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Gaurav Gupta’s Dubai-inspired capsule collection represents the dunes, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of the megacity

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Dubai-inspired collection features five grand pieces, each inspired by the region’s diverse aspects The dunes, mountains, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of Dubai have found representation in a new form. These have been interpreted by couturier Gaurav Gupta in his quintessential style in a capsule collection that is a collaboration between him and Dubai […]

Real estate market trends: enter facility managers

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Lifestyle management services come as a package, designed to not only maintain homes but elevate them into spaces of comfort and efficiency. Premium services such as pool and lawn maintenance, bed making, car washing, sofa shampooing, and deep cleaning are now being integrated into luxury homes. According to recent reports, the first nine months of […]

Concierge services in India: Meet the real life genies that the rich and famous depend on

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

It’s 6am. And Karan Bhangay is frantically trying to source Tom Ford shoes for a client. The client has an 11am flight and has just decided that he wants these shoes before he leaves for the airport. Karan’s team manages to fill a car with a selection of footwear from the specific luxury label and […]

At Chenot Palace Gabala, a luxury retreat, we brave hunger pangs, cryotherapy, and a mud bath on a rejuvenative journey

November 22, 2024November 22, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Treatment room at the retreat | Photo Credit: Alex Teuscher After finishing a small portion of mixed fruit puree in under three minutes, I wait for breakfast. As it turns out, that was breakfast. A cup of piping hot herbal tea marks the end of the first meal of the day. Tightly wrapping my bath […]

Luxury serviced apartments come calling

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The trend of serviced apartments that started more than a decade-and-a-half ago in Chennai has been growing at 10-15% each year. Business executives who come from around the world on short-term assignments, tourists visiting hospitals for long-term procedures along with family, NRIs coming during year-end for the music festival season, and students from foreign universities […]

Gauri Khan shares designs secrets from her latest project, the Falguni Shane Peacock store in Kolkata

December 8, 2023December 8, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Gauri Khan (centre) with Shane and Falguni | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For Gauri Khan, the little details matter. Which is probably why, two white urns, with 3D peacock motifs, are the source of much discussion at the Falguni Shane Peacock showroom in Kolkata. Gauri who has done the interiors for three of the FSP […]

CEO of Bulgari Jean-Cristophe Babin on the brand’s new launches and its India plans

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Jean-Cristophe Babin | Photo Credit: Gabriel de la Chapelle Jean-Cristophe Babin, CEO of Bulgari, is a busy man. He has travelled quite a distance with the brand this year, with launches at the LVMH Watch Week Singapore in January and Watches and Wonders in March. He is set to announce more novelties at the Geneva […]

Rethinking lifestyle trends

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Luxury living is no longer associated with exclusive amenities and a multitude of activities alone. In recent years, its definition has evolved and stands on a par with changing customers’ preferences and architectural trends. What used to be a demonstration of a property developer’s product offering is now being defined on the basis of a […]

Only Watch 2023: Tracking the best

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

There are enough celebrity sightings daily on social media to hook the watch lover. When we zoom into David Beckham’s gold dive watch (Tudor Black Bay 58) as he aces the summer look in his Wimbledon Royal Box seat. Or note Tom Cruise’s rectangular Cartier Santos de Cartier and Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra […]

Sustainable handbag label Behno comes to India with Katrina Kaif as an investor

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Katrina Kaif, ambassador and investor with Behno For every tie, knot and technique used in its bags, Behno has a story. The international handbag label headquartered in New York — with manufacturing units across India — had its homecoming recently, as Shivam Punjya, its founder, launched retail operations in India. Lodged within Behno’s signature knots are […]

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