EXCELLENCY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Dubai?

Presenting an Excellently telling image by Lauren Greenfield as featured on The New York TimesLens blog, as part of reporter James Estrin‘s Showcase: Dubai’s Improbable Tale post.

A guest attends the opening of the Cavali Club at the Fairmont Dubai. The designer, Roberto Cavali, said the club cost $30 million to build. Image by Lauren Greenfield/INSTITUTE for The New York Times.

SCANDALOUS EXCELLENCE

Presenting the Excellently mysterious and delicious scandal involving the legendary Tiger Woods and his golf club-wielding wife Elin Nordegren. Need-to-know information Excellently provided by Jacob Bernstein at Tina Brown‘s  The Daily Beast. Image via Splashnewsonline.com via TMZ.com.

MEDIEVAL EXCELLENCE

Presenting the Excellent new £31m Medieval and Renaissance galleries at London’s Victoria and Albert museum, opening to the public on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, with 1800 luxurious objects from the years 300 to 1600 permanently on view.

The new Medieval and Renaissnace galleries at the V&A. Image by Rachel Campbell-Johnston for The Times of London.

THE EXCELLENT PEOPLE ON LOCATION: LODEN DAGER STUDIO

Presenting Dante Di Loreto, executive producer of the hit FOX Broadcasting Company show Glee, at the Loden Dager studio for Thanksgiving dinner. Thursday, November 26, 2009.

Dante Di Loreto, excutive producer of Glee, at the Loden Dager studio in New York. Image courtesey The Excellent People. 5:38 p.m, Thanksgiving Day, 2009.

EXCELLENT ALERT

COMING SOON: THE EXCELLENT PEOPLE BOOK REVIEWS

OPERATIC EXCELLENCE

Presenting the curtain call for the cast of the Metropolitan Opera‘s debut production of Czech composer Leoš Janáček‘s last opera, From the House of the Dead, based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Directed by the Excellent Patrice Chéreau. Music Excellently conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Metropolitan Opera House Excellently managed by Peter Gelb.

The curtain call for the Metropolitan Opera's debut production of From the House of Dead. Image courtesey The Excellent People. November 28, 2009, 9:36 pm.

FANTASTIC EXCELLENCE

Presenting the Excellent daily recommendations from Fantastic Man, the gentleman’s style journal online.

Readers that fancy contributing to this series of daily recommendations are kindly requested to e-mail their tips to daily@fantasticman.com. Thank you.

EXCELLENCT REMINDER

COMING SOON: THE 2009 EXCELLENT PEOPLE AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EXCELLENCY. NOMINATIIONS ACCEPTED, DISCREETLY, AT THEEXCELLENCTPEOPLE@GMAIL.COM

LESSONS IN EXCELLENCY: Miss Diana Ross, circa 1978

Presenting Her Excellency Miss Diana Ross, as interviewed by Barbara Walters, at home in Beverly Hills, November 19, 1978.

GLITTERING EXCELLENCE

Presenting Georgy Baratashvili, Russian-born, London-based menswear designer. Introduction via Tweet from The Excellent Jean-Luc Dupont at Systeme D. Rehearsal for Spring/Summer 2010 film, choreographed by Darja Reznikova, here.

The Excellent Georgy Baratashvili glimmering at a costume ball at Pushca. Image via Theglamattitude.

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