New York Fashion Week Guide: Who and What to Know As the United States Open winds down to its final chaotic days, another late-summer New York spectacle takes its place,...
Space invaders The myth that China must rely on Europe for couture fashion and bespoke luxury is evaporating fast as...
Chinese Designers to the Fore Leonard's autumn/winter 2014 collection in Paris. Guillaume Roujas/Nowfashion.com Quick. Name a Chinese fashion...
Tiger’s Nest, Switzerland The Swiss Alps in central Valais may be an odd place to find a big striped cat but once it becomes clear...
Great literary hotels of Asia continue to inspire artist and travelers In September, Louis Vuitton opened a unique maison in Singapore. It is the first store in the brand’s...
When it comes to luxury hotels in London the Maybourne Group offers three unique ways to sample the best of everything In the heart of London are three hotels that set a standard for hospitality few can...
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...
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...
Wheelie Palatial Let’s be honest. With a basic price tag of £1.9 million (HK$23.3 million/18.9 million RMB), the futuristic 20 tonne,...
Chinese caviar finds fortune with the New York Times Since the USSR fell and the state’s monopoly on the sturgeon egg delicacy ended experts estimate that 90% of the...
Jing Yaa Tang makes The Opposite House taste grand China has an astonishingly diverse food culture but it can take courage to try a new restaurant where the rice might be...
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...
Sculptor Wang Keping uses wood to tell astonishing stories For over 30 years sculptor Wang Keping has been changing the face of contemporary art with works that are a rare...
Chinese Ink Painting takes captivating new directions in the hands of two masters The Square by Song Yonghong As this year’s exceptionally gloomy rainy season made Hong Kong feel...
Tiny ceramic gems capture the imagination of collectors When Jesuit missionaries presented snuff to the Qing Imperial Court in the 17th century, it would...
