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I had a great Memorial Day weekend – I finished two books, ate my favorite foods (some fried, some sweet), caught up on TV shows, hung out with friends, and squeezed in a bit of shopping on my own. I came home with this top, which is quintessentially summer, and I love the cut and color (they’re called ‘neon rose’ on J.Crew’s website) of these cropped pants. I changed as soon as I got home so I could wear the entire outfit out and I’m still impressed that I managed to avoid any barbecue stains.
Halle Berry went au naturel at the beach this weekend -- not in a topless way -- but in a badass 70s hairstyle kinda way.
Halle and fiance Olivier Martinez took a romantic stroll ... and flashed her massive emerald engagement rock in Malibu.
Halle's been very vocal about her desire to move to Olivier's native France ... partially to escape the paparazzi in Los Angeles -- but she looked pretty chill this weekend, sporting her curly 'do.
We recently received a press release here at GQ that said something along the lines of: "Sometimes you hear of a new idea that is so obvious that you can't believe it hasn't been done before."
Without going into detail, the idea in question was, in fact, rubbish. But that doesn't mean the general principle doesn't hold true. One of the best examples of this in the past five years has been Orlebar Brown. Before starting the swimwear company back in 2007, then photographer Adam Brown was casting a critical eye around a swimming pool while on holiday when he noticed how all the men seemed to be wearing either budgie smugglers or shapeless board shorts. That is when he got the idea for a line of tailored swimwear. Initially, there were just four styles in five colours, but the brand was an immediate success - today, a whole range of holidaywear, from T-shirts to chinos, as well as the original shorts, is on offer.
To celebrate its fifth anniversary, Orlebar Brown has launched a new collection of shorts based on classic photographs of holiday scenes from the unsurpassed archive at Getty. Plus, it is holding a competition so you can get in on the act, too. Send in your favourite holiday image and a judging panel - including GQ's Creative Director Paul Solomons - will pick the best. The top prize includes a holiday from Mr & Mrs Smith plus flights from Etihad Airways and Air Berlin, with accomodation at the Sri Panwa Hotel in Phuket, as well as your winning picture printed on a limited-edition pair of OB swimming shorts as a permanent reminder of good times.
Just in time for the 2012 London Olympcis, this tandem features the Chukka Low andSk8 Mid silhouettes in simple, yet classic looks. Do any of these pairs look to be a must cop for you? Let us know in the comments section below.
Design language is a tricky thing. Err too much on one side and nobody will recognize your cars. Fall on the other and all your cars will look the same. Aston Martin, you might say, emerges more on the latter side than the former. Which isn't to say that we don't like how their high-end GTs look, mind you. But if any company is in need of a design shakeup, you could argue that it's Aston.
That's at least a little bit of what the British automaker shot for this weekend at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, the glamorous open-air auto show on the shores of Italy's Lake Como. There it presented the AM 310, a concept that ostensibly previews the replacement for the DB9 and DBS.
Said to be based on the same VH architecture that underpins the company's entire lineup (save the One-77, which has reportedly finished its production run anyway), the AM 310 packs a revised version of the same 6.0-liter V12 that was first developed for the DB7. It's packed into a shape that is distinctly Aston Martin, only in an updated form.
Gaydon has yet to release any official photos or press release on the new concept, so while you wait for them, you'll want to check out the videos below for a closer look – if only for the otherworldly sound the engine makes.
The companies announced over Twitter that production was suspended Tuesday at their plants. The 5.8-magnitude tremor, which was blamed for the deaths of at least 15 people, was the second major earthquake to strike the Emilia Romagna region in two weeks
No longer extinct, the Air Jordan 7 “Raptors” are set to release for the first time since 2009’s “60+” Pack. Donning the color blocking seen on the original 1992 release and 2002 retro, this pair stays true to form with an all-black upper set off by red and purple accents. Look for these to drop sometime this September.
Forget about Facebook. Fashion IPO’s are a hot topic lately after companies like Michael Kors and Prada successfully went public. Could Versace be the next one to hit a stock market near you? Maybe. The family-owned house of Versace has had a lot of financial ups and downs in the years since its founder Gianni Versace died. Back in 1997, Gianni had been planning an IPO, but his sudden death threw the company into turmoil for a few years. The company looked at an IPO as an option again in 2004 and 2006-2007; nothing came to fruition and then the company fell on hard times again. Versace has since pulled itself out of a hole, and is now profitable for the first time since 2009, according to Reuters. The house could be pretty attractive to potential investors right now: It’s opening new stores all over the world, recently relaunched its couture Versace Atelier collection, and most importantly–is making money. A Milan-based analyst told WWD that Versace hits all the sweet spots that banks searching for fashion investment opportunities want: It recently restructured, it’s known globally, and the namesake designer (Donatella) still works for the company. But right now it looks like Versace wants to keep it in the family. After an Italian paper reported that Versace was seeking investors (and had supposedly tapped Goldman Sachs to look at all the company’s financial options), the label’s CEO, Gian Giacomo Ferraris set the record straight. “The family is evaluating possible alternatives, talking to advisers and banks, together with the management, but is not seeking a partner,” he told WWD. “The family has no intention to sell any shares. It wants to be entirely independent and maintain 100 percent control over the company.” But that doesn’t mean they aren’t keeping their eyes on potential opportunities. Reuters reports that Versace would do an IPO if advised to do so, but so far that hasn’t happened. Right now Donatella Versace owns 30% of the shares, her brother Santo holds 20% and daughter Allegra Versace Beck owns 50%–which means huge payouts for the family even if they sell a minority share (which is what they would have to do to retain control). Of course, nothing in this market is a sure thing, and Versace may be right to stay the course and wait it out.
A rare pink diamond has been auctioned for $17.4m (£11.1m) - far higher than expected - after six minutes of frenzied bidding in Hong Kong. Auctioneers Christie's say that the diamond - the biggest of its kind ever to be sold - was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder. The Martian Pink diamond is extremely rare. Its owner believed it would fetch the best price in Hong Kong. The diamond had been expected to sell for between $8m and $12m (£5m - £7.6m). "The bids were very competitive... there was a lot of excitement... when it finally did come up for sale the buzz in the room was sensational," said Christie's auctioneer Rahul Kadakia. The 12-carat gem got its name in 1976 when it was sold by US jeweller Harry Winston. It was the same year the US sent a satellite to Mars, and the gem was named for the colour of the planet. "It comes from Harry Winston, who was so impressed that the Americans had landed on Mars in 1976 that he looked at his inventory and he found a rough diamond which probably could come out as pink," said Francois Curiel, from Christie's jewellery department. "So he cut it, and he cut it in such a way that the intensity of the thing was larger than any of the other things that he had ever cut before." The current American owner had wanted the diamond to be sold in Hong Kong, Mr Curiel said. "He had studied the market pretty well and seen that all the top prices recently were obtained in Hong Kong because of the presence of the Chinese, and several other countries from South East Asia were very, very keen on diamonds," he said. The most famous pink diamond in the world belongs to Queen Elizabeth II. The Williamson Pink was given to the British queen for her wedding in 1947 - the cut, 23.6-carat round stone was later set in a brooch.
