How this sky pool got London to defy gravity
Sink your trivial pursuits in a 25-metre, glass-bottomed pool suspended ten storeys above London. The price for the privilege - $1.2 million. Whether you play by the rules and pay a prince's ransom to float your own boat or break all rules and Bond with the best, the Spice weekend wrap cobbles together retail experiences that are bound to thrill. Check out Oprah Winfrey's new luxury online store or the highest selling single-car collection auction at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California.
Luxe living
As immersive experiences go, this one is unbeatable - a sky pool suspended between two luxury London apartment buildings will allow its residents to literally float through the air and look down with ten storeys of condescension.
And that's not even the half of it. The best part, the so-called sky pool at the Embassy Gardens development , will boast a transparent floor. The pool will reportedly be 25 metres long and made out of 20 cm-thick glass panels, with a water depth of about 1.2 metres. By comparison, the CN Tower's (Toronto) glass floor is 6.35 cm thick, at a height of 342 metres. Reports suggest that the pool-conjoined towers are part of a huge complex that will include 2,000 luxury flats, with sky high starting prices of approximately £600,000 or $1.2 million. Now that's considerable bang for buck.
Time pieces
For the vast legion of James Bond fans, there is a little something to hold on to before the mega release of the newest Bond flick Spectre in November this year. Omega has launched a limited edition Omega Seamaster 300 for the upcoming film well in time before it hits the screens.
Since Golden Eye in 1995, Bond has always sported an Omega Seamaster. The upcoming movie will feature the Omega Seamaster 300 Spectre Limited Edition diving watch. As far as looks are concerned, it will attract all those who love a vintage '50s look. The grey and black Nato strap and the rotating bezel which comes in polished black ceramic and vintage-style numeral has old-school detail that should be a thrill to all those who live life on a theme of hearty nostalgia. Flip the watch and you will see the specially engraved Spectre logo. It's time to Bond with the best.
Online Luxury: The Big O
If you're a fan of American TV czarina Oprah Winfrey, here's the perfect opportunity for you to get your hands on some of her favourite things, which will now retail on her new online store.
The O store will stock luxury, hand-picked 'favourites', such as $100 lobster sliders and $375 perfume. Some of the more unusual items that you can cart include $125 cakes shaped like potted flowers and $65 rings that look like sugary treats. Quirky and indulgent, this is a site for sore eyes and those with fat wallets.
Auction: Auto
Most expensive single car collection auctions for $67 million
For wheel fanatics, this was the one to look out for. A record breaking auction of private automobiles fetched more than $67 million at the RM Sotheby's flagship Monterey sale, held during the world-famous Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance week in California, this week.
The Pinnacle Portfolio became the most expensive single-car collection ever sold during one auction. The staggering amount was collected by the sale of twenty-five cars, all owned by an anonymous Florida collector. While a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM lead the sale by going under the hammer for $17.6 million, a 1998 McLaren F1 LM road version fetched $13.75 million, making it the highest price ever paid for a McLaren at auction; a Koenigsegg CCXR that appeared in the movie "Fast Five" sold for $825,000.
Bespoke
Everyone who has ever had a baby or hopes to have one lives by a golden rule that even before the stork takes flight, baby accoutrements must arrive.
Helping you along in the list is Harrods who have unveiled Balmoral Bespoke, the newest pram from Silver Cross. This luxurious baby coach, produced in a limited-edition run of only 50, is fully customisable and handmade in England with a stunning, polished chrome body and sumptuously soft leather hood and apron in a choice of colours. Balmoral have been making prams since 1877, and is the original coach-built baby carriage. With its now-famous bouncing suspension, William Wilson's designs have been the toast of royalty from the UK to Monaco. It's time to add your bouncy little bundle of joy to the enviable list of owners. The Silver Cross Balmoral Bespoke is available exclusively at Harrods and retails at a starting price of $7,800.