IWC reveals the way Carl Gustav Jung shaped the soul of its iconic watch brand The Rauschenbach family took over IWC Schaffhausen in 1880 and in 1905 one of the clan’s daughters married Carl...
Kane man Christopher Kane autumn/winter 2014 The Fashionable Truth's Daniel Jeffreys has been a huge fan of Christopher Kane...
7 Contemporary Works Inspired by Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights Left: Dr. Martens, 15″ Satchel. Right: Dr. Martens, Hell 8-eye boot Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly...
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,...
Journey’s End, LE ROYAL MONCEAU RAFFLES LE ROYAL MONCEAU RAFFLES, Paris What to do on a Parisian afternoon before a long flight back to Hong Kong via Dubai?...
In Shanghai the Peninsula offers an exquisite window on China’s complex history PENINSULA SHANGHAI As a child in England in the 1960s I had a dream of...
SIGNED magazine explores ingenuity in design The latest edition of SIGNED, published by deluxewords, parent company of The Fashionable Truth is released today. The...
Good as gold The black market for gold in china now sees up to 100 billion yuan worth of trade every year. The...
Electric Avenue, Renovo Renovo, California Silicon Valley is more famous for start-ups than supercars. Yet the area has bred the Renovo...
Château Cheval Blanc’s reputation continues to dazzle under Pierre Lurton and Bernard Arnault LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault bought Château Cheval Blanc with Baron Albert Frère in 1998. Fears...
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...
Royal Salute World Polo thrills at the Maharaja of Jodhpur’s Golden Jubilee Cup Sport can claim few better partners than Polo and Royal Salute, a game of monarchs matched with a whisky that...
Sales of Asian art ride a philosophical wave at Christie’s Noh masks. Cloisonné-enamels. Rinpa paintings. Lacquer boxes. Ravishing silk room dividers. Meiji art. Samurai swords...
Privately owned museums are becoming the latest must-have among the super-rich A new wave of super-rich art lovers are spending hundreds of millions on extravagant museums — privately owned,...
Chinese Ink Painting takes captivating new directions in the hands of two masters The Square by Song Yonghong As this year’s exceptionally gloomy rainy season made Hong Kong feel...
