIGNER MCM AND SPECIALTY PUBLISHER ASSOULINE COLLABORATED TO CREATE A STUNNING TRAVEL TRUNK FOR ASSOULINE'S 40 BOOK SIGNATURE MEMOIRES SERIES ON FASHION, ART AND DESIGN. THE TRUNK IS COVERED IN MCM's ICONIC SIGNATURE MONOGRAM CANVAS WITH BRASS ACCESSORIES. THE UNIQUE TRAVEL TRUNK IS AVAILABLE AT MCM BOUTIQUES AND ASSOULINE SHOPS WORLDWIDE AND IS PRICED AT $4,995

ABSOLUT 'KRINK'

TO MARK THE LAUNCH OF AN EXCEPTIONAL ABSOLUT LIMITED EDITION BOTTLE, ABSOLUT VODKA IS SET TO UNVEIL 'A WORK IN PROGRESS' WITH INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED NEW YORK ARTIST, KRINK AND ART, FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE, EXIT. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1979, ABSOLUT HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF DESIGN AND CREATIVITY, SHARING ITS UNIQUE AND PIONEERING VISION OF THE WORLD THROUGH CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST EMINENT FIGURES, INCLUDING ANDY WARHOL, KEITH HARING AND MORE RECENTLY SPIKE JONZE AND JAY-Z. 'KRINK', AKA 'KR', IS ONE OF THE MOST VISIONARY AND INSPIRATIONAL STREET ARTISTS WORKING TODAY, AND IS ALSO THE CREATOR OF KRINK, A LINE OF THE FINEST QUALITY HANDMADE INKS AND MARKERS, USED BY ARTIST THE WORLD OVER. ORIGINALLY FROM QUEENS AND STILL BASED IN NEW YORK CITY, KRINK'S UNIQUE TECHNIQUE HAS ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY POPULARIZED A GLOBAL OBSESSION WITH DRIPPING INK IN STREET ART. WITH THE BOTTLE AS HIS INSPIRATION, KRINK HAS CREATED FIFTEEN INDIVIDUAL CUSTOM-DESIGNED ABSOLUT LIMITED EDITION BOTTLES, WITH EACH 70cl BOTTLE BEING UNIQUELY CUSTOMIZED USING THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE; KRINK INK, IN STRIKING BLACK, SILVER AND WHITE. STEPHEN TONER, EDITOR OF EXIT MAGAZINE SAID: 'EXIT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ABSOLUT SPANS THE PAST DECADE. BOTH SHARE A UNIQUE VISION OF IMAGINATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARTISTS AND GROUNDBREAKING PROJECTS. THIS AUTUMN/WINTER ISSUE WE COMMISSIONED ONE OF EXIT'S FAVORITE STREET ARTISTS, KRINK, TO BRING HIS CREATIVE IDEAS TO LIFE AND MAKE THE PRESENT EXCEPTIONAL WITH HIS OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE ABSOLUT LIMITED EDITION BOTTLE.' THE ARTWORK CREATED FROM THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ABSOLUT, KRINK AND EXIT MAGAZINE WILL BE FEATURED ACROSS TWELVE PAGES OF EXIT MAGAZINE.

BOND NO. 9 CHANDELIER AMPHORA BOTTLE

INSPIRED BY THE IRRESISTIBLE CRYSTAL-CLEAR TEARDROP PRISM-BEAD CHANDELIERS GLEAMING LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF DIAMONDS INSIDE THE VINTAGE BOUTIQUES AND CLASSIC DEPARTMENT STORES. BOND NO. 9 NEW YORK HAS CREATED A STUNNING AND UNIQUE CHANDELIER. THE CHANDELIER AMPHORA FEATURES A BOTTLE DECORATED WITH FACETED, CHANDELIER-SIZED BEADS. THE CHANDELIER AMPHORA FRAGRANCE BOTTLE IS PRICED AT $2,500 AND IS SURE TO BECOME A TREASURED GIFT.

SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL CHRISTMAS TREE

IN CELEBRATION OF THE FESTIVE HOLIDAY SEASON, SWAROVSKI PRESENTED A 30 METER HIGH OUTDOOR CRYSTAL CHRISTMAS TREE AT STATUE SQUARE IN CENTRAL HONG KONG. INSPIRED BY URBAN EFFERVESCENCE, AND A LANDSCAPE DOMINATED BY SKYSCRAPERS AND BUILDINGS WITH A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS NUMBER OF WINDOWS, THE SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL CHRISTMAS TREE TOWERS OVER 30 METERS. RHOMBAS-SHAPED MIRRORS IN SILVER AND GOLD, REMINISCENT OF WINDOW PANES, SHEATH THE TREE. THEY ARE EMBELLISHED WITH OVER 20 MILLION PIECES OF SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS. AT NIGHT, THE SWAROVSKI CHRISTMAS TREE DAZZLES BY MEANS OF INTERACTIVE LIGHTS FROM OVER 200 PIECES OF SWAROVSKI ANNUAL EDITION 2010 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS.

PIERRE HERME BOUCHE DE NOEL

THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON, RENOWNED FRENCH PATISSIER PIERRE HERME ONCE AGAIN RULES THE FESTIVE HOLIDAY. THE 'PICASSO OF PASTRY' RE-ENACTS THE CLASSIC BOUCHE DE NOEL INTO A MODERN HIT OF CHOCOLATE BISCUITS LAYERED WITH LIGHT CHOCOLATE GANACHE. THE LOGS COME IN A SILVER BOX SPECIALLY DESIGNED BY LOUIS-MARIE DE CASTELBAJAC THAT UNFOLDS INTO A POSTER. THE STUNNING YULE LOG IS AVAILABLE AT ALL PIERRE HERME BOUTIQUES FOR AROUND $125.