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Adult’s Play: The $1440 Luxury Toy Bear

Adult's Play: The $1440 Luxury Toy Bear

No matter how much you may have loved it, at a certain age you probably came to accept that you’d just have to part ways with your favorite teddy bear. Ducobi’s limited edition toy bears probably aren’t the best choice to cuddle up with at night, but they do offer something to the collector who’s grown bored with the usual adult toys.

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eBay Opens The Fashion Vaults

eBay Opens The Fashion Vaults

Next up in eBay’s fight to attract the attention of fashionistas is Fashion Vault, a series of exclusive, limited-time-only sales offering eBay members incredible discounts on designer duds — and with free shipping to boot!
On sale now (and ending tomorrow morning) is DKNY, with up to 70% savings on some really great finds, like a [...]

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See You Later, Alligator?

See You Later, Alligator?

Amid all the hullabaloo about the economy, it’s easy to criticize the fashion industry and say that the financial woes of companies like Gucci and Versace are just deserts for encouraging frivolity.  It’s easy to say simply that this is no longer a world for luxury, and too bad if luxury fashion doesn’t sell anymore.
Yet [...]

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Tents with a View and a Loo: If Money’s No Object

Tents with a View and a Loo: If Money's No Object

For those who love the great outdoors – well, just enough to spend your days exploring natural wonders and unusual curiosities, but not enough to spend your nights communing with a not so unusual, rock-hard ground - we present to you the Galapagos Safari Camp.
This Luxury Safari, courtesy of Big Five Tours & Expeditions, is a 7-night adventure that begins in [...]

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Escada Tries To Escape Financial Woes

Escada Tries To Escape Financial Woes

International luxury brand Escada is still in hot water after filing for insolvency this August, but ZSL Partners, a consortium backed by the company founder’s son, Sven Ley, has stepped forward to bid on the fashion house in an attempt to save it from going under.
ZSL Partners is comprised of Ley, former head of Gucci [...]

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Imran Amed's Signature9

Imran Amed's Signature9
The Business of Fashion editor introduces us to his signature style items

Diane Pernet's Signature9

Diane Pernet's Signature9
Fashion blogger and film festival creator, Diane Pernet, shares nine of her favorite things

Video interview with Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld

90 Seconds with Carine Roitfeld
In a Signature9 exclusive, we catch up with the Vogue Paris editor-in-chief