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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
Nick, 33, was working in advertising when he and Christian, 32, a former commodity trader, decided to go into business together after spotting a gap in the market for designing luxury play pads for high-rollers. They have since designed properties in cities including Athens, Los Angeles and Moscow and have worked for celebrities such as Kylie Minogue, Simon Cowell and Gwyneth Paltrow.
They are extending their franchise into luxury jets, yachts, hotels and spas. The brothers have set up Candy & Candy Aviation, working with Bombardier to supply design and jet services for the ultra-wealthy. The new venture aims to transfer the design skills used on luxury apartments to create bespoke luxury aboard private jets for billionaire businessmen and royalty.
One source said: “This will be pretty one-off stuff. They are looking at installing spas that work at 40,000ft.”
The brothers snapped up their own luxury vessel from John Hargreaves at the October boat show in Monaco in 2004, a 147ft (45m) Benetti called Candyscape. It has a dining room table that turns into a routlette wheel and a bathroom that is a copy of a Louis Vuitton trunk. Sir Tom Hunter, Paris Hilton and the Rolling Stones are among those to have hired the £12.5 million boat.
The Candys’ latest ideas include setting up a chain of retail outlets in cities such as New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong to sell the home furnishings and gadgets available in their yachts, aircraft and apartments.
They are also considering lending their name to luxury hotel groups and spas. A new brand, Studio Candy, is also under development, selling smaller, cheaper apartments, boats and jet pods.
The brothers live in Monaco, but Nick is looking for a London pied-à-terre after selling his flat in Knightsbridge, with sweeping views of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Brompton Oratory. Brigitta Spinocchia, Nick’s girlfriend, is a design director at Candy & Candy.
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