(Headline with apologies and in homage to the late, great Anthony Bourdain) A funny thing happened to me at the Hermès carré counter: I swooned, and felt as if I were about to faint. Was it Stendhal’s syndrome, in which I was overcome by the beauty of the Fleurs de Giverny and Jardin à Sintra [...]
You want a Gucci, Pucci or Roland Mouret. And a Chanel. Maybe even an Hermès scarf. You also need cool basics. You are not a creature of trend, but style to your own tune. Vintage is a thrill. There’s so much stuff out there – so where to turn? The folks who run Le Chaînon [...]
And now for the complaints department: I have been hunting for a new handbag for years, it seems, and the situation has gone from bad to out of reach. Like thousands of dollars out of reach. On the contemporary level, where bag prices are also rising, almost every maker embosses initials in tacky gold front and centre. If [...]