Çiragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul
Frequent business travellers know the pain of modern air travel: luggage restrictions, lost luggage or waiting at the baggage carousel; these nuisances can upset the most carefully planned...
White Cube Hong Kong unveils Jake & Dinos Chapman’s The Sum of all Evil
Ronald Goes Fishing Nailing Ronald McDonald to a cross (hundreds of times)is among the more restrained antics of Dinos and Jake Chapman, brothers and artists who have turned sibling rivalry Into creative...
Hong Kong Design Institute makes window displays into an art form
I was one of the judges at The Hong Kong Design Institute’s Visual Merchandising Competition 2013 on May 7th. The students produced some incredible work, revealing how much amazing talent there is in Hong...
Ryohei Murakami won Soen Prize contest at Bunka fashion college in Tokyo
Ryohei Murakami was one of several budding Japanese fashion designers who presented creations during for the Soen Prize contest at Bunka fashion college in Tokyo on April 23, 2013. Sixteen designers took part...
Brody House, Budapest
Brody House, Budapest It has been over a month so I finally feel free to give up the inner secrets of the Scalpel Salon held in Budapest in March. The salon and its annual award for creative...
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 Marketing. Scalpel retains its claim to be the world's most exclusive periodical with a...
Speaking in signs, language of luxury
Language of Luxury Workshop by Daniel Jeffreys Fans of these pages can hear The Fashionable Truth's Daniel Jeffreys speak at the Hong Kong Design Institute on May 16, 23 and 30 as he presents the...
The sweet honeycomb shoes of Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen's honeycomb shoes At HK$31,500 a pair these soaring curved wedges from Alexander McQueen now in Lane Crawford make a statement that’s a perfect demonstration of the...
King of noir, Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto is one of the most revered designers in fashion with a cult following in his native Japan and acolytes all over the world. He came to Hong Kong this week to launch Y-NOT, with help from the...
Chloë Sevigny’ s church service
Chloë Sevigny is a self-elected “cool-chick” whose chill status has been confirmed by a large and blogiferous following combined with her role as a Hollywood star and a designer for Opening Ceremony,...