Luxury is here to stay, crisis or not. Weekly luxury brands team up with famous artists, launch new products or open new hotels. We’d like to share the luxury industries’ news we think is worth sharing here weekly in the new section ‘Luxe Flash’. The Your Ambassadrice team curated the most noteworthy announcements here for you; dream on or start buying, booking or trying!
Discover Istria in a BMW Cabrio
BMW stands for design, performance and efficiency, promising great driving pleasure. At BMW they believe that on holiday driving pleasure is very important and should be a relaxing enjoyment. Therefore, together with tourist boar of Istria, they invite visitors to the BMW Coast Drive. Istria is located in the northwest corner of Croatia and is a heart-shaped peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. It has enchanting hills, indented coast-line, clear beaches, and a divers landscape with palm trees, pines and olive groves. Visitors of Istria have the opportunity to enjoy the coastal roads at the wheel of an open BMW Z4 Roaster. The car is available at 6 exclusive locations and is completely free of charge!
Ganni Pop-up in London
Ganni, a Danish clothing and shoes design brand, launched in 2000, has now come for a short stay in London. They design clothes that fit independent, confident, flirty and feminine cool women. The style is simple yet beautiful and can be matched together easily creating different looks. For the autumn/winter 2014 collection, Creative Director Ditte Reffstrup was inspired by her travels to Russia, trying to portray the “everyday woman and the struggles she must go trough on a daily basis” in her designs. The collection is filled with voluminous prints, big flowers, faux fur, and heavy wool. Now you can shop the AW14 collection at their temporary store in Shoreditch, it will remain open for 6 months.
Hermès Halzan Bag
Introducing the latest design from Hermes Fall/Winter collection, the Halzan bag. The modern design can be worn four ways. You may choose to wear it as a shoulder bag, a crossbody, a north-south tote or fold it into a clutch. The bag is made of soft Calfskin leather with Palladium hardware and has removable and adjustable straps. On the inside there is a small pocket and two larges ones are at the back of the bag. At the moment Halzan is only available in one size, but comes in various Hermès shades, including Gold, Eben, Etain, Alezan, White, Blue Sapphire and Rouge Casaque. The Halzan bag is light, simple and discreet, perfect for office, meetings, errands, and outings.
Golden Eagle-Danube Express: Budapest-Tehran
For an unforgettable rail experience you can hop-on the “Golden Eagle-Danube Express” train for a five-star two-week trip. The train will depart from Budapest on October 14 and will cross beautiful landscapes of Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Iran. The Golden Eagle Danube Express will be the first ever European private train to be permitted to enter into Iran. The train has 13 lavishly-decorated wood-panelled 1950s carriages and berths suitable for approximately 70 guests. The luxury train holiday tickets range between 10,000 and 23,000 euros and only a few seats are left.
Miss Monica by Dolce & Gabbana
Monica Belluci is a familiar face in the Dolce & Gabbana collection campaigns. But this time the Italian beauty inspired the designers to create a bag. Introducing the Miss Monica bag from their Fall Winter 2014-15 collection. The handbag is vintage chic, presenting mix and match brocades, leather and crocodile material. Miss Monica bag resembles the Medieval past with the velvet patterns that embody tapestries. The eye-catching elegant lock completes the sophisticated look of the box-style handbag.
