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South Africa’s leading designers – including design duo Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens, Stephen Falcke, Donald Nxumalo, Buzwe Mabuza, Yvonne O’Brien, Amanda Elliott, Bilala Mabuza and Ayesha Nobanda– are adding their talent to ensure that Steyn City’s soon to be launched City Centre is a destination like no other. Steyn …

Both tourism and economic development is rife in Ethiopia. It’s attracting a lot of affluent tourism, which is why the luxury hotel market is quickly on the rise. There is unique wildlife, culture and landscapes to be enjoyed in all of Africa, but Ethiopia is incredibly safe compared to most …

Ferrari’s upcoming sporty SUV is expected to hit the market in 2022 and we are getting more details on the Lamborghini-Urus-rival with the iconic Italian automaker stepping up the development work. In an interview with AutoCar, Ferrari’s chief technical officer Michael Leiters revealed some interesting information on the high-riding Ferrari being developed under the …

Local and international models and designers descended on the majestic Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers in Century City Cape Town. In the first of a new trend in fashion collaboration. Big names like Michael Lombard from New York Fashion week and local designers like Jacques LeGrange and Johanna from Beach Cult …

Perhaps it’s about time we got to know the right terms and language of use when talking about luxury fashion accessories. Today we have such amazing insight to share with you on the difference between Timepieces and Watches and how they both compare? Do you will think a time-keeping accessory …

Lexus has revealed its latest uber-luxurious offering, but this one doesn’t ride on four wheels and rather is meant to cruise across open waters. Meet the Lexus LY 650 yacht, the marque’s first luxury vessel that offers the recognizable “L-finesse design” of Lexus and the typical high build quality we have come …

If you’re one of the lucky few people on earth who have deposited the money for the $3.8 million Aston Martin Valkyrie, you shouldn’t settle for a mundane garage that won’t properly highlight how special the upcoming hypercar is. Created Q by Aston Martin, the company’s bespoke division, the new service will let customers …

If you follow celebrity style sites or Instagram accounts, you may have noticed a lot of attention being paid recently to the watches being worn by the likes of Drake, Jay-Z and LeBron James. Significantly, the timepieces sported by these tastemakers, and, increasingly, their imitators, are not Rolexes; they are …

Africa’s tallest building is set to open next month as its developers seek to cash in on security fears and traffic jams by building a high-rise residential and retail complex in the heart of Johannesburg’s financial district. The Leonardo, Johannesburg. Image Courtesy: Architect The Leonardo is a 234-meter (768-foot) skyscraper within …

A FOUR-DOOR LUXURY COUPE WITH ONE OF THE FINEST DIESEL ENGINES OF OUR TIME When I last swung the latest Mercedes-Benz around a few orange cones at its racetrack launch I bemoaned how its curvaceous shape ultimately had no business hunting for apexes on the corners of any racetrack. That …

Where temps don’t dare dip below 70 and the locals are equally as warm, Barbados is the epitome of carefree Caribbean living. The West Indies island claims 60 miles of pristine shoreline and calm, turquoise waters. It’s no wonder the leeward side has been hailed the “Platinum Coast.” Saint Peter’s …

The high-fashion-meets-street wear wave is at a high tide right now, and the current abundance of Luxury Sneakers on both the runways and streets is evidence of this trend. While there have been footwear brands founded foremost on the luxury sneaker — ranging from the minimalist classic Common Projects to the more …

Watchmakers are wild about cars—that’s hardly news. Simply look to the myriad partnerships between luxury timepiece brands and their counterparts in the automotive world to understand their shared fascination with precision, craftsmanship, mechanical engineering, and timing. Few watch-car marriages, however, are as well-suited as the one that unites Bulgari and Maserati, two quintessentially Italian brands whose five-year collaboration …

Cheetah Plains Game Lodge is emblematic of a growing trend of adventure tourism that high net worth individuals are choosing over perfunctory luxury travel. Flanking the south western section of the Kruger National Park, Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 hectare reserve, pioneered by local landowners in the 1950s …

Porsche, a luxury car? It might seem like an odd choice to choose a brand that is widely considered to make some of the best sports cars in the world a maker of luxury automobiles, but it’s not as far-fetched as it seems. Porsche’s sports cars have always been more refined and …