France’s new Michelin guide, a showcase for French excellence in gourmet dining and hospitality, counts more than 40 new stars. It lists 8,768 establishments, of which 4,461 hotels and guesthouses and 4,282 restaurants. The 2013 edition of the France’s MICHELIN guide features a new *** restaurants, La Vague d’Or, at Résidence de la Pinède in … Read more
BULGARI Launches Serpenti Retrospective 2013 is definitely the Year of the Serpenti. Bulgari luxury house is celebrating its most emblematic icon in real style with a dazzling exhibition and a book that recounts the extraordinary tale of the reptile from the unique perspective of the jeweler. Beginning February 9th, Bulgari’s Fifth Avenue flagship hosts a … Read more
Color palettes of the next season: Pantone Fashion Color Report Fall 2013 Each season, Pantone, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, surveys the designers of New York Fashion Week and beyond to collect feedback on prominent collection colors, color inspiration and color philosophy. This information is … Read more
Dior opens first boutique in Australia Following in the footsteps of Louis Vuitton, Prada, Chanel, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Canali, Miu Miu, and Bottega Veneta, French luxury fashion house Christian Dior opened its first boutique in Australia. Designed in the style of a grand Parisian apartment, Dior’s first Australasian flagship boutique set up in Sydney replicates … Read more
Year of the Snake stamp, the sixth issuance in the 12-year Celebrating Lunar New Year series Sometimes a snake in the grass is a good thing. Artist Kam Mak‘s design for the 2013 Year of the Snake U.S. stamp (the sixth stamp in the Celebrating Lunar Near Year series) includes the Chinese character for “snake” … Read more
The second Giorgio Armani boutique in Paris opened this January is entirely dedicated to womenswear. The flagship is located on the prestigious avenue Montaigne in the same building where almost four decades earlier Giorgio Armani collaborated with Emmanuel Ungaro as a consultant for his menswear line. The designer returned to where he began his adventure … Read more