Earth News

Know your chocolates: Q&A with Bastien Girard, the best pastry cook in the world

He must have tried hundreds of different chocolate flavour combinations in the two years he practiced for the world championship of pastry-making.

23 March 2017

Earth News

Charlie Ingham, designer behind SohoBespoke

Five steps.

23 March 2017

Earth News

"There is no cure for curiosity"

Tokyo-based French designer Gwenaël Nicolas narrowed down the essence of his creative work a long time ago.

23 March 2017

Switzerland

Geneva Motor Show 2017: Luxury cars in photos

Europe’s biggest annual car show kicks off in Geneva with luxury and crossover vehicles in the limelight.

8 March 2017

Earth News

Swiss jeweller Chopard pledges commitment to 100% ethical gold

Chopard’s co-president Karl Friedrich Scheufele said the brand wanted to “make a difference to the lives of people who make our business possible.”

1 March 2017

Cult

Zac Posen presents exhibition-style show at New York Fashion Week

American designer Zac Posen went for an off-the-wall offering at New York Fashion Week when he put his models on the wall.

15 February 2017

Cult

New York Fashion Week kicks off among snow storms

The fashionistas were caught in a flurry of snow flocking to the opening of New York Fashion week.

13 February 2017

Cult

Clothes for the chaps at Fashion Week New York

The boys get the clothes at Fashion Week New York

1 February 2017

Cult

Haute Couture in Paris with Chanel, Dior, Schiaparelli and Giambattista Valli

There was a sparkle in the City of Light.

25 January 2017

Cult

Berlin Fashion Week - a colourful collection of inspired craziness

It was time to show off in Berlin as the city celebrated its fashion week.

23 January 2017

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Armani boosts young designers

Models applied the finishing touches and prepared for the fashion runway.

19 January 2017

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Prada and Missoni at Milan Fashion Week

It was the 1970’s at the Milan fashion show.

18 January 2017

Business Series

Animal rights group buys LVMH shares to pressure it over skins

Peta has become a shareholder of French luxury goods maker LVMH so that it can pressure it to stop selling merchandise made from exotic skins.

13 January 2017

Earth News

Arcade Excellence

Benson & Clegg’s intimate shop continues to offer a warm welcome for those seeking the correct tie or top notch tailoring

8 January 2017

Cult

The Osmotheque of Versailles - a unique archive of perfumes

Perfumes have had a powerful effect on people the world over for thousands of years.

6 January 2017

Cult

Bugatti exhibition at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles

Bugatti – the name resonates with car lovers the world over, beauty, class, speed, sex-appeal, these automobiles had the lot.

6 January 2017

USA

Trump Tower: inside the President-elect's New York home

Whether one is an admirer of the new US president or not, going to New York without seeing Trump Tower is, arguably from now on, like going to Paris without taking in the Eiffel…

22 November 2016

Cult

Travel inspired garments on the runway in Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo Fashion Week is underway with the hard sell message of 'see now, buy now.'

26 October 2016

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Fashion meets big data at Chanel show in Paris

With its lineup of models whose sweaters read ‘Rykiel Forever’, the Sonia Rykiel show at Paris Fashion Week paid tribute to the legendary Parisian designer who died in August at the age of…

5 October 2016

Cult

Wacky Westwood show wins over Paris

Husband-and-wife team Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler presented a Spring/Summer collection full of oversized straw silhouettes, asymmetrical pieces, and even a nude custom print at their Pari

3 October 2016