My grandmother used to say she needed a glass of champagne a day to be happy! While it amuses me to prescribe this cure to anyone a bit blue, part of me knows it must be true that champagne is the best antidepressant. Grandma lived quite a life, not to mention her many years of … Read more
The British capital will be packed with the stylish fashion crowd, so where to go in London if you want to skip Fashion Week? It is time for the fashion caravan to move to the U.K. for London Fashion Week, which begins on Friday the 13th; hello, superstitious! I selected some of the coolest spots … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge at Back to Nature play garden at RHS Wisley.Photo courtesy of The Royal Family. Kate Middleton has become over the year, a fashion icon and inspiration for women around the world because of her flawless style; who wouldn’t want to look like her? Whether at red-carpet events, watching a tennis tournament at … Read more
We interviewed the German fashion designer Marcel Ostertag in Vienna, on the occasion of the MQ Vienna Fashion Week. He talked about Central Saint Martins School, fashion business, the creation process, and his Spring and Summer 2020 Collection. Enjoy it!
Style savants, rejoice! With summer nearing its end, autumn — a.k.a. fashion’s most exciting season — is just around the corner. However, before you start donning your beige trench coats and tartan scarves, it’s important to prepare for the transitional climate first. As we all know, August is a tricky time when the weather and … Read more
MQ VIENNA FASHION WEEK is the proof that Vienna is indeed a fashionable city. For more than a decade, the three women behind the agency creative Headz; Elvyra Geyer, Zigi Mueller-Matyas and Maria Oberfrank, have been organising Austria’s renowned fashion event in front of the MuseumsQuartier. The MQ VIENNA FASHION WEEK, which attracts more than … Read more
Fall 2019 started with a trend that we can easily copy because is more about styling than buying a totally new wardrobe. We are talking about the all-leather trend we saw on Tod’s, Alexander Wang, Proenza Schouler and Nanushka’s A/W catwalks. This Fall 2019 trend also emerged strongly in the streets of the most influential … Read more
Here is a private view of the Miuccia Prada’s dinner in Venice. Lucky you, since everybody has eyes on the Queen of the Adriatic those days. For the occasion of the 76th international film festival, one of the most celebrated red carpets in Europe, the Italian fashion designer, Miuccia Prada, was in Venice for other … Read more
The fashion world made the news during the G7 Summit, hosted this year by President Emmanuel Macron in Biarritz, because of the presentation of the Fashion Pact. What is the Fashion Pact This pact aims to set concrete objectives for reducing the impact of the fashion industry on the environment. It will focus on three … Read more
Bernardette and Charlotte De Geyter. Photo courtesy of Bernadette. Ever thought that working with family was complicated? Well, think again; the mother-daughter duo Bernadette and Charlotte De Geyter will prove you wrong. With their fashion brand “Bernadette”, they have already skyrocketed to success in just over a year and a half! Based in Antwerp, mother … Read more
The trends for the Fall season are inspiring, and we are looking forward to wearing the luxurious fabrics and beautiful colours we saw on the runway. But now it’s also a time to wear those basic Fall pieces you probably already have in your wardrobe. And from what we’ve seen on Instagram and in the … Read more
Among all the young European aristocrats, the most stylish is with no doubt Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi, the wife of Pierre Casiraghi. Née Borromeo, the beautiful Italian aristo has an incredibly chic style, timeless and modern at the same time. The Wedding The 34-year old married the youngest son of Princess Caroline of Monaco in 2005 in … Read more
It is common for expecting women to glow during their pregnancies, but the way the Duchess of Sussex’s skin is sparkling and radiant is so fantastic that it made us want to find out what is Meghan Markle’s beauty secret behind such beautiful skin. Is she following a specific diet? Is it a makeup illusion? … Read more
Can you wear Jewellery to the beach? In my opinion, not only you can but also, you should! Take advantage of the jewellery trend for Summer and add a little bling and shimmer to your beach look! We’re still feeling the influence of the ‘80s and early ’90s OTT style. So you can have a lot of … Read more
Angela Merkel as a trend-setter? Well, yes my dear, the German Chancellor is becoming a fashion icon as the media reports, in shock, that she has worn the very same outfit at four different occasions. Angela Merkel Kimono became news. And here is a crucial question; can we repeat an outfit many times? This all-important question … Read more
It can be challenging to find eco-friendly sneakers, as many trainers are made from virgin plastics in harmful ways, including child or underpaid work in countries as China and India. So we’re more than happy to have a brand like Veja with cool design and fair-trade policy. Founded in 2004 by Sébastien Kopp and François-Ghislain … Read more
There’s been a lot of talk about the two stars of Tarantino’s latest movie, “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. But we are obsessed by the fabulous orange-ochre look of their co-star, Margot Robbie, at the movie’s premiere in London. Margot Robbie’s makeup matched exactly the same colour as her … Read more
Lip plumpers, what an invention! It is undoubtedly the easiest and affordable way of getting a “Botox” result, needleless and painless. Even if Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley or Kylie Jenner have declared that big lips are over, the trend shows no sign of cooling down. According to market researchers, big and chunky lips are still a … Read more
Luckily for us, we don’t need to stalk anyone for fashion inspiration; we have Instagram to know what stylish women are up to this summer, and more importantly, what they’re wearing to cope with the hot days. Keep scrolling to see some of our favourite looks and why we like them: Margot Robbie is in Los … Read more
Chaumet presented an exhibition on the art of the diadem in Monaco, displaying fabulous head jewels the French high jewellery house has created since 1780 for royals like empresses, queens and princesses. The exhibition curators are two experts on royal courts, the journalist Stéphane Bern and the jewel historian Christophe Vachaudez. They divided the 250 … Read more
The latest Quentin Tarantino movie made an estimated 40.4 million dollars in one weekend only; the highest-grossing Tarantino opening weekend ever. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood takes us to the final moments of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969. Tarantino’s movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a faded TV actor, and Brad Pitt, his stunt double, … Read more
Although hair shedding is a natural thing that happens to us every day, it can become a problem for women at a certain point in their lives if they start losing more hair than usual or if the strings do not grow back. Keep reading to know the most common hair fall reasons, and if … Read more
Even if you have never heard about Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura and Marquis of Murata la Cerda, you most probably know his work as a jewellery designer, especially Chanel’s iconic pair of white cuffs with a big Maltese cross made of coloured gemstones that Coco Chanel used to wear every day, one … Read more