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Dior Beauty’s new concept boutique is inspire by Dior’s “Le Bon Marche” store in Paris, all interior is based on a black & white color scheme. The store is divided into 4 sections to display color, fragrance, skincare and men’s products. For the stores in the United States, Dior will also carry it’s eyewear collection.

There’s a private makeup corner, called the Loge de Star, in the concept store where customer can consult professional makeup artist on their personal makeup requirements and get the latest update on beauty trend. You can also book a facial treatment in their treatment rooms.

Depending on economic conditions, US stores could begin to roll out in late 2010 with stores slate for Beverly Center, Century City and Santa Monica Place in Los Angeles. East coast stores slated for Paramus and Short Hills, NJ and White Plains, Garden City and Soho, NY.

Dior has slowly but increasingly been sneaking out watch releases over the past few years. High style, without as many ephemeral qualities as you might think. Meaning the watches could easily be classics decades from now. Love them or leave them you have to admit they are interesting. Here are two new styles for the Christal watch line. Called the Christal 42mm Automatic (not very creative for a name), the watches are designed with what feels like a combo between modern sporty dive style watch and art deco.

The case is 42mm wide in steel. There are black sapphires on the bracelet in pyramid shapes, with two different style bracelets available. The dial is black lacquer with a continuation of the pyramid theme in the center. The version with diamonds has a “weave” patten done in the middle with diamonds. I like the design of the case and bracelet much better than the dial, as the latter feels cluttered. It has all the hours in Arabic numerals, and then markers in between them. It just feels confusing at the very least.

Inside the watch is a Swiss ETA 2824-2 automatic movement. It is visible though the sapphire crystal caseback window, with a black lacquer topped rotor. The diamond version has 1.47 carats, and a total of 190 stones tastefully applied. Available soon.

Source: Luxist

Here is a stunning piece of Dior men’s jewelry and it is a one-of-a-kind watch at that. LVMH-owned Dior takes one of their standard watch designs and forgoes much of that unnecessary stuff, like most of the metal. Instead the watch seems to be held together mostly by diamonds, rubies and red tinted mineral glass. The movement is a manually-would tourbillon that you can see operating almost in silhouette through the tinted red glass.

Case is 42mm wide in White gold, with the thorough assortment of diamonds and rubies being carried over to most of the bracelet. The style of this high cost fashion watch is impressive with a rhyme and reason to the jewel layout. The dial skeletonization is uniquely done, and the views of the movement are quite pretty. I like the use of the large pyramid-cut ruby as the palette over the tourbillon. Price for this piece unique Dior watch was 1.3 million Swiss Francs. This Dior Christal Tourbillon Diamonds and Rubies watch has been nominated to be included in the awards for the 2009 Geneva Grand Prix d’Horlogerie.

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French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH is best known for its marquee properties Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Fendi but the company has also collected the world’s most amazing collection of first class wine and spirits brands under its Moët Hennessy group. The incomparable portfolio is celebrated in a suitably lavish new book called Distinctive Vintages ($200 at Amazon.com) published by Flammarion.

The book focuses on the collection of fine French wines and spirits, personified in three regions that are “as noble as they are prestigious”: Cognac, the ancestral birthplace of Hennessy; Champagne, home Dom Pérignon and its confreres; and Bordeaux, graced by the magical Chateau d’Yquem. It offers both a practical guide to the three regions as well as an explanation of the different vintages and results produced by the famed houses.

Moët Hennessy owns too many luxury brands to list, but to name a few: Hennessy Cognac; Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Krug, Dom Ruinart and Veuve Clicquot champagnes; Belvedere and Chopin vodkas; Glenmorangie single malt Scotch whiskey; and Chateau d’Yquem wine. Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Pucci, Kenzo and Marc Jacobs fashion houses.