There’s a new delicacy that’s getting all the hype in France today. De Jaeger had launched a new epicurian delight, the snail caviar. A 125 g. tin will set you back some $300.

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A Dior exhibition recently opened its doors at the UCCA. The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing hosts the exhibition entitled “Christian Dior and Chinese Artists” until January 15th 2009. The contemporary artwork of some 20+ artists are inspired by the Dior fashion house, currently celebrating its 60th year. Practically all the mediums have been tapped: sculpture, photography, video and paintings are showcased in several installations. The vast collection of provocative musings are accompanied with a selection of Dior haute couture fashion pieces.

The pic above is a portrait of John Galliano by graffiti artist Zhang Dali.

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Cabestan’s Winch Tourbillon Vertical watch was made using over 1300 components, and has a price tag ranging betwee $275 000 and $400 000 depending on whether you’re into gold, platinum, titanium, and encrusted diamonds.

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Next year an Armani concept store will be opening in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue. The doors will open on  February 18th to a first, where all Armani collections will be available under one roof. The list is the following: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Armani Jeans, EA7, Armani Casa, Giorgio Armani Beauty. There will be a full service restaurant operating on location.

There’s a vid of last year’s Ginza opening after the jump.

The tenth anniversary of the Campari calendar is celebrated with a luxury team of collaborators. Under Jean Paul Gaude’s creative direction Jessica Alba becomes photographer Mario Testino’s muse. The calendar has a retro feel to the its Malibu vibe. 9,999 copies will be printed.

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The Kissing Cobra has an intriguing design by the Ukrainian Andy Kurovets. The time is displayed by the small screens situated at both tips of the bracelet’s opening.  Hours on the left,  minutes on the right.

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Mulberry - known for their luxury ready-to-wear and vast array of accessories - will be maintaining their prices despite a 12% decline in sales over the last quarter due to the financial crisis. Other luxury brands had justified discounts to stimulate a decline in sales as we had previously posted. Their stock value had dropped some 60% over 2008 the company hasn’t gone into debt and is expecting to close the year with profits.

The shop in the pic is the boutique on Saint Honoré in Paris. The bag is the large Shimmy. Price: 875 GBP.

pic and info: FT.com

Not too many of us will get to drink at the British-Iraki architect, Zaha Hadid’s work of art.  The bar sits at the Home House in London: members only. The bar’s contours, and aerodynamic shape is somewhat is reminiscient of the Latent Utopias exhibition she had in Graz Austria. The steel bar is covered in a sleek metallic paint finish embellished with leather and led lighting. (Klingons not included.)

pic and info: Supertouch

The SS09 Louis Vuitton collection will be decaled with Stephen Sprouse graphics. Marc Jacobs and Sprouse  worked together in 2001. Marc at the time had created some memorable pieces embellished with graffiti and rose imagery. It’s apparent that the collection is to ring in the Stephen Sprouse retrospective exhibition, which is to be held at the Deitch Gallery.

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Karl Lagerfeld pays hommage to Coco Chanel with a silent movie. The ten minute film’s Parisian premiere is this Wednesday. The piece introduces the designer’s life  in  two moments, in 1913 and 1923.

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