TOP 5 HAUTE THINGS OF INTEREST THIS WEEK!

It's the things that we found hautely interesting this week. The things that blew or mind or we just found simply, fabulous dahling.  Here goes:

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1.  Gustavia Bay,  St. Barts

New Year's 2013




A view from above courtesy www.hauteyachts.com

The well known French paradisaical oasis recorded a shocking 130 registered yachts on New Years Eve celebrations on the island.  Of those, 17 were in the 200-or-more-feet super yacht category including Nirvana, the $300 million, 290-foot yacht owned by the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones. Also docked in the picturesque turquoise waters along the beautiful coastline was the Lady Sheridan, the 190-foot yacht belonging to Texas tobacco attorney John Eddie Williams and the 538-foot Eclipse owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. The cost of merely docking the super yacht for a week on those azure waters is a mere one million euros.

2.  Dubai

Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF)

January 3, 2013 thru February 3, 2013





What began as a retail event intended to revitalise retail trade in Dubai, February 15, 1996 has since evolved into an international shopping event attracting over 3 million people to Dubai. Instituted as a government initiative to attract trade, the now retail extravaganza offers a variety of discounts, competitions, prizes, concerts and shopping events has been listed as one of the best shopping experiences in the world.  Shopping for a month. Did you buy your plane ticket yet?


3.   Madge's Material Mansion for sale. 



Music icon Madonna placed her Beverly Hills estate on the market for $22.5 million dollars. The pop singer's palatial home includes nine-bedrooms, fifteen bathrooms, two guest houses, a gym, assistant offices, a tennis court, a two story dining room, large kitchen/breakfast room, den, two living/reception rooms, a junior dining room, a resort pool and a full size screening room/theatre, all on 1.17 acres of land, but that’s not all, the enormous property comes equipped with a 500-foot driveway.  Haute neighbors include Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos. What I want to know is, "How many closets does the property have?"



4.   Showroom Cassina Miami
3800 NE Miami Court,
Miami, Florida
www.poltronafraumiami.net

Image: Cassina.com

There are just few days left to visit the first U.S. exhibition of Le Corbusier, presented by Cassina and in collaboration with Le Corbusier Foundation,  "The Interior of the Cabanon, Le Corbusier 1952 – Cassina Reconstruction 2006" is taking place at the Cassina Miami showroom through January 20.
The exhibition includes “the authentic reconstruction of the actual interior of the Cabanon, which Le Corbusier planned and built in 1952 for his holidays in Cap-Martin, France,” according to a press release. The exhibition, curated by renowned Le Corbusier scholar and NYU professor Jean-Louis Cohen, has been reconstructed within the Cassina Miami showroom.  The reconstruction has been made available for touring exhibitions in order to bring awareness to the public of the “responsibility of the client in relation to the designer/architect”.




5.  DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA

Polaroid





Polaroid, under the guidance of its Creative Director Lady Gaga, if providing the opportunity to print photo still held on devices such as phones or picture sharing sites by establishing a physical "store" where the are now able to have a physical copy of a digital photo.  CEO Warren Struhl proudly announced the opening of a place, the first of its kind, where customers will have a number of printing options such as the ability to print pictures on materials such as oversize art and astonishingly enough metal, and Lucite. If you feel such high tech printing would be over your head don't worry, customer will be under the capable guidance of store "Phototenders" who can assist with your every request.

The First of ten such Fotobars across the country is set to open this February in Florida.  I'll certainly be one of the first in line!