May, 2016

• 21 May

  Facebook to inspire users with 360° video

  

    Relaxnews Mark Zuckerberg posted Facebook’s first 360-degree video, filmed by the social network’s teams, in a bid to inspire the platform’s 1.5 billion users. Facebook is now hoping to welcome user-created videos and photos of this kind. The video posted by the Facebook CEO was filmed in New York’s Grand Central Terminal. The social network’s first 360 video plunged ...

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• 21 May

  NASA’s Valkyrie robots set the table for human life on Mars

  

    LOWELL, Mass / AP Four sister robots built by NASA could be pioneers in the colonisation of Mars, part of an advance construction team that sets up a habitat for more fragile human explorers. But first they’re finding new homes on Earth and engineers to hone their skills. The space agency has kept one Valkyrie robot at its birthplace, ...

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• 21 May

  Of art and fashion from Renaissance city of Florence

  

    FLORENCE / AP Italy’s Renaissance capital, Florence, is reclaiming its centuries-old role as an incubator of the interplay between fashion and art. The new director of the Uffizi gallery has announced plans to transform the Costume Gallery at Pitti Palace, which is also under his control, into a full-fledged fashion museum, while the Ferragamo Foundation this week opens a ...

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• 21 May

  New era of fashion forward nail trends comes to UAE

  

    Dubai / Emirates business The future of colour is here! Distinguished to be cruelty-free and vegan-friendly; USA’s leading and nail industry’s elite; Color Club New York has finally come to UAE. Bought to the region by Galina Spieling, who is renowned for her ‘Posh Nails and Celebrity Hairstyles’ in Dubai; Color Club New York nail polishes will now be ...

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• 21 May

  Peter Lindbergh to shoot 2017 Pirelli calendar

  

    Relaxnews German photographer Peter Lindbergh has been selected to shoot the 2017 Pirelli calendar, it has been revealed. The creative first snapped the famous annual publication in 1996, before repeating the experience in 2002. This will be the calendar’s 44th edition. The 2016 calendar hit the headlines last year by departing from the calendar’s traditional formula of featuring supermodels ...

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• 21 May

  Haute Couture names Fashion Week’s guest labels

  

    Relaxnews The ChambreSyndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris has named the five fashion houses invited to display their work as guests at the Autumn / Winter fashion week in July 2016. Luxury fur retailer J. Mendel, Japanese neo-futurist Yuima Nakazato, Italian designer Francesco Scognamiglio, returning three-time Dutch Design Awards winner Iris Van Herpen, and DemnaGvasalia’sVetements collective have been ...

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• 21 May

  Steven Meisel shoots pre-fall 2016 campaign for Coach

  

    Relaxnews The luxury leather goods and accessories brand — which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year — has called on legendary American photographer Steven Meisel to capture its latest collection, Coach 1941, first unveiled in September at New York Fashion Week. Renowned the world over for its leatherwork and traditional expertise, Coach has unveiled its new pre-fall 2016 campaign ...

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• 21 May

  Ideal affordable desert destination

  

    Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The Tilal Liwa Hotel is located in the heart of the rolling dunes of the UAE. Perched at the edge of the Rub Al Khali desert, conveniently located along the modern Sila highway, 175-kilometre leisurely drive from Abu Dhabi city and Abu Dhabi International Airport. The unique affordable desert leisure resort is a perfect ...

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• 21 May

  Demonstrating the true art of luxury conveyance

  

    Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS As a world leader in the art of true luxury, Rolls-Royce ven designed a suite of elegant luggage to complement Wraith, the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever created. The Wraith Luggage, conceived by Rolls-Royce bespoke designer Michael Bryden and designed in the Rolls-Royce bespoke Design Studio led by Director of Design, Giles Taylor, comprises two ...

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• 19 May

  Mohamed hails UAE’s mountaineers

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, congratulated the mountaineering team of the UAE Armed Forces for scaling Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 feet) above sea level. In a text message to the team on achieving ...

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