Do you know the shortcomings of iPad? Can it live up to the hype? Well, for something so fashionable and expensive, it does have some drawbacks.
Apple iPad doesn’t multi-task. It’s also heavier than you think, it is. Using it as an e-book reader can be difficult if you plan to hold it like a book for prolonged period of time. It is also not High Definition though it is High resolution.
Typing on the keyboard can be hard to get used to. You have to set down to place your hands on the keyboa...
Alexander McQueen, best known for creating some of the most controversial collections of the past two decades was found dead in his home in London’s Mayfair on Thursday. He was 40.
The British designer was posting series of Twitter updates that showed how traumatized he was, following his mother’s death. Joyce, McQueen’s mother died on 2nd February. Her funeral had been due to take place today.
According to The Mirror reports, the fashion designer hanged himself because he was overcome wit...
Fashion designer Stella McCartney, who has never used leather or fur in any of her collection and singer Morrissey who is a ardent animal right activist and vegetarian has teamed up to launch leather-free footwear collection.
Stella McCartney told the Daily Mail “I’m working with Morrissey on a line of leather-free shoes which I’m really excited about. We are still in the early stages, but the shoes could be launched next year”.
On Tuesday night, the H&M had unveiled its latest designer collaboration, a lingerie range with Sonia Rykiel in Paris. Kate Bosworth, Jean Paul Gaultier, Eva Herzigova and Ellen von Unwerth joined over 2000 guests at the Grand Palais.
The collection will launch in 1500 H&M stores worldwide on 5th December, Saturday. The French designer has also created a knitwear collection and accessories for women and girls. It will hit the shelves of over 200 H&M stores on 20th February, 2010.
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As part of Louis Vuitton’s planned expansion across the Asia Pacific region, it has opened a three-storey, 1,633 sq ft store in Macau’s One Central retail and residential development.
Louis Vuitton’s One Central “Maison” is one of its largest stores internationally. The store in Macau is on a similar scale to the French luxury label’s Maison flagships in Champs Elysees in Paris, Canton Road and Landmark in Hong Kong, 5th Avenue in New York City, Taipei and San Francisco. Louis Vuitton has a ...
Goldstriker International, a Liverpool based British company has unveiled a gold iPhone encrusted with nearly 200 diamonds- the world’s most expensive mobile phone. The price is 1.92 million pounds or 14.7 crore. The phone is called iPhone 3G Supreme.
The mobile phone is designed by Stuart Hughes for Goldstriker International and made from 22 carat gold. It has 136 diamonds in the front bezel and an apple logo made out of not more than 53 diamonds. Its front navigation button comprise of a ra...
Robot greets customers in Departmental store Takashimaya in Ginza. The store had enrolled the services of speech-recognizing robot called Saya for a week. And for a week shoppers were treated to a very different kind of store assistant.
Saya was capable to guide the shoppers to relevant floors of the shopping store and also can respond to shoppers’ queries and complaints in more than 700 ways.
The female robot was developed by Hiroshi Kobayashi of the Tokyo University of Science in 2004. I...
Flying car, the world’s first road-registered, air-worthy could be on the highways and in the skies by 2011, if U.S. company Terrafugia has its way. The new vehicle is called Transition Roadable Aircraft.
The model is still going through testing and approval processes but it really does fly and drive. The concepts are folding wings that tuck in neatly beside the cockpit for road use. They are deployed and folded from the convenience of the cockpit. The plane to car transition is stated to tak...
Do you know that in India there are more than 1,000 forms of saris?
A book on the Indian attire sari was released in Delhi, on Wednesday. The book was released in India by Wisdom Tree and the National Institute of Design (NID) at an event co-hosted by Craft House and Chivas.
Shedding light on the sari’s traditional significance and styles of weaving, design vocabulary and style of draping, the book titled ‘Indian Saris: Traditions-Perspectives-Design’ was written by Vijay Singh Katiyar. Th...
