Christian Dior will launch China’s latest luxury-art partnership at the National Museum of China in Beijing from November 13 through next January. Exhibiting more than 100 dresses, the traveling “Esprit Dior” exhibition is curated by Florence Muller.

An 8,742-sqaure-foot Myron Hunt-designed Oak Knoll home has been listed for $7.188 million. The 1912 English Tudor estate is located near the formal residences of Hunt’s one-time partner Elmer Grey and architect Garrett Van Pelt.

Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank has listed her gated Mediterranean-style Pacific Palisades estate for $9,495,000. The listing comes just five years after Swank purchased the home for $5.8 million.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Arts (LACMA) has launched its collaboration with Los Angeles designers for a new “art-meets-fashion” project featuring limited-edition garments inspired by the museum’s permanent art collection.

The building formally known as Concerto and known called Apex will soon be opening its doors in South Park and begin leasing on October 1.

French luxury fashion house, Yves Saint Laurent, led by creative director Hedi Slimane, has launched its first ready-to-wear Saint Laurent Paris boutique at Shanghai’s Réel Department Store.

South Place Hotel is hoping that as a result of the London Summer Olympics, visitors will be interested in the East End of the city more so than the more traditionally touristy areas.

Fashion designer Vivienne Tam has designed a signature fan for the soon-to-open Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou. As one of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s celebrity “fans”, Tam combined a Chinese opera mask with a geometric pattern and a floral motif reflecting Guangzhou’s reputation as a “flower city”.

Actress Angelica Huston has sold her Windward Avenue home for $12 million to Venice Social Club Holdings, who will reportedly transform the property into a community gathering space honoring Venice’s unique legacy.