There’s a new cultural phenomenon unfolding in London, and it’s all about celebrating women. From Miu Miu’s pop-up ladies-only private members club at the Café Royal in Regent Street last December, to KC’z, Soho’s women-only venue in Frith Street which opened on February 1st – the trend is to offer [...]

Oh the 80s, the era that kept neon light manufacturers in business, rhinestone cameo brooches sparkling against our spiked glasses of Sodastream and Italian dance diva Spagna’s spiky mane burning tiny holes in our eyes – aww, I remember it well. Actually that’s kind of a lie, because for the [...]

“Christian Dior claimed that a woman’s perfume told you more about her than her handwriting, and for Coco Chanel no woman had a future without it.” Alison Porter meets a new breed of artisan parfumeur…

Have you started your festive shopping yet? Still have a few more gifts to get for those hard-to-buy-for people who have everything? Have a peek at our little selection of tantalising treats for some more ideas…

For over half a century, Valentino has created some of the world’s most elegant and classic gowns for some of the world’s most iconic women and Hollywood A-listers. From Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, 60s supermodel Veruschka and Sophia Loren, to Gywneth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway and Daphne Guinness – Valentino [...]

    “I have been searching for time past all my life.” – Jeanloup Sieff If you haven’t yet explored the visual talents of iconic fashion photographer Jeanloup Sieff, then you can do so in a new book entitled ‘Sieff: Fashion’ – a showcase of his 40-year career in which [...]

With various recipes like the Brandy Alexander, Cape Codder (vodka-based), Manhattan, Hemingway Daiquiri, Tuxedo Martini, Margarita and a rum-based Zombie (often what one feels like after drinking all the rest), I honestly can’t think why ‘Vintage Cocktails’ by Michelin three-star mixologist Brian Van Flandern appeared in my postbox recently. I can [...]