Creative Director, Designer and CFDA honoree Andy Spade is better known as a modern-day aesthete. The co-founder of two extremely successful companies, Partner’s & Spade and Kate Spade, Andy’s sensitivity towards the beauty of art is apparent, especially upon visiting his 19th century Southampton family manor.

Barbara Davis, previous member of the Forbes 400 and widow of Los Angeles oil and entertainment tycoon Marvin Davis, just listed her Los Angeles apartment with an asking price of $1,885,000. Ms. Davis purchased the condo in May 2006 for $2,295,000, meaning she will face a significant loss of $410,000, assuming that the sale runs full price.

Shoppers, say “Au Revoir”! French country furniture store, Pierre Deux, unexpectedly closed its doors last Thursday, June 23, at all 23 locations around the US.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his wife Lisa Maria have agreed to pay $700,000 to rent Stone Meadow Farm- that’s $300,000 less than the original asking price- the 18,000 square-foot property in East Hampton, NY for the summer months.

The Bobbies will be concerned with a handful of automotive grandeur leisurely ripping through the streets of London this summer. It is known that at each year’s solstice, a fleet of sheikh oil tycoons escape their scorching domiciles for repose in the city. Too bad their form of relaxation lies in the speed of their extraordinary sports cars, which they have no difficulty trekking through plush-deluxe neighborhoods, fully equipped with vexed residents ready to defend against the unconcerned racers.

Director Michael Bay does it again with his 3rd installment of the popular Transformers franchise Dark of the Moon.

After being purchased by Blackstone four years ago, the Waldorf-Astoria is getting an elegant update. The renovations are rumored to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Now well into the “Hamptons Season”, vacation-seeking New Yorkers are no stranger to the weekend traffic that lines the Long Island Expressway. But those desperate for a way to bypass the traffic and get themselves to the Hamptons’ sunny shores sooner have opted for a more luxurious mode: private jet.

Last weekend, Mike Piazza finally found a buyer for his Tribeca apartment. The open concept, light-filled duplex boasts sleek lines, sweeping river views, three outdoor spaces and such built-in architectural highlights as a steel staircase that is literally suspended in midair like a work of modern art.