Much has been said and written about The Ramones, they are often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, they were a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom. Continue reading “The Worst Band ever…” »
«A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.»
Ingrid Bergman
The Kiss that gesture of love and affection that so much has been written about, talked, dreamt and sung about. While it is not exactly known how or why people started kissing, we do know that romantic kissing affects most people profoundly. Continue reading “A kiss is still a kiss…” »
More than 70 years ago, Deborah Szekely invented spas as we know them. Jane Larkworthy goes south of the border to visit the original wellness pioneer.
It’s lunchtime in the bustling dining hall of the Rancho La Puerta spa in Tecate, Mexico, nestled in the mountains at the tip of the Baja Peninsula, a three-hour drive south of Los Angeles. After a morning of grueling hikes, cardio boxing, and spin classes, guests are digging into their veggie burgers and green salads when a tiny white-haired woman walks into the room, instigating some serious rubbernecking. Yes, that’s her, that’s her. She’s the one who started this place—this last part is key—in 1940. Continue reading “An interview with Mother Nature: Deborah Szekely” »
Today I helped my friend Victoria unpack some of her boxes, they were long overdue, and when they finally got here from Oswestry close to the border with Wales, it was a good reason to open a bottle of Marlborough’s Sauvignon blanc and rummage trough their contents. Continue reading “Unpacking Truman” »
last night I found myself in Brisbane, Australia with some friends and 300 other chanters and participants jamming and grooving to the music of Krishna Das. For those who are not familiar with KD as he is known affectionately by his fans A.K.A. Jeffrey Kagel. Continue reading “An en-chanting evening with Krishna Das” »
He was born in Melbourne and yet you will be hard pressed to find a store that carries his collections in the Big Smoke. He was a boy wonder launching his first ready to wear collection at the ripe old age of sixteen, and after winning the 1988 Cointrau Young designer award in Sydney he realized that for fashion he wasn’t in the ideal place. Continue reading “The Boy from Oz: Martin Grant” »
PARIS — Jean Paul Gaultier stepped onto the stage of Paris nightclub Le Trianon Thursday night wearing a black bobbed wig. He then proceeded to toss the rug into the crowd, revealing his familiar shock of spiky hair — and the crowd went wild. Continue reading “Everything goes better with Coke and Gaultier” »
Trixie Whitley is a paradox all in her sweet self, refreshingly complex: vibrant and lively, but when she opens her mouth to sing, her voice unleashes the force of an old demon’s soul who once drowned her sorrows in Bourbon and Rye and wants you to feel what she feels. Continue reading “Giving it all up: time spent with Trixie Whitley” »
I Know this is a fashion and beauty webzine but in the midst of a chaotic day sometimes a friend turns you on to something special that serves as a metaphor for all that is beautiful in people. This is what beauty delux is all about…. Continue reading “Cane’s Arcade” »
When major fashion houses such as Gucci and Prada need to shoot their ad campaigns, they call on this amazing makeup artist to craft the looks that will grace the faces of the models hawking their high-end wares. Continue reading “Tom Pecheux – Glamour God” »
PARIS—French couture house Christian Dior Monday decided to do the unthinkable and named Belgian designer Raf Simons as its creative director, concluding an unusually long search to fill one of the fashion industry’s most high-profile jobs. Continue reading “All is fair in Love and War and Fashion: Raf Simons moves in at Dior” »
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