In the most multicultural city of all world you will find a bit of all countries in a very contemporary way. If you are looking for a place to stay while your attending the ICFF 2013, here are a list of the Best Design Hotels in New York, where you can relax and sleep, or take the best of the over all view.

PARAMOUNT HOTEL 

Paramount Hotel is one of the hottest, most vibrant places to be in the heart of all the action that defines New York City. Experience the buzz in a captivating setting of historic architecture, distinctive modern art, glamorous décor, where you can find the latest lighting decor by Delightfull and the sultry Paramount Bar & Grill. The captivating, fashionable, reinvented Paramount Hotel – steps from the greatest New York Attractions, Events, and Activities. And, when you’re ready for a reprieve, we’re here to pamper you with Luxurious Accommodations, attentive Guest Service, and modern amenitie

ACE HOTEL

Located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, near the Theater District, the Ace Hotel is a unique new boutique hotel and 269 rooms. There is a subway stop right around the corner and it’s within walking distance of many popular destinations like Times Square, Macy’s, and the Broadway theaters. The lounge is perfect to schedule a meeting, because its cozy and vintage environment very inviting. They have a range of different rooms to suit travelers with different needs, from loft suites with separate living areas to cozy rooms with twin bunkbeds. The guest rooms feature original art by local and international artists and quirky details, there are  no two rooms are quite the same

GRAMERCY PARK HOTEL

The Gramercy Park Hotel is more than a unique luxury property, it’s a work of art, with Julian Schnabel. Set in one of the most coveted areas of Manhattan and bordering on New York City’s only private park, the legendary hotel has, for almost nine decades, opened its doors to the world’s most creative spirits. Haute Bohemian heritage represents a sensuous vision of artful diversity, from the eclectics Rose Bar and Jade Bar to the lushly landscaped rooftop garden, all was made to guest s feel unique. The property’s seven specialty suites are each unique, with spacious living rooms, some with dining rooms, and bathrooms with custom sculpted soaking tubs.

HOTEL STANDART HIGH LINE

The Hotel Standard High Line is the new heart and soul of the prodigious New York fashion, art and media worlds. The hotel’s panoramic views scaling the Hudson River and Manhattan’s magnificent skyline grace each of the 337 guestrooms on 18 floors with a sense of particular privilege, the same privilege of being “King Standard”, as the New York Daily News calls it.

THE NOMADE HOTEL

The Nomade Hotel is one of the latest additions to New York’s North of Madison Square Park district, a housed in a converted turn of the century Beaux-Arts building,fully restored to its original splendor and its magnificent interiors are the inspiration of the multi talented French architect/interior and garden designer Jacques Garcia.

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German company Lürssen has launched Azzam, the world’s largest private yacht, eclipsing the previous record holder, Roman Abramovich‘s 533-foot Eclipse.

Designed by Nauta Yachts in Italy, the $609 million Azzam is almost two football fields long and rivals the size of some cruise ships. It took four years to complete from concept to construction.

Amongst many other features the yacht has a main salon with a length of 29 m and a beam of 18m with an open plan and no pillars.

The interior decoration was undertaken by Christophe Leoni, whose brief was to create “a sophisticated and luxurious interior in a turn of the century ‘Empire’ style”.

The Azzam will travel in excess of 30 knots, powered by a combination of 2 gas turbines and 2 diesel engines with a total of 94000 horse powers; she will require a 50-person crew to maintain her.

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The Costume Institute Gala (or Costume Institute Ball), known as the Met Ball or Met Gala, is an annual ball that celebrates the annual opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s (The Met) fashion exhibit at the Costume Institute. The red carpet evening where celebrities arrive dressed to impress is described as the fashion industry’s “Night of Nights”. Fashion industry experts and style magazines consider the event, which is hosted by Vogue, to be the fashion world’s best red carpet event. It is regarded as the top annual social event in New York City. The event has been an annual affair at the Met since 1948 (the year in which the Costume Institute was founded), but it has been held in different parts of the museum over the years.

Beyonce wore Givenchy

Sarah Jessica Parker wore Giles Deacon

Anna Wintour wore Chanel Couture

Ivanka Trump wore Juan Carlos Obando

Karolina Kurkova in Mary Katrantzou

Rooney Mara wore Givenchy Couture

Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave and Daisy Richardson all wore Roksanda Ilincic

Joan Smalls poses with Tom Ford, whose design she wore to the ball

Alexa Chung in Erdem

Katie Holmes in Calvin Klein

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, who wore Givenchy

Heidi Klum wore Marchesa

Uma Thurman wore Zac Posen

Sienna Miller wore Burberry

Anne Hathaway with Valentino Garavani, whose design she wore on the night

Madonna wore Givenchy

Anja Rubik in Anthony Vaccarello

Miley Cyrus wore Marc Jacobs

STYLE RÉSUMÉ

NAME: Isabel Marant

PROFESSION: Designer, Isabel Marant

MY FAVORITE FOOTWEAR: Always flats when I am working so I can run around. I have four pairs of my favorite black suede boots

MY FAIL-SAFE PIECES: I wear my own label all the time, new-season pieces mixed with old favorites. I never design something I wouldn’t wear myself

“In the week, I have no idea what the weather is like, I don’t care,” she says of her head-down work ethic. “But I need to be surrounded by nature from time to time or I feel suffocated. I want to grab mud and feel the ground beneath my bare feet.” In the cabin’s grounds is a river, in which Marant swims 3km every weekend morning between April and September. “It is like a walk in the forest, but I swim it instead. I empty my head and get clear visions of work.”

In her off-duty wardrobe of shorts and tank tops (her own label, naturally), all sinewy caramel limbs and bare-faced beauty, Marant has an ‘earth mother’ vibe about her. There are few French runway designers making clothes you feel comfortable wearing while dancing in a field at midnight, but Marant’s are made with a freer lifestyle in mind. Though she didn’t grow up in a free-spirited household – she had a conservative upbringing in the wealthy Paris suburb of Neuilly – Marant began experimenting with her look at the age of nine, rebelling against her peers. “I wasn’t loving myself very much back then. I didn’t think I was pretty so I wanted to hide,” she says, recalling how she copied Patti Smith’s long fringe so no one could see her face. “I wore flares with rotten hems, suede shoes and Laura Ashley long white skirts.”

Happy Birthday, Becks! Whether he’s playing statesman at the Olympics, playing football in Paris or playing doting dad to the adorableHarper, Happy birthday!

Explore the Renaissance-designed luxury hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal and enter a world of supreme comfort and lavish accommodations characterized by a modern decoration.

The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal is ideally located to take advantage of the city’s clear, warm, turquoise waters. Action-oriented enthusiasts will find plenty of opportunities nearby to indulge in boating, fishing, motorized water sports, swimming in the resort’s massive 1,600 square meter pool or exploring the multiple beaches that ring the island. Additional recreational choices will include a 2,000-square meter spa with 15 private treatment rooms, a health club with separate facilities for men and women, and The Ritz Kids club.

Bringing new cachet to a city that is home to a host of cultural institutions, including the National Theater, the Abu Dhabi Classical Music Society, the upcoming Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum and the Louvre, The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal is strategically positioned between Mussafah and Maqtaa bridges right across from the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Our hotel is a convenient 25-minute drive from the Abu Dhabi International Airport, making it easily accessible to all travelers.  Hotel’s concierge can assist you in planning transportation to or from the Abu Dhabi airport.

The beach resort’s prime location, which includes private residential villas, attracts local corporate patrons, discerning diners, and international business and leisure travelers. Let us assist you in planning an unforgettable stay to our majestic hotel.

Inspired by the 15th to early 17th century Renaissance architecture and the urban planning of the city of Venice, the luxury villa hotel consists of ten stately buildings arranged in a crescent formation, completed with artfully designed water features and manicured gardens throughout the  property.

Ritz Carlton Abu Dhabi

Zürich, Switzerland
The Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich’s resplendent, tree-lined exclusive shopping avenue, stretches a mile (1.4 kilometers). You’ll find some of Switzerland’s top shopping along its length, from top clothing designers to high-end options for shoes, furs, accessories, china, and jewelry. And, of course, Swiss watches.

Rodeo Drive

Beverly Hills, California
Rodeo Drive manages to pack in enough audacious glitz to qualify as one of the world’s most glamorous and expensive shopping stretches. Just off Rodeo lies Two Rodeo, a strip of boutiques modeled after European boutiques, with cobblestones, fountains, and bistros. Perhaps its least known amenity is the free two-hour valet parking.

The Ginza

Tokyo, Japan
The Ginza, comprising eight blocks, is Tokyo’s most exclusive shopping area. It boasts some of the most expensive real estate on Earth. Known luxury and exclusive retailers stand side by side with Tokyo’s landmark department stores, Mitsukoshi, Wako (whose clock is a landmark unto itself), and the 14-story Marion. The latter actually houses seven movie theaters and two department stores. Many store windows feature elaborate displays that showcase typical Japanese culture. At night colorful neon and fluorescent lights flood the Ginza with light, bringing the otherwise gray city to life

Fifth Avenue

New York City, New York
Large landmark department stores (Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Macy’s) and small high-end designer name boutiques (Ferragamo, Harry Winston, Versace, Emanual Ungaro, Gucci, Henri Bendel, Tiffany, Steuben, Christian Dior) make New York’s Fifth Avenue a shopper’s paradise. In December, the stores mount elaborate displays—doormen dressed as toy soldiers at FAO Schwarz, a 27-foot (8-meter) sparkling snowflake floating over the street outside Tiffany, winter wonderland scenes in Macy’s windows—that attract holiday shoppers and sightseers. Strolling the crowded sidewalks of Fifth Avenue at this time of year is a special treat.

Bond Street

London, England
Bond Street is home to the most elegant and expensive shops in London. You will find designer clothing, perfume, art and antiques, jewelers, and more Royal Warrant holders (suppliers to the royal family) here than anywhere else in London. Old Bond Street, the short section at the southern end of Bond Street that joins Picadilly, has been distinguished by the most posh since the 1850s. Asprey and Agnew, Sotheby’s, and Phillips, to name a few, all appear against a backdrop of elegant houses turned shops that were once home to a host of distinguished politicians, artists, and writers.

She marries classic French glamour with minimalist Los Angeles cool to produce a line of handbags and clutches that are as chic as they are utilitarian. Clare Vivier’s design principle is timeless but her aesthetic is bold, always taking into consideration the elegant tension between modern detail and classic shapes.

While her bags are now available globally, Clare Vivier roots herself in the Los Angeles fashion community with a nod to socially conscious construction and proudly bears the moniker, “locally made”. From conception to fabrication, her line has been made eclusively in Los Angeles since 2008, consciously engaging in ethical manufacturing practice without compromise.

RE BONJOUR Clutch $143.00

Wallet Clutch From $85.00

Messenger $363.00

Fannypack From $216.00

Backgammon Set $249.00

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THE GREAT GATSBY will open the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The long-awaited Baz Lurhmann remake will be screened in 3D on the first night of this year’s schedule, on May 15. Actress Audrey Tautou will act as host for the opening ceremony – as well as for the closing ceremony on May 26.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, the F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation was originally scheduled to open in Christmas 2012 – but was pushed back to allow Lurhmann more time to perfect the production.

“It is a great honour for all those who have worked on The Great Gatsby to open the Cannes Film Festival,” said the director. “F. Scott Fitgerald wrote some of the most poignant and beautiful passages of his extraordinary novel just a short distance away at a villa outside St. Raphael.”

It was previously confirmed that over 40 costumes in the film – including those worn by Mulligan – were custom-made by Miuccia Prada, using reworked pieces from the Prada and Miu Miu archives. The jewellery featured all came courtesy of Tiffany & Co, while the men’s costumes were created by American brand Brooks Brothers.

One of the two collaborations that you can find in this new version os Gatsby, by Florence .

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE – OVER THE LOVE

LANA DEL REY – YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL

When back to back meetings happening on two different sides of the world is a common work scenario, private jetting serves as more than an opulent way to get around—it becomes an essential way to save precious time. Not only can these aircraft fly over the Arctic Circle, whittling a trip from NYC to Hong Kong down to a 15-hour, nonstop journey, but they allow passengers to avoid potential delays on the Tarmac, long lines at customs and the prerequisite early arrival to the airport for an international flight. Plus, the comfort private planes provide goes well beyond what you would find even in first class on a commercial flight (including a lavish standup shower), ensuring you arrive ready to tackle the task at hand. But with the average sticker price of $60M, owning your own plane isn’t a viable option for most. Enter VistaJet, a private aviation company that keeps luxury at the forefront of their approach to chartered jet service, so clients can reap the benefits of personalized travel without having to maintain a personal plane.

We recently had the chance to experience VistaJet first-hand on a flight from New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport to the Bombardier headquarters and construction facility in Montréal. It’s there that Bombardier builds out VistaJet’s 142 business jets, a fleet that includes Global 5000, 6000, 7000 and 8000 aircraft and allows them to touch down in almost any far-flung pocket of the world. All VistaJet needs is 24 hours’ notice and one of their planes will be at your service.

Our trip to Bombardier offered insight into how they outfit VistaJet aircraft once the main body has been built. A tour through the woodshop revealed an entirely handmade process, from carving to planing to sanding to spraying. VistaJet’s strong attention to detail is as prevalent in the quality of in-flight service as it is in the design and craftsmanship of the components of the plane.

While VistaJet founder Thomas Flohr spearheads the operations side of the business, his daughter Nina helms the creative planning. Years spent shadowing her mother, founding editor of Russian Vogue Katharina Flohr, has not only given Nina a sense of fine taste, but an immense knowledge of the fashion industry and art world. In 2011 Nina invited revered graffiti artist Retna to paint the tail of their largest private jet, the Bombardier Global Express XRS. For the Global 6000—the mid-size plane we flew in—Nina tapped English abstract painter and Turner prize nominee Ian Davenport to create an original painting of a Faberge egg on the tail in celebration of Easter and a collection of Faberge pendants selling exclusively to VistaJet clients.

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