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Setting Sail in Style

A welcome change from traditional Chinese junk boats and glamorous but soulless gin palaces, for a truly liberating experience this summer, take to the open seas on V1 – Hong Kong’s one and only Volvo 60 racing

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Introducing Lily

The name conjures up images of a woman about town – the cinematic cosmopolitan beauty, socialite, heiress and all-around stunner… Welcome to Hong Kong, Lily.

Lily’s interiors are best described as

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2002 Dom Perignon, Andy Warhol Limited Edition Bottles

That’s right. Your eyes are not deceiving you. The Warhol Foundation has given permission for Dom Perignon to specially bottle a limited number of Andy Warhol labels and boxes. As you can see, they come in three vibrant

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Organic Oasis in Hong Kong

In an effort to counteract the inevitable, everyday exposure to toxins, chemicals and pollutants – the unfortunate consequence of living in a great urban metropolis like Hong Kong – I headed

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Deep and Meaningful

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Make sure you catch the private view of Deep and Meaningful by BFA Ruskin graduate Oliver Beer this Thursday.  Fusing film, photography, music and performance – Beer has an encompassing

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The Finer Side of Festivals

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To festival or not to festival, that is the question…

Definition: ‘To festival’ – to spend at least three days of my

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Pret a Por-Tea?

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As every fashionista knows; cupcakes, macaroons and cookies do not a Miranda Kerr doppelganger make. Thanks to the current heat wave, this thought has never been more prevalent in

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The Leather Forecast

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Sun + Summer = Happy days in London Town. Time to relegate tights and trenches to the back of the wardrobe, reaching instead for delicious florals and petal-like chiffons.

But I am always

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To dry for…

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Now there’s no excuse for an unkempt coif in the morning: Percy and Reed’s blow-dry breakfast service offers a ‘quickie’ fix which guarantees to have you groomed and fed,

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bat those lashes

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It was with mild trepidation that I made my way to Bliss Spa in Chelsea to undergo a lash treatment where I was promised fluttering lashes that no man could resist. These would be glued to each

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