Emilio Pucci (1914-1992) had a passion for women, a visionary sense of style, and an eye for color and design. With these talents he created a fashion house unlike any other. By the early ’50s his boutique on the isle of Capri was catering to wealthy sophisticates, heiresses and movie stars buying his “Capri pants”, silk scarves and lightweight separates.
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Luxury hotels and resorts typically offer an Luxury hotels and resorts typically offer an array of first-class amenities, but perhaps the most important to any luxury traveler is none other than the property’s pool. A pool is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation.
The mere mention of Mario Testino’s name evokes a rush of adrenalin in anyone that cares, even a bit, about the worlds of fashion and celebrity. So omnipresent is he at major magazine shoots and A-list events—an insider if ever there was one—that he has become a celebrity himself. The launch of Testino’s latest book is to celebrate his first trip in China.
This week Hindus around the world celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors.
Holi is a popular springtime celebration observed on the last full moon of the lunar month. Participants traditionally throw bright, vibrant powders at friends and strangers alike as they celebrate the arrival of spring,
Although Noma Restaurant has not yet been awarded with a third Michelin Star, it was declared Best Restaurant in the World for the third consecutive year at the prestigious S. Pellegrino Awards last April 2012 at The Guild Hall, London.
Renowned fashion photographer duos, Inez and Vinoodh had their beautiful 3400 Sqft Lower East Side Loft featured in Architectural Digest. Brooklyn based Simrel Achenbach of Descience Laboratories, in collaboration with designer Daniel Sachs of Sachs Lindores, combined adjacent lofts to create this Manhattan residence for the photographers duo and their son, Charles.
Nautical sailor tops and Madonna’s conical bra are coming to London next year in an exhibition of the work of fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
“The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier” will open at the Barbican Centre in April 2014.
The Yves Saint Laurent, a visionary exhibition opened on 30 January 2013 and running until May 5th in the ING Cultural Centre, Place Royale in Brussels. This exclusive exhibition is a first: ING Belgium shows, for the first time, how Yves Saint Laurent’s designs and concepts have radically changed the world of fashion, turning it into what it is today. The exhibition focuses on the visionary power of this flamboyant designer. This collection, which has never been seen before, has been put together in conjunction with the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation.
” Is it an accident that LouLou’s opened near the residence of Bertie Wooster? I don’t think so!
I am certain I saw ol’ Bertie and his ‘brilliant’ Mayfair pals yukking it up downstairs at one of Loulou’s fab bars – London’s hot (no not just hot, SCALDING) new club, 5 Hertford Street, which opened this spring In London.
Super chef Joël Robuchon (named chef of the century by his peers in 1990) opened his brilliantly successful restaurant tucked next to The Ivy club on West Street in September 2006: one of twenty branches of this innovative concept that spans across 3 continents of the world, boasting 28 Michelin star( the highest rated in the world) . The London venue offers L’Atelier on the ground floor, La Cuisine on the first floor and Le Salon Bar on the third floor.
The Soho Hotel was the first “luxury hotel” to open in the area. Situated in the heart of Soho between Dean and Wardour Streets, the hotel hosts mostly the film industry, producers, directors. and contemporary art collectors.
At Windsor Castle’s Drawings Gallery, The Queen: Portraits of a Monarch is a truly fascinating and rather lovely exhibition which presents a selection of official, commissioned and informal portraits from Her Majesty’s 60-year reign, including work by Cecil Beaton, Lucian Freud, Dorothy Wilding, Andy Warhol and Annie Leibovitz.
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