For art and interior design enthusiasts: Lutetia’s collection at auction

Parisian luxury hotel Lutetia to auction furniture collection this May. The historic luxury hotel Lutetia, the Left Bank’s only large hotel and the regular rallying point of artists, designers and intellectuals, closed earlier this month for a three-year renovation, but not before organizing a luxury furniture auction this May. The historic Parisian hotel is giving … Read more

Sonia Rykiel, one of the last family controlled French fashion houses, bought by Hong Kong’s Fung

80 percent of French fashion house Sonia Rykiel, one of the last family controlled French fashion houses, was bought by Hong Kong investment firm Fung Brands. This partnership will boosting the brand’s global presence and will double Sonia Rykiel’s sales in the next five to six years. The fashion house’s sales stagnated in 2011 after … Read more