The latest in up-yours yachts : Courtesy Phillipe Starck and Andrey Melnichenko

Cire Trudon burns incessantly for TI

One of the courses of Solid Air's three course meals.

Too luscious!

TI is not usually mad for jewelry but cannot deny the luscious excess of this Boucheron ring. It is a scary gorgeous piece of craftsmanship no?

TI can't breathe at the thought of a Hermes helicopter

A380-800 interior designed by Edese Doret

The tears that the generation that missed the Concorde has shed! Well there might be a reprieve. Now that designer Edese Doret has finally finished kitting out the super-sized Airbus A380-800 jet for that certain "private client" (an Middle Eastern oil magnate) maybe we can dream of a higher standard for air travel. The whole extravagant thing even comes with its own conference room table that seats 14, a grand lounge (pictured above) and a master BEDROOM! The bottom line cost for all that..."thatness"...$500 mil thank you very much. I go home now to aspire.

Big jewelry on men is something I'm still learning to love, but I had to give it up to Surface 2 Air for lensing this witty promo for the Louis Vuitton "Blason" line of jewelry done in tandem with Pharell. Its like a hip-hop video except instead of pushing the song it pushes the merchandise that usually plays as backdrop in those videos. Smart.

Hotel Raphael: Can you spot the Turner ?

Hotel Raphael on Avenue Klebler in Paris will be the official TI/Hiss Squad HQ for this season's shows precisely because it is located between the Grand Palais and Palais de Tokyo. But here are the 10 other reason's why we love it so.

1. There's a real Turner in the lobby.
2. They serve coffee in silver coffeepots. No matter how humble your room.
3. The Bar Anglais is always filled with businessmen in retreat from La Defense, battle weary diplomats and nests of haute-bourgeoise housewives from the neighbourhood hissing away. Fascinating anthropology!
4. Serge Gainsbourg spent a part of that mis-spent youth here. How chic would that seance be!
5. The gym is so quaint, you expect to hear Oliver Newton John's "Let's Get Pysical" boom over the speakers.
6. Wes Anderson shot the prequel to "The Djarling Limited" on the premises. The fictional "Hotel Chevaliar" is every inch Hotel Raphael, right down to the end shot that pans over the lowrise skyline of the neigbouring houses.
7. PS. You're one avenue away from Avenue Foch. Veeery 70's !
8.The rooms were designed to cater to the 19th century French middle class that would sweep in for the 'season" with their cases upon cases of ballgowns that required specially built closets . For the modern traveler this means a rare treat: big rooms in a Paris hotel!
9. Flatscreens and wireless in each room= instant Hiss Squad updates the moment the hiss transpires.

TI's secret hideout this week