InsideLux – The Luxury News Authority

Members of the Royal Family sipped chamapagne and mingled with London’s elite as Lord Freddie Windsor, son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent tied the knot with Sophie Winkleman, an actress.  Sophie, who is 29 appeared in several TV shows including “Peep Show” and had an active role in the movie, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

The venue was set in the magnificent gardens of Hampton Court Palace, South West London.

Among the guests were her stepsister, presenter Claudia Winkleman, actress Jane Asher, rock star Bryan Adams and filmmaker and author Julian Soames.  The Queen and Prince Charles were not present at the event.

Sergei Polonsky is the head of the Mirax Group and he was worth £730 Million in 2008. The company have reportedly stopped construction works, such as the Federation Tower in Moscow, which was set to be completed in 2010. The halting of the company’s assets occurred after a failed payment of  $242 million which was loaned to Mirax. He has resorted to selling his luxurious hotel for a bargain, as it’s worth $340 million,  in order to steady his financial situation. It appears the economic crisis is more serious than the billionaire brushed off , as speculation suggests Mirax’s current debt is $700 millon. Ouch.

For most of us our crayon days are behind us never to be thought of again but thanks to sculptor Herbs Williams, crayons are hot again. His new Crayon Skull Sculpture is setting internet blogs on fire as the new hot thing; this spooky yet funny Crayon Skull Sculpture is made from cut silver, multicolored crayons, wood and two-part epoxy resin.
The Crayon skull sculpture measures 16″ x 10″ x 4″; it is signed by the artist, dated and titled with edition numbers on verso. This beautiful and fun sculpture is cleat mounted for flush wall hanging and is priced at $3,600. Other sculptures by Herbs Williams include a $14,000 crayon bull sculpture and a crayon dog sculpture for $18,000.

Mr Andy Warhol’s painting of the most famous man in pop has been sold. Warhol’s painting of the late Michael Jackson was snapped up by an anonymous buyer in New York’s, East Hampton at the Vered Gallery. The auction retired at 8pm on Tuesday (local time) and consisted of bids over the phone, in person and online. The mystery buyer was said to be a keen collector and although the exact price wasn’t confirmed it was stated as being over the £610,000 mark. With that kind of value, no wonder the buyer wants to remain anonymous…

Yes, that’s right, Formula 1 Champion Jenson Button is selling his stunning sports car on the Auto Trader website. The 2008 Bugatti Veyron model is on sale for £900,000 and what a bargain considering it’s condition is practically pristine. The car fit for a star, reaches 62mph in 2.5seconds, so unless you have the space to take this beauty for a serious spin I’d steer clear of this motor and leave it to the professionals.

The Artist Damien Hirst, depicts a serious theme when being creative and that is death. Hirst is known for his preserved animals, including a shark, tiger, cow and sheep. Whilst the work he produces struggles to define the stereotypical ‘luxury item’ , it does however, possess that magical and wondorous aura. In terms of wealth, his 14 foot Tiger Shark piece was extremely popular, and it’s sale in 2004 declared him one of the most expensive living artists. Hirst’s most luxurious piece was The Golden Calf which consisted of  gold hooves and horns reaching 18 carats, sold for 10.3 million.  His recent auction of his entire exhibition called Beautiful inside my head forever raised a staggering £111 million. Who would have thought animals soaked in formaldehyde were luxurious items!. Ultimately, his work isn’t for the faint hearted, it is extremely successful and is clearly in demand.

Golden Hoooves and Horns worth 18 Carats.

Philip Plein’s courture fashion collection states substantial amounts of glamour and wealth, as does all the products he crafts. The Designer is extending and lauching his Autumn and Winter collection, to provide lucky buyers with that red carpet glamour and captivating bohemian looks. The collection also consists of handmade entho bordures on fur coats and stunning leather jackets.  Pleins collection represents wealth, power and is the height of fashion.

Memorabilia of The late King of Pop is everywhere to be seen on the high street, upon market stalls, on auction websites such as Ebay, and even as prizes to be won within arcade machines. But Andy Warhol’s latest green portrait of Michael Jackson is slightly more difficult to purchase. It is on show at the British Music Experience exhibition, located at the O2 centre, to commemorate the place where Jackson was to perform for the last time. It was unveiled on the 5th August, 2009, for fans and the public to admire, as it is arranged to return to New York where it will be auctioned with a starting bid of $800,000.

After her album success with “It’s Not Me, It’s You” released at the beginning of the year and presented at various festival this summer, Lily proudly announces her new jewellery collection.

The launch will take place in no other than London’s famous afternoon tea luxury hotel Claridge’s Mayfair on Monday July 27.

This is Lily’s third step towards a career in fashion after her dress collection for New Look and the handbag campaign of Chanel.

“I LOVE jewellery, always have done. I feel that it completes an outfit. You can change your whole look just by changing which jewellery you choose to go with what you’re wearing.”, so Allen.

Influenced by Chanel and Dinnie Hall jewellery, the British singer and songwriter created nine different cheerful ranges of layered chains assembled with coins, medallions, flowers, traffic signs, acid faces, girl charms, fruit, animals, and poodles. Read the rest of this entry »

Angelina Jolie is reported to have signed a contract with Emporio Armani in a deal said to be worth millions.  It is believed that she will be used for a new undisclosed fragrance which will be launched before Christmas.

Sources to InsideLux claim that the fragrance is going to be bold and iconic and for that reason Ms Jolie was approached to facilitate promoting it.

Speculation that she will be shooting with Armani star David Beckham are unconfirmed