Hermès just opened its first Shang Xia store in Shanghai last week. Shang Xia (‘topsy-turvy’ in Mandarin) is built specifically for the Chinese market.

Conducted by Jian Qiong Er, the Artistic Director of the brand, the products which include homeware, furniture, and limited edition ‘cultural object’ are made in China by Chinese craftsmen.

Hermes hopes Shang Xia will boost its already strong position in Asia (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) which are currently Hermès’ principal market, but according to Patrick Thomas (CEO of Hermes): “If Shang Xia becomes a competitor to Hermès, that would be a success”.

Hermès has plans to open up a Shang Xia store in Paris in 2011, and another in Beijing in a few years …

Having a bunch of famous fashion designers “re-imagine” the Diet Coke bottle may seem a tad frivolous, however the reason is anything but: cystic fibrosis – an inherited genetic disorder that, amongst other things, renders almost anyone who has it, male or female, infertile. And the Coca-Cola “Tribute to Fashion” event hosted in cooperation with the Fashion, Events and Design Commission of the City of Milan is helping raise awareness and funds for the 2010 “Women Reseachers for Cystic Fibrosis” Project.

For the second edition of this special initiative, Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi, Creative Directors of Gianfranco Ferré, drew inspiration from four of the house’s signatures: a rich croc texture, an Obi belt, a white silk shirt, and the brand’s identifying symbol: the Signature Pin – all of which celebrate the famous Contour bottle.

LesAiles.Hermes.com, the interactive microsite of the French fashion house, features Hermès Paris products related to different themes including video, cool animation, downloadable screensavers and more!

One of the most stunning and audacious video of the brand is certainly the one directed by Alexis Milant, the master of the art of fingerboarding! Would you expect this from Hermès?!

Skin Inc is the world’s first Skin Supplement Bar offering highly concentrated, 100% pure and active serums and skincare from Japan.

Their customised skincare solutions empower time-starved individuals to create their own fuss-free skincare regimes!

Everyone’s skin is different, so individual skin identities and their needs are addressed with products and treatments that are targeted at delivery to the skin’s deeper layers where it matters. Treatments are conducted using state-of-the-art non-invasive technology that delivers sustainable results, rivalling other invasive procedures.

After a personalized skin analysis, Skin Inc’s specialists custom formulate a concoction called My Daily Dose™, a blend of three concentrated serums. To suit different skin types, 84 Skin Inc different blends could be generate!

Another fundamental part of their approach is ‘Patented Seaweed Encapsulation’ whereby active ingredients are wrapped in seaweed capsules. This ensures the ingredients are free from oxidation, boosting their freshness and extending their shelf-life to three years.

Do you need design furniture for your empty Penthouse?

The luxurious bed BSide, introduces a wood structure in which the mattress has abandoned. The external part of the structure is entirely devoted to the naturalness of the materials, it is totally realized in wood bent to vapor.

The inside part, conceals instead the technological heart of the bed; here we find a polymeric gel covered by a black leather, in the middle embellished by a central band of RGB led that crosses in length the inside part of the bed so also developing the function of reading lamp.