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Top 10 designer bikes
Bicycles are going couture and they are selling fast! Fashion designers like bikes because, unlike cars, they are easy and inexpensive to customize in ways that produce dramatic visual results, becoming “moving billboards” for their work.
Urban Outfitters bikes
Urban Outfitters has teamed up with Republic Bike for a personalized experience in bike design. More than 100,000 color combinations are available for the five styles including the Aristotle singlespeed and Plato Dutch. The 3D Bike Shopâ„ allows you to visualize your design in 3D.
Missoni bikes
The two-wheelers, which cost $399, got a jumpstart from a covetous celebrity tweet by actress Jessica Alba.
Kate Spade bike
Collaboration with Tribeca bicycle boutique Adeline Adeline / Limited-edition and hand-crafted in Italy by Abici, this Kate Spade New York bike comes with a grass-green frame and a Brooks leather saddle. (more…)
Sheikh of Qatar Looking to Buy Greek Island Skorpios
Greece has put a ton of state assets up for sale, including some of its famous islands. One interested buyer is Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ruling Emir of Qatar, who wants to acquire two islands in the Ionian Sea, including Skorpios Island.
The private island formerly belonged to famed Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis and was the site of his wedding to Jackie Kennedy in 1968. It’s being sold by his granddaughter and heiress, Athina Onassis Roussel, though certain Greek authorities oppose it. There is a lavish villa on the island known as the Pink House which Onassis built for Jackie, along with tennis courts and plush gardens, though most of the island remains undeveloped and pristinely beautiful.
The Qatari royal however may have another contender vying to buy it: Bill Gates. He visited the island in July 2009 reportedly with the intention of buying it. Greek authorities were not willing to sell it as they viewed Onassis’ island as national heritage.
According to Theodoros Varikos, the mayor of the region, Athena cannot sell the island because Onassis has specified in his will that it cannot be sold.
Maria Callas Costumes Go On Display
Maria Callas the late opera singer was once one of the world’s most glamorous women and she had the closet to prove it. Stage costumes, dresses and jewelry belonging to the passionate diva are on display at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
The exhibit titled “A Woman, A Voice, A Myth” features memorabilia and photos gathered by Bruno Tosi, President of Associazione Culturale Maria Callas. The exhibition has toured the world and this event has been organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece-New York, with major support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Hellenic Parliament Foundation.
Callas, who died in 1977, was born in New York City but received her musical education in Greece and was first famous for her opera singing in Italy where her musical gifts earned her the nickname La Divina. Callas is also famous for her equally dramatic personal life. After a successful career the beautiful diva fell for Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis while she was still married to her husband.
Valentine’s Day Special The Segovia necklace
The biggest question you will ask till you know of the lineage of this stunning piece of neckpiece. Van Cleef & Arpels designed almost three decades ago for Aristotle Onassis’ daughter, Christina. This ruby-and-diamond necklace, christened as Segovia by Aristotle, is now a part of the French jeweller’s Heritage Collection. Offered for $520,000, this one-of-a-kind design features 221 rare Burmese rubies and 171 round diamonds.
Onassis Buddha: A Gem-Set Bowenite Magot by Faberge May Fetch $500,000 Plus
Pictured above is a gem-set Bowenite Magot by Faberge that is exhibited at Christie’s auction house in Geneva on 9 May. Known as “Onassis Buddha,” it is a finely carved figure, with expressed hands, head and ruby tongue and was first bought by Aristotle Onassis in the early 1960″²s and since then was kept on the “Christina” yacht. News is it may fetch $ 500,000-$700,000 during an auction sale in London on 11 June.
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