Mile High – Destination Sicily
When hearing the words “mile high”, one might think of clandestine lovemaking at dizzying altitudes en route to an exotic faraway destination. In the case of Dine Mile High, you can ditch the former idea up...
Hermès SS14 Collection at Paris Fashion Week
The Hermès Spring show at Paris Fashion Week was refreshingly casual — it was adeptly and holistically adherent to the concept of springtime. The whole collection seemed blithe, fresh, and brazenly wearable.
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Bronze Goddess by Estée Lauder
Bronze Goddess 2013 Colour Collection
If there’s a beauty collection that is synonymous with summer, it would have to be Estée Lauder’s Bronze Goddess collection. Launched each year with a theme that evokes ...
Absolut Elyx Single Estate Feast at HIX
Elyx Martini
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it … I can resist everything but temptation.” Oscar Wilde took the words right out of our mouths when we heard about the new bespoke menu at...
Pretty in Pink: Estée Lauder Mad Men Collection
Sexy, stylised and provocative. This is what Mad Men is all about and more importantly what we love about it. If you’re a fan then there are two things that will make you squeal with delight. Firstly, the highl...
Luxe Comme des Garçons fragrance
With longer days and warmer climes on the horizon, Comme des Garçons revisits the Luxe eau de parfum range to bring us a lighter version – the new eau de toilettes Patchouli and Champaca, both ancient and sacre...
N°5 Culture Chanel at Palais de Tokyo
Chanel N°5 is a perfume that travels afar. It crosses countries, literature and artistic movements, spanning all periods with knowing assurance. First launched in 1921, the perfume is a mere eight years away fr...
Style Meets Sustainability – Eco Fashion Week
When it comes to creative thought and human ingenuity there really is no limit. This is especially apparent in the ever-evolving fashion industry. Being the third most environmentally damaging industry in the...
Dog Day Afternoon
After having finished touring in Japan earlier this year and playing Wire’s Drill: London festival, Comanechi members Akiko (aka Keex) and Simon caught a breather before launching into their latest UK tour,...
Mascotte Store preview
Pop goes the champagne bottle as we sink into our seats surrendering to a relaxing hand and arm massage from Rituals. No, we’re not at a spa, nor are we at a country retreat. We were in fact in the midst of bea...
Some kind of love
Mick Harvey, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and producer, likes to keep on top of things. Since exiting the Bad Seeds in 2009, he’s busied himself with production, working on PJ Harvey’s Let Engl...
Peace From the Bottom of My Art
Topical yet misunderstood, Iran has long been under the watchful eye of the media for its ongoing political unrest – thus people are led to think it is a place devoid of artistic expression. This couldn’t be fu...
Technobohemian by John Malkovich
John Malkovich is a man of many talents within the filming industry, from acting to directing and producing. While many embark on side ventures such as actor-turns-singer, the results don’t always bode well. Lu...
Easter Bonnet Party – what the Butler wore
Amassing an enviable industry following, big-wig milliner and accessory designer Fred Butler is hosting an exclusive Bonnet Party in the very fitting setting of the Sanderson Hotel’s courtyard on Tuesday, March...
The Chinese Garbo
Maggie Cheung arrives on a wintry morning attired in black lace jodhpurs, a black fur gilet and grey boots. With her well-defined cheekbones and beautiful features it’s easy to see why she’s known as the Chin...
Resistance is futile!
Art rock, post punk, alternative, situationist. These are all terms that have been imposed upon Wire in the past but as abstractions go, they can only go so far in describing their textured and often creepy...
PFW AW13: Louis Vuitton
Marc Jacobs knows how to dress women and under his direction they are always strong and sensual creatures. He also knows how to carry a theme. When Edie Campbell stepped out onto the catwalk sporting a black, c...
Chomping through the waves of viscerality…
Creeping from the from the disparate embers of a Roxy Music tribute act, barren rehearsal spaces, experiments with Rachel Stevens drum samples and a joint desire to play the Flash Gordon soundtrack in its e...
Paris Fashion Week AW13: Hermès
One could say Christophe Lemaire graduated with a distinction for his autumn winter collection. Held in the fitting location of Lycée Henri IV, a finishing school for the very intelligent before gaining entry t...
PFW SS14: Givenchy
There is something about Riccardo Tisci. He possesses that magical quality that turns ordinary objects into celestial pieces – especially in the eyes of the fashion crowd. Never has anyone caused such lust over...
Paris Fashion Week AW13: Chanel
There stood a monumental globe, revolving. On it a map of the world with flags marking the precise location of 300 stores. We are of course talking about Chanel. You’re probably thinking this is a not so subtle...