There’s something about stripes that makes me think immediately of the Cote d’Azur. Maybe it’s the association with those serried lines of striped umbrellas adorning the beaches in front of all the best hotels.
If you walk along the Avenue Montaigne in Paris you will come across the elegant grey and white facade of...
WHOEVER SAID WOMEN DRESS FOR MEN had fashion all wrong. In fact, women dress for themselves and their own pleasure, as is beautifully illustrated in the Vogue Paris editorial shot by Mikael Jansson. There is a woman…she is all alone, but unstoppable in her quest for la vie en rose...
Imagine the coral pink interior of an exotic conch shell washed up on a Bahamian beach and you’ve got the inspiration for this week’s article. It’s a colour that is luscious and full of life yet warm and sophisticated.
Golden beaches, tropical flowers, azure seas — all of these conjure up the celebrated swimwear brand created by Melissa Odabash; so...
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT have noticed, but fashion has gone through a small revolution. The coup d’etat was initiated by...
If you’ve ever been drawn to using a shade of palest pink on your walls yet held yourself back, I...
When the heir to the Swedish throne, Gustav III, returned to Sweden in 1771 after time spent at the French...
THE MOST PARISIENNE COLLECTION THERE EVER WAS. Flowers inspire Giambattista Valli every single season, however this time, they came from the...
FASHION COMES FULL CIRCLE, or are certain pieces classics that don’t go out of style? It is fascinating how an editorial shot by Patrick Demarchellier in the 1990s can effortlessly blend into today’s climate.
THERE IS A CERTAIN ART in making a winter escape somewhere warm and tropical during the winter break. The wardrobe must...
THE APPEAL OF ITALY IS TIMELESS and has endured through the ages, whether it is due to iconic architecture like the...
THERE IS A CERTAIN ALLURE in a chunky knit on cold winter days, regardless of whether they’re spent outdoors exploring fields...
THERE IS NOTHING MORE GLAMOROUS than the vivid colours autumn brings along. Everything turns into a gold and bronze haze, from...
THERE IS A CERTAIN JE NE SAYS QUOI in Parisian street style. It is almost as if outfits take less effort and look nonchalantly put together. Shirts are slightly buttoned down and slip off the shoulder with an insouciant innuendo, hems of pants and blazers become frayed, and colour gives way to monochrome and tonal hues.
