Splendido Mare: Belmond is renovating one of Portofino’s most authentic hotels

    Splendido Mare renovated by LVMH’s Belmond. The renovation of Splendido Mare and Chuflay restaurant in Portofino will reinvigorate this hot spot on the Italian Riviera. This is where Portofinese life revolves around the pastel-painted villas and fishing village and is the place to enjoy an Aperitivo as the sun sets over the Ligurian … Read more

More money than scents? Pot-pourri is back, at up to £330 a sniff…

After years in the doldrums, the once ubiquitous bowl of fragrant dried petals is making a comeback, at a very fancy price

Please Be Seated: the homage to Jacques Tati’s visionary designs and whims

  Please Be Seated: a glimpse at French filmmaker Jacques Tati’s humorous satire on modern design. design miami/2019: Les Ateliers Courbet + Thirlwall Design present Please Be Seated. Les Ateliers Courbet introduces to the United States the sole edition of Tati designs ever made, produced by esteemed design studio Domeau & Pérès in collaboration with … Read more

Custom Bike Show 2019 – The Ultimate Battle of the best custombikes from eighteen different categories

    Amateurs or professionals, regardless of their country, all come to the CUSTOMBIKE-SHOW in Bad Salzuflen, Germany from 6th December – 8th December 2019 to compete, compare or just to show their latest creations to the competition and the over 30 000 visitors. The worlds largest exhibition for modified motorcycles. In pure numbers Custom … Read more

Giorgio Armani on billionaire bashing, throwaway culture – and choosing his successor

The 85-year-old master of understated design talks about his lifelong belief in sustainable fashion, his love of Downton Abbey – and the troubling matter of his eventual retirement

Chanel evokes ghost of Coco with 80s-inspired collection

Designer Virginie Viard attempts to draw a direct line of succession from ‘Mademoiselle’ to herself