Creating stylish yet relaxed private environments in which to connect with clients is a rage in the luxury world, whether it be Gucci’s new appointment-only store on Melrose Avenue or the fact that Chanel devotes two out of four floors of its just-opened Rodeo Drive flagship to VIP suites.
Swiss luxury watchmaker Vacheron Constantin has arrived in West Hollywood with another lure: Suite 1755, an appointment-only hotel suite-turned-shopping experience that just opened inside the West Hollywood Edition hotel on the Sunset Strip.
The suite — which is open through early July while Vacheron Constantin renovates its Rodeo Drive boutique — invites clients to not only look at and try on seductive timepieces but also encourages them to hang a while. Near the entrance there’s a foosball table and a record player along with a collection of vinyl, plus an electric guitar from L.A.’s Norman’s Rare Guitars. Outside is a large...
Swiss luxury watchmaker Vacheron Constantin has arrived in West Hollywood with another lure: Suite 1755, an appointment-only hotel suite-turned-shopping experience that just opened inside the West Hollywood Edition hotel on the Sunset Strip.
The suite — which is open through early July while Vacheron Constantin renovates its Rodeo Drive boutique — invites clients to not only look at and try on seductive timepieces but also encourages them to hang a while. Near the entrance there’s a foosball table and a record player along with a collection of vinyl, plus an electric guitar from L.A.’s Norman’s Rare Guitars. Outside is a large...
- 5/17/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
To Barbie or not to Barbie, that is the question posed by director Greta Gerwig’s latest satirical send-up.
“Barbie,” set for a July 21 release, stars Margot Robbie as the blonde bombshell Mattel doll who ventures outside of her dreamland and finds herself caught up in the real world. Ryan Gosling plays Ken, while Simu Liu, Hari Nef, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, John Cena, and Dua Lipa play other variations of the dolls.
Director Gerwig, who co-wrote the script with collaborator Noah Baumbach, told audiences at CinemaCon during Warner Bros. Discovery’s presentation that Gosling was determined to portray Ken as though he was in a “drama.”
“It was like Marlon Brandon playing Ken,” Gerwig said.
And “Barbie” is already rife with film history references: The first trailer for the film had an ode to “2001: A Space Odyssey” match cut, and the footage shown during the Warner Bros. Discovery...
“Barbie,” set for a July 21 release, stars Margot Robbie as the blonde bombshell Mattel doll who ventures outside of her dreamland and finds herself caught up in the real world. Ryan Gosling plays Ken, while Simu Liu, Hari Nef, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, John Cena, and Dua Lipa play other variations of the dolls.
Director Gerwig, who co-wrote the script with collaborator Noah Baumbach, told audiences at CinemaCon during Warner Bros. Discovery’s presentation that Gosling was determined to portray Ken as though he was in a “drama.”
“It was like Marlon Brandon playing Ken,” Gerwig said.
And “Barbie” is already rife with film history references: The first trailer for the film had an ode to “2001: A Space Odyssey” match cut, and the footage shown during the Warner Bros. Discovery...
- 4/25/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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