Fashion on Film: Petits Bisous – “Viewing By Appointment Only”
For most of us the thought of buying sexy lingerie falls into two categories. 1…
Browsing: The Lifestyle
Arb TV: Rory Sutherland on…Food
Advertising mogul and behavioral economics guru, Rory Sutherland, gives us his two pence worth on the subject of…food.
I am Spartacus!
Harry Chapman battles with his inner demons and an unquenchable thirst for silence during a screening of Spartacus at the BFI…
Fancy a Nightcap?
Cigar Editor Nick Hammond discovers the perfect ‘nightcap’, employs his very own cigar butler and stumbles across the ideal aide memoire for the forgetful cigarophile in your life…
The Perfect Hostess
“One of my career hats has been that of a party planner – my wardrobe is a bit like the shop in Mr Ben – so I went along to Luton Hoo’s ‘How to be the perfect host’ weekend break with more than a little professional curiosity and domestic nerdiness.”
From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk: Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibition is London Bound
Some may call it a retrospective, but ‘The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From…
Regius: The £40,000 Cigar
Got a spare £40,000 kicking around in your bedside cabinet? Then put it to good…
Exhibition Review: ‘Mannequin – le corps de la mode’ (Paris)
‘Mannequin, le corps de la mode’ (Model – the body of fashion) is an exhibition…
Grace Belgravia: Where Angels Are Waiting To Welcome You
There’s a new cultural phenomenon unfolding in London, and it’s all about celebrating women. From…
Fashion & Music: From the Club to the Catwalk at The V&A
Oh the 80s, the era that kept neon light manufacturers in business, rhinestone cameo brooches…
Perfume: The New Luxury
“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…
Damascus 1939
“A restlessness pervaded his slightest movements as he sat behind a desk in the small dusty office that overlooked the minarets of the Near East. The call of the muezzin cried and wailed in the distance…”