Blue Blood, the “new luxury denim & fashion house” and Husqvarna, the “market-leading producers of extreme ‘Supermoto’ motorcycles” have teamed up to create a “flammable mix of superiour style, power and performance” in the form of a pair of customized, limited edition, co-branded motorcycles “set to hit the streets near you at around 100 mph”.
With a combination of motocross set-up, speed tires and Blue Blood style, these bikes are destined to become the stylish speedster’s choice for cross-town traffic.
Anyone who can look at a classic Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and decide that it’s just not going to be enough until there are 1040 horses of Hemi V8 under the hood is ok in my book.
The 592-cubic-inch monster features a dual-stage nitrous system to reach those astronomical power numbers, and the interior is even done up in full luxury garb, with a leather wrapped roll cage and a full collection of shiny gauges.
Plus, who’s going to deny some Grey Poupon to a guy with a blower sticking out of the hood?
Featuring carbon fiber shells, chrome-plated trim, lambskin lining, steel badges, and a rear fin inspired by the helmets worn by knights of old, Les Ateliers Ruby’s Ruby line is “the leading brand for exceptional accessories committed to keeping you on the move”.
Inspired by Steve McQueen, science fiction and the great tradition of French luxury, Jerome Coste has created Ruby, a brand which guarantees good looks and safety for everyday heroes and heroines.
If you love chocolate more than life itself, then perhaps you should check out the Burlwood Chocolate Vault from Richart.
Featuring seven drawers (112 pieces) of the company’s finest chocolates, this hand-crafted vault has temperature and humidity gauges that ensure you’re enjoying your chocolate from the optimum environment.
This thing does cost a hefty $825, but I guess nobody ever said luxury was supposed to be cheap…
Start saving your pennies now, because the new Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe is going to easily justify skipping a few meals to buy one. Loosely based on its Phantom big brother, the Drophead is more curvy and more sexy thanks to an all new body design that shares nothing with the sedan. Here’s just a few reasons to fall in love:
1) Suicide doors. Lamborghini doors are commonplace now, residing on everything from a genuine Lamborghini to the Civic down the street. Suicide doors on the other hand have yet to catch on, though I’d have to say it’s not because they aren’t a great way to enter and exit a vehicle. Nothing says understated and classic luxury like suicide doors. They even open and close on their own if you can’t have your butler follow you around everywhere to do it for you.
2) 6.75L V12 that makes 453 horsepower and 513 lb-ft of torque. Any car that weighs in at a hefty 5775 pounds but can still get to 60 mph in only 5.7 seconds deserves to have wings on the hood.
3) Teak wood decking on the hard tonneau cover. Inspired by a J-class yacht, the teak wood is a design cue taken from any luxury yacht, and not only handles any weather you can throw at it, it also looks great in the process.
4) The trunk is called a “picnic boot” by Rolls since there is a split opening that acts as a traditional trunklid, but there is also a folding tailgate, which acts as a bench and can support up to 330 lbs. if you decide to stop for a little wine and cheese on the way to your private jet.
5) They named it a Drophead Coupe. Any other car manufacturer would have been satisfied by just calling it a convertible and calling it a day, but at Rolls, they aren’t just going to use the same names that every other plebeian car manufacturer uses. For them, it’s a Drophead, and I couldn’t agree more.
If you’ve got the cash, there’s no better way to spend it than to cruise down an oceanside stretch of road, wind rushing through your hair with the Drophead down, teak glistening in the sun, 453 horses singing you a song, and the knowledge that if all else fails, you can still sell it and buy a house. Be sure to check out the Rolls-Royce site for a beautiful video of the Drophead doing just what the Drophead was designed to do, stun.
The Poseidon Hotel wants to give a new meaning to the term sleeping with the fishes. Currently being built off the coast of Fiji, the hotel will rest on the ocean floor, and with 60% of the hotel covered in windows, ought to provide some of the most beautiful views any hotel goer has ever seen. Set to open in early 2009, there will be 24 suites and one apartment, all done in top luxury style. It’s a whole new world.
The Discovery 1000 from US SUBS is one of the coolest sea going vessels I’ve ever seen. Designed to be used as both a boat and as a submersible, it’s made for launch and recovery from a superyacht (incase having your own helicopter to get from your boat to land just isn’t cool enough), and is available in 2 to 10 person versions. Inside, the occupants are treated to luxurious leather seating, air conditioning, and an almost entirely unimpeded view of the undersea surroundings. On the surface, the sub behaves similar to a boat, and the whole thing is controlled via a digitally proportional joystick and animated graphic touch screen display. The boat/sub has a range of 56 nautical miles and can dive to a depth of 1000 ft for up to 28 hours, traveling at a speed of 2 knots. If I had one of these, I’d put a CD player in it so I could listen to the James Bond theme song at every possible moment.
If you love chocolate more than life itself, then perhaps you should check out the Burlwood Chocolate Vault from Richart.
