Virtuoso Life - May/June 2008 - (Page 35) FORE SIGHT Gold Medal Golf Golf may not be an Olympic sport, but TaylorMade gamely salutes fans heading to the 2008 games with a limited-edition set of clubs featuring the Olympic logo and golden shafts and irons. The set comes with a numbered wooden display case, along with a classic white Adidas Golf tour bag accented with gold, black, and the Beijing 2008 and Olympic logos. Available only in China, they make an exclusive souvenir for the fairways back home. $10,000; www.taylormadegolf.com for retailers Powerful fashion hits the Met. PETITE PLATES GOOD TO GO Air France has teamed with the Park Hyatt ParisVendôme to serve gourmet snacks in its first-class lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. Created by the hotel’s chef, Jean-François Rouquette, the finger food ranges from the likes of carrot tofu to mini chocolate mousses to classic Parisian sandwiches. Boxed in: Steep canyon walls surround Telluride on three sides. COMIC COUTURE Save the Day Pop culture moves into New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art with Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, a Costume Institute exhibition devoted to the empowering qualities of spandex, from May 7 through September 1. Designs inspired by Superman, Wonder Woman, and fellow action figures include Bernhard Willhelm’s 2006 royal blue dress emblazoned with an S and John Galliano’s corset and bikini from his “Wonder Woman” collection for Christian Dior Haute Couture. www.metmuseum.org The buzz of Air France’s lounge in Paris. M AY | J U N E 2 0 0 8 35 http://www.taylormadegolf.com http://www.metmuseum.org
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