First we hear that Fiat has teamed up with Gucci, and now Maserati has followed suit and found it’s designer match in Fendi. The label marriage trend is one we are going to continue seeing in the future, with big names, Maserati and Fendi as the latest to jump onboard.

Not just for kindergartners armed with an Elmer’s glue bottle – fashion house, Christian Louboutin, glued plastic googly eyes all over a pair of couture stunners, and voila, the “Déjà Vu” stilettos. Yes, the latest red-bottomed heels are covered in plastic googly eyes, just like your kids’ arts and crafts project.

According to an article in The Times of London by Fiona Neill, the mega-rich Russians, Sheikhs and Chinese pouring into London in recent years have jacked up the cost of a British nanny. A British staffing agency called Imperial Nannies cited a Russian client who wanted to poach a nanny from another family. Their salary offer: $200,000 a year.

RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, continued its strong track record in Monterey, California on Monday, setting a new world record for a Mercedes-Benz sold at auction and a record for selling 12 automobiles for individual million-dollar-plus results.

German bank WestLB is threatening to foreclose on a loan made to the owners of the Versace mansion in South Beach. The bank holds a $25 million mortgage on the famous property, which is owned by former telecom tycoon Peter Loftin through a company called Casa Casuarina LLC. In court documents, the bank states that payments have not been made on the loan since January.

L.A.’s big money restaurant crowd is about to get a taste of a seriously promising food truck. Harry Morton, a.k.a., the Hard Rock heir and Pink Taco founder who almost married Lindsay Lohan and dated Paris Hilton (quite the dating history), is bringing eats from a Las Vegas trucker over to Hollywood.

McLaren Automotive has announced that Singapore-based billionaire, Peter Lim, has made a significant investment in the company, and has joined the McLaren Automotive Board of Directors with immediate effect.

The first tangible signs of what’s to come turned up in a window of Market Street’s shuttered Bistro Clovis. The Pastry Cupboard, run by Chona Piumarta, is on its way. A former executive pastry chef from The Slanted Door and Lark Creek Steak, Piumarta, started The Pastry Cupboard as a wholesale operation about three years ago. Now her first retail venture will likely begin the week of August 29th, when the shop is set to open for business.

High expectations come with a bed featuring a $60,000+ (EUR 42,000) price tag. Take a look at the HiCan bed – for the price of a luxury car, you too can have a top-of-its-class bed.