• 10 Scents to be wearing — Spring ’26

    10 Scents to be wearing — Spring ’26

    No season suggests hope like Spring, with lengthening days and the awakening landscape signs of brighter times to come.  The birds agree too, gleefully conveying their pleasure with new vibrancy and a growing excitement of song.  As humans, it’s only fair that we do our part; why not lighten that wardrobe colour palette and choose a sprightly…

  • Bugatti’s Tourbillon — A Masterpiece Within a Masterpiece

    Bugatti’s Tourbillon — A Masterpiece Within a Masterpiece

    There was a time when the heart of a machine was measured in microns rather than megapixels. Quality was tangible and painstakingly crafted, with blood and sweat correlating to a physical manifestation of the designer’s vision. These days, it’s all programmed in. The artistry of the analogue is falling by the wayside; curved glass and…

  • Bertrand Lavier — Morceaux Choisis

    Bertrand Lavier — Morceaux Choisis

    Bertrand Lavier has long made a career out of framing both the extraordinary and the mundane with equal artistic reverence. His knack for manipulating reality, sometimes without intervening at all, is astounding, bewildering, ingenious and hilarious – all dependant on where you’re standing. What Lavier calls his “demonstrations” are less acts of making than acts…

  • The Dalmore Cask Curation Series — The Red Wine Cask Edition

    The Dalmore Cask Curation Series — The Red Wine Cask Edition

    Much to my personal satisfaction, whisky enthusiasm has been steadily…

  • Exhibition: Headstrong – Basquiat on Paper

    Exhibition: Headstrong – Basquiat on Paper

    Jean Michael Basquiat is one of those artists whose mythology has somehow outgrown its medium. In the same way Bob Marley is bigger than reggae or Elvis is bigger than rock ‘n roll, Basquiat is bigger than art. A common thread between artists of this ilk is that they didn’t set out to achieve this…

  • Inside the Original Vertu Factory

    Inside the Original Vertu Factory

    For considerable time now the mobile phone company Vertu has been known solely for its production of expensive, yet technically limited handsets, generally desired by an affluent client more interested in acquiring a new status item then a satisfactory mobile phone. A short train ride outside of London in the picturesque Hampshire countryside lies the…

  • The Woolmark Company — Innovation in Stewardship

    The Woolmark Company — Innovation in Stewardship

    Curated in 1964 by Italian Graphic designer Francesco Saroglia The Woolmark Company’s affiliation with the fashion sector has been a fruitful journey.  Initially set up to place emphasis on wool’s natural quality the early struggles of the company came about as man-made fibres were on the rise. After tackling this onslaught the company became a…

  • Behind The Butcher

    Behind The Butcher

    First appearances can be deceiving.   Walk through the heart of Holland’s most famous market, the Albert Cuypstraat in Amsterdam, and you’ll find a hub of activity centered around a not unfamiliar establishment called ‘The Butcher’. On stepping inside, what first strikes you is the meaty aroma. Not the aroma you would expect from a…

  • Scabal revisit Dalí’s tailored Vision

    Scabal revisit Dalí’s tailored Vision

    It’s fascinating to look back on past generations’ ideas of what the future will bring. How accurate they are. How we exceed their wildest imaginations. How the context of their present informs their ideals. Now, take someone with an extraordinary mind, whose art seemingly has no reference point other than a privileged look into a…

  • The Message by KAWS at Palazzo Strozzi

    The Message by KAWS at Palazzo Strozzi

    From 29 October 2025 to 25 January 2026, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and Fondazione Hillary Merkus Recordati present THE MESSAGE by KAWS – the world-renowned contemporary artist whose unmistakable works aim to challenge the categories and hierarchies that exist within fine art. In THE MESSAGE, we see a layered contrast between the Renaissance setting of Palazzo…

  • Roman Ondak — The Day After Yesterday

    Roman Ondak — The Day After Yesterday

    It’s been over 20 years since Roman Ondak brought his inter-disciplinary, interactive works to Prague. The Slovak artist has garnered global critical acclaim since his project his LOOP at the Czech and Slovak Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale. Since then, he has developed a distinctive body of work rooted in the legacy of 1960s…

  • Holland & Holland x Overfinch— Ballistic Beauty

    Holland & Holland x Overfinch— Ballistic Beauty

    It’s a wonderful feeling when things that can’t be taken for granted, are realised exactly as you imagine — or even better perhaps. Those symphonic moments where everything comes together in a way that even the most ardent optimist wouldn’t have envisioned. That’s how I imagine the teams of esteemed gun maker Holland & Holland…

  • The Other House – The Pied-a-Terre with Flair

    The Other House – The Pied-a-Terre with Flair

    London’s hotel scene has a bold new addition rewriting the rules of how we stay, live, and connect in the capital. The Other House South Kensington introduces a trailblazing concept known as the “Residents Club.” Blending the comfort of apartment-style living with the service of a luxury hotel and the exclusivity of a private members…

  • The Carpenters Workshop Gallery visits Ladbroke Hall

    The Carpenters Workshop Gallery visits Ladbroke Hall

    Ladbroke Hall is hosting three powerhouses of the arts presented by The Carpenters Workshop between October ’25 and February ’26. Rick Owens, Joep Van Lieshout and Thibault Hazelzet have decked the historic West London Hall with their primal aesthetic delicacies. Rick Owens — Rust Never Sleeps Rick Owens and his wife/business partner/gypsy gothic muse Michele…