Who can resist the silky feel of luxury pearls against their skin? Each stone unique in both shape and colour, the luxurious shimmer coming from layers of nacre built up over time in the oyster.  Winterson hand selects their pearls from the best quality harvests throughout the world. Freshwater pearls from China, Japanese Akoya pearls, [...]

Over the last decade heritage fashion brands in Britain have been involved in a mad scramble to renew and reinvent themselves for the 21st century. Amongst those taking their inspiration from the turnaround at Burberry, are Aquascutum, Mulberry, Gieves & Hawkes, Pringle and DAKS. The DAKS story goes back to 1894 when Simeon Simpson began [...]

Hailed as being one of the top 10 shoe designers in the world today, Beatrix Ong is a free spirit with a love of all things bright and beautiful. The Beatrix Ong collections are a delight, subtly blending traditional shapes and fine materials with bright colours and silk fabrics – resulting in an element of [...]

With personal trademarks including a fan, large sunglasses and his long ponytail of powdered white hair, Karl Lagerfeld or “Kaiser Karl”, as he is known in the press, is undoubtedly one of the most recognised of designers. Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg in September 1938 and received fashion acclaim from as young as 17, with [...]

Elena Garcia is Couture with a Conscience. Garcia produces magical garments, made from some of the worlds most luxurious fabrics. Launched in April 2008, Elena Garcia is a collaboration between the designer – Elena Garcia, llya Fisher and a network of ethical and socially aware projects and enterprise. The designs are elegant and sophisticated and [...]

Edwardian dandies, Masaï maidens, American Indian and Raj princesses, ghetto-blaster-carrying Rappers, Peking Opera divas – Galliano’s spectacular creations are a far cry from Dior’s legendary “New Look”. Both however have infused the brand with a sophisticated combination of audacity and glamour. Christian Dior founded the Fashion House in 1946 and ever since the brand has [...]

Colourful butterflies, outsized sixties flowers, dramatic silk bows – Philip Treacy’s amazing concoctions of silks, satins and taffeta often resemble spaceships, skylines, beehives and spider webs. Treacy’s millinery masterpieces have graced the heads of some of the world’s most famous and glamorous. Now considered by some to be more art than fashion, Philip Treacy never [...]

The original Mr Thomas Pink was an 18th century London tailor who was known for his red hunting jackets.  If you were lucky enough to own one of Mr Pink’s jackets, you were said to be ‘in the pink’.  Today, Thomas Pink carries forward this tradition for excellence offering classic-cut shirts in stylish colours and [...]

“Asprey, founded in London in 1781, is the ultimate authentic British luxury lifestyle house for men and women who want to explore and experience life today with taste and refinement through innovative timeless quality products.” (www.asprey.com) This luxury lifestyle house recently opened its magnificent global flagship store, at 167 New Bond Street in London. The [...]

Fancy cut diamond butterflies set on twists of platinum, hot pink tourmaline set on a platinum lattice ring or a magnificent necklace set with oval aquamarines and diamond set platinum stars…  Boodles has it all. Boodles (formerly Boodle & Dunthorne) was founded in the ‘Gateway to the New World’ in 1798. Liverpool, as it was [...]