Nina Ricci – the fashion designer, the book, and her perfume
Dear readers, if you are into French fashion and history, whenever you visit Paris, Palais Galliera should be the museum that you should...
Oscar de la Renta – the fashion designer, the book, and his perfume
Dear readers, there are a couple of global events that drew people’s attention earlier this year, and one of them, needlessly to say, is...
Theatrical elegance – “Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Design” (2011)
Dear readers, as I recently started the Youtube channel for this blog of mine, which means that it requires me to put extra work on each...
Sartorial legacy of Savile Row – “The Savile Row Suit” by Patrick Grant
Dear readers, some of you might start doing your Christmas shopping now I suppose, yet, what Christmas present will you get for your...
The precious gem of authentic French cuisine - Restaurant Au Petit Riche, Paris
Dear readers, besides fashion and Eiffel Tower, Paris is famous for its top-notch French cuisine, and I always keen on trying some new or...
Connect with the French fashion legend - Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
Dear readers, did anyone of you watch the TV show “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”? I first noticed the show because of the German-Spanish...
Playfulness of classic menswear literature - “Billets d'élégances” by Julien Scavini, Paris
Dear readers, have you ever wondering what makes you so obsessed with refined menswear and why? Of course some of you might say that...
The glittering film festival glamour - Cannes
Dear readers, I know the summer holiday has been over for some time, somehow I still keep thinking of how incredible that is to be able...
Intellectual chic meets coastal glamour - Hôtel Belles Rives, Juan-les-Pins Antibes
Dear readers, if you are into literature, the late American writer and novelist, Francis Scott Fitzgerald (a.k.a. F. Scott Fitzgerald),...
Resort palace in the French Riviera - Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes
Dear readers, during the peak of the pandemic back in about two years ago, I went to a bookstore on one of the weekend, it was dead-quiet...
