Bathroom Exhibition Milano 2018: The new comfort zone is digital, responsible and sustainable

    The biennial international benchmark bathroom exhibition takes place in Pavilions 22-24 at Fiera Milano, Rho, from 17th to 22nd April, featuring a huge range of new products combining ethics, technology and relaxation. The International Bathroom Exhibition in Mialno is an expanding and dynamic exhibition. The 7th edition will see 228 exhibitors ranged over … Read more

Transformable Haute Joaillerie: Dior reveals an unseen Versailles, while Chaumet is capturing the Russian winter

  Chaumet Haute Joaillerie: Promenades Impériales 2018   The High Jewellery collection Les Mondes de Chaumet is comprised of three chapters: three moments that combine the virtuosity of the Maison with otherworldly dreams. First stop: Russia. Entitled Les Mondes de Chaumet, new high jewelry collection revolves around three precious moments – January, June and July. … Read more

Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai’s ultimate folly

Underwater bedrooms, ‘Lohan Island’ and snow all year round – a decade after it was scuppered by the financial crash, the fantasy archipelago of 300 artificial ‘countries’ is back in business. Has anybody learned anything?

Night visions: Mystères d’un Jardin de Nuit by Clare Waight Keller for her first Givenchy Haute Couture show

First haute couture collection by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy. The gleam of moonlight on a garden in spring, its flowers bathed in the silvery glow. Designed by Clare Waight Keller, the Givenchy Haute Couture Spring Summer 2018 collection invoked conversations between structure and motion. Ultra-fine and crystalline, a modern approach to what is precious melts grandiosity … Read more

Very high-flying cuisine: Restaurant Christophe Bacquié and La Maison des Bois – Marc Veyrat receive three stars in the 2018 MICHELIN France Guide selection

This new 2018 Michelin France Guide selection brings together 4300 hotels and guest houses, and 2800 restaurants; 621 starred restaurants including: 28 restaurants with three stars including 2 new ones, 85 restaurants with two stars, including 5 new ones; 508 restaurants with one star, including 50 new ones; 644 Bib Gourmand restaurants, and over 3000 … Read more

SIHH 2018: Voutilainen 217QRS is introducing a retrograde date mechanism of a unique construction

Total series of 30 Voutilainen 217QRS watches : 10 platinum, 10 white gold, 10 rose gold. Kari Voutilainen, born in 1962, is a Finnish watchmaker residing in Môtiers, Switzerland. He started an independent watchmaking business in 2002, building a limited number of handmade timekeepers. His latest creation presented at 2018 SIHH – Salon International de … Read more