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For US-based Louboutin lovers, here’s an opportunity to kick up your heels.  Christian Louboutin just launched  online shopping within his official website. www.us.christianlouboutin.com.  While this isn’t exactly revolutionary since you can already purchase Louboutins from the usual suspects like Net-A-Porter, Saks, Barneys, or Neimans, this is another venue to look into if you can’t find something in your size and color.  Plus, we think it is an excellent way to counteract the fake Louboutin websites and a step towards selling the shoes in other countries where Louboutins might not be as accessible.

Via SB

In 2012 LVMH is opening two “5 plus stars” hotels in the Middle-East through his new branch “LVMH Hotel Management”.

The conglomerate is no stranger to the business because in 2006 it launched “Cheval Blanc” (FYI White Horse), a five stars hotel located in one of the most luxurious ski resort in the French Alps. To add even more cachet to the hotel, the restaurant was awarded two stars from influential gastronomy critique le Guide Michelin.

For the record “Cheval Blanc” is a prestigious red wine from Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru which was owned by one of Bernard Arnault’s holding, the Arnault Group, who also happens to be CEO of LVMH. Last year, LVMH bought 50% of Chateau Cheval Blanc from the Arnault Group (so basically M. Arnault bought the winery from himself).

For now the two “Cheval Blanc” hotels are under construction in Egypt and Oman. The Egyptian hotel will consist of 40 suites and the Oman project located on a desert island in the Indian Ocean, will have 32 villas.

Each hotel will carry brands from LVMH, from Louis Vuitton to Dior and even a Givenchy Spa. Because as the French Group stated, to enter the Hotel business is a way to maximize the value of its brands.

LVMH brands include Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Loewe, Céline, Kenzo, Givenchy, Guerlain, Moet& Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Hennessy, Hublot, Chaumet, de Beers, Tag Heuer

British designer Stuart Hughes has created the most expensive cell phone on Earth by adding some serious bling to Apple’sIphone making it the most expensive phones in the world. “The iPhone is the phone with the most tricks on the market. What possibly could we do to trick it up more? Bless it with the finest precious metal and jewels,” Hughes told PC Advisor.

It took Hughes 10 months to create the phone. “Most of the 10 months was spent trying to source the diamond for the navigation button,” Hughes said. The Apple logo, embedded in the gold casing on the back of the phone, is made of 58 diamonds totaling roughly one carat.  The navigation button on the front of the iPhone was made from a rare seven-carat diamond. Phone retails for $3Million Dollars.