Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole are returning with a new self financed company. One of the first deals signed under the new Tom Ford brand is with Estee Lauder to launch a Tom Ford for Estee Lauder collection and eventually a stand-alone Tom Ford beauty brand. Future product categories could include home goods and a men’s apparel line. (Cosmic: it was in the cards)
Andre Balacz, the big spunky boyfriend of Uma Thurman, ex husband of Kate Ford of Ford Models and groovematic owner of the Chateau Marmont, The standard, and The Merver has now opened Hotel QT in New York….cool website, not much on the hotel http://www.hotelqt.com/
http://www.hotelessilken.com/ghdb/index_eng.html is a cool hotel in Bilbao, Spain with tubs by Phillipe Starck and fittings by Arne Jacobsen.
or also check out http://www.mirohotelbilbao.com/hotel-in-bilbao.htm
Da Giacomo, the legendary Milanese restaurant frequented by Giorgio Armani, and Dolce Gabbana now has its very own New York outpost on East 64th Street.
In New York see the play about Peggy Guggenheim ‘Woman Before a Glass” with Mercedes Ruehl.
When you go to Provence please stay at the Oustau de Baumiere, a Relais & Chateaux hotel near Les Baux ( messy webswite but a gorgeous place) http://www.oustaudebaumaniere.com/
If you are an architect or into design check out the amazing and very modern restaurant and hotel of Michel Bras. 200 km north of Montpellier
http://www.michel-bras.com/anglais/cheznous/cheznous.htm
Want an eating holiday in France but still want to get stay fit? No, it’s not an oxymoron, it’s gastrobiking! http://www.gastrobiking.com “. France is a great place for Gastrobiking with bakeries in almost every village” Yes please..
In Venice stay at the new boutique hotel http://www.palazzosantangelo.com/
in Milan stay at Townhouse 31 http://www.townhouse.it/th31/en/index.html
Watch out for photographer David Lachapelle’s first movie, a doco called Rize about clown dancing or Krumping, a post hip hop street dance ( it wowed them at Sundance).
In Madrid stay at the new Mario Hotel http://www.room-matehoteles.com/ the site is not entirely up yet but it looks cool.
Or the Hotel Bauza, modern with good prices http://www.hotelbauza.com/index.php.
The Piasa auction house in Paris plans to auction 150 Paul Poiret pieces in May.
The Chanel No. 5 ad campaign won the top prize in the media category at France’s 18th annual Phoenix awards.
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