The International Perfume Foundation launches IPF Certified Natural Perfumery Directory

Where do I find Natural Perfumers? Who are they? Where are they? How can I recognize if they are authentic? Are the flowers I see in perfume advertisements, really in my perfume? A Movement is Born! The International Perfume Foundation launches IPF Certified Natural Perfumery Directory At the completion of a 32 day Campaign to “Reconnect … Read more

International Perfume Foundation Celebrates 20th Year Anniversary

The International Perfume Foundation (IPF)  announced it has reached the important milestone of its 20th year anniversary. In her anniversary statement IPF Founder and Chairman Creezy Courtoy said: “We are pleased with our many accomplishments during the past 20 years highlighted by a real paradigm shift back to the use of natural ingredients in perfumery, … Read more

The exploding world of fashion film: La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival Award Winners 2014

5th year of LJIFFF: 2014 Winners.   Hundreds of fashion filmmakers from around the world were welcomed at La Jolla’s Museum of Contemporary Art Theater for the 5th Cannes of fashion film. La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival 2014, world’s largest gathering of fashion filmmakers and a global marketplace for fashion film, honoured creative professionals … Read more

New luxury founder condemns Bangladesh factory practices & calls for change in the fashion industry

As the death toll resulting from yesterday’s collapse of a clothing factory in Bangladesh approaches 250, and at least 1000 people receive treatment in area hospitals, New Luxury founder Creezy Courtoy has repeated her calls for the fashion industry to take a hard look at its ethical positions. “The fashion industry’s manufacturing practices are one … Read more

“If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live” – Albert Einstein

EU countries will vote on plans to ban bee killing pesticides. Spain, Germany and the UK are threatening to block the ban, under the pressure of the chemical lobby. Not a single bee has never sent you an invoice. And that is part of the problem – because most of what comes to us from … Read more

2LUXURY2 launch in Brussels

ARE YOU PART OF THIS NEW WORLD? After 2LUXURY2.com‘s successful launch in Paris at 1,618 Sustainable Luxury Fair last April, it is the turn of Brussels to welcome this new energy on 24th May at WE ARE DIFFERENT Art Gallery – an universe of contemporary art with a collection of unique objects and selected pieces … Read more