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Hermès has created outfits for the French Olympic equestrian show jumping and eventing teams. The French fashion house has released a sketch, which includes a navy, blazer-style jacket, featuring red lapels. The piece has been tailored using a light, flexible technical fabric, enabling the players to move comfortably. The last time Hermès teamed up with the French national team was for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. Hermès joins other designers including Salvatore Ferragamo (San Marino), Stella McCartney (Great Britain), Ralph Lauren (USA), Prada and Emporio Armani (Italy) in dressing teams for this year’s Summer Olympic Games.

Salvatore Ferragamo will be outfitting the tiny Republic of San Marino with uniforms for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Influenced by the luxury label’s Italian mainline, the uniforms combine sophistication with craftmanship as well as functionality. The tailored outfits include a pair of white cotton trousers, a silk crepe dress, preppy blue blazer, blue loafers and a pair of square toe heels featuring a bow. The San Marino Olympians will also tout one of Ferragamo’s iconic bags – the Sofia – which has been given an update. Ferragamo joins the ranks of designers creating Olympic kits, including Stella McCartney, Ralph Lauren, Prada and, most recently, Hermès.

Haute macaron designer Pierre Hermé has released a special Olympic box set of 12 macarons in flavors like salted-butter caramel, milk chocolate and passion fruit, and jasmine flower and jasmine tea. The Hermé box set, which is only available for online delivery, retails for €27.

California winery Chandon has released a limited-edition bottle of patriotic sparkling wine in time for the summer Olympics decked out in red, white and blue stripes. The limited edition Brut Classic is made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, and blended with 10 to 20 percent Reserve wines from previous harvests. The wine goes through a second fermentation in the bottle to attain citrus spices layered over notes of almond and caramel. Wine Spectator magazine gave the Brut Classic top marks, describing it as crisp and lively with aromas of green apple, cinnamon and vanilla, while Wine Enthusiast called it a nice, everyday bubbly that’s affordable yet elegant. With just days until the opening of the London Games, a slew of luxury and everyday products are undergoing Olympic makeovers and being pitched as commemorative limited-edition items. In France, macaron houses Pierre Hermé and Fauchon have released limited edition cookies and packaging for the Olympics. Coc...

To mark the start of the London Olympics, Tod’s has brought this season’s accessories together in a mini animation, featuring the Gommino mocassin,My Colors bracelets, D-Bag tote and Greca belt that come to life as Olympic athletes… Via  vogue.fr  

To celebrate the London 2012 Olympics, Pursuitist is featuring our favorite London destinations, restaurants, hotels and shops. If you’re visiting England to attend the Olympics, make sure to visit these amazing luxury hot spots with real British flair. Here’s the best-of-the-best of London (and if you have a favorite London location, person or experience, please share in comments below):     The St. Ermin’s Hotel Reopens: Luxe London Digs With A Sexy, Spy-Centric Past     Rent Queen Elizabeth’s St. James’s Palace     Daily Dream Home – Gayton Road, London     Bulgari Hotel Knightsbridge, London     Legendary Mayfair Hotel, Dukes gets an Overdue Makeover     Daily Dream Home – Gayton Road House     Belstaff Bond Street Store, London     London Live at the Hive     Smack, Officialy The Best Bar Design in UK     Luna & Curiou...