Hotel Muse Bangkok

Hotel Muse is a chic luxury destination in Bangkok, located in one of the best residential districts of the city, in the famous Langsuan Road area. A world of lavishness and opulence opens itself to every guest that passes the gates of this remarkable hotel. Muse is all about luxury and a hedonistic lifestyle.

The hotel offers 174 rooms and suites, all flaunting lovely interiors with both Asian and classic European influences. The six different categories of rooms bear names “inspired by Buddhist cosmology where higher Dhevas are supernatural beings who lead blissful lives forever immersed in perpetual pleasures”. All rooms have flat-screen TVs, wireless and wired Internet access, dedicated work areas, in-room bars, tea and coffee-making facilities, and iPod docking stations.

The most impressive part of Muse is the Speakeasy domain that occupies the entire 24th and 25th floors of the building, and which includes different dining spots and other attractions. The Speakeasy is a refreshing “oasis of modern lounging in Bangkok”.

Unrivaled amenities determine guests to always return to this urban haven of pleasure and indulgence. A rooftop lawn, a luxe cigar lounge, an impressive library, a board-game room, and several exquisite food and drinks venues are all part of the riches that this hotel has to offer. Your next visit to Thailand must include at least one night at the wonderful Hotel Muse!

Louis Vuitton vintage - Part 2

BLUE DANUBE by GRIEB & BENZINGER

 

“This amazing new GRIEB & BENZINGER is based on a gorgeous base movement originally made by Patek Philippe for Tiffany in about 1890. With a diameter of only 36.5 mm, this tremendous assembly of complications including a minute repeater and a split-seconds chronograph is rare in such a small movement. Keeping in mind that this movement is already about 120 years old, it is doubtlessly a sensation and tribute to historic watchmaking.

This extraordinary, complicated watch well displays the intense workmanship associated with the hand-engraving and guilloché as well as the hand-skeletonization modifications of plates and bridges which are also finished with rose gold or rhodium coating. Every single component must be treated and restored, some had to be entirely replaced and, of course, they all had to be reassembled to form one functional unit after treatment. The detailed restoration of the more than 400 components of this movement required intense attention and took more than 6 months. Taken comparison to the production of new movements, the treatment in the GRIEB & BENZINGER workshops is so intensive that it comes even close to a brand new production than just a restoration. And in fact it is not just restoration – it`s art at its finest.

A signature element of every single GRIEB & BENZINGER PLATINUM is the blue platinum coated base plate. This is to honor famous Abraham-Louis Breguet student Charles Oudin who has already built movements with blue base plates about 1820. The GRIEB & BENZINGER workshop is proud to own one of these rare original blue Oudin movements.

Since there were a striking amount of timepieces with blue base plates supplied by Swiss watch manufacturers (through Bovet and Charles Oudin among others) to imperial China of the Qing Dynasty under Emperors Jia Qing and Dao Guang, the BLUE DANUBE also symbolizes these historical roots.

The dial is another highlight and signature element of the BLUE DANUBE. Skeletonized by hand and with a rare Breguet frosted finish it unequivocally shows the connoisseur the technical prowess needed to turn such an historic movement into a new masterpiece.

The BLUE DANUBE is once again a breathtaking collector’s item: a minute repeater split-seconds chronograph in typical GRIEB & BENZINGER finish – a real one-of-a-kind watch. In a solid 43 mm diameter case, this unique timepiece is not only a design statement on the wrist but again the heaviest platinum watch of its kind worldwide and of course a piece of art for only one lucky collector worldwide for 350.000 € / US$ 450,000 

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Naeem Khan Spring 2012

            

Naeem Khan has done a great deal of connecting in his illustrious career. Now in his eighteenth season, his identifiable gowns are in stores and on women all over the world. His calling card is his special sense of how to fuse Indian textiles and techniques with Western glamor. In his Fall 2012 collection, that matchless fingerprint was on display for most of the show but their were two uncharacteristic elements that muddied the waters.

The collection for the most part was pure Naeem Khan, brilliant embroidery and bead work in metallics and jewel tones played off of dark backgrounds. The silhouette was primarily long and tight which, although it has emerged as the look of the season, has been Mr. Khan’s preference since he began. His focus this season was, as it always is, on the heavy and intricate ornamentation that he uses with great flair all over his work.

 Incredible prints that resembled tile mosaics were softened by their use on a delicate felt, which helped them achieve a luxurious easy elegance. Black, gold, silver, and pearl were in abundance, often done in very transparent looks which added a strong feel of sexuality, which is often lacking in glamorous evening wear in general. Naeem Khan doesn’t mind getting the heart racing a bit, and it’s a nice jolt when he does it. The odd deviation in the middle of the collection into high-volume bottom dot print dresses and skirts was a jolt of a different sort.

 

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By Kristina Mitrovic