Paris, France — We’re joining in in the celebrations for World Egg Day which was established back in 1996 in Vienna and is held on the second Friday in October each year. […]
The Essential Egg
The Sparkling Fashion of 18th Century Pocket Luxury
Paris, France — Tiny perfume bottles, tobacco pouches, snuffboxes( carried by women as well as men) and beauty boxes (often holding a beauty mark) with a mirror on the inside lid all […]
Barbie is Back: Think Pink
The world of Barbie goes technological with CASETiFY, the Hong Kong company and world leader in the manufacture of high quality phone cases and electronic accessories. For the 65th anniversary of the […]
Cult: Color Me Giacometti
Paris, France —These are the painted sculptures. The secret sculptures. These are the sculptures that Alberto Giacometti painted, painted in often seemingly funky colours like deep orange. The Fondation Giacometti Institut located […]
Critic’s Choice: Paris Comes to New York at Bergdorf Goodman
New York, New York — Color and texture are emerging at one of the city’s great luxury deparment stores, the now legendary Bergdorf Goodman. But not through fashion but rather through contemporary […]
Perfection from Piaget with the 150th Anniversary Collection
The fabulous French fable writer Jean de La Fontaine was famous for inventing words and the high jewelry house of Piaget has formidably followed in his footsteps with its new high jewelry […]
An Auction as Big as the Ritz
Paris, France — A crystal chandelier, a champagne bucket and the sofa from the Hemingway Bar all played a leading role in an auction, christened the Universe of the Ritz, held by […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fortified Wine Find: A Balmy Beaumes de Venise
This is luxurious liquid gold from the good earth around the small picturesque village of Beaumes-de-Venise in the Provence region of southeastern France. The eponymous wine—Muscat de Baumes de Venise — is […]
The Attraction of Antiquity
Paris, France — It turned out to be one of the highlights of the incredibly rich artful autumn in Paris which is traditionally peppered with art fairs, exhibition openings and glamorous gallery […]
Critic’s Choice: The Sacred and the Divine
Paris, France — The lyrical and the sacred are being played out in the elegant gallery district of the Golden Triangle in Paris where the Almine Rech gallery is hosting a show […]
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