Value Retail Says Luxury Brands Need to Upgrade Stores Makers of high-end apparel and accessories should provide a shopping experience in such outlets that is comparable...
Christian Dior brings its Spring/Summer 2014 couture show to Hong Kong The Kowloon waterfront became a magic garden on Wednesday night, courtesy of Christian Dior, writes Daniel Jeffreys. A...
Nicolas Ghesquière joins Louis Vuitton Nicolas Ghesquière is a designer known for the purity of his vision and distaste for commercialism, especially when it...
Zen-like calm at the Mandarin Oriental in Paris It’s Paris but quiet, sylvan, verdant. And I have a glass of impeccable Meursault in my hand that’s chilled to...
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...
In Shanghai the Peninsula offers an exquisite window on China’s complex history PENINSULA SHANGHAI As a child in England in the 1960s I had a dream of...
Grand Marques become collectibles for the super rich Grand Marques, Goodwood Art, watches and fine wines have previously satisfied the appetite of wealthy...
Polo takes centre stage in the brand identity of two iconic British companies Andrew Lloyd Webber made a fortune with tunes based on T.S.Eliot’s Cats but it was four legged creatures of a more...
8th Asia Film Awards honour Wong Kar Wai’s Grandmaster TThe 8th Asia Film Awards were held on March 27th in Macau, presented by jurors Donnie Yen and Carina Lau. The jury...
Vegetables are the new chic on Chinese banquet tables After a decade in which Iberico pork, wagyu beef and french chicken were the most desirable menu items...
Dining at The Ritz The Ritz Restaurant is considered by many to be the most beautiful hotel dining room in the world The American...
Bordeaux enters the Year of the Horse with Cheval Blanc as its most sought-after wine The Bordeaux harvest is a special time of year, especially at Cheval Blanc where Daniel Jeffreys went to pick grapes...
The Lady Dior As Seen By is a true marriage of art and fashion The bond between fashion brands and artists is usually a marriage of convenience but the “Lady Dior As Seen By...”...
The Art Basel Hong Kong 2014 The Art Basel art fair has grown from tiny roots in 1970 to become a conglomerate with broad tendrils...
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,...
