Ryohei Murakami won Soen Prize contest at Bunka fashion college in Tokyo Ryohei Murakami was one of several budding Japanese fashion designers who presented creations during for the Soen Prize...
BURBERRY’S SALES TO CHINESE EASE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT A FADING LUXURY MARKET Burberry fashion store, operated by Burberry Group Plc, in London Burberry Group Plc (BRBY) reported first-quarter...
Pheres makes Italian menswear with a British accent The Italian menswear brand Pheres is one of fashion’s not-so-best-kept secrets. Led by Narcisa Pheres, the brand’s...
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,...
Private islands for billionaire castaways Paradise comes at a price, even in the midst of international economic meltdown. “Our most expensive property with a...
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...
To the Manor Bought, Agence Mercure For 75 years Agence Mercure have specialised in the sale of what the French call ‘Demeures de charmes’ or charming...
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...
Good as gold The black market for gold in china now sees up to 100 billion yuan worth of trade every year. The...
Dining at The Ritz The Ritz Restaurant is considered by many to be the most beautiful hotel dining room in the world The American...
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...
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...
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...
A private function, Christie’s As Christie’s celebrates 238 years of business with a new gallery space overlooking Victoria Harbour, the...
Gilbert and George blur the lines between art and artist Gilbert & George met at 45 years ago as students, fell in love and evolved into what they call...
