For an Englishman, James Bond is a pretty good skier, but the fact that the scenes looked so spectacular even in the early films was mainly due to Willy Bogner junior. Albert R. Broccoli himself called the founder’s son after seeing his documentary Grenoble Olympia, in which Bogner became the first skiing cameraman to race down the slope behind a female skier. For “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969), the film producer wanted a similarly fast-paced chase. Bogner later worked on three other Bond films as a director and cameraman for the ski scenes, most recently on “In the Face of Death” (1985) – of course Bond wore ski clothes every time bogner. This year, the Munich-based sports brand is celebrating its 90th anniversary, and the Bond films are also celebrating their 60th birthday, which is why a joint, limited capsule collection is coming out this ski season. With two ski outfits for women and men, helmet, goggles, matching bags. And skis that – typically 007 – have a built-in gadget: a chip records the performance on the piste, including average speed, differences in altitude, kilometers covered (bogner.com).
Perfect weekend reading: the “Vorarlberg” travel guide from Montamont.
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Even if it still sounds strange to some ears – in recent years the Vorarlberg region has transformed into the most exciting design and pleasure zone in the Alps. Tradition and quality awareness of craftsmanship meet young ideas and good taste there with an above-average frequency. Many outstanding small hotels and restaurants bear witness to this, for example in the small town of Hittisau, which are just outgrowing their insider tip status. So it comes at exactly the right time Vorarlberg Travel Guide of the Alpine Travel Club Montamont. Bureau Rabensteiner from Innsbruck, around the creative couple Isabella and Mike Rabensteiner, hides behind this evocative name. Disgusted with alpine kitsch, the two designers have been searching for and collecting places in the mountains for years, where alpine aesthetics, sophisticated lifestyle, hospitality and tradition can be experienced as unadulterated as possible. Two years ago, this private passion led to the creation of the “South Tyrol Travel Guide”, which quickly became required reading for hipsters and other pleasure travelers – not only because it looks good, but because it actually reveals many favorite addresses that had previously been overlooked . Now the couple has traveled extensively through the fertile border triangle between Bregenz, Lech and St. Gallen and presents stylish destinations such as the “Haus am See” in Nonnenhorn or the “Military Canteen” in St. Gallen with atmospheric photos. A travel guide that makes you pack your bags right away – the perfect weekend read!
Very Instagrammable and a bit alternative: placemats by shrimps.
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Shrimp London used to be a pioneer in things faux fur, The company, which was founded in 2013, has become famous with its opulently plush faux fur coats – if they’re fake, they’re real. There was a lot of praise for this from animal welfare organizations like Peta, but Alexa Chung was also one of the first fans of the label. That actually characterizes Shrimps quite well: on the one hand very hip (and meanwhile also very expensive), but still with a touch of subculture. The latest collection of home accessories includes checkered black and white placemats, which of course look great on Instagram. But the crochet technique also gives them a hint of left-wing alternative flat share chic. The tried and tested mixture (shrimps.com).
The food scene in the north can be tasted with the “Taste Hamburg” book.
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The famous Hanseatic restraint is only partly a cliché. Where Berliners cheer for every new sourdough bread on social media and Munich residents rave about the fine dining options in their city, Hamburg guests may be enjoying themselves more quietly. Or why is it that the impressive food scene on the Elbe rarely makes the headlines? Franziska Heinemann-Schulte shows and read how varied the offer is. The food blogger has just measured her hometown culinary. Hamburg button (tastehamburg.com/home-2/) is a “declaration of love” to the gastronomy of her city and looks like an Instagram account in book form. An idea for more service would have been nice, but the texts and highly aesthetic photos make you want to taste Hamburg for yourself: from the cardamom snails in the “Baegeri” in the Schanzenviertel to the Vietnamese lunch menu in the “O-ren ishii” to the seafood in the fishing port- Restaurant.
Celebrating easier: The Berlin start-up Laori has developed non-alcoholic drinks, including a rum alternative for autumn grog.
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The closer the holidays get, the higher the blood alcohol level? There is another way. Laori, a Berlin start-up for non-alcoholic alternatives to spirits, has developed Spice No 2, a drink whose flavor and smell are strongly reminiscent of rum. The notes of vanilla, caramel, coffee, orange and pineapple are distilled without alcohol using a special steam process and combined with oak wood and gentian extract in such a way that grogs and rum hot toddies that taste deceptively real can be mixed with the result. Such a product looks good if you drive a car without an exhaust, eat burgers without meat, drink milk without a cow and maybe even smoke without a cigarette. Renunciation does not have to be stupid, but can be a gain. Taste rush without hangover and liver pain: Would be something for the next Christmas party (laoridrinks.com).