Saint Barthélemy, a small island in the Caribbean, blends a rich historical past with a burgeoning luxury real estate market. This destination attracts international luxury tourism, resulting in record-breaking real estate transactions. However, the island faces urbanistic challenges. Here’s our analysis.
The Gabrielle Chanel Fashion Manifesto exhibition opened on September 16th at the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London and is already sold out. The very first exhibition dedicated to the work of Coco Chanel in Great Britain has become one of the V&A’s greatest successes.
From July 3rd to 6th, the haute couture fashion shows once again dazzled the fashion capital, with thirty-two houses unveiling their Fall-Winter 2023-2024 collections. This season marked the arrival of new designers in this exclusive circle and celebrated some of the most exquisite locations in and around Paris, such as the Palais Garnier and Chantilly.
Early December, the houses of Dior and Chanel took to the catwalk on the African continent, drawing the world’s attention to the heritage of Senegal and Egypt.
The pandemic has deeply modified the customer’s expectations of the hotel experience. More open into its surroundings, hotels will become multi-purpose living spaces. French architect Jean-Philippe Nuel, renowned for his luxury interior design, shares his ideas on the future of hospitality.
Renowned as one of the world’s foremost collectors of haute couture, Lynn Wyatt, the wife of oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt, unveils in an upcoming biography fifty years of glamour and wit from a bygone era.
New York kicked off the Spring-Summer 2024 Fashion Weeks in mid-September, and it was a triumphant comeback for fashion icons, from Victoria’s Secret to Ralph Lauren, and even the supermodels, in the vibrant heart of the fashion world.
New York Fashion Week, which took place from February 10 to 15, launched the fashion calendar. On the program, 74 shows, including emerging designers who have positioned the American stage as a laboratory of talent with influence.
Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2023 ended on Wednesday 5 October, bringing the fashion month that began in New York on 9 September to a close. According to the official calendar of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, 105 fashion houses presented their collections in 66 shows and 42 presentations. The number of shows was significantly higher than last year.
Haute couture never fails to captivate, evident in the social media views and the presence of celebrities who gathered in Paris at the end of January. This year showcased sublime and extravagant collections, each designed to allure an ever-more affluent clientele.
The luxury hotel sector has been investing in the construction of villas within 5-star establishments and palaces for several years. This strategy, already successfully tested in the Caribbean and Asia, is now extending to the French Riviera to meet the expectations of its wealthiest customers.
For the first Parisian Haute Couture event of 2023, luxury fashion houses once again challenged each other in presenting their exceptional pieces, captivate the most bankable superstars of the moment sitting in the front row, and occupy the media space.
The first to open the runway shows, New York Fashion Week is finally back. The most lucrative event for New York City ahead of the US Open and the marathon, it remains a powerful laboratory of urban culture trends.
