The Lux Authority

Ever strolled through the world’s glamorous department stores of El Corte Inglés, Galeries Lafayette, Mitsukhosi, La Rinascente, or Macy’s? Among them, one common sight to defy both physical borders and boundaries of style is Desigual clothing. ​The Barcelona-based company has set shop in over 72 countries and plans to expand even further. Unique, arresting, and […]

Nothing lasts. Eventually, everything bites the dust. Even classic luxury cars that you thought would outlive as all. Within the last decade, the U.S. market has become a graveyard for defunct brands such as the Saab (we still believe the Swedish car could have been resurrected by the Chinese if GM hadn’t played a game of […]

Global property funds and private equity are targeting the Singapore luxury property thanks to a very attractive price gap that sees the housing market in the South East Asian region 165% lower than in other hot spots like London, New York or Hong Kong. The Singaporean market peaked in 2011. However, the decline that followed registered […]

Most startups awe us with their ingenuity and practical business models, but their biggest draw is originality. Lately, one such venture scored high in the tech rental industry. Grover launched in US this summer. The principle running at its core is ‘to change the way consumers own gadgets’. Meaning Grover rents hardware much in the […]

Kitchen appliances have become better in terms of performance, style and not least, technology. Culinary shows have seen home cooking grow in aspirations, from the 60s housewife looking up to the likes of Julia Child to teenagers with a penchant for Jamie Oliver’s magic in the kitchen. In the end, you want your dinner to […]

At 33, he was the youngest designer to have been voted into the Coty Hall of Fame, one of the most prestigious awards in the field. It wasn’t that much later that Calvin Klein became the famous brand that we equate with 80s jeans, women’s underwear, and provocative Kate Moss advertising billboards today. However, there’s always […]

DIY online booking and the millennials with their intrinsic independent style have not yet put the traditional luxury travel companies out of business. One unbeatable thing these specialized tour operators offer is the soup-to-nuts experience abroad. The responsibility weighs heavy. After all, they are in charge of a person’s free time, which nowadays is a […]

Enjoyed in the form of garnish or spread, Sevruga caviar is reputed as the ultimate luxury delicacy. The much appropriate title should be enough to make your taste buds quiver in anticipatory pleasure at the prospect of dipping a piece of buttered boast in the small glistening beads. As one of the priciest varieties of […]

First, it was the Solar Express train that would shuttle passengers and payloads between celestial planets faster than you could say ‘sci-fi dream’. Now, Charles Bombardier, the Montreal-based industrial engineer and billionaire angel investor took another plunge into the impossibly whimsical with his second brainchild – the Seataci. However, our natural incredulity should never foil […]

Diane von Furstenberg should understand the ‘dress made for a princess’ better than anyone. After all, the Belgian-born American designer is one herself. As a young woman, she married into the German House of Furstenberg. Her divorce did not mean the end of her claim to fame. She built a global luxury brand with 45 […]