Nicolas Ghesquière’s debut collection for Louis Vuitton was inspired With petite-malle bags and architectural dresses Nicolas Ghesquière created a new Louis Vuitton woman and swept...
Marchesa goes Goya with her Fall Winter 2013 Collection Marchesa Luisa Casati was the first female dandy and her spirit lives on in Chapman. Marchesa is a brand named for...
The dream weavers’ tale, Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta’s new Vicenza atelier blends local tradition with sustainable modern technology every bit as...
The Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai The-Fairmont-Peace-Hotel When a callow youth I played Elyot, one of two husbands in Noel Coward’s Private...
White Balance, Compagnie de Ponant There is always the option of a trip into space. If the intense pre-flight training, with its heart-tingling,...
The Bvlgari bar, Ritz Carlton Tokyo Now that Cathay Pacific have two daily flights from Hong Kong to Tokyo’s Haneda airport, which...
Wheelie Palatial Let’s be honest. With a basic price tag of £1.9 million (HK$23.3 million/18.9 million RMB), the futuristic 20 tonne,...
Schindelhaur crafts hand made bikes that whisper good taste “You can’t compare a Schindelhaur bike to a mountain bike or an ordinary carbon road bike.” warns Tiffany Koh,...
Wild and delicate, Songtsam Shangri-la The untamed areas of Yunnan province offer rich opportunities for travellers seeking a special kind of luxury....
Bordeaux enters the Year of the Horse with Cheval Blanc as its most sought-after wine The Bordeaux harvest is a special time of year, especially at Cheval Blanc where Daniel Jeffreys went to pick grapes...
Perrier-Jouët brings bespoke to champagne Perrier-Jouët makes some very fine champagne and has been doing so for two centuries, 2014 being the 203rd anniversary...
Jing Yaa Tang makes The Opposite House taste grand China has an astonishingly diverse food culture but it can take courage to try a new restaurant where the rice might be...
Tiny ceramic gems capture the imagination of collectors When Jesuit missionaries presented snuff to the Qing Imperial Court in the 17th century, it would...
The Inaugural SCAD/Quintessentially Asia Magazine Fine Art Prize The first Fine Art Painting class at SCAD Hong Kong drew a rich array of talent and the best among them was...
New technology transforms printing into a turbo-charged art form Evolutionary Landscape by Eve Stockton, Relief Print, Woodcut In 868AD, during the Tang dynasty, the...
