Assouline specializes in luxury books on art, fashion, and lifestyle. You've probably seen the eye-catching, glossy-paged books resting beautifully on a coffee table. But now you can experience the concept instead of just reading about it. The French husband and wife...
Layering is essential to a flawless makeup finish. I layer my foundation, concealer, mascara, blush, lip products, everything. It's always easy to add more, but much more difficult to remove product. Keep adding more, one layer at a time, to achieve the intensity and...
Love fashion and macarons? Yah, silly question, who doesn't?! International fashion house Lanvin has teamed up with French confectioner Ladurée for a special edition box of macarons. Designed by Lanvin’s creative director Alber Elbaz, the whimsical, playful images of...
Created in 1996, the Portobello Film Festival aims to provide a platform for upcoming avant-garde film-makers and to give daring and ground-breaking directors a chance to get their films noticed. It's the U.K.'s biggest independent film competition. The festival has...
The September editions of fashion magazines are usually the biggest, fattest, and most important. You'll know what I mean if you've seen all 916 pages of Vogue's September 2012 issue. The reasons are: More advertisers invest. Fall/winter trends are showcased. There...
Calling all fashionistas! It's time for the yearly fashion extravaganza! Yes, I'm talking about Fashion's Night Out (FNO)--Vogue's global initiative to get fashionistas so drunk that they have no idea how much they've spent until they look at their bank account the...
At last, Victoria's Secret has arrived in the U.K. (right before the Olympics, very conveniently)! The American lingerie titan finally brings affordable lingerie to the Brits. The first store opened up in the Westfield Stratford shopping mall, near the Olympic Park,...
One of my favorite designers is Kate Spade. I love her bold colors and her perfect blend of retro and modern feminine silhouettes. If you have had a chance to view her Fall 2012 collection, you'll see that it doesn't veer too much from her classic aesthetic. But there...
International Italian fashion designer, Miuccia Prada (of Miu Miu) debuts the fourth chapter (It's Getting Late) of her short movie saga, "Women's Tales" at the Venice Film Festival today (August 30), as part of the avant garde cinema screenings. Like the other three...
Berlin attracts a steady stream of intellectuals, writers, and artists. In other words, you will find creativity at its finest in the German capital. The value placed on fields such as art, architecture, literature, and the likes is tremendous, so it is no surprise...
Life is one big classroom. I learn something new everyday and something from everyone I meet. These small life changes are guidelines that I try to incorporate into my life everyday, as difficult as it may be sometimes. Give compliments more often, but be genuine....