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ANGELA BASSETT AND DR. BARBARA STURM LAUNCH SKIN-CARE RANGE FOR DARK SKIN

CLICK ON GALLERY TO VIEW IMAGES  LONDON — The American actress and film director Angela Bassett has teamed with Dr. Barbara Sturm on a specialised skin-care range that will launch worldwide in July. Called “Darker Skin Tones by Dr. Barbara Sturm,”…

A$AP ROCKY AMONG THE NEW FACES OF DIOR HOMME

It’s the latest in a string of fashion partnerships for the rapper. Dior Homme released its fall 2016 ad campaign on Tuesday morning, featuring A$AP Rocky as one of its new faces, and, to be honest, it’s about time. The rapper’s support for…

DREAM COME TRUE? A THEME PARK DEDICATED TO WINE HAS OPENED IN FRANCE. WHAT??

That’s right you read right the excellent news that an entire theme park or more accurately a museum dedicated to wine has opened in France. Appropriately named La Cite du Vin (which translates as ‘the city of wine’), the Bordeaux-based development…

TOP 5 RICHEST COUNTRIES IN AFRICA

The distribution of wealth around the world is often the source of heated discussion and debate throughout the internet. Quantitatively, the 62 richest people in the world are actually wealthier than half of the world’s population. Bill Gates, founder of…

ROLLS-ROYCE UNVEILS THE ULTIMATE SELF-DRIVING 20ft LUXURY CONCEPT CAR

Rolls-Royce has unveiled what it claims to be the “ultimate concept car”, in a rare insight into how the luxury vehicle maker sees the future of motoring. The “103EX” model aims to predict what the Rolls-Royce of 25 years’ time will look like, a…

THIS BOEING PRIVATE JET IS A FLYING LUXURY HOME

Imagine if you owned a 2,400-square-foot luxury home with the ability to fly you and 39 of your closest friends to anywhere you want in less than 17 hours. Next month, China’s HNA Aviation Group will take delivery of a new Boeing…

EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY INVESTMENT: WIMBLEDON HILL PARK, LONDON

Date: 23rd, 24th and 25th June – Register below After a day in the office, a morning’s shopping in Wimbledon Village or an evening in the West End, what could be more welcoming than returning home to tranquil , zen…

AFRICAN LUXURY IN LONDON – PATRICK MAVROS

If Tiffany & Co. had been founded in Africa by novelists H. Rider Haggard or Wilbur Smith, it would probably look something like Patrick Mavros. Mavros is that rara avis, an African luxury brand whose smart showroom on London’s Chelsea–South Kensington…

ITALY’S AFRO-ASIAN FASHION MOVEMENT IS A THING

MILAN’S NEW INTERNATIONAL FASHION TREND IS FORGING STRIKING LOOKS FROM THREE CONTINENTS FULL OF FLAIR, COLOUR AND CULTURE. MEET THE DESIGNERS AT THE VANGUARD OF ITALO-AFRO-ASIAN STYLE AND FIND OUT WHY IT’S GOING TO BE BIG IN 2016…

Meet Folorunsho Alakija, one of the richest woman in Nigeria

Mrs Folorunsho (or Folorunso) Alakija is a Nigerian businesswoman and Nigeria’s first female billionaire with a net worth of $2.5 billion. She is the Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil Limited (oil exploration and production company) and also Group Managing…