Brains and Beauty: Smart Mirrors for Your Bathroom
Illuminating, informative and entertaining, these mirrors add an entirely new dimension to your vanity.
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Want to make the most of your morning routine? Take a look in the mirror.
Reflective glass has not been immune from the integration of smart-home technology and the latest high-tech mirrors can keep you up to date and well lit while your hands are occupied with the important tasks of primping and polishing.
Here are a few smart mirrors worth hanging in your bathroom.
Kohler
Available in three sizes and with or without a medicine cabinet, the Verdera series from Kohler features vertical lighting strips integrated into the surface of the mirror, which can be activated by the user via voice control. That means effortless, instant and adjustable hands-free lighting at the drop of a phrase that frees users to focus on teeth brushing, hair combing and other beauty regimens—and that’s just the start. Kohler Verdera mirrors feature embedded speakers, allowing users to listen to music, check the weather or catch up on news. Plus, Kohler Konnect technology allows Verdera owners can use their mirror to control other Kohler devices in their home, like their shower.
Kohler Verdera Mirrors are available for approx. $1488 to $2500, depending on size and features.
Hilo Light
Hilo
Round and robust, the Hilo smart mirror provides a ring of light (think of your favourite online content creators) available in a variety of modes, including a clean white light for skincare and makeup application. And speaking of applications, this mirror has all of them. Hilo owners can download their favourite apps directly onto their mirror, enabling them to watch YouTube, check stocks, send Tweets and more by using the Hilo’s touchscreen. Lest you be worried you’ll end up staring at a bunch of smudges, fear not—the Hilo Light is fingerprint resistant, fog resistant and waterproof.
The Hilo Light smart mirror is available for approx. $1628
Seura Vanity TV Mirrors
Seura
If you’re someone who wants an information download while you get made up, consider a Vanity TV Mirror from Seura. Seura Vanity TV mirrors seamlessly integrate—you guessed it—a TV mirror directly into your bathroom mirror. Seura offers an array of customization options, including screen size, screen placement and audio output, and when users are down catching up on traffic, weather, the latest news (or the latest episode of “White Lotus”), they can simply turn off the TV and the mirror reverts to a stylish reflective surface.
Seura Vanity TV Mirrors are available for approx. $4209 to $4750, depending on size.
HiMirror Slide
HiMirror
Lightweight and compact, the endlessly portable HiMirror Slide lets you bring your bathroom mirror with you wherever you go. But make no mistake—this is no simple surface. Half mirror, half tablet, the Wi-Fi equipped slide allows users to follow along with their favorite YouTube tutorials as they apply makeup or stream tunes from Spotify as they tackle tangles. And if you want lighting options, the Slide has got them. With two LED ambient light strips, Slide users can adjust color temperature and brightness to their exact liking—or choose from five presets to match the lighting conditions they may encounter throughout the day. The Slide also features Amazon Alexa and Google Duo built-in, allowing your vanity to double as a voice-controlled, video calling device.
The HiMirror Slide is available for $134
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The personal wardrobe of the late fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who is credited for introducing punk to fashion and further developing the style, is headed to auction in June.
Christie’s will hold the live sale in London on June 25, while some of the pieces will be available in an online auction from June 14-28, according to a news release from the auction house on Monday.
Andreas Kronthaler, Westwood’s husband and the creative director for her eponymous fashion company, selected the clothing, jewellery, and accessories for the sale, and the auction will benefit charitable organisations The Vivienne Foundation, Amnesty International, and Médecins Sans Frontières.
The more than 200 lots span four decades of Westwood’s fashion, dating to Autumn/Winter 1983-84, which was one of Westwood’s earliest collections. Titled “Witches,” the collection was inspired by witchcraft as well as Keith Haring’s “graphic code of magic symbols,” and the earliest piece being offered from it is a two-piece ensemble made of navy blue serge, according to the release.
“Vivienne Westwood’s sense of activism, art and style is embedded in each and every piece that she created,” said Adrian Hume-Sayer, the head of sale and director of Private & Iconic Collections at Christie’s.
A corset gown of taupe silk taffeta from “Dressed to Scale,” Autumn/Winter 1998-99, will also be included in the sale. The collection “referenced the fashions that were documented by the 18th century satirist James Gillray and were intended to attract as well as provoke thought and debate,” according to Christie’s.
Additionally, a dress with a blue and white striped blouse and a printed propaganda modesty panel and apron is a part of the wardrobe collection. The dress was a part of “Propaganda,” Autumn/Winter 2005-06, Westwood’s “most overtly political show” at the time. It referenced both her punk era and Aldous Huxley’s essay “Propaganda in a Democratic Society,” according to Christie’s.
The wardrobe collection will be publicly exhibited at Christie’s London from June 14-24.
“The pre-sale exhibition and auctions at Christie’s will celebrate her extraordinary vision with a selection of looks that mark significant moments not only in her career, but also in her personal life,” Hume-Sayer said. “This will be a unique opportunity for audiences to encounter both the public and the private world of the great Dame Vivienne Westwood and to raise funds for the causes in which she so ardently believed.”
Westwood died in December 2022 in London at the age of 81.
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