What is it that makes champagne be considered as the most erotic of all drinks? Is it the rumour that the champagne coupe was modelled on Marie Antoinette’s perfectly rounded breasts or the legendary bath of Marilyn Monroe in 350 bottles of champagne? Or maybe the fact that champagne is featured in the best known classic love films? Champagne is present in…
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Some of you may be familiar with the art of mosaic through visiting archaeological sites around the Mediterranean. What you might not know about it, is that this art of 4000 years still lives on in its modern forms and approaches, providing exquisite pieces of art you can actually take home with you. Ioulia Athanasaki is one of the few artists…
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2010 has been a fascinating year for American designer Ralph Lauren. Not only was he proclaimed a Knight of the Legion of Honour by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and inaugurated a brand new 5-storey flagship store in St Germain in Paris back in April; his luxury fashion house, Polo Ralph Lauren, celebrated 10 years of digital innovation with the projection of a…
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It was love at first sight when I saw Chen Hongzhu’s “What Is Memory” series displayed at Sesame Gallery. The cute fluffy bunny with the big eyelashes caught my eye as I was walking down Islington High Street towards Angel station. But it was only when I stopped to take a closer look that I noticed there was something weird…
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Raised in a family that taught me respect to all people and cultures, I could never ignore the aspect of diversity in fashion, which I approach with an open mind and a critical eye eager to understand and promote every innovative or otherwise special feature in fashion design and artistic expression in general. After all, fashion is art, connoted as…
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