While we’re getting ready for a festive month, in some cities the first snowfall has already been celebrated, and morning coffee is being taken more and more often under the covers, even though I just discovered a pretty café in my neighbourhood.
As another year comes to and end, I find myself reflecting on the inspiration gathered in 2018. It has been a year where visuals have mattered as much as words. Most of all, I have been inspired by hearing people’s stories, especially through podcasts.
She always knows the best restaurants to go to, often forgets to update her Instagram and switches effortlessly between three languages. This Gift Guide is for the chicest girl you know...
This year my holiday structure is changing: fewer plans, no schedules, no compromises. While everyone else is planning their big Christmas dinner, this year I am headed towards making my own traditions, including a small dinner with friends and some more time for myself and my readings.
IT’S A TRADITION here at TIG that every year, around this time, we post a festive slideshow that encapsulates the romance of the holiday season (see last year’s here).
Back when I was home in Brasov, December used to always be magical: long walks in the freezing snowy white forest, skating with friends and weekends at the cabin. I miss quite a bit, that Christmasy-Winter feeling.
This year, the streets around Paris have been getting festive since mid-November and I was pretty excited about it, but unfortunately Paris's famous Marché de Noël it won't be held this year.
It’s the 6th of December and a holiday here. The streets are quiet and all the shop windows are looking rather magical this year. We’ve been looking at trees (something flocked this year, or a real one as usual?) and making plans and eating far too many polvoróns.
Maybe this is a little biased as I am the designer, but I never tire of this portfolio case. Use it as passport and travel holder or to transport your tablet and notebooks. The Sedgwick leather is stunning and will last for ever.
Welcome to a special holiday edition of our Weekly Playlist. Pour yourself a glass of wine and take a seat by the fire and enjoy our carefully selected mix of melancholic winter-themed and Christmas tracks and reflect on the year gone by. Happy holidays! --P.F.M.
It’s that time of year when parties and seasonal soirées are in full swing and you need to be stylishly ready at all times for guests, whether invited or unexpected.
It is the final week before the holidays and some may already be off work for the week, but just in case you’re not, here is a final Festive Slideshow to count down the days.
