Chanel’s bridal beauty menu

Chanel for your wedding day. How to perfect your perfume, make-up and skin for your wedding day. French beauty and fashion house Chanel launched a new bridal beauty menu this week. Chanel’s bespoke beauty service includes a mix of wedding make-up consultation or tutorial, fragrance or skincare consultation. Brides-to-be can choose four looks for the … Read more

Royal Extract by Guerlain. History repeats itself

In 1828, Guerlain founder Pierre-Francois-Pascal created a perfume called “Royal Extract of Flowers”. The perfume bottle in a very familiar hue reigns through time in a new 2014 version. Guerlain’s perfumer Thierry Wasser celebrates the early days of Guerlain perfume house with Royal Extract by Guerlain (£280 for 125ml) a perfume limited to 900 bottles, … Read more

Look back on the 20th century through the lens of Henri Cartier-Bresson

A not-to-be-missed retrospective of French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Ten years after Henri Cartier-Bresson’s death, Paris’ Centre Pompidou, the largest museum for modern art in Europe, plays host to an entirely new retrospective of the artist’s work. His genius for composition, extraordinary visual intuition and ability to capture the most elusive and significant instants as they happened … Read more

Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival 2014: The winners

Kenta Matsushige and Lorenzo Vitturi, the big winners of Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival 2014. The 29th Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival, a huge fashion and art photography event which has taken place annually at the end of April since 1985, took place from April 25-28 in the small French picturesque coastal town … Read more

Trident Iceni: the world’s fastest and most fuel efficient diesel-powered sportscar.

For those looking for a sportscar capable of traveling 2000 miles (3218km) on a single tank, British small-volume automaker Trident sportscars launched Trident Iceni, dubbed the “world’s fastest and most fuel efficient diesel-powered sportscar”. The V8 6.6-liter turbodiesel engine develops 395 bhp (294 kW) and 700 lb-ft (948 Nm) which is enough for a 0-60 … Read more

Mario Testino returns home to focus on the beauty of Peru

The man made famous for his portraits of supermodels discusses why he has been drawn back to his hometown Lima