ALEXANDER MCQUEEN OPENS ITS FIRST OUTLET BOUTIQUE IN ASIA Alexander McQueen, the uber-cool and always fascinating British design house, has become the latest label to join...
How Digital flattened fashion – and what we lost on the way To produce a video of its fall 2014 show relying solely on images captured on the iPhone 5, Edun borrowed 20...
The Scottish wunderkind Christopher Kane is ready for the premier league There is a select group of designers who are consistently ahead of trends and whose work is avidly followed by the...
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...
When it comes to luxury hotels in London the Maybourne Group offers three unique ways to sample the best of everything In the heart of London are three hotels that set a standard for hospitality few can...
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...
Good as gold The black market for gold in china now sees up to 100 billion yuan worth of trade every year. The...
Choosing the best place to stash cash is all about quality of life Choosing the spot in which to stash your cash is as much about quality of life as it is about saving money,...
Vegetables are the new chic on Chinese banquet tables After a decade in which Iberico pork, wagyu beef and french chicken were the most desirable menu items...
A Japanese chef, who is a wizard with Shanghainese cuisine One of Hong Kong’s youngest restaurants has one of the city’s newest Michelin stars, and it’s all down to a...
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...
Chinese Erotic art takes its place on Asia’s red hot auction block Despite being seen as a conservative country, China enjoys a profound culture of eroticism with a long history of...
Frank Yu turns Gravity into a force for change in architecture Founded just ten years ago, Gravity has evolved into one of Hong Kong’s most interesting and influential design...
Sculptor Wang Keping uses wood to tell astonishing stories For over 30 years sculptor Wang Keping has been changing the face of contemporary art with works that are a rare...
