Would you pay $150,000 for a mattress? If it consistently delivers the elusive luxury of a great night’s sleep, perhaps you’d consider it? For those for whom the sky’s the limit in the pursuit of being well-rested, we here at Dandelion Chandelier have gone deep into the Land of Nod to uncover the best-of-breed luxury mattresses and mattress covers as part of our 5-part series on luxury sleep.
You are either in your bed or in your shoes, so it pays to invest in both. We uncovered this quote, attributed to a sage by the name of John Wildsmith (not sure who he is/was, sorry), and we couldn’t agree more. A third of our lives are spent sleeping – or trying to – so why not invest in the making it a luxurious experience? You’re surely aware that a sound night’s sleep is the latest luxury status symbol amongst the global elites, and we’ve set out to investigate how the uber-rich are trying to achieve it.
Have you ever wished that you had a rich and generous aunt or uncle with exquisite taste and an extensive timepiece collection, so that you could avoid the staggeringly high prices of luxury watches by borrowing what you need for the big events in your life?
Selfie sticks are SO last year. For your next vacation, you should bring along the next cool thing in luxury tech: a drone that will follow you down the mountain, or through the waves, or hover beside you at poolside, all in the service of documenting you at your holiday best, even if you’re vacationing solo. What happens when you combine a drone, a GPS and a small digital camera? The selfie drone! Just in time for holiday vacations, there’s a new way to document and share every moment of your life. Drones are getting smaller and smarter, and the next generation of them have “follow me” capability. Meaning that if you have a GPS on your person, the drone can tag along behind you (actually, above and behind you), with no additional input or steering from you, and it can capture all of your exploits for posting (from only your best angles, of course). Mind. Blown.
Nike launched the HyperAdapt, its first self-tying shoe, at the beginning of December – some in the press heralded the long-awaited moment as “Back to the Future 2” finally coming to life. And it’s hard not to smile at the thought of magical shoe laces: animating prosaic objects into self-determined, chatty and charming companions has made Disney a fortune (NB: Frozen, Beauty and the Beast). So it’s hard to imagine how Nike could go wrong with this idea, even at the rather ambitious price point of $720 per pair. Surely version 2.0 will be able to chat with you as you prepare to head out for a run, and perhaps even coach you as you exercise.
