You buy a Birkin for 15,000 euros, and after six months you find out it’s a fake. Sounds like a nightmare? For hundreds of collectors, it’s reality. The global counterfeit market reached a value of $467 billion in 2021, and Hermès is at the very center of this phenomenon.

Hermès is a unique case in the world of luxury. The …Read more

About 100 manual operations and up to a week of work. That’s what it takes for a single Urso pen to leave the Italian workshop. These aren’t ordinary writing instruments—they’re jewelry that actually writes.

Urso Luxury (Urso s.r.l.) is a family company founded in 1985 that creates fountain pens and rollerballs in small, limited series. The English-speaking world calls them …Read more

Even 70-80% of “Murano” sold in Venice and on the island itself are counterfeits. It sounds shocking, but it shows just how valuable authentic glass from this small island near Venice truly is. It’s not just a lamp. It’s a piece of history, craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation, a symbol of luxury that has endured for centuries.…Read more

The share of EVs in new car sales in the US exceeded 12% in 2026, and in the premium SUV segment, this figure already reaches 20-25%. These are no longer experiments for early adopters. This is a mature market where concrete comparisons matter: range, charging power, quality of finish.

Ranking of luxury electric SUVs 2026: the electric start

Flagship models …Read more

Terracotta sounds exotic, but it’s simply “terra cotta,” fired earth. Clay shaped and fired at 900-1100°C, without glaze, with a visible porous structure. And it’s precisely this raw, almost unrefined character that makes terracotta pots popular again in European homes.

Advantages of original terracotta pots: when clay makes a comeback

Original terracotta is a natural material, usually fine-grained clay …Read more