Fashion house Versace sells stake to Blackstone to fund growth CREDIT: REUTERS/ERIC THAYER Italian fashion house Versace is selling a 20 percent stake to U.S. private equity...
Space invaders The myth that China must rely on Europe for couture fashion and bespoke luxury is evaporating fast as...
Would You Pay 70 Per Cent More For Chanel? Picture credit: Indigital It's not just the recession and higher property and living costs that's making you think...
At the Aman Summer Palace in Beijing Chinese history has never been more beguiling This is a time when magic is in the air and every cobblestone seems like it might echo with the long lost...
Hari Ra Ra Ra A few hurried steps from Sloane Street and Harrod’s Daniel Jeffreys found a charming boutique hotel that provided...
The battle for the soul of Aman’s luxury chain of resorts turns nasty The latest edition of Fortune magazine has a brilliantly forensic examination of the chaos that has descended on Aman...
Pernod Ricard’s Scalpel Salon honours Seven Days in Havana Scalpel magazine is the creation of Pernod Ricard and Vadim Grigorian, the Paris-based drinks giant's head of Creative...
Panerai’s Angelo Bonati combines Italy’s premier watch brand with the best of art and design Panerai Officine was a brand without a business in 1997 and now it’s one of the most admired and successful...
Off the coast of Virgin Gorda, Loro Piana weave sailing and luxury into an unforgettable challenge Everything that Italian cashmere brand Loro Piana does in the world of elegant clothing has...
Ferran Adrià creates a new recipe for global food Ferran Adrià’s ‘techno-emotional’ cooking changed food forever. But with his famed restaurant no more, the mad...
Château Cheval Blanc’s reputation continues to dazzle under Pierre Lurton and Bernard Arnault LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault bought Château Cheval Blanc with Baron Albert Frère in 1998. Fears...
Perrier-Jouët brings bespoke to champagne Perrier-Jouët makes some very fine champagne and has been doing so for two centuries, 2014 being the 203rd anniversary...
Sales of Asian art ride a philosophical wave at Christie’s Noh masks. Cloisonné-enamels. Rinpa paintings. Lacquer boxes. Ravishing silk room dividers. Meiji art. Samurai swords...
Privately owned museums are becoming the latest must-have among the super-rich A new wave of super-rich art lovers are spending hundreds of millions on extravagant museums — privately owned,...
Thai Art at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery The early summer is when Hong Kong enters art frenzy and the city is awash in inspiring work and captivating...
