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Luxury on form

“Ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.” So goes the motto at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in China’s capital, Beijing. Chinese culture treats concepts such as lady-like and gentlemanly behaviour with notable acquiescence. In a country that values highly such oft-forgotten traits of elegance and discretion of character, this isn’t surprising.

New Alexander McQueen fashion film from ShowStudio

Prompted by Savage Beauty, the recently closed block-busting retrospective of work by Alexander McQueen, at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Mixing business with pleasure

According to surveys, between 55 per cent and 63 per cent of people want to set up their own business.

SMART-move

[slideshow_deploy id=’31731′] Armenia is a unique country in many respects, least of which is its approach to education. For example,

La Dolce Vita with Bulgari

[slideshow_deploy id=’31279′] Colour. Innovation. Integrity. These are the three words which sum up what Bulgari stands for and which help

IUAV students present projects developed at La Scuola dei Maestri Pellettieri di Bottega Veneta

Known for its fine Italian designs and coveted, luxury handbags and leather goods, Bottega Veneta is rooted not only in

Sustainable beauty

[slideshow_deploy id=’29916′] For Finnish creative studio and design house Samuji, beauty is about more than meets the eye—and clothing is

Observatory at One World Trade Center opens to the public

New York City’s got the Top of the Rock excursion at Rockefeller Center. It’s got the Empire State Building’s Observation

Contrarian couturier

  Yohji Yamamoto, whose clothing designs revolutionised the sartorial codes of the late 20th century, reveals to Peter Yeoh his

Secrets of the house

  [slideshow_deploy id=’28345′] Habitat – Brothers Pier Luigi and Sergio reveal five secrets of the house of Loro Piana, which


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