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  1. My First Hermès Was an Unexpected Mother’s Day Gift

    After an emotional day at Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, and Dior, an unexpected stop led to my first Hermès—a Twilly d’Hermès Mother’s Day gift from Hanz.

    momtraneur.com/2026/08/08/my-f

  2. My First Hermès Was an Unexpected Mother’s Day Gift

    After an emotional day at Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, and Dior, an unexpected stop led to my first Hermès—a Twilly d’Hermès Mother’s Day gift from Hanz.

    momtraneur.com/2026/08/08/my-f

  3. Multiple transformations of private swimming pools
    Traditional swimming pools are giving way to infinity pools, overflow pools, organic-style pools and beach-style pools, amongst others.

    👉 Now, discover MUCH MORE and SUBSCRIBE to our summary of news and updates through link: amusementlogic.com/general-new

    🏊 #swimmingpool #pools #luxury #design #architecture #tourism #leisure #piscine #piscines #luxe #voyage #loisirs #piscina #piscinas #lujo #diseño #arquitectura #turismo #ocio #amusementlogic

  4. Multiple transformations of private swimming pools
    Traditional swimming pools are giving way to infinity pools, overflow pools, organic-style pools and beach-style pools, amongst others.

    👉 Now, discover MUCH MORE and SUBSCRIBE to our summary of news and updates through link: amusementlogic.com/general-new

    🏊 #swimmingpool #pools #luxury #design #architecture #tourism #leisure #piscine #piscines #luxe #voyage #loisirs #piscina #piscinas #lujo #diseño #arquitectura #turismo #ocio #amusementlogic

  5. #BoraBora is the best-known #island in French #Polynesia. It stands for #luxury #vacations on white #sand #beaches with gorgeously #turquoise #waters and the highest concentration of overwater #bungalows in the world. How did you like it? backpackandsnorkel.com/Bora-Bo

  6. #BoraBora is the best-known #island in French #Polynesia. It stands for #luxury #vacations on white #sand #beaches with gorgeously #turquoise #waters and the highest concentration of overwater #bungalows in the world. How did you like it? backpackandsnorkel.com/Bora-Bo

  7. #Rewilding #GolfCourses, A Right Decision?

    "Golf courses have long been a symbol of #luxury and #exclusivity, occupying vast areas of land around the world. However, concerns over their #environmental impact, high #WaterConsumption, and use of pesticides have led to growing works to repurpose them for more #sustainable purposes.

    "A small but growing trend is emerging, where abandoned or struggling golf courses are being #rewilded, turning them into thriving #ecosystems that benefit both #biodiversity and local communities.

    "From #Scotland to #California, projects are underway to restore these landscapes, transforming carefully manicured greens into #WildflowerMeadows, #woodlands, #wetlands, and #WildlifeCorridors.

    "These works offer a promising way to combat biodiversity loss, reduce water waste, and reconnect people with nature."

    Learn more:
    earthbuddies.net/rewilding-gol

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #Rewilding #GreenSpaces #CommunitySpaces #Nature

  8. #Rewilding #GolfCourses, A Right Decision?

    "Golf courses have long been a symbol of #luxury and #exclusivity, occupying vast areas of land around the world. However, concerns over their #environmental impact, high #WaterConsumption, and use of pesticides have led to growing works to repurpose them for more #sustainable purposes.

    "A small but growing trend is emerging, where abandoned or struggling golf courses are being #rewilded, turning them into thriving #ecosystems that benefit both #biodiversity and local communities.

    "From #Scotland to #California, projects are underway to restore these landscapes, transforming carefully manicured greens into #WildflowerMeadows, #woodlands, #wetlands, and #WildlifeCorridors.

    "These works offer a promising way to combat biodiversity loss, reduce water waste, and reconnect people with nature."

    Learn more:
    earthbuddies.net/rewilding-gol

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #Rewilding #GreenSpaces #CommunitySpaces #Nature

  9. alojapan.com/1517173/wardrobe- Wardrobe Treatment: Tokyo’s luxury dry-cleaning revolution #craftsmanship  #FastFashion #Japan #luxury #news #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 In the rough and tumble of Japan’s wash-and-go laundry market, we visit a drycleaner that values service over speed (your shirt will be back in three weeks). If you have a coffee stain on your favourite silk dress or an ink mark on your tailor-made jacket, Yoichiro Teramae is your man. “Regular drycleaning st

  10. Fucking hell. According to media, #EuropeanCommission on demand of #Italy and #Greece has removed ban on buying #russian fur for #luxury #fur coats.

    #FurCoats, my ass. In Italy (!) and Greece (!). Have you got any winter guys???

    Even veggie stuff aside, fur coats in XXI century are maybe relevant when you have -20C or more negative. For #European winters, the best animal for getting fur is a young hollow fibre.

    #Unbombed folks are too afraid to harm their luxury business making unnecessary tacky outfits for #rich ladies.

    What can go wrong...

    euractiv.com/news/eu-gives-rus

    via pravda.com.ua/news/2026/07/27/

    #Ukraine #war #EU #russia

  11. Fucking hell. According to media, #EuropeanCommission on demand of #Italy and #Greece has removed ban on buying #russian fur for #luxury #fur coats.

    #FurCoats, my ass. In Italy (!) and Greece (!). Have you got any winter guys???

    Even veggie stuff aside, fur coats in XXI century are maybe relevant when you have -20C or more negative. For #European winters, the best animal for getting fur is a young hollow fibre.

    #Unbombed folks are too afraid to harm their luxury business making unnecessary tacky outfits for #rich ladies.

    What can go wrong...

    euractiv.com/news/eu-gives-rus

    via pravda.com.ua/news/2026/07/27/

    #Ukraine #war #EU #russia

  12. Living with the nature is a luxury, my breakfast plate is musli topped with strawberries, red currants, raspberries and wild strawberries.
    All of them freshly handpicked 20yards outside my front door.
    How about that, and in another week when these starts to fade we can add blueberries and lingonberries

    #nature #Summer #luxury

  13. Living with the nature is a luxury, my breakfast plate is musli topped with strawberries, red currants, raspberries and wild strawberries.
    All of them freshly handpicked 20yards outside my front door.
    How about that, and in another week when these starts to fade we can add blueberries and lingonberries

    #nature #Summer #luxury

  14. You too can get a deal! It's only the cost of a small condo for a one week rental. Grab a deal while you can! 🤦🏽‍♂️

    #yachts #Mediterranean #sarcasm #luxury #wealth #excess

    cnbc.com/2026/07/22/mediterran

  15. I Thought I Was Shopping at Dior. I Was Really Looking for Baby Lux.

    From the outside, it looked like a family enjoying a beautiful afternoon at Dior—champagne, chocolates, laughter, and a husband buying his wife a ring. But what no one could see was everything that was happening inside me. I thought I was shopping for jewelry. Looking back, I realize I was searching for something far deeper.

    momtraneur.com/2026/07/21/i-th

  16. What Is KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa? Inside Lisbon’s First Fashion-Branded Address

    KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa just changed how Lisbon thinks about luxury housing. The Maison unveiled the project at MAAT Central, and the announcement did more than introduce ten apartments. It introduced a new category to the Portuguese market: fashion-authored architecture, built for permanent living rather than a weekend stay. This matters right now because branded residences are multiplying across Europe, yet few projects carry a founder’s personal fingerprint the way this one claims to. So the real question isn’t whether KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa looks expensive. It’s whether the building actually behaves as Karl Lagerfeld designed it himself.

    What Makes This Lisbon’s First True Fashion-Branded Residence?

    Branded residences usually borrow a name and stop there. A hotel group licenses its logo, a developer builds a generic tower, and marketing fills the gap. KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa takes a different route. It is the Maison’s first residential development in Portugal, and it is Lisbon’s first branded residence built around a single designer’s aesthetic rather than a hospitality brand’s service manual. The project sits at Rua Braamcamp 48–50, close to Avenida da Liberdade, inside the city’s most established luxury corridor.

    Developer OVERSEAS built the project with architectural and design direction from The One Atelier, working under Andrea Boschetti, the studio’s Head of Architecture. That partnership matters because The One Atelier specializes in translating a brand’s creative language into physical space. This isn’t their first branded residential project, but it is their first collaboration with a fashion house whose founder had such a distinctive personal visual signature.

    KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa

    The Founder-Fidelity Scale: A New Way to Judge Branded Residences

    Here’s a framework worth introducing, because the branded residence market needs one. Call it the Founder-Fidelity Scale. It measures how much of a designer’s actual biography, not just their logo, transfers into a building. The scale runs from one to five.

    Level one means a name license and nothing else. Level three means curated furniture and a recognizable material palette. And level five means the building borrows details from the founder’s own home. Most branded residences sit at level two or three. KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa reaches for level five, and it earns that placement through specific, verifiable choices rather than vague brand language.

    Consider the underwater sound system installed in the wellness pool. That detail isn’t a decorative flourish. It directly echoes a system Karl Lagerfeld installed in his own home in Biarritz. Consider also the red gradient across the building’s façade, a nod to the red frame Lagerfeld used to finish his sketches. These aren’t marketing metaphors. They are biographical transfers, and that’s precisely what the Founder-Fidelity Scale is built to catch.

    Why the V-Shaped Façade Isn’t Just an Aesthetic Choice

    The building rises with a sculptural, V-shaped façade, built from vertical lines that climb toward the sky along a diagonal gradient. Architecturally, the form reads as Bauhaus-coded: precise, geometric, and unapologetically structural. Symbolically, it does something more specific. It mirrors the entrance installation Karl Lagerfeld’s team built at the MAAT reveal event, where guests walked through a V-shaped passage before entering the exhibition. The building and the launch event share a visual grammar. That kind of internal consistency rarely survives translation from runway to real estate, yet here it did.

    What Do You Actually Get Inside a KARL LAGERFELD Residence?

    The development includes ten exclusive apartments spread across eleven floors, starting at 234 square meters. Every unit includes a private jacuzzi, which signals how the Maison thinks about ordinary luxury amenities. Nothing here is generic. Community spaces carry furniture from KARL LAGERFELD MAISON, finished in brushed steel, lacquer, Via Láctea stone, and Grigio-toned wood. Smart-home controls, underfloor heating, and intelligent appliances handle daily comfort, so residents get automation without losing material warmth.

    The wellness floor deserves its own paragraph, because it functions as the building’s emotional center. Residents access an emotional shower, a multisensory experience combining water, light, sound, and aromatherapy. A steam room, sauna, heated wellness pool, floating pool, treatment room, and gym round out the offering. Front-of-house staff wear bespoke KARL LAGERFELD uniforms with branded linens, extending the aesthetic past the architecture and into daily service.

    The Penthouse Detail Nobody Will Stop Talking About

    The penthouse includes a private outdoor pool with a transparent floor, which doubles as the ceiling of the apartment below. That single architectural gesture turns water into a shared visual element between two private residences. It’s bold, slightly theatrical, and completely in character for a maison built on Karl Lagerfeld’s love of spectacle balanced against precision.

    Why Lisbon and Why Now?

    Lisbon offers something few European capitals still have: light, geometry, and cultural depth without the saturation of Paris or Milan’s luxury markets. The city’s azulejo tilework, Pombaline urban order, and contemporary craft scene give KARL LAGERFELD a backdrop that feels earned rather than imported. Michele Galli, CEO of The One Atelier, framed the project as an attempt to capture Karl’s precision and curiosity, then reinterpret those qualities inside a city defined by its own visual language.

    Timing also matters. Portugal’s luxury real estate market has grown steadily, driven by international buyers seeking design-forward properties with hospitality-level service. However, most of that growth has centered on hotel-branded residences rather than fashion houses. KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa arrives as the first project to test whether Portuguese buyers respond to a designer’s personal aesthetic the way they respond to a five-star hotel name.

    Lagerfeld’s Personal Office, Rebuilt for the Reveal

    At the MAAT launch event, guests approached the museum through a glass structure housing a meticulous replica of Karl Lagerfeld’s office at Rue Saint-Guillaume. The installation included original sketches and archival materials from the Maison’s heritage. Pier Paolo Righi, CEO of KARL LAGERFELD, described the residence as a way of living defined by creativity, curiosity, elegance, and openness to the world, rather than a building defined by square footage alone.

    That distinction is worth sitting with. Righi’s framing pushes against a common criticism of branded residences: that they sell status without substance. Whether KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa avoids that trap depends entirely on execution between now and 2028, when the project is scheduled for completion.

    How Does This Project Compare to Other KARL LAGERFELD Real Estate?

    KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa joins a small but growing portfolio of design-led hospitality and residential projects carrying the maison’s name. The table below summarizes where Lisbon fits within that portfolio.

    ProjectCategoryLocationStatusKARL LAGERFELD Residences LisboaBranded residentialLisbon, PortugalPlanned completion in 2028KARL LAGERFELD MacauHotelMacauOperatingVillas MarbellaBranded residential villasMarbella, SpainOperatingDubai VillasBranded residential villasDubai, UAEForthcoming

    This positioning tells us something important. KARL LAGERFELD is building a real estate identity that spans hospitality and residential formats across three continents. Lisbon isn’t a one-off experiment. It’s a deliberate step inside a broader strategy, one that treats real estate as a natural extension of the maison’s design language rather than a licensing side business.

    What the OVERSEAS Partnership Signals About the Portuguese Market

    OVERSEAS, the Portuguese developer behind the project, describes itself as committed to sustainable, energy-efficient building practices, including near-zero-emissions construction standards. Pedro Vicente, the company’s CEO, called the collaboration a new benchmark for both Portuguese and European real estate. That claim carries weight because OVERSEAS already runs six real estate projects across the country, representing roughly 337 residential units and a total investment of nearly 225 million euros.

    Pairing a design-led developer with a fashion maison isn’t accidental. It suggests Portugal’s luxury developers see fashion-branded residences as a way to differentiate from hotel-branded competitors, who currently dominate the branded residence category across Southern Europe.

    Three Predictions for the Branded Residence Market Through 2028

    First, expect more fashion houses to follow this model instead of licensing their names to hotel chains. KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa proves that a maison can lead architectural direction directly, without a hospitality intermediary diluting the vision.

    Second, expect the Founder-Fidelity Scale, or something functionally similar, to become a real evaluation tool among luxury real estate journalists and buyers. As branded residences multiply, buyers will need a way to separate genuine design authorship from surface-level licensing.

    Third, expect Lisbon’s Avenida da Liberdade district to attract at least one additional fashion-branded project before 2028. The neighborhood already concentrates luxury retail, heritage architecture, and international hotel brands. KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa gives competitors a proven template to follow.

    A Critic’s Honest Take

    I’ll say this plainly: most branded residences bore me. They recycle the same marble, the same infinity pool renders, the same vague promises about “elevated living.” KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa doesn’t entirely escape that formula, but it does something most competitors skip. It ties specific architectural choices back to specific biographical facts about the designer himself. The Biarritz pool speaker isn’t a gimmick. It’s evidence of actual design intent, traceable to a real person’s real home. That said, intent on paper isn’t the same as lived experience. The project won’t complete until 2028, and the gap between rendering and reality has swallowed plenty of ambitious branded residences before this one. The Founder-Fidelity Scale gives this project a high score today. Whether it holds that score at handover is the story worth following.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa?

    KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa is the maison’s first residential development in Portugal and Lisbon’s first fashion-branded residence. Developer OVERSEAS built the project with design direction from The One Atelier.

    Where is KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa located?

    The development sits at Rua Braamcamp 48–50, a short walk from Avenida da Liberdade, inside Lisbon’s established luxury district.

    How many apartments does the building include?

    The residence includes ten exclusive apartments across eleven floors, starting at 234 square meters each.

    When will KARL LAGERFELD Residences Lisboa be completed?

    The project is planned for completion in 2028.

    What amenities does the building offer?

    Residents get access to a wellness floor with an emotional shower, steam room, sauna, heated wellness pool, floating pool, treatment room, gym, concierge-level service, and private underground parking. Every apartment also includes a private jacuzzi.

    Who designed the architecture?

    The One Atelier led the architectural development under the direction of Andrea Boschetti, Head of Architecture, working closely with the KARL LAGERFELD team.

    What other real estate projects carry the KARL LAGERFELD name?

    The Maison’s portfolio also includes the KARL LAGERFELD Macau hotel and Villas Marbella, with Dubai Villas forthcoming.

    All images © OVERSEAS and The One Atelier. Discover more interior design projects here at WE AND THE COLOR.

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    #interiorDesign #karlLagerfeld #lisbon #luxury #Overseas #Portugal #TheOneAtelier
  17. In an atmosphere already saturated with CO₂, luxury emissions are not harmless ‘lifestyle choices’ but deliberate shots fired into the sky whose impacts land hardest on the poorest and most vulnerable to climate chaos.

    Time to BAN private jets and superyachts.

    #yachts #superyachts #privatejets #climatecrisis #climatejustice #climate #taxtherich #luxury

  18. Let’s get real!

    What bothers you and why?

    📌Disclaimer: Please note that if you click on any of the links and make a purchase, I will be receiving a small commission at NO extra cost to you📌

    Hey there, lovely readers!

    Today, we’re diving into the wonderful world of pet peeves.

    Yep, we’re talking about those little things that just get under your skin and make you want to scream into a pillow.

    What bothers you and why? Buckle up because we’re about to take a wilde ride through some common annoyances.

    1. Slow Internet

    Let’s kick things off with a classic: slow internet.

    Is there anything more infuriating than watching the spinning wheel of death while trying to stream your favourite show?

    Or worse, when you’re in the middle of an important Zoom meeting and your screen freezes in the most unflattering way possible.

    Seriously, is it too much to ask for a stable connection in the 21st century?

    2. Telemarketers

    Next up, telemarketers.

    These persistent callers have an uncanny ability to ring just as you’re sitting down for dinner or when you’re in the middle of a relaxing bath.

    The worst part?

    They always seem to have the most important and irrelevant offers just for you.

    “Congratulations! You’ve been selected for a free cruise!” Thanks, but I’ll pass.

    3. Overly Loud Chewing

    Can we talk about loud chewers for a second?

    There’s something about the sound of someone chomping away on their food that can drive even the most patient person up the wall.

    It’s like they’re auditioning for a role in a sound effects department.

    If I wanted to hear that, I’d turn on an ASMR video.

    4. Endless Email Chains

    How about those never-ending email chains?

    You know the ones where everyone feels the need to hit “Reply All” with their two cents.

    Before you know it, your inbox looks like a novel, and you’re stuck scrolling through 47 messages just to find the original point.

    Can we all agree to use “Reply All” sparingly?

    5. Misbehaving Technology

    Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, right?

    But when your printer decides to have a meltdown right before an important deadline or your phone battery dies at 20%, it feels like the universe is playing a cruel joke.

    Don’t even get me started on autocorrect—no, I did not mean “ducking.”

    6. Slow Walkers

    And then there are the slow walkers.

    You’re in a hurry, weaving through the crowd like a ninja, and then you get stuck behind someone who seems to be taking a leisurely Sunday stroll on a Tuesday morning.

    It’s like they’re walking through molasses, and all you can do is smile politely and wait for an opening.

    7. Leftovers with No Expiration Date

    Here’s a fun one: leftovers in the fridge with no expiration date.

    Is this container of spaghetti from last week or last month? Who knows!

    It’s a game of culinary roulette, and the stakes are high.

    Do you risk it, or do you toss it? The struggle is real.

    So, there you have it—my list of things that bother me and why.

    From slow internet to leftover roulette, these little annoyances can really test our patience.

    But hey, they also give us something to laugh about (eventually).

    What bothers you and why? Share your pet peeves in the comments below—I can’t wait to commiserate with you!

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  19. Leonid Brezhnevs 1966 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow now on display in the Riga Motor Museum. He crashed this car in 1980 when he came from his villa in the South of Russia.

    He also had the following Rolls Royce:

    1968 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, a rare variant only five was build

    1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow

    1979 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith II, often used for his hunting excursions

    American luxury cars:

    1973 Lincoln Continental

    1972 Cadillac Eldorado
    Chrysler 300

    European luxury cars

    Mecedes Benz 600 Pullmann, only seven was ever build

    Citroen SM

    Maserati Quattroporte, a gift from the Italian Communist Party

    Porsche 911

    He had over 100 luxury cars in his personal possession and used some of them extensivly in personal joy rides.

    #socialism #leader #luxury #cars