Review: Maalifushi by COMO
Tucked away in the Thaa Atoll in the Maldives, is a little gem called Maalifushi.Owned by COMO Hotels and resorts, Maalifushi is the first and only resort in the unspoilt Thaa Atoll. This little known...
View ArticleRevenge of the anti-It Bag
"It's a baguette!"Thus spoke Carrie Bradshaw with a mix of matter-of-factness and incredulity in the third season of "Sex and the City" when a gun-wielding mugger demanded she hand over her purple...
View ArticleRanked 3rd among Bordeaux, but so glorious
Ask any Bordeaux wine lover which are the best (and naturally, the most expensive) Pomerols and almost instantly, the answer will be Le Pin. Second? Petrus.Both right. But there are those who keep...
View ArticleChanel bag for $1,000 less
The Chanel bag that you have been eyeing may now cost nearly $1,000 less at its Singapore boutiques, after the French luxury label announced on Monday a move to standardise the prices of its products...
View ArticleThe house that fashion aristocracy Celine built
On Paris's tiny rue Vivienne, a stone's throw from the Palais-Royal, the regal pile built by Cardinal Richelieu as his home nearly 400 years ago, sits a smaller yet equally stately neoclassical mansion...
View ArticleChanel is cheaper here
The prices of three iconic Chanel handbags in the fashion house's Singapore boutiques are now almost on a par with those in Europe, but some say that they would still rather get their Chanel fix...
View ArticleOver 400 social and corporate elites to attend ICON Ball this year
SINGAPORE - ICON, the leading Chinese luxury lifestyle magazine for today's highly affluent and bilingual women, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.To mark this milestone, ICON magazine has...
View ArticleSociety's elite come out to play at luxury mag gala
ICON magazine, a leading Chinese luxury lifestyle publication by Singapore Press Holdings, threw a gala ball on Wednesday night to celebrate its 10th anniversary.RELATED STORIESICON Ball: Daring...
View ArticleSuperyacht show with cars, jewellery
Superyachts are still likely to be the main attraction at this year's Singapore Yacht Show, but visitors can also indulge their love of art, fashion and four-wheelers.To improve the experience for...
View ArticleICON Ball: Daring dressers on a night of red-carpet glitz
Society women and corporate leaders gathered for a glitzy night, Hollywood style, at the ICON Ball yesterday evening.The annual event, at Shangri-La Hotel, marked the 10th anniversary of ICON...
View ArticleSeeing double on the Icon red carpet
Wearing the same dress as someone else to a party is every girl's fashion nightmare, but that was exactly what happened at ICON magazine's 10th anniversary gala.Held at the Shangri-La ballroom on...
View ArticleWill the Apple watch eclipse the classic Swiss watch?
Lately, I've been thinking about how my daughter will react when I eventually give her one of my impressively fancy mechanical watches, the first of which I received from my parents when I graduated...
View ArticleAffordable Art Fair numbers fall short
The first of the Affordable Art Fair's two annual editions in Singapore for this year brought in $2.8 million in sales, a dip from last year's edition that signals the saturation of the art market...
View ArticleWorld's largest most complete dinosaur skull for sale in Hong Kong, valued at...
Lung Wong (The Dragon King) is the fossilized skull of a male Triceratops dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous period, approximately 65 million years ago.Over 95 per cent complete bone, 2.8...
View ArticleWorld's largest, most complete dinosaur skull for sale in Hong Kong for $2.42m
Lung Wong also known as The Dragon King, is now on a private sale in Hong Kong. According to thedragonking.net, offers above US$1.8 million (S$2.4million) are invited.A press statement by PR Newswire...
View ArticleAmerican art gets new home with opening of Whitney Museum in NY
NEW YORK - The Whitney Museum of American Art will open up its new home in downtown New York City on May 1 with an exhibition that details the history of art in the United States from 1900 to the...
View ArticleUkrainian-born Blavatnik tops UK rich list, Queen falls out of top 300
LONDON - Ukrainian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik has become Britain's wealthiest man, a "rich list"published annually by The Sunday Times newspaper showed on Sunday, but Queen Elizabeth slipped down...
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