Hanneli Rupert of Okapi which was created with a view to being one of Africa’s first true luxury brands The mythical African unicorns – known in South Africa as ‘Okapi’ – have magic about them.  So it was not so surprising to see that designer Hanneli Rupert had waved her wand over an art gallery […]

The new façade of Tiffany’s store on 62 Avenue des Champs Elysées, the front door weighs three tons (Tiffany & Co.) This week, Tiffany officially opens its new Paris store on the Champs Elysées with a party on the roof top of the Arc de Triomphe  – the monument conceived by Emperor Napoleon himself. Is this […]

Poppy Delevingne in her floral Pucci dress against a backdrop of flowers for her second wedding celebration in Morocco. (@peter_dundas/Instagram) Could it be true that I played a tiny role in Poppy Delevingne’s hippy, floaty dress for her post-wedding party in Marrakesh? The sister of model Cara Delevingne – she of the fierce eyebrows – […]

The Queen attends a garden party at the British Embassy during an official visit to Paris, ahead of the 70th Anniversary of World War Two’s D-Day, wearing a white Angela Kelly outfit.  (GETTY) Offering English cheese to French politicians, diplomats and Parisian high society might seem like a challenge. An oversized edible crown made of cheese and crudités on […]

Students across the world now find themselves dumped with crippling sums to pay off and under pressure to find a job – any job – or to take out a further loans to try to build a business. Looks from the RCA MA Fashion Gala 2014 graduate collections by: (left)- Faye Oakenfull, (right)-Ida Gro Christiansen. […]

Whether it is Gwyneth Paltrow talking about paparazzi, the Kim and Kanye nuptials or the appearance of Kate (Moss/Middleton) – the twitter stream of catty comments never ends. One of the two Kates was accused of wearing a Virgin Air hostess uniform when she got off the plane to New Zealand; the other Kate, seductive […]