February 5, 2024
Luxury homeware from the top brands.
What a top brand does deliver is quality whether it be for the kitchen, bathroom, drawing room or bedroom .
Aquazzura Casa
If any brand symbolises the more flamboyant side of la dolce vita, it’s Aquazzura.
Aquazzura Casa’s focus is on magnificent tableware, imbued with the brand’s inimitable sense of theatrical style.
Every piece is designed with thought and care down to the last millimetre, from cute raffia placemats to kitsch, pink-tinted champagne glasses. Aquazzura Casa
Cookware
Pots and pans come in all different sizes and quality. The best quality brands include Le Creuset, All-Clad, Staub and Mauviel.
The best cookware celebrates the use of the finest materials and thus offer exceptional control over cooking temperatures and responds rapidly to changes, making it a staple in professional kitchens.
Luxury cookware not only enhances cooking performance and durability but can also contribute to healthier cooking experiences. Here’s a breakdown of what the world’s most luxurious cookware can offer:
Stainless Steel
High-quality stainless-steel cookware is renowned for its durability and resistance to corrosion. It provides even heat distribution and retains heat well, allowing for precise cooking control. Additionally, stainless steel is non-reactive, meaning it won’t interact with acidic or alkaline foods, ensuring the flavours remain unaltered and the food remains safe.
Cast Iron
Cast iron cookware, when properly seasoned, develops a natural non-stick surface that improves over time. It excels at heat retention and distribution, ensuring even cooking throughout the dish. Cooking with cast iron can also contribute to the iron content of the food, which can be advantageous for individuals with iron deficiencies.
Ceramic
Ceramic cookware, made from clay fired at high temperatures, is a popular choice for health-conscious individuals. It is non-toxic, free of harmful chemicals like PFOA and PTFE often found in non-stick coatings. Ceramic cookware offers excellent heat retention and even cooking, making it suitable for various cooking techniques.
Copper with Stainless Steel Lining
Copper cookware is prized for its exceptional heat conductivity, allowing for precise temperature control. However, copper can react with certain acidic foods, potentially causing health concerns. To address this, high-end copper cookware often features a stainless-steel lining, combining the benefits of copper’s excellent heat properties with a non-reactive surface for safe cooking.
Lecreuset is a premium brand for cast iron and in a range of colours. A wide range of stainless steel and Copper pans can be found at Borough Kitchen
Dolce & Gabbana
Many a kitchen will now be outfitted by a designer brand and a meeting of high-tech product and show stopping design is delivered by the Italian megabrand in association with Smeg.
Ovens and fridges are priced to reflect their design heritage. More accessible are smaller accessories such as blenders, juicers, kettles and toasters. Dolce & Gabbana
Emilia Wickstead
Well known for her clothing range, Emilia Wickstead homeware focuses on a core collection of simple yet elegant tabletop pieces.
The selection includes china, linen and glassware in a palette of dark green, white, deep blue and polished silver.
Heavy crystal water and wine vessels are handblown in Tuscany by artisan glassmakers, while table linens featuring pretty, floral designs or embroidered geometric motifs are also produced in Tuscany by Angela Wickstead – Emilia’s mother. Emiliawickstead.com
Henry Holland Studio
Previously known for his House of Holland clothing range, Henry Holland now concentrates on homeware, particularly ceramics.
Inspired by the ‘Nerikomi’ technique (which involves stacking coloured, earthenware clay before slicing through it to reveal distinctive patterns), all Holland’s pottery pieces are made in collaboration with his Hackney-based team.
Now, the studio has expanded to make glassware and lighting, too, all with Holland’s distinctive and quirky design stamp. Henry Holland Studio
Hermes
Simple wooden furniture, intricately woven textiles and offbeat objets d’art define the homeware offering from this Parisian stalwart – as well as, naturally, sumptuous leathers.
The prices are high for big-ticket pieces, but there are plenty of trinkets – including jewellery trays, paperweights and photograph frames – that sit at the more affordable end of the spectrum.
If you’re willing to make the investment, however, Hermès homewares are just as well-made and tasteful as the label’s fashion and accessories. Hermes
Versace
The brand’s homeware offering is a reflection of the clothing collections: plenty of fringing, Medusa motifs and lots of gold is the order of the day here.
Prices are (naturally) high for the epic pieces of furniture, but touches of opulence on a more modest budget come in the form of molten silver-and-gold vases, intricately painted china, fluffy throws and sumptuous, printed cushions.
The brand has just opened a new outpost at Harrods, so you can experience the vibrancy first-hand: think the clash of Classical influences from Baroque and ancient Green culture with a fearless use of colour and thoroughly modern shapes. Versace Home Collection
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