Polo takes centre stage in the brand identity of two iconic British companies Andrew Lloyd Webber made a fortune with tunes based on T.S.Eliot’s Cats but it was four legged creatures of a more...
Fashion gets real: how the ordinary woman became this season’s muse Karl Lagerfeld AW 2014 catwalk show for Chanel There is a zeitgeist which rainbows over and above fashion. That...
At Cartier, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have enduring influence Cartier has always had a close association with royalty, but none of their clients were more famous than the Duke and...
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...
Hari Ra Ra Ra A few hurried steps from Sloane Street and Harrod’s Daniel Jeffreys found a charming boutique hotel that provided...
Taking tea with the French in Mohkan Shan In times past Chiang Kai-Shek, gangsters with tigers and French diplomats all sought refuge from Shanghai’s...
Hong Kong Design Institute makes window displays into an art form I was one of the judges at The Hong Kong Design Institute’s Visual Merchandising Competition 2013 on May 7th. The...
Symphony of Colour GRAFF emerald jewels In the world of fine diamonds nobody does colour better than Graff. Founded in...
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,...
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...
Luxury grandmaster Jean-Marc Lacave takes charge of Moët Hennessy in Asia Pacific Christophe Navarre, CEO of Moët Hennessy, announced today (Friday July 25th) that Jean-Marc Lacave is to become...
Chinese caviar finds fortune with the New York Times Since the USSR fell and the state’s monopoly on the sturgeon egg delicacy ended experts estimate that 90% of the...
White Cube Hong Kong unveils Jake & Dinos Chapman’s The Sum of all Evil Ronald Goes Fishing Nailing Ronald McDonald to a cross (hundreds of times)is among the more restrained antics of...
The Art Basel Hong Kong 2014 The Art Basel art fair has grown from tiny roots in 1970 to become a conglomerate with broad tendrils...
Shinji Ogawa recreated masterpieces inspired by humanity’s place in the universe Among the artists featured at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong none was more fascinating or enigmatic than Shinji...