Jack Yan Above: The team behind A Billion Lives, and Doc Edge organizers Dan Shannon and Alex Lee. Those of us outside the vaping world have probably looked at e-cigarettes, wondering why on earth these could be better for your health. Or we may have thought they were a fad, since the only people I […]
Finding the Upper East Side’s far eastern haute cuisine at Philippe by Philippe Chow
Philippe by Philippe Chow, located on the Upper East Side in New York City, radiates with elegantly modern, yet simple, décor. The cozy setting welcomes guests into an elongated dining area in a slightly boisterous surrounding. For a quieter dining experience, a separate, private, serene room awaits guests. Lit candles glimmer within the romantic backdrop […]
Above The waterproof Swymbags: take your belongings with you and don’t risk them getting stolen at the beach. Scandale Paris, Academy Award winner Halle Berry’s lingerie line, has secured distribution in Canada, through Boutique la Vie en Rose’s 63 outlet locations and online at lavieenrose.com. La Vie en Rose is Canada’s largest lingerie retailer. […]
The tale of The Legend of Mulan made its way in revitalized form to the David H. Koch Theater in March for a limited time at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. The Hong Kong Dance Company (HKDC) brings its expertise to the stage for the first time outside Asia. The China […]
Have jacket, will travel: Jonathon Hall gives his holiday menswear tips
New Zealand menswear tailors Rembrandt Suits and Wayward Heir have revealed their summer 2014–15 collections, paying homage to the coveted summer holiday. Designer Jonathon Hall puts the loyal jacket front and centre in the Rembrandt collection, with the pièce de résistance being the crease resistant ultimate travel jacket, the Halcyon. To prove their confidence […]
IWC Schaffhausen launches Timeless Portofino exhibition in Hong Kong
Jérôme Favre IWC Schaffhausen hosted a gala dinner on Monday at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong with its brand ambassadors Cate Blanchett, Zhou Xun and Karolína Kurková, and photographer Peter Lindbergh present. IWC CEO Georges Kern played host, with Goris Verburg, IWC marketing and communication director, and Benoît de Clerck, IWC managing director, Asia–Pacific. […]
Sarah Jessica Parker and Cindy Chao collaborate on brooch to benefit New York City Ballet
We’ve had Tamsin Cooper create a line for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Backes & Strauss partner with the English National Ballet, and now, Sarah Jessica Parker and contemporary fine jeweller Cindy Chao have teamed up to create the 2014 Black Label Masterpiece Ballerina Butterfly brooch to benefit the New York City Ballet. It’s […]
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, fall–winter 2014–15, day three videos
Our day three videos from New York Fashion Week fall–winter 2014–15 are up, from Ruffian, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Lacoste, Adeam, Mara Hoffman, Monique Lhuillier, Jill Stuart, Koonhor, Iván Aguilar, and the Asia Fashion Collection, while we also feature “studio stops” at Ruffian, Vivienne Tam (who shows tomorrow), and Bibhu Mohapatra. Ruffian was […]
Bugatti shows menswear and accessories for autumn–winter 2014–15 at exclusive event
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Bugatti, Volkswagen AG’s most exclusive brand with its heritage in Alsace, has extended into menswear at the autumn–winter 2014–15 Milano shows, as part of what it calls its Lifestyle Brand project. The “blue carpet” event on Friday was held at Casa Manzoni, the home of the nineteenth-century poet Alessandro Manzoni, […]
Chinese film pioneer, Sir Run Run Shaw, passes away at age 107
Top Sir Run Run Shaw. Centre On the set of one of the films he produced, Meteor, with Natalie Wood, director Ronald Neame, and Sean Connery. Above Harrison Ford in Blade Runner. Sir Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong movie mogul and founder of television network TVB, passed away today at age 107. He […]
