Author TheFashionableTruth

Paris has some decent hotels, some that are awful and a few that are majestic. Two of my favourites in the last category have just been given the French government’s ultimate accolade. Shangri-La...

It was just after sunset when I arrived at the opening party for Prince Albert II’s spanking new yacht club alongside Monaco’s main harbour. Moët Hennessy champagne fountain at YCM The experience...

THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL IN INDOCHINA HAS LEFT BEHIND ASTONISHING ARCHITECTURE AND DARK MEMORIES. TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF THE REGION WHILE ACQUIRING SOME UNDERSTANDING...

China’s lush hunting grounds were once a prime destination for wealthy sporstmen, but they have been closed to the international community since 2006. but, as Daisy Zhong reports, hunters and...

A new wave of super-rich art lovers are spending hundreds of millions on extravagant museums — privately owned, but open to the public. Christina Ruiz reports. Work at Mona by Sidney Nolan The...

Everything that Italian cashmere brand Loro Piana does in the world of elegant clothing has to meet the most demanding standards and the man who gives the company its razor sharp...

Cartier has always had a close association with royalty, but none of their clients were more famous than the Duke and Duchess of Windsor who ordered pieces that still influence the French jeweller’s...

This is a time when magic is in the air and every cobblestone seems like it might echo with the long lost footsteps of an errant emperor or departing concubine. Beyond the last courtyard...

Hermès has developed an enviable reputation for raising the bar on luxury, taking refinement and good taste to ever-higher levels, but it’s also a brand with a wicked sense of humour and nobody makes...

The Ritz Restaurant is considered by many to be the most beautiful hotel dining room in the world The American movie star Humphrey Bogart, who loved his down-home chow, said “A hot dog at the game...