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DOVE WATCH Crafts: engraving, Grand Feu champlevé enamelling, guilloché work and gemsetting.

FISH WATCH

SHELL WATCH Crafts: engraving and Grand Feu champlevé enameling.

www.vacheron - constantin.com

www.thehourlounge.com

Crafts: guilloché and Grand Feu cloisonné enamelling

DOVE WATCH Crafts: engraving, Grand Feu champlevé enamelling, guilloché work and gemsetting.

FISH WATCH

SHELL WATCH Crafts: engraving and Grand Feu champlevé enameling.

www.vacheron - constantin.com

www.thehourlounge.com

Crafts: guilloché and Grand Feu cloisonné enamelling

SPHÉROTOURBILLON (0,000558(0,000558 KG) VS. EKG) ARTH 973 600(5000 SPHÉROTOURBILLON VS. E(5ARTH 973000 600000 000000 000000 000000 000KG) 000. 000 KG).

A FAIR A GAME? FAIR GAME?

THE CHALLENGE

AVANT-GARDE EXPERTISE

On the one hand, a planet and its incredible power of attraction. On the other, a complex mechanism weighing less than one gramme.

The Duomètre Sphérotourbillon features a multi-axis tourbillon capable of compensating for the effects of gravity in all positions. The ingenious Dual-Wing concept once again paves the way for extraordinary functions: this exceptional model can lay claim to being the first multi-axis tourbillon watch adjustable to the nearest second thanks to the small seconds flyback system.

The Duomètre Sphérotourbillon is a revolutionary model fitted with an original multi-axis tourbillon. The traditional tourbillon was designed for pocket-watches and cannot compensate for the effects of gravity in all positions – a feat that requires an additional rotation axis. As well as spinning around the axis of its titanium carriage, the Sphérotourbillon also turns around a second axis, inclined at a 20° angle. The combination of these two distinct rotations releases the watch from gravity-related disturbances in every possible position. This spectacular tourbillon incorporates the full range of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s unique expertise, expressed through features such as the carriage machined from a single block of titanium; the cylindrical balance-spring with two terminal curves; and the high-inertia gold balance. The new JaegerLeCoultre Calibre 382, testifying to the horological genius of the Manufacture, is accommodated in an ideally proportioned case measuring just 14.1 mm thick and 42 mm in diameter. A matchless technological accomplishment and a visually stunning complication demonstrating full respect for traditional watchmaking codes make the Duomètre Sphérotourbillon one of the most exceptional 21st century horological creations to date.

THE SPIRIT OF INVENTION It was in 1833 that the brilliant inventor Antoine LeCoultre founded the first workshop of the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Perpetuating its founder’s inventive spirit, the Grande Maison has registered almost 400 patents and created 1,231 mechanical movements, an absolute record in the watchmaking world. Over the past decade, building on its unique expertise, the Manufacture has achieved technical performances that have enabled it to develop some of the most noteworthy horological complications of this early 21st century. This inventiveness has given rise to the Dual-Wing concept, based on two separate mechanisms united within one case and providing scope for unprecedented functions. Until now, no tourbillon mechanism had enabled ultraaccurate adjustment of the time, a feat now accomplished with the Duomètre Sphérotourbillon. Powered by the new DualWing Calibre 382, this major new milestone in the inventive tradition of Jaeger-LeCoultre maintains maximum precision and represents the first multi-axis tourbillon watch adjustable to the nearest second, thanks to the flyback principle.

DUOMÈTRE SPHÉROTOURBILLON. Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 382.

YOU DESERVE A REAL WATCH.

Jaeger-LeCoultre London Boutique, 1A Old Bond Street, Mayfair, +44 207 491 6970 Harrods, Fine Watch Room, +44 207 730 1234 Wempe London, 43-44 New Bond Street, London, +44 207 493 2299

www.jaeger-lecoultre.com

SPHÉROTOURBILLON (0,000558(0,000558 KG) VS. EKG) ARTH 973 600(5000 SPHÉROTOURBILLON VS. E(5ARTH 973000 600000 000000 000000 000000 000KG) 000. 000 KG).

A FAIR A GAME? FAIR GAME?

THE CHALLENGE

AVANT-GARDE EXPERTISE

On the one hand, a planet and its incredible power of attraction. On the other, a complex mechanism weighing less than one gramme.

The Duomètre Sphérotourbillon features a multi-axis tourbillon capable of compensating for the effects of gravity in all positions. The ingenious Dual-Wing concept once again paves the way for extraordinary functions: this exceptional model can lay claim to being the first multi-axis tourbillon watch adjustable to the nearest second thanks to the small seconds flyback system.

The Duomètre Sphérotourbillon is a revolutionary model fitted with an original multi-axis tourbillon. The traditional tourbillon was designed for pocket-watches and cannot compensate for the effects of gravity in all positions – a feat that requires an additional rotation axis. As well as spinning around the axis of its titanium carriage, the Sphérotourbillon also turns around a second axis, inclined at a 20° angle. The combination of these two distinct rotations releases the watch from gravity-related disturbances in every possible position. This spectacular tourbillon incorporates the full range of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s unique expertise, expressed through features such as the carriage machined from a single block of titanium; the cylindrical balance-spring with two terminal curves; and the high-inertia gold balance. The new JaegerLeCoultre Calibre 382, testifying to the horological genius of the Manufacture, is accommodated in an ideally proportioned case measuring just 14.1 mm thick and 42 mm in diameter. A matchless technological accomplishment and a visually stunning complication demonstrating full respect for traditional watchmaking codes make the Duomètre Sphérotourbillon one of the most exceptional 21st century horological creations to date.

THE SPIRIT OF INVENTION It was in 1833 that the brilliant inventor Antoine LeCoultre founded the first workshop of the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Perpetuating its founder’s inventive spirit, the Grande Maison has registered almost 400 patents and created 1,231 mechanical movements, an absolute record in the watchmaking world. Over the past decade, building on its unique expertise, the Manufacture has achieved technical performances that have enabled it to develop some of the most noteworthy horological complications of this early 21st century. This inventiveness has given rise to the Dual-Wing concept, based on two separate mechanisms united within one case and providing scope for unprecedented functions. Until now, no tourbillon mechanism had enabled ultraaccurate adjustment of the time, a feat now accomplished with the Duomètre Sphérotourbillon. Powered by the new DualWing Calibre 382, this major new milestone in the inventive tradition of Jaeger-LeCoultre maintains maximum precision and represents the first multi-axis tourbillon watch adjustable to the nearest second, thanks to the flyback principle.

DUOMÈTRE SPHÉROTOURBILLON. Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 382.

YOU DESERVE A REAL WATCH.

Jaeger-LeCoultre London Boutique, 1A Old Bond Street, Mayfair, +44 207 491 6970 Harrods, Fine Watch Room, +44 207 730 1234 Wempe London, 43-44 New Bond Street, London, +44 207 493 2299

www.jaeger-lecoultre.com

GYPSY COLLECTION

www.degrisogono.com

GYPSY COLLECTION

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EDITORIAL

Dear friends, It is with great pleasure that we continue the exciting journey of Cercle after an intense summer season.

We are pleased to share with you this latest edition of the magazine, made possible thanks to your valuable contributions and ever-inspiring curiosity a n d p a s s i o n s. W i t h September now underway, an exciting and surprising series of events promises to reveal a season rife with creativity, during which unique experiences and discoveries will unfold, encapsulating the “Art de Vivre” that we all praise.

Let us continue the adventure……

GABRIELE SALVADORI

FOUNDER - EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

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EDITORIAL

Dear friends, It is with great pleasure that we continue the exciting journey of Cercle after an intense summer season.

We are pleased to share with you this latest edition of the magazine, made possible thanks to your valuable contributions and ever-inspiring curiosity a n d p a s s i o n s. W i t h September now underway, an exciting and surprising series of events promises to reveal a season rife with creativity, during which unique experiences and discoveries will unfold, encapsulating the “Art de Vivre” that we all praise.

Let us continue the adventure……

GABRIELE SALVADORI

FOUNDER - EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

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EDITORIAL

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SUMMARY

16-18

Chairman’s Foreword

FRIENDS

22

MY VISION OF LIFE

24

ECONOMIC

28

HIDDEN GEMS

32

JEWEL STORY

40

WATCHES

44

MY FAVOURITES

54

ICONIC

62

FASHION

66

WISH LIST - HER

76

WISH LIST - HIM

78

HOW TO WEAR IT

84

SAGA

90

AROUND THE WORLD

96

Jean-Claude Biver

21st Century Philanthropists The secret talents of Vacheron Constantin The bejewelled invasion of Paris Wrapping

Gaia Trussardi

The Legend of the Kelly Bag Street Couture

St Bart - Hamptons - Windsor - Gstaad

Monaco, a hub for the 21 century st

Simply Amazing

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SUMMARY

EDITORIAL

14

SUMMARY

16-18

Chairman’s Forewood

FRIENDS

22

MY VISION OF LIFE

24

ECONOMIC

28

HIDDEN GEMS

32

JEWEL STORY

40

WATCHES

44

MY FAVOURITES

54

ICONIC

62

FASHION

66

WISH LIST - HER

76

WISH LIST - HIM

78

HOW TO WEAR IT

84

SAGA

90

AROUND THE WORLD

96

Jean-Claude Biver

21st Century Philanthropists The secret talents of Vacheron Constantin The bejewelled invasion of Paris Wrapping

Gaia Trussardi

The Legend of the Kelly Bag Street Couture

St Bart - Hamptons - Windsor - Gstaad

Monaco, a hub for the 21 century st

Simply Amazing

PIAGET EMPERADOR COUSSIN The world’s thinnest automatic tourbillon watch White gold, 10.4 mm thick Piaget Manufacture movement 1270P Mechanical self-winding tourbillon movement

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SUMMARY

CONNECTING CIRCLES

100

CITY LIFESTYLE

102

INTERIORS

108

TRENDSPOTTERS

116

ART EVENTS

120

IN THE MOOD FOR

126

IMITATE MODERN

130

WINE

132

DREAM CARS

134

PLACE

138

BEAUTY

142

IN CONVERSATION WITH

144

SOCIAL SEASON

148

5, Hertford Street

Miami, night & day

Luxury, Curves & Majesty

Pure design

Jan Lisman in Sem’Art Gallery

London Calling

Primum Familia Vini

French luxury hits the road

This must be the Place

The precious few

Around Bleona

Alfred Dunhill’s Trafalgar Jewels that happen to write Hublot Polo Gold Cup 2012 Giuseppe Cipriani’s Ibiza Birthday Fawaz Gruosi’s Birthday Celebration Magda Pozzo’s Ibiza Glamour Party Jaeger-LeCoultre « Rendez-vous » Carol Asscher Birthday Celebrations

PIAGET POLO Men’s Model: Piaget Manufacture movement 504P Mechanical self-winding movement White gold case & bracelet, diamond set

Ladie’s Model: Piaget quartz movement 690P White gold case & bracelet, diamond set

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SUMMARY

CONNECTING CIRCLES

100

CITY LIFESTYLE

102

INTERIORS

108

TRENDSPOTTERS

116

ART EVENTS

120

IN THE MOOD FOR

126

IMITATE MODERN

130

WINE

132

DREAM CARS

134

PLACE

138

BEAUTY

142

IN CONVERSATION WITH

144

SOCIAL SEASON

148

5, Hertford Street

Miami, night & day

Luxury, Curves & Majesty

Pure design

Jan Lisman in Sem’Art Gallery

London Calling

Primum Familia Vini

French luxury hits the road

This must be the Place

The precious few

Around Bleona

Alfred Dunhill’s Trafalgar Jewels that happen to write Hublot Polo Gold Cup 2012 Giuseppe Cipriani’s Ibiza Birthday Fawaz Gruosi’s Birthday Celebration Magda Pozzo’s Ibiza Glamour Party Jaeger-LeCoultre « Rendez-vous » Carol Asscher Birthday Celebrations

PIAGET POLO Men’s Model: Piaget Manufacture movement 504P Mechanical self-winding movement White gold case & bracelet, diamond set

Ladie’s Model: Piaget quartz movement 690P White gold case & bracelet, diamond set

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OURS

EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER

U LT I M AT E D I S C R E T I O N

Cercle

FOUNDER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Gabriele Salvadori

CONTRIBUTORS JOURNALISTS Christian Alandete | Hervé Borne | Simon de Burton | Sophie Djerlal Félicia du Rouret | Jérôme Farssac | Yves Mirande | Laurence Mouillefarine Sylvain Ouchikh | Julie Pécheur | Renaud Roubaudi | Alex Wynne Hauet PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS Christian Alandete | Hervé Borne | Simon de Burton | Sophie Djerlal

DESIGN, PRODUCTION Caviar...

COORDINATION Jessica Weldhen

SPECIAL THANKS Simon Piggott

ADVERTISING

Cercle Media infomedia@ccercle.com

PRINTER

Groupe des Imprimeries Morault - France

CONTACTS

Editorial team infomagazine@ccercle.com

Publisher Cercle Ltd® 43 Grosvenor Street - London W1K 3HL Cercle is a ® registered trademark.

Reprinting in whole or in part is expressly forbidden without written permission from the publisher.

The publisher declines any responsibility for manuscripts and photos sent directly.

The views expressed in the magazine are those of the contributors and are not necessarily shared by the magazine. © 2012 – Cercle Ltd®.

All rights reserved.

PIAGET ALTIPLANO The world’s thinnest automatic watch White gold case, 5.25 mm thick The world’s thinnest automatic movement Piaget Manufacture Calibre, 2.35 mm thick

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OURS

EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER

U LT I M AT E D I S C R E T I O N

Cercle

FOUNDER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Gabriele Salvadori

CONTRIBUTORS JOURNALISTS Christian Alandete | Hervé Borne | Simon de Burton | Sophie Djerlal Félicia du Rouret | Jérôme Farssac | Yves Mirande | Laurence Mouillefarine Sylvain Ouchikh | Julie Pécheur | Renaud Roubaudi | Alex Wynne Hauet PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS Christian Alandete | Hervé Borne | Simon de Burton | Sophie Djerlal

DESIGN, PRODUCTION Caviar...

COORDINATION Jessica Weldhen

SPECIAL THANKS Simon Piggott

ADVERTISING

Cercle Media infomedia@ccercle.com

PRINTER

Groupe des Imprimeries Morault - France

CONTACTS

Editorial team infomagazine@ccercle.com

Publisher Cercle Ltd® 43 Grosvenor Street - London W1K 3HL Cercle is a ® registered trademark.

Reprinting in whole or in part is expressly forbidden without written permission from the publisher.

The publisher declines any responsibility for manuscripts and photos sent directly.

The views expressed in the magazine are those of the contributors and are not necessarily shared by the magazine. © 2012 – Cercle Ltd®.

All rights reserved.

PIAGET ALTIPLANO The world’s thinnest automatic watch White gold case, 5.25 mm thick The world’s thinnest automatic movement Piaget Manufacture Calibre, 2.35 mm thick

www.piaget-altiplano.com 20

Creative Center RD, Creative Director Alvaro Maggini

CONTRIBUTORS

SOPHIE DJERLAL Journalist Italo-Kabyle, and a collaborator for 20 years in Italian Vogue, Casa Vogue, Uomo Vogue, AD Russian Madame Figaro, www.vogue.it, Sophie Djerlal enjoys travelling, meetings, discoveries of all kinds, fantasy, creativity and cookery classes.

Her favourite country: Italy. Her latest indulgence : an Ambas swimsuit.

HANS FEURER Photographer After studying art in Switzerland, Hans Feurer worked as a graphic designer, illustrator and art director for several advertising agencies in London. In 1966, tired of this lifestyle, he embarked on a journey to South Africa during which he understood that it was time to change everything. Hans began his career as a photographer in 1967 and has ever since continued to travel the globe photographing the most beautiful women in the world, including Pat Cleveland, Christy Turlington and Stephanie Seymour whilst working for major fashion magazines such as Vogue Paris, amongst others.

His motto: expect the unexpected.

PHILIPPE UTER Stylist This youngster has a diploma from the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Philippe Uter’s passions are varied, ranging from fashion to golf and painting, and he has already worked with numerous magazines, from Vogue to Numéro, passing through Schön on the way…A workaholic, he is also personal stylist and image advisor for Ludivine Sagnier. His talent? Being able to work with a smile and always in a good mood, mixed with a scholarly sense of improvisation.

HERVÉ BORNE Journalist

Reporter at large for Montaigne Publications, freelance journalist for Figaro, the JDD, VSD or Sport & Style. He is no stranger to watches and watchmakers and they are an integral part of his daily life. When he plays polo it is in the colours of Jaeger-LeCoultre, when participating in a marathon it is a Timex GPS watch which calculates his time per kilometre. For an black-tie event Piaget is required, and for everyday wear, he is faithful to his Rolex Daytona. Hervé has given life to our pages on watches, but is also responsible for those on jewellery.

Two worlds with numerous parallels; is it not said that a watch is the only jewellery a man can wear?

Embrace an incredible world The only Manufacture to be 100% Poinçon de Genève certified. The most demanding signature in fine watchmaking.

Visit us at rogerdubuis.com

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GENEVA - PARIS - MONACO - LONDON - NEW YORK - HONG KONG - DUBAÏ

Creative Center RD, Creative Director Alvaro Maggini

CONTRIBUTORS

SOPHIE DJERLAL Journalist Italo-Kabyle, and a collaborator for 20 years in Italian Vogue, Casa Vogue, Uomo Vogue, AD Russian Madame Figaro, www.vogue.it, Sophie Djerlal enjoys travelling, meetings, discoveries of all kinds, fantasy, creativity and cookery classes.

Her favourite country: Italy. Her latest indulgence : an Ambas swimsuit.

HANS FEURER Photographer After studying art in Switzerland, Hans Feurer worked as a graphic designer, illustrator and art director for several advertising agencies in London. In 1966, tired of this lifestyle, he embarked on a journey to South Africa during which he understood that it was time to change everything. Hans began his career as a photographer in 1967 and has ever since continued to travel the globe photographing the most beautiful women in the world, including Pat Cleveland, Christy Turlington and Stephanie Seymour whilst working for major fashion magazines such as Vogue Paris, amongst others.

His motto: expect the unexpected.

PHILIPPE UTER Stylist This youngster has a diploma from the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Philippe Uter’s passions are varied, ranging from fashion to golf and painting, and he has already worked with numerous magazines, from Vogue to Numéro, passing through Schön on the way…A workaholic, he is also personal stylist and image advisor for Ludivine Sagnier. His talent? Being able to work with a smile and always in a good mood, mixed with a scholarly sense of improvisation.

HERVÉ BORNE Journalist

Reporter at large for Montaigne Publications, freelance journalist for Figaro, the JDD, VSD or Sport & Style. He is no stranger to watches and watchmakers and they are an integral part of his daily life. When he plays polo it is in the colours of Jaeger-LeCoultre, when participating in a marathon it is a Timex GPS watch which calculates his time per kilometre. For an black-tie event Piaget is required, and for everyday wear, he is faithful to his Rolex Daytona. Hervé has given life to our pages on watches, but is also responsible for those on jewellery.

Two worlds with numerous parallels; is it not said that a watch is the only jewellery a man can wear?

Embrace an incredible world The only Manufacture to be 100% Poinçon de Genève certified. The most demanding signature in fine watchmaking.

Visit us at rogerdubuis.com

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GENEVA - PARIS - MONACO - LONDON - NEW YORK - HONG KONG - DUBAÏ

MY VISION OF LIFE

Jean-Claude Biver

by Hervé Borne

A

LOVER OF FINE WATCHES SINCE INFANCY, HE MADE HIS FIRST

MASTER STROKE IN THE INDUSTRY IN CHASE OF

BLANCPAIN. THE

1982

WITH THE PUR-

BRAND WAS A SLEEPING BEAUTY

THAT HE RELAUNCHED NOTABLY THANKS TO AN ADVERTISING

© HUBLOT

SLOGAN THAT HAS SINCE BECOME LEGENDARY: “SINCE 1735, BLANCPAIN HAS NEVER MADE A QUARTZ WATCH. AND IT NEVER WILL.” IN 1992, HE SOLD BLANCPAIN TO SWATCH GROUP AND JOINED ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AT THE SAME TIME TAKING ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OMEGA, WHICH HE TURNED INTO THE SECOND BESTSELLING BRAND WORLDWIDE, BEHIND ROLEX. IN 2004 CAME A NEW TURNING POINT IN HIS CAREER, WHEN HE LEFT SWATCH GROUP TO JOIN HUBLOT. IN RECORD TIME, HE TRANSFORMED THIS SECOND SLEEPING BEAUTY INTO THE MUST-HAVE FOR FANS OF WATCHES THAT ARE QUALITATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE. HE IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF ITS ADVISORY BOARD… HIS IS A TEXTBOOK TRAJECTORY THAT HE EXPLAINS AS BEING THE RESULT OF HIS PASSIONATE NATURE.

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MY VISION OF LIFE

Jean-Claude Biver

by Hervé Borne

A

LOVER OF FINE WATCHES SINCE INFANCY, HE MADE HIS FIRST

MASTER STROKE IN THE INDUSTRY IN CHASE OF

BLANCPAIN. THE

1982

WITH THE PUR-

BRAND WAS A SLEEPING BEAUTY

THAT HE RELAUNCHED NOTABLY THANKS TO AN ADVERTISING

© HUBLOT

SLOGAN THAT HAS SINCE BECOME LEGENDARY: “SINCE 1735, BLANCPAIN HAS NEVER MADE A QUARTZ WATCH. AND IT NEVER WILL.” IN 1992, HE SOLD BLANCPAIN TO SWATCH GROUP AND JOINED ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AT THE SAME TIME TAKING ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OMEGA, WHICH HE TURNED INTO THE SECOND BESTSELLING BRAND WORLDWIDE, BEHIND ROLEX. IN 2004 CAME A NEW TURNING POINT IN HIS CAREER, WHEN HE LEFT SWATCH GROUP TO JOIN HUBLOT. IN RECORD TIME, HE TRANSFORMED THIS SECOND SLEEPING BEAUTY INTO THE MUST-HAVE FOR FANS OF WATCHES THAT ARE QUALITATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE. HE IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF ITS ADVISORY BOARD… HIS IS A TEXTBOOK TRAJECTORY THAT HE EXPLAINS AS BEING THE RESULT OF HIS PASSIONATE NATURE.

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EpicurEan I collect wine in general and Château d’Yquem in particular.

I consider wine as the fusion between God and man. From God, we receive a climate, a plant, a fruit. Then man uses the sun, respects the plant and transforms the fruit into an exceptional product to celebrate major events. The fact that I make my own cheese is a tribute to the art of watch-making. Cheese and watches were born on farms, with the peasants. Thanks to milk from their cows, they made excellent cheese, and during the winter, in isolation, they made certain watch parts…this reference amuses me… crEativE My creativity is the result of my continual curiosity. I have always been inquisitive, and over the years, I have discovered so many things that have sparked my curiosity, and still do today, and I have held on to my childhood naivety. Nothing stops me, in many ways I am still a child, and in this instance, it is an advantage!

StratEgiSt cate something as quickly as possible, to know how to use the marvellous tool that is communication and to be convincing.

The more convinced you are yourself, the more passionate; the easier it is to argue. When people say I am a strategist, in fact, they confuse talent and passion. It is innate: if I love something, I can sell it. I believe that someone who has conviction can convince the whole world, whatever the subject.

HypEractivE I love my work, and I never feel the need to take a break. I am like a child who is having fun and doesn’t want the game to end. It’s logical: I love what I do so much that it does not seem real slacker! cHEErful That’s true – I am always in a good mood…once again, there is an explanation for everything: I am a privileged person among the privileged. My education was composed of morals and love, I am full of health and can make use of it, and I work in a fascinating industry. But that is not all. I have had a successful career…if, with all that, I was not able to be constantly happy, it would be abnormal. My life is heaven on earth!

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MY VISION OF LIFE

EpicurEan I collect wine in general and Château d’Yquem in particular.

I consider wine as the fusion between God and man. From God, we receive a climate, a plant, a fruit. Then man uses the sun, respects the plant and transforms the fruit into an exceptional product to celebrate major events. The fact that I make my own cheese is a tribute to the art of watch-making. Cheese and watches were born on farms, with the peasants. Thanks to milk from their cows, they made excellent cheese, and during the winter, in isolation, they made certain watch parts…this reference amuses me… crEativE My creativity is the result of my continual curiosity. I have always been inquisitive, and over the years, I have discovered so many things that have sparked my curiosity, and still do today, and I have held on to my childhood naivety. Nothing stops me, in many ways I am still a child, and in this instance, it is an advantage!

StratEgiSt cate something as quickly as possible, to know how to use the marvellous tool that is communication and to be convincing.

The more convinced you are yourself, the more passionate; the easier it is to argue. When people say I am a strategist, in fact, they confuse talent and passion. It is innate: if I love something, I can sell it. I believe that someone who has conviction can convince the whole world, whatever the subject.

HypEractivE I love my work, and I never feel the need to take a break. I am like a child who is having fun and doesn’t want the game to end. It’s logical: I love what I do so much that it does not seem real slacker! cHEErful That’s true – I am always in a good mood…once again, there is an explanation for everything: I am a privileged person among the privileged. My education was composed of morals and love, I am full of health and can make use of it, and I work in a fascinating industry. But that is not all. I have had a successful career…if, with all that, I was not able to be constantly happy, it would be abnormal. My life is heaven on earth!

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MY VISION OF LIFE

ECONOMIC

21st Century Philanthropists

by Julie Pécheur

“WHO WANTS TO BE A BETTER PHILANTHROPIST?” NO, THIS IS NOT THE LATEST REALITY SHOW, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN THE TITLE OF A MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, LAST MAY. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, 35 BILLIONAIRES LISTENED TO TALKS ABOUT MEDICAL RESEARCH, TACKLING POVERTY, REFORMING EDUCATION, AND SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AS PHILANTHROPISTS. THE GATHERING TOOK PLACE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE GIVING PLEDGE, BILL GATES’S AND WARREN BUFFET’S PUBLIC CALL TO THE WEALTHIEST TO DONATE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR WEALTH TO PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES.

The two richest men in the United States have been on the forefront of charity since 2000, when Bill and Melinda Gates established their foundation. Microsoft’s founder has since dedicated a third of his fortune, nearly $30 billion, to improve global health and American education and plans to eventually give 95% of his wealth to charity. Meanwhile, Warren Buffett, has pledged 99% of his fortune to philanthropic causes, mainly through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the richest in the world with an endowment exceeding the GDP of various countries.

“Gates and Buffett released philanthropy from mothballs”, says Antoine Vaccaro, president and co-founder of CerPhi, the French acronym for Center for Research and Studies in Philanthropy. “They were the avant-garde, heralding a profound change in the way philanthropy is now conducted.” Since 2010, when Gates and Buffett started pressuring their peers, 81 billionaires have publicly committed to donate, during their lifetime or at death, at least half their riches. Many of these Pledgers—among them Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Pierre Omidyar (eBay), and Henry Samueli (Broadcom)—are not yet 50. Coming from the worlds of entrepreneurs. They are the new philanthropists.

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This demographic shift is a result of massive wealth creation over the past few decades: never before has so much capital been created so quickly. The number of billionaires rose faster than that of millionaires.

While this was happening, the gap between rich and poor has markedly widened, and one billion people live on less than a dollar a day. Many countries known for their social welfare policies are deeply in debt, and the

Causes to support swollen bellies pleading from billboards, the beggar across the street, a brother dying of cancer, a tsunami precipitating a nuclear disaster….

“With new technologies, there’s been a rise in consciousness among wealthy individuals,” says the author of La Nouvelle Philanthropie, Virginie Seghers, a charity adviser for individuals and companies. “The Internet and 24h news coverage have given them a sense of urgency to act, to mobilise for a cause.”

Historically, the United States has been the world’s cradle of charity.

With almost three million millionaires and over 400 billionaires, an ingrained suspicion of government, a Protestant penchant to give back to society, and encouraging tax laws, the country of Rockefellers and Carnegies is fertile ground for public giving. Placards honouring donors adorn park benches, museum rooms, university libraries, opera seats…

In New York City, events take place almost every night during fundraising season from October to December. Philanthropy is part and parcel of the country’s economy. Last year, charitable giving reached about $300 billion, according to Giving USA Foundation, with individuals contributing 73% of the total, followed by foundations (14%), bequests (8%) and corporations (5%).

Philanthropy has hopped across the world to India, Brazil, Russia and China, countries that produced 108 of last year’s 214 new billionaires.

In China for instance, billionaire real estate developer Hui Ka Yan’s $62 million charity donation capped Forbes latest list of China’s top philanthropists. (Last year, amid heavy media coverage and criticism of China’s 100 top philanthropists plunged by 41% to $760 million.)

In developed countries, new tax and legal policies encourage charitable contributions. In 2003, for example, late-to-the-party France approved the Aillagon law, one of the most motivating charity laws, questioning address public needs. In the UK, last year’s budget included measures to encourage a more philanthropic culture, such as the reduction in inheritance tax for people leaving at least 10% of their estate to charity.

Between 2004 and 2009 the amount donated by the most generous on The Sunday Times Rich List increased tenfold to $4.6 billion.

“Tax laws help make the decision and are a tool we choose to improve a philanthropic project,” says Jérôme Kolher, the director

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21st Century Philanthropists

by Julie Pécheur

“WHO WANTS TO BE A BETTER PHILANTHROPIST?” NO, THIS IS NOT THE LATEST REALITY SHOW, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN THE TITLE OF A MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, LAST MAY. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, 35 BILLIONAIRES LISTENED TO TALKS ABOUT MEDICAL RESEARCH, TACKLING POVERTY, REFORMING EDUCATION, AND SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES AS PHILANTHROPISTS. THE GATHERING TOOK PLACE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE GIVING PLEDGE, BILL GATES’S AND WARREN BUFFET’S PUBLIC CALL TO THE WEALTHIEST TO DONATE THE MAJORITY OF THEIR WEALTH TO PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES.

The two richest men in the United States have been on the forefront of charity since 2000, when Bill and Melinda Gates established their foundation. Microsoft’s founder has since dedicated a third of his fortune, nearly $30 billion, to improve global health and American education and plans to eventually give 95% of his wealth to charity. Meanwhile, Warren Buffett, has pledged 99% of his fortune to philanthropic causes, mainly through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the richest in the world with an endowment exceeding the GDP of various countries.

“Gates and Buffett released philanthropy from mothballs”, says Antoine Vaccaro, president and co-founder of CerPhi, the French acronym for Center for Research and Studies in Philanthropy. “They were the avant-garde, heralding a profound change in the way philanthropy is now conducted.” Since 2010, when Gates and Buffett started pressuring their peers, 81 billionaires have publicly committed to donate, during their lifetime or at death, at least half their riches. Many of these Pledgers—among them Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Pierre Omidyar (eBay), and Henry Samueli (Broadcom)—are not yet 50. Coming from the worlds of entrepreneurs. They are the new philanthropists.

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This demographic shift is a result of massive wealth creation over the past few decades: never before has so much capital been created so quickly. The number of billionaires rose faster than that of millionaires.

While this was happening, the gap between rich and poor has markedly widened, and one billion people live on less than a dollar a day. Many countries known for their social welfare policies are deeply in debt, and the

Causes to support swollen bellies pleading from billboards, the beggar across the street, a brother dying of cancer, a tsunami precipitating a nuclear disaster….

“With new technologies, there’s been a rise in consciousness among wealthy individuals,” says the author of La Nouvelle Philanthropie, Virginie Seghers, a charity adviser for individuals and companies. “The Internet and 24h news coverage have given them a sense of urgency to act, to mobilise for a cause.”

Historically, the United States has been the world’s cradle of charity.

With almost three million millionaires and over 400 billionaires, an ingrained suspicion of government, a Protestant penchant to give back to society, and encouraging tax laws, the country of Rockefellers and Carnegies is fertile ground for public giving. Placards honouring donors adorn park benches, museum rooms, university libraries, opera seats…

In New York City, events take place almost every night during fundraising season from October to December. Philanthropy is part and parcel of the country’s economy. Last year, charitable giving reached about $300 billion, according to Giving USA Foundation, with individuals contributing 73% of the total, followed by foundations (14%), bequests (8%) and corporations (5%).

Philanthropy has hopped across the world to India, Brazil, Russia and China, countries that produced 108 of last year’s 214 new billionaires.

In China for instance, billionaire real estate developer Hui Ka Yan’s $62 million charity donation capped Forbes latest list of China’s top philanthropists. (Last year, amid heavy media coverage and criticism of China’s 100 top philanthropists plunged by 41% to $760 million.)

In developed countries, new tax and legal policies encourage charitable contributions. In 2003, for example, late-to-the-party France approved the Aillagon law, one of the most motivating charity laws, questioning address public needs. In the UK, last year’s budget included measures to encourage a more philanthropic culture, such as the reduction in inheritance tax for people leaving at least 10% of their estate to charity.

Between 2004 and 2009 the amount donated by the most generous on The Sunday Times Rich List increased tenfold to $4.6 billion.

“Tax laws help make the decision and are a tool we choose to improve a philanthropic project,” says Jérôme Kolher, the director

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of the philanthropy consulting company L’Initiative Philanthropique and founder in 2010 of the Philanthropy Chair at the French business school ESSEC. “When you

under 50. “This new generation wants to get personally involved, not just write a cheque. They want to bring in their professional expertise.”

They are not the reason why people give.”

The New Philanthropists, as they are now called, treat their giving with the same exigency they treat their business and investments. They take a hands-on approach and are ready to involve their powerful networks and spend all their time on their charities. “Sometimes we work together for

Personal experience is often the catalyst: positive, such as a passion for the Arts, or negative, as when confronted with illness or pungent reality checks. When Valérie Wertheimer realised that the young children wandering around her

impact,” says Sauvanet.

the help of the Internet, she felt she had a choice: “Stay in my golden cage or act.” Two years later, in 1999, she started Action Innocence, an association that now employs 20 people in France and Switzerland and works to protect the dignity and integrity of children on the Internet. “When

Instead of creating their own foundation or association, many philanthropists become social entrepreneurs who social change, a trend particularly popular in Asia. In short, they are philanthropreneurs. For the past ten years, Jeff Skoll, eBay’s second employee and founder of a center of social entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford, England, has awarded unrestricted three-year grants to 59 entrepreneurial groups aiming to build a more peaceful and prosperous world.

strong network, willpower and a tinge of folly,” she says, “philanthropy is what you can do to give back what life has given you.”

The impetus to donate springs from many sources: the desire to create a better world, the thirst for social prestige, the need to promulgate personal values. Most religions call for giving or tithe, usually between 7 and 10 percent of income. In the United States, nearly a third of charitable contributions go to religious organisations, followed by education (13%) and human services (12%). France, by contrast, follows the humanist rather than religious tradition and human services lead. “This is particularly true of the 1968 generation that treats philanthropy as a new form of activism,” notes Nathalie Sauvanet, BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s head of Individual Philanthropy, a department created in late 2007, after clients requested such a service.

Other philanthropists apply the principles of private equity and venture capital to charity, calling the result “venture philanthropy.” In 2003, Chris Hohn, the notoriously established a hedge fund, The Children’s Investment Fund the programs for underprivileged children of the latter.

The foundation brings in tools from what Cooper-Hohn called in interviews the “best of the private equity world” to re-evaluate projects and help involved organisations make course corrections.

Fifteen years ago, the vast majority of European high net worth individuals inherited their wealth. Today, over 80% of their wealth is self-made, almost as much as in the United States, where surveys show that such assets are three times as likely to be given away as inherited wealth. Hence, philanthropy isn’t exclusively an old-age preoccupation

The notion of treating charitable giving like a business - and therefore calling for accountability - raises many of return and easily measurable indicators of success,” said Michael Edwards, author of Small Change: Why business Won’t Save the World, in a Wall Street Journal article last year. But “too much business thinking will push resources

young entrepreneurs start thinking about what they want to do two years before selling their businesses,” says Sauvanet, who estimates that a third of her European clients are

and the most important solutions - which tend to be costly, complex and slow in coming”.

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of the philanthropy consulting company L’Initiative Philanthropique and founder in 2010 of the Philanthropy Chair at the French business school ESSEC. “When you

under 50. “This new generation wants to get personally involved, not just write a cheque. They want to bring in their professional expertise.”

They are not the reason why people give.”

The New Philanthropists, as they are now called, treat their giving with the same exigency they treat their business and investments. They take a hands-on approach and are ready to involve their powerful networks and spend all their time on their charities. “Sometimes we work together for

Personal experience is often the catalyst: positive, such as a passion for the Arts, or negative, as when confronted with illness or pungent reality checks. When Valérie Wertheimer realised that the young children wandering around her

impact,” says Sauvanet.

the help of the Internet, she felt she had a choice: “Stay in my golden cage or act.” Two years later, in 1999, she started Action Innocence, an association that now employs 20 people in France and Switzerland and works to protect the dignity and integrity of children on the Internet. “When

Instead of creating their own foundation or association, many philanthropists become social entrepreneurs who social change, a trend particularly popular in Asia. In short, they are philanthropreneurs. For the past ten years, Jeff Skoll, eBay’s second employee and founder of a center of social entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford, England, has awarded unrestricted three-year grants to 59 entrepreneurial groups aiming to build a more peaceful and prosperous world.

strong network, willpower and a tinge of folly,” she says, “philanthropy is what you can do to give back what life has given you.”

The impetus to donate springs from many sources: the desire to create a better world, the thirst for social prestige, the need to promulgate personal values. Most religions call for giving or tithe, usually between 7 and 10 percent of income. In the United States, nearly a third of charitable contributions go to religious organisations, followed by education (13%) and human services (12%). France, by contrast, follows the humanist rather than religious tradition and human services lead. “This is particularly true of the 1968 generation that treats philanthropy as a new form of activism,” notes Nathalie Sauvanet, BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s head of Individual Philanthropy, a department created in late 2007, after clients requested such a service.

Other philanthropists apply the principles of private equity and venture capital to charity, calling the result “venture philanthropy.” In 2003, Chris Hohn, the notoriously established a hedge fund, The Children’s Investment Fund the programs for underprivileged children of the latter.

The foundation brings in tools from what Cooper-Hohn called in interviews the “best of the private equity world” to re-evaluate projects and help involved organisations make course corrections.

Fifteen years ago, the vast majority of European high net worth individuals inherited their wealth. Today, over 80% of their wealth is self-made, almost as much as in the United States, where surveys show that such assets are three times as likely to be given away as inherited wealth. Hence, philanthropy isn’t exclusively an old-age preoccupation

The notion of treating charitable giving like a business - and therefore calling for accountability - raises many of return and easily measurable indicators of success,” said Michael Edwards, author of Small Change: Why business Won’t Save the World, in a Wall Street Journal article last year. But “too much business thinking will push resources

young entrepreneurs start thinking about what they want to do two years before selling their businesses,” says Sauvanet, who estimates that a third of her European clients are

and the most important solutions - which tend to be costly, complex and slow in coming”.

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HIDDEN GEMS

The secret talents of Vacheron Constantin

by Hervé Borne Photography - Antoine Delage de Luget

ON

THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE

VACHERON CONSTANTIN

FACTORY, FOUR ARTISTS ARE HIDDEN AWAY, REINVENTING ARTISTIC TRADES TO CREATE RARE, PRECIOUS AND INNOVATIVE WATCHES.

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The secret talents of Vacheron Constantin

by Hervé Borne Photography - Antoine Delage de Luget

ON

THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE

VACHERON CONSTANTIN

FACTORY, FOUR ARTISTS ARE HIDDEN AWAY, REINVENTING ARTISTIC TRADES TO CREATE RARE, PRECIOUS AND INNOVATIVE WATCHES.

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Founded in 1755, Vacheron Constantin is without a doubt the oldest manufacturer in the watch-making seraglio. But that does not mean, for a second, that it lets itself wallow in the past. This is apparent as soon as we arrive at Plan-Les-Ouates, just outside Geneva, where Vacheron Constantin elected to set up its production. The futuristic building, inaugurated in 2004, is summed up by its architect as “A timeless shape that is of our times.” Here, however, looking to the future does not mean turning one’s back on the past, on heritage and ancestral in a light-bathed space hidden behind polished glass partitions, the brand’s workshop for its artistic trades. It is a space where silence reigns and four master craftspeople are concentrating on working hard behind closed doors, and their talent perpetrating four different trades. One engine-turner, one enameller, one stone setter and one engraver – a young woman – work to the same tune, by hand, for hours on end, with the sole aim of creating the most extraordinary watch, even if it takes three to four months. “The timepieces that come out of this

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Founded in 1755, Vacheron Constantin is without a doubt the oldest manufacturer in the watch-making seraglio. But that does not mean, for a second, that it lets itself wallow in the past. This is apparent as soon as we arrive at Plan-Les-Ouates, just outside Geneva, where Vacheron Constantin elected to set up its production. The futuristic building, inaugurated in 2004, is summed up by its architect as “A timeless shape that is of our times.” Here, however, looking to the future does not mean turning one’s back on the past, on heritage and ancestral in a light-bathed space hidden behind polished glass partitions, the brand’s workshop for its artistic trades. It is a space where silence reigns and four master craftspeople are concentrating on working hard behind closed doors, and their talent perpetrating four different trades. One engine-turner, one enameller, one stone setter and one engraver – a young woman – work to the same tune, by hand, for hours on end, with the sole aim of creating the most extraordinary watch, even if it takes three to four months. “The timepieces that come out of this

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workshop are not just pretty, we go much further,” Christian Selmoni, the house’s artistic director, explains. “We associate stones, but also with art and culture, notably via our recent work of the Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher,” he contireproducing the methods of our forebears, we are inventive and creative.” Another element of proof towards the house’s reigning avant-garde spirit…While Gérard places diamonds onto a case one by one using invisible setting techniques, Juliane is engraving a gold dial before it is enamelled, after which Laurent’s role is to apply the colours. The enameller is a master painter who has the power to transform pigmented crystal necessitate temperatures as high as 1,000°C. Last but not least, Supachai engine-turns the pieces with machines dating back to the thirties. After adjusting the complex settings, he places the dial between the blade and the cams in order to create, by moving the whole in a slow and regular manner, symmetrical, repetitive motifs as well as original designs that appear as if by magic, when he joins together the various dots one after the

other, as a child would in his activity pad during the holidays. The notion of productivity is not a priority in the artistic trades workshop. The number of watches made here each year is extremely variable, depending on the complexity of each model. Here, there is little need to say that these are one-off pieces, special orders, ultra-limited editions or extraordinary objects. “It is of primordial importance that [this work] remains rare. We must respect our customers’ desire for exclusivity,” Christian Selmoni concludes.

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workshop are not just pretty, we go much further,” Christian Selmoni, the house’s artistic director, explains. “We associate stones, but also with art and culture, notably via our recent work of the Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher,” he contireproducing the methods of our forebears, we are inventive and creative.” Another element of proof towards the house’s reigning avant-garde spirit…While Gérard places diamonds onto a case one by one using invisible setting techniques, Juliane is engraving a gold dial before it is enamelled, after which Laurent’s role is to apply the colours. The enameller is a master painter who has the power to transform pigmented crystal necessitate temperatures as high as 1,000°C. Last but not least, Supachai engine-turns the pieces with machines dating back to the thirties. After adjusting the complex settings, he places the dial between the blade and the cams in order to create, by moving the whole in a slow and regular manner, symmetrical, repetitive motifs as well as original designs that appear as if by magic, when he joins together the various dots one after the

other, as a child would in his activity pad during the holidays. The notion of productivity is not a priority in the artistic trades workshop. The number of watches made here each year is extremely variable, depending on the complexity of each model. Here, there is little need to say that these are one-off pieces, special orders, ultra-limited editions or extraordinary objects. “It is of primordial importance that [this work] remains rare. We must respect our customers’ desire for exclusivity,” Christian Selmoni concludes.

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JEWEL STORY

The bejewelled invasion of Paris

by Hervé Borne Photography - Christophe Bouquet

THE BIENNALE

DES

ANTIQUAIRES*

ALLOWS

THE

FINE

PARIS. SPREAD OUT UNDER THE CUPOLA OF THE GRAND PALAIS, THE DEDICATED COLLECTIONS WERE PRESENTED DURING PARIS COUTURE WEEK. JEWELLERY SECTOR TO TAKE OVER THE SCENE IN

Many are those who compare certain items of jewellery to works of art. There are some collections that merit museum exhibitions in their own right. The boutiques that specialise in the sale of second-hand and collectors’ jewellery do strong business…so, why should it be such a surprise to see France’s SNA (Syndicat National des Antiquaires, organiser of the Biennale) allowing jewellers to show off their wares at the event? “Jewellers have always been part of the Biennale, we could almost rename it “Biennale des Antiquaires et des Joailliers”, proclaims Christian Deydier, president of the SNA. This year, for its 26th edition, the biennale, recognised as a major cultural and society event in the Paris calendar, is more than ever an expression of French luxury and savoir-faire. Of the hundred exhibitors, 10 are jewellers… Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chanel, Chaumet, Dior, Harry Winston, Piaget and Van Cleef & Arpels, as well as the Chinese house Wallace Chan, have called on all their talents to present items worthy of the thousands of artworks present on each stand, chosen individually for their exceptional nature. Such jewels show they are worthy of such a prestigious event. Held in the mythical Grand Palais, the set design was entrusted to none other than the legend that is Karl Lagerfeld. There, he rebuilt the Champs-Elysées, from Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, on which various galleries come one after the other with both pomp and poetry. “I took my inspiration from Paris, from the Grand

From Top left to bottom right Bracelet Collection Biennale platinum, onyx, brilliants.

CARTIER “Constellation du Lion” brooch in 18-karat white gold set with 1254 brilliant-cut diamonds for a total weight of 12 carats, 29 baguette-cut diamonds for a total weight of 2.4 carats, 103 fancy-cut yellow diamonds for a total weight of 33.6 carats and 43 fancy-cut orange diamonds for a total weight of 17.5 carats.

CHANEL FINE JEwELRy «Dentelle Opale d’Orient» ring, platinum, yellow gold, diamants, black opal, spessartite garnets, tsavorite garnets, rubies, red spinels and tanzanites.

DIOR FINE JEwELLERy

* XXVIème Biennale des Antiquaires 14th – 23rd September 2012 www.sna-france.com

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JEWEL STORY

The bejewelled invasion of Paris

by Hervé Borne Photography - Christophe Bouquet

THE BIENNALE

DES

ANTIQUAIRES*

ALLOWS

THE

FINE

PARIS. SPREAD OUT UNDER THE CUPOLA OF THE GRAND PALAIS, THE DEDICATED COLLECTIONS WERE PRESENTED DURING PARIS COUTURE WEEK. JEWELLERY SECTOR TO TAKE OVER THE SCENE IN

Many are those who compare certain items of jewellery to works of art. There are some collections that merit museum exhibitions in their own right. The boutiques that specialise in the sale of second-hand and collectors’ jewellery do strong business…so, why should it be such a surprise to see France’s SNA (Syndicat National des Antiquaires, organiser of the Biennale) allowing jewellers to show off their wares at the event? “Jewellers have always been part of the Biennale, we could almost rename it “Biennale des Antiquaires et des Joailliers”, proclaims Christian Deydier, president of the SNA. This year, for its 26th edition, the biennale, recognised as a major cultural and society event in the Paris calendar, is more than ever an expression of French luxury and savoir-faire. Of the hundred exhibitors, 10 are jewellers… Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chanel, Chaumet, Dior, Harry Winston, Piaget and Van Cleef & Arpels, as well as the Chinese house Wallace Chan, have called on all their talents to present items worthy of the thousands of artworks present on each stand, chosen individually for their exceptional nature. Such jewels show they are worthy of such a prestigious event. Held in the mythical Grand Palais, the set design was entrusted to none other than the legend that is Karl Lagerfeld. There, he rebuilt the Champs-Elysées, from Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, on which various galleries come one after the other with both pomp and poetry. “I took my inspiration from Paris, from the Grand

From Top left to bottom right Bracelet Collection Biennale platinum, onyx, brilliants.

CARTIER “Constellation du Lion” brooch in 18-karat white gold set with 1254 brilliant-cut diamonds for a total weight of 12 carats, 29 baguette-cut diamonds for a total weight of 2.4 carats, 103 fancy-cut yellow diamonds for a total weight of 33.6 carats and 43 fancy-cut orange diamonds for a total weight of 17.5 carats.

CHANEL FINE JEwELRy «Dentelle Opale d’Orient» ring, platinum, yellow gold, diamants, black opal, spessartite garnets, tsavorite garnets, rubies, red spinels and tanzanites.

DIOR FINE JEwELLERy

* XXVIème Biennale des Antiquaires 14th – 23rd September 2012 www.sna-france.com

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Bracelet Collection Biennale Platinum, one cabochon-cut opale, sapphire beads, emeralds beads, brilliants. CARTIER

Palais, which I know very well, from the Universal Expositions of the early 20th century, and also from the covered shopping

A form of seduction or a part in an independent seconds watch?

visitors to discover the treasures on show as if going for a stroll, from house to house, without having to push open an intimidating door…Among such treasures are items of jewellery designed by some of the greats. Shown as a preview during couture week – another moment of Parisian life that Stones with incredible numbers of carats and the most original colours are shown off with the most surprising, poetic designs that call on both ancestral and innovative techniques. This the most beautiful elements that our planet has produced, legendary gems like the sublime and little-known opal, often nicknamed “the king stone”. Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist from the 1st century, the author of a monumental encyclopaedia Naturalis Historia, said of the opal: “Made up of the glories of the most precious gems, to describe them is amethyst, there is the sea-green of the emerald, and all shining together in an indescribable union.” This description suits the gem wonderfully, and the jewellers have indeed succumbed to it as one of their favourite stones for the 2012 Biennale. It can notably be seen at Boucheron, Cartier, Chaumet, Dior and Van Cleef & Arpels.

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Discover the world of Fine Watchmaking at www.hautehorlogerie.org

The Foundation’s Partners : A. Lange & Söhne | Audemars Piguet | Baume & Mercier | Bovet | Cartier | Chanel | Chopard | Corum | Fédération de l’industrie horlogère suisse | Greubel Forsey | Harry Winston | Hermès | Hublot | IWC | Jaeger-LeCoultre | Montblanc | Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève | Musée d’Horlogerie Beyer, Zürich | Musée d’horlogerie du Locle, Château-des-Monts | Musée international d’horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds | Panerai | Parmigiani | Perrelet | Piaget | Richard Mille | Roger Dubuis | TAG Heuer | Vacheron Constantin | Van Cleef & Arpels | Zenith

JEWEL STORY

Bracelet Collection Biennale Platinum, one cabochon-cut opale, sapphire beads, emeralds beads, brilliants. CARTIER

Palais, which I know very well, from the Universal Expositions of the early 20th century, and also from the covered shopping

A form of seduction or a part in an independent seconds watch?

visitors to discover the treasures on show as if going for a stroll, from house to house, without having to push open an intimidating door…Among such treasures are items of jewellery designed by some of the greats. Shown as a preview during couture week – another moment of Parisian life that Stones with incredible numbers of carats and the most original colours are shown off with the most surprising, poetic designs that call on both ancestral and innovative techniques. This the most beautiful elements that our planet has produced, legendary gems like the sublime and little-known opal, often nicknamed “the king stone”. Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist from the 1st century, the author of a monumental encyclopaedia Naturalis Historia, said of the opal: “Made up of the glories of the most precious gems, to describe them is amethyst, there is the sea-green of the emerald, and all shining together in an indescribable union.” This description suits the gem wonderfully, and the jewellers have indeed succumbed to it as one of their favourite stones for the 2012 Biennale. It can notably be seen at Boucheron, Cartier, Chaumet, Dior and Van Cleef & Arpels.

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Discover the world of Fine Watchmaking at www.hautehorlogerie.org

The Foundation’s Partners : A. Lange & Söhne | Audemars Piguet | Baume & Mercier | Bovet | Cartier | Chanel | Chopard | Corum | Fédération de l’industrie horlogère suisse | Greubel Forsey | Harry Winston | Hermès | Hublot | IWC | Jaeger-LeCoultre | Montblanc | Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève | Musée d’Horlogerie Beyer, Zürich | Musée d’horlogerie du Locle, Château-des-Monts | Musée international d’horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds | Panerai | Parmigiani | Perrelet | Piaget | Richard Mille | Roger Dubuis | TAG Heuer | Vacheron Constantin | Van Cleef & Arpels | Zenith

WATCHES

Handling precious values with care...

WRAPPING

CMB

Compagnie Monégasque de Banque

23 avenue de la Costa MC 98000 Monaco Téléphone : +377 93 15 77 77 Fax : +377 93 25 08 69 www.cmb.mc

CARTIER Geneva Hallmark Manual Mechanical movement Brown alligator leather strap

Photographer : David François Stylist : Carine Devisscher

WATCHES

Handling precious values with care...

WRAPPING

CMB

Compagnie Monégasque de Banque

23 avenue de la Costa MC 98000 Monaco Téléphone : +377 93 15 77 77 Fax : +377 93 25 08 69 www.cmb.mc

CARTIER Geneva Hallmark Manual Mechanical movement Brown alligator leather strap

Photographer : David François Stylist : Carine Devisscher

VACHERON CONSTANTIN Patrimony Traditionnelle 14-day Tourbillon Stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva Mechanical hand-wound 18K 5N pink gold & 42.00 mm in diameter case Brown Mississippiensis alligator leather strap Folding triple-blade clasp in 18K 5N pink gold Polished half Maltese Cross clasp

PIAGET ALTIPLANO XL round pink gold 18K, Alligator leather strap.

8385 Mecanical mouvement

VACHERON CONSTANTIN Patrimony Traditionnelle 14-day Tourbillon Stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva Mechanical hand-wound 18K 5N pink gold & 42.00 mm in diameter case Brown Mississippiensis alligator leather strap Folding triple-blade clasp in 18K 5N pink gold Polished half Maltese Cross clasp

PIAGET ALTIPLANO XL round pink gold 18K, Alligator leather strap.

8385 Mecanical mouvement

LOUIS VUITTON Tambour Minute Repeater Baguette Tambour extra-large (44mm) 18-carat white gold case and buckle Case diamonds and 12 baguette-cut white diamonds to give a total weight of 19.06 carats Black alligator strap Complication Mechanical movement, Unique piece, numbered 1/1

HUBLOT Big Bang King Jewellery 48mm 18K Red Gold Set with 226 Diamonds for 2,03 ct case Rotating Bezel in 18k Red Gold Set with 36 Baguettes Diamonds, 28 Black Baguette Diamonds and 8 Baguettes Rubies for 5,89 ct Self-windind Movement Black Smooth Rubber Strap

LOUIS VUITTON Tambour Minute Repeater Baguette Tambour extra-large (44mm) 18-carat white gold case and buckle Case diamonds and 12 baguette-cut white diamonds to give a total weight of 19.06 carats Black alligator strap Complication Mechanical movement, Unique piece, numbered 1/1

HUBLOT Big Bang King Jewellery 48mm 18K Red Gold Set with 226 Diamonds for 2,03 ct case Rotating Bezel in 18k Red Gold Set with 36 Baguettes Diamonds, 28 Black Baguette Diamonds and 8 Baguettes Rubies for 5,89 ct Self-windind Movement Black Smooth Rubber Strap

ROGER DUBUIS Excalibur Double Tourbillon Skeleton Hand-wound mechanical skeleton movement JAEGER-LECOULTRE Master Ultra Thin Tourbillon 40mm Pink gold 18cts case Automatic movement Tourbillon Brown leather strap

Hallmark of Geneva 319 parts Rose gold case 45 mm Limited edition 88 pieces

ROGER DUBUIS Excalibur Double Tourbillon Skeleton Hand-wound mechanical skeleton movement JAEGER-LECOULTRE Master Ultra Thin Tourbillon 40mm Pink gold 18cts case Automatic movement Tourbillon Brown leather strap

Hallmark of Geneva 319 parts Rose gold case 45 mm Limited edition 88 pieces

Art director At lArge, Juliette BirBAn 1st photo AssistAnt, Julien Bouteloup 2nd photo AssistAnt, AlBAn grosdidier studio AssistAnt, YvAn leAu digitAl retouch, B’pong

RICHARD MILLE RM 055 Bubba watson Manual winding skeleton movement 49.90 mm x 42.70 mm x 13.05 mm.

Baseplate and bridges in Titanium Rubberized grade-5 titanium caseband and back

Art director At lArge, Juliette BirBAn 1st photo AssistAnt, Julien Bouteloup 2nd photo AssistAnt, AlBAn grosdidier studio AssistAnt, YvAn leAu digitAl retouch, B’pong

RICHARD MILLE RM 055 Bubba watson Manual winding skeleton movement 49.90 mm x 42.70 mm x 13.05 mm.

Baseplate and bridges in Titanium Rubberized grade-5 titanium caseband and back

MY FAVOURITES

GAIA TRUSSARDI

by Sophie Djerlal Photography - Julian Hargreaves

DESPITE

HER FAIR FACE THAT CATCHES THE LIGHT AND HER

BEWILDERING AZURE BLUE EYES, MAKE NO MISTAKE,

GAIA TRUSSARDI HAS NOTHING OF THE BLONDE BABY-DOLL. PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, SHE CHOSE LONDON FOR HER STUDIES. BUT STRONG LINKS TO HER ITALIAN ROOTS AND THE FAMILY COMPANY BROUGHT HER BACK TO HER HOMELAND. OF TWO

TODAY, THIS YOUNG WOMAN CHILDREN, NICOLA AND ISABELLA,

OF

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MOTHER

HAS TAKEN ON

THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF IMAGE AND OF WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS FOR THE SECOND LINE OF THE COMPANY THAT BEARS HER NAME, ALONGSIDE HER SISTER

BÉATRICE, HER BROTHER TOMMASO AND HER MOTHER MARIA LUISA. IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR IN WHICH THE ART OF BEAUTY AND SAVOIR-FAIRE ARE TRANSMITTED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. ON HOLIDAY ON THE ISLE OF ELBA, HER FAMILY HOME, GAIA SHARES THE SECRETS OF HER FAVOURITE OBJECTS.

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GAIA TRUSSARDI

by Sophie Djerlal Photography - Julian Hargreaves

DESPITE

HER FAIR FACE THAT CATCHES THE LIGHT AND HER

BEWILDERING AZURE BLUE EYES, MAKE NO MISTAKE,

GAIA TRUSSARDI HAS NOTHING OF THE BLONDE BABY-DOLL. PASSIONATE ABOUT SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, SHE CHOSE LONDON FOR HER STUDIES. BUT STRONG LINKS TO HER ITALIAN ROOTS AND THE FAMILY COMPANY BROUGHT HER BACK TO HER HOMELAND. OF TWO

TODAY, THIS YOUNG WOMAN CHILDREN, NICOLA AND ISABELLA,

OF

33,

MOTHER

HAS TAKEN ON

THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF IMAGE AND OF WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS FOR THE SECOND LINE OF THE COMPANY THAT BEARS HER NAME, ALONGSIDE HER SISTER

BÉATRICE, HER BROTHER TOMMASO AND HER MOTHER MARIA LUISA. IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR IN WHICH THE ART OF BEAUTY AND SAVOIR-FAIRE ARE TRANSMITTED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. ON HOLIDAY ON THE ISLE OF ELBA, HER FAMILY HOME, GAIA SHARES THE SECRETS OF HER FAVOURITE OBJECTS.

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tHE grEyHound It was my father, Nicola Trussardi, who had the idea of making two greyhounds the graphic symbol of the brand, like a distinctive seal. I love the animal for its natural solemn elegance. As swift as light, it inspires in me the momentum that pushes us into the future, curiosity, and travel…it is the complete incarnation of the brand’s spirit. In our family home on Elba, we have had as many as 40 greyhounds at one time. We didn’t know where to put them all! I grew up with them.

with a white bottle for women and a black one for men. We did grance formula slightly. I am very sensitive to odours, and I have a weakness for vanilla. It reminds me of childhood, of moments that were joyful and carefree. I also sometimes test natural essences given me a marvellous sense of smell. As a child, I spent my time at the variety of smells the nature of the island environment had to offer.

HEr gold cHain It was a gift from the designer Mila Vukmirovic. I like its simplicity with its pendant that looks like a coin. I have the habit of sliding it between my hands when I wear it around my neck. Wearing a gold chain that is quite long gives a silhouette a slightly rebellious rock style. Worn longer still, it gives a look of distinction and timeless

HEr bracElEt It was a present from my father. He gave it to me just before he died. I was 19, and like all young girls, I was crazy about my father.

He was a man who always looked to the future. He was inquisitive, always on the lookout. A real greyhound! I never take this bracelet off. It is an antique piece made of gold engraved with an «x» and set with little diamonds. It is exquisitely simple. I am very superstitious by nature, and I always carry a gift from my father to ward off negativity, when I take a plane for example…

tHE «truSSardi 1911 donna» fragrancE This fragrance is a second skin. It is a remake of a 1980s scent,

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tHE grEyHound It was my father, Nicola Trussardi, who had the idea of making two greyhounds the graphic symbol of the brand, like a distinctive seal. I love the animal for its natural solemn elegance. As swift as light, it inspires in me the momentum that pushes us into the future, curiosity, and travel…it is the complete incarnation of the brand’s spirit. In our family home on Elba, we have had as many as 40 greyhounds at one time. We didn’t know where to put them all! I grew up with them.

with a white bottle for women and a black one for men. We did grance formula slightly. I am very sensitive to odours, and I have a weakness for vanilla. It reminds me of childhood, of moments that were joyful and carefree. I also sometimes test natural essences given me a marvellous sense of smell. As a child, I spent my time at the variety of smells the nature of the island environment had to offer.

HEr gold cHain It was a gift from the designer Mila Vukmirovic. I like its simplicity with its pendant that looks like a coin. I have the habit of sliding it between my hands when I wear it around my neck. Wearing a gold chain that is quite long gives a silhouette a slightly rebellious rock style. Worn longer still, it gives a look of distinction and timeless

HEr bracElEt It was a present from my father. He gave it to me just before he died. I was 19, and like all young girls, I was crazy about my father.

He was a man who always looked to the future. He was inquisitive, always on the lookout. A real greyhound! I never take this bracelet off. It is an antique piece made of gold engraved with an «x» and set with little diamonds. It is exquisitely simple. I am very superstitious by nature, and I always carry a gift from my father to ward off negativity, when I take a plane for example…

tHE «truSSardi 1911 donna» fragrancE This fragrance is a second skin. It is a remake of a 1980s scent,

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HEr rolEx I have a thing about watches, particularly models for men. It is an object that is indissociable from sporty elegance and is the absolute accessory for the adventurous traveller, who I imagine like Steve McQueen driving in his cabriolet…my watch inspires action and speed in me, I always have an eye on it. It is also the one thing that keeps me connected with time. When I was writing the words of my songs, time was a recurring theme…time that passed, and the fear of seeing great moments changing, or disappearing; in the end, time drags out towards a single aim…the end. Thankfully, my bond with nature helps me not to be too preoccupied with this nostalgia about time passing. bookS They take me out of my daily routine. When I was younger, I devoured Italian classics like Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose and Italo Svevo’s Zeno’s Conscience. I also had my Luigi Pirandello period. His short stories are marvellous! Unfortunately, I do not have much time to read, so I opt for authors who can grab Ammaniti. I like his writing and his somewhat dark approach. His characters are always unpredictable marginals. His novels are like a mixture between Almodovar and David Lynch. guitar When I am stay in the house my father built on Elba, my guitar is always by my side. I left Bergamo aged 18 to study sociology and anthropology at the University of London. But it was a musical project that eventually kept me there. I recorded several songs quite discreetly because I did not want to mix everything up regarding my name…my guitar is what remains of that amazing electro-rock pop adventure.

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HEr rolEx I have a thing about watches, particularly models for men. It is an object that is indissociable from sporty elegance and is the absolute accessory for the adventurous traveller, who I imagine like Steve McQueen driving in his cabriolet…my watch inspires action and speed in me, I always have an eye on it. It is also the one thing that keeps me connected with time. When I was writing the words of my songs, time was a recurring theme…time that passed, and the fear of seeing great moments changing, or disappearing; in the end, time drags out towards a single aim…the end. Thankfully, my bond with nature helps me not to be too preoccupied with this nostalgia about time passing. bookS They take me out of my daily routine. When I was younger, I devoured Italian classics like Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose and Italo Svevo’s Zeno’s Conscience. I also had my Luigi Pirandello period. His short stories are marvellous! Unfortunately, I do not have much time to read, so I opt for authors who can grab Ammaniti. I like his writing and his somewhat dark approach. His characters are always unpredictable marginals. His novels are like a mixture between Almodovar and David Lynch. guitar When I am stay in the house my father built on Elba, my guitar is always by my side. I left Bergamo aged 18 to study sociology and anthropology at the University of London. But it was a musical project that eventually kept me there. I recorded several songs quite discreetly because I did not want to mix everything up regarding my name…my guitar is what remains of that amazing electro-rock pop adventure.

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ICONIC

The Legend of the Kelly Bag

by Jérôme Farssac Illustration - Sara D.

WHEN

IT COMES TO HANDBAGS, A WOMAN’S HEART IS OF-

TEN FLEETING.

UBIQUITOUS IT BAGS PROVIDE A FEELGOOD SEASONAL THRILL, AND BEFIT THE FASHION WORLD’S FOREVER CHANGING MOODS. BUT AS FOR SUMMER LOVE, MOST OF THESE SUDDEN FLAMES PROVE SHORT-LIVED. WHEN IN NEED OF SOMETHING MORE LASTING, TIMELESS CLASSICS ARE THE ONES TO TURN TO. IN THAT MOST RAREFIED CATEGORY, THE KELLY BAG BY HERMÈS STANDS AS THE EPITOME OF STYLE WITH SUBSTANCE.

diamondS and ScalES Pink gold, crocodile skin and no less than 1160 diamonds: this is the daring and precious alliance imagined by Pierre Hardy to create the most expensive Kelly bag in the world. This gem, quite literally, will be yours for the modest sum of 1.5 million euros.

JigSaw puzzlE Making a Kelly bag is a painstaking and dedicated task. For a « classique » model, it takes no less than 18 to 20 hours to put together the 36 pieces the iconic bag is made of. Each Kelly is entirely handmade by the same master craftsman working in the Hermès workshops.

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The Legend of the Kelly Bag

by Jérôme Farssac Illustration - Sara D.

WHEN

IT COMES TO HANDBAGS, A WOMAN’S HEART IS OF-

TEN FLEETING.

UBIQUITOUS IT BAGS PROVIDE A FEELGOOD SEASONAL THRILL, AND BEFIT THE FASHION WORLD’S FOREVER CHANGING MOODS. BUT AS FOR SUMMER LOVE, MOST OF THESE SUDDEN FLAMES PROVE SHORT-LIVED. WHEN IN NEED OF SOMETHING MORE LASTING, TIMELESS CLASSICS ARE THE ONES TO TURN TO. IN THAT MOST RAREFIED CATEGORY, THE KELLY BAG BY HERMÈS STANDS AS THE EPITOME OF STYLE WITH SUBSTANCE.

diamondS and ScalES Pink gold, crocodile skin and no less than 1160 diamonds: this is the daring and precious alliance imagined by Pierre Hardy to create the most expensive Kelly bag in the world. This gem, quite literally, will be yours for the modest sum of 1.5 million euros.

JigSaw puzzlE Making a Kelly bag is a painstaking and dedicated task. For a « classique » model, it takes no less than 18 to 20 hours to put together the 36 pieces the iconic bag is made of. Each Kelly is entirely handmade by the same master craftsman working in the Hermès workshops.

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claSSic witH a twiSt Over the years, Hermès has constantly reinvented its iconic bag, and has steadily released highly creative limited editions, including models made with wicker, denim, silk scarves… and even bread and vegetables! Jean-Paul Gaultier proved particularly imaginative, and came up with daring and stylish offerings such as the Shoulder Kelly and the Flat Kelly. Even teenagers were taken into consideration, with a backpack version called Kelly Ado. waiting liSt The wildest rumours are circulating about how long it takes to get one’s hands on a Kelly bag. Rest assured that the crazy waiting list rumours you may have heard (anything between prepared to wait a little: being the owner of a Kelly bag is a privilege, and patience, besides means, also comes in handy when lusting after one. Just remember they’re handmade, produced in limited quantities and very coveted. virtuoSo variationS Choosing a Kelly bag is a delicious form of mental torture: materials (calf, ostrich, python, lizard, crocodile…) and a whole rainbow of colours. Not to mention special orders and limited editions: the sky is the limit, and making up your mind might prove a bit tricky. dna In 1923, Émile-Maurice Hermès asked legendary Italian car manufacturer Ettore Bugatti to help him create a bag for his wife Julie. The plain looking bag was no frivolous affair, as it Robert Dumas, Émile-Maurice’s son-in-law, had the good idea of redesigning it to make it more attractive and feminine. It was then sternly called Sac de voyage à courroie pour dames (travel bag with straps for ladies). godmotHEr Simply unlike any other bag around, the sac à courroie collection. In 1956, Grace Kelly graced the cover of Life magazine wearing a black crocodile model. Grace Kelly’s endorsement caused a sensation, and the bag was propelled to superstardom overnight. Women all around the world rushed to the nearest Hermès boutique to get a « Kelly ». had in the meantime become Princess of Monaco, in 1977.

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muSES Grace Kelly wasn’t the only iconic woman to have a soft spot for one of France’s national treasures: the likes of Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich, Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and even Queen Elizabeth all sported it as well. True legends never die, and the success story continues in the 21st century: Uma Thurman, Daphne Guinness, Kate Moss and Hilary Clinton, to name just a few, are absolute fans.

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claSSic witH a twiSt Over the years, Hermès has constantly reinvented its iconic bag, and has steadily released highly creative limited editions, including models made with wicker, denim, silk scarves… and even bread and vegetables! Jean-Paul Gaultier proved particularly imaginative, and came up with daring and stylish offerings such as the Shoulder Kelly and the Flat Kelly. Even teenagers were taken into consideration, with a backpack version called Kelly Ado. waiting liSt The wildest rumours are circulating about how long it takes to get one’s hands on a Kelly bag. Rest assured that the crazy waiting list rumours you may have heard (anything between prepared to wait a little: being the owner of a Kelly bag is a privilege, and patience, besides means, also comes in handy when lusting after one. Just remember they’re handmade, produced in limited quantities and very coveted. virtuoSo variationS Choosing a Kelly bag is a delicious form of mental torture: materials (calf, ostrich, python, lizard, crocodile…) and a whole rainbow of colours. Not to mention special orders and limited editions: the sky is the limit, and making up your mind might prove a bit tricky. dna In 1923, Émile-Maurice Hermès asked legendary Italian car manufacturer Ettore Bugatti to help him create a bag for his wife Julie. The plain looking bag was no frivolous affair, as it Robert Dumas, Émile-Maurice’s son-in-law, had the good idea of redesigning it to make it more attractive and feminine. It was then sternly called Sac de voyage à courroie pour dames (travel bag with straps for ladies). godmotHEr Simply unlike any other bag around, the sac à courroie collection. In 1956, Grace Kelly graced the cover of Life magazine wearing a black crocodile model. Grace Kelly’s endorsement caused a sensation, and the bag was propelled to superstardom overnight. Women all around the world rushed to the nearest Hermès boutique to get a « Kelly ». had in the meantime become Princess of Monaco, in 1977.

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muSES Grace Kelly wasn’t the only iconic woman to have a soft spot for one of France’s national treasures: the likes of Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich, Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and even Queen Elizabeth all sported it as well. True legends never die, and the success story continues in the 21st century: Uma Thurman, Daphne Guinness, Kate Moss and Hilary Clinton, to name just a few, are absolute fans.

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long dress in pink pleAted orgAnzA, metAllic Belt, Bicolor lAmB shoes with metAl heel And tip, metAl And strAss ring.

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a touch of platinum.

Meisterstück Hommage à W.A. Mozart Jewellery Collection. Leave a unique mark with a truly precious writing instrument. Platinum-plated barrel and cap adorned with an elegant matelassé pattern. Hand-crafted 18K rhodium-plated gold nib. Montblanc emblem made of mother-of-pearl.

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* PRICE ON DEMAND

Selection by Philippe Uter

1. FOSCARINI, « PLASS » SUSPENSION LIGHT, 1.850 EUROS 2. PIPPA SMALL, YELLOW GOLDEN AND LABRADORITE BRACELET, 1.250 EUROS AT MONTAIGNE MARKET 3. GUERLAIN, « L’HEURE BLEUE » PERFUME,* 4. CIRE TRUDON, « MYNOTT » LIMITED EDITION CANDLE, 70 EUROS 5. ESTABLISHED & SONS, LIGHTHOUSE SONS LAMPE, DESIGN ERWAN AND RONAN BOUROULLEC, FROM 2.882 EUROS 6. LOUIS VUITTON, ACETATE SUNGLASSES, 410 EUROS 7. GUCCI, « 1970 » BAG EN BLACK CROCODILE, 22.000 EUROS 8. PODIUM, YANA RING, 11.020 EUROS 9. EDRA, BRASILIA TABLE DESIGN CAMPANE, 8.340 EUROS 10. GRIPOIX BY CATHERINE BABA, GOLDEN MÉTAL BELT, 2.625 EUROS 11. KNOLL, SOFA DESIGN JEAN-CHRISTOPHE POGGIOLI & PIERRE BEUCLER, 5.154 EUROS 12. ROGER VIVIER, SEXY BOW SANDALS, SATIN, 890 EUROS

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a touch of platinum.

Meisterstück Hommage à W.A. Mozart Jewellery Collection. Leave a unique mark with a truly precious writing instrument. Platinum-plated barrel and cap adorned with an elegant matelassé pattern. Hand-crafted 18K rhodium-plated gold nib. Montblanc emblem made of mother-of-pearl.

WISH LIST - HER

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* PRICE ON DEMAND

Selection by Philippe Uter

1. FOSCARINI, « PLASS » SUSPENSION LIGHT, 1.850 EUROS 2. PIPPA SMALL, YELLOW GOLDEN AND LABRADORITE BRACELET, 1.250 EUROS AT MONTAIGNE MARKET 3. GUERLAIN, « L’HEURE BLEUE » PERFUME,* 4. CIRE TRUDON, « MYNOTT » LIMITED EDITION CANDLE, 70 EUROS 5. ESTABLISHED & SONS, LIGHTHOUSE SONS LAMPE, DESIGN ERWAN AND RONAN BOUROULLEC, FROM 2.882 EUROS 6. LOUIS VUITTON, ACETATE SUNGLASSES, 410 EUROS 7. GUCCI, « 1970 » BAG EN BLACK CROCODILE, 22.000 EUROS 8. PODIUM, YANA RING, 11.020 EUROS 9. EDRA, BRASILIA TABLE DESIGN CAMPANE, 8.340 EUROS 10. GRIPOIX BY CATHERINE BABA, GOLDEN MÉTAL BELT, 2.625 EUROS 11. KNOLL, SOFA DESIGN JEAN-CHRISTOPHE POGGIOLI & PIERRE BEUCLER, 5.154 EUROS 12. ROGER VIVIER, SEXY BOW SANDALS, SATIN, 890 EUROS

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(until August 31st 2012)

(opening September 2012)

Tel.: 0041 22 311 42 60

Tel.: 0041 22 311 42 60

2, rue de Castiglione 75001 Paris

4, rue Marbeuf 75008 Paris

8, rue de la Confédération Genève

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Tel.: 0033 (0)1 49 27 05 53

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(until August 31st 2012)

(opening September 2012)

Tel.: 0041 22 311 42 60

Tel.: 0041 22 311 42 60

2, rue de Castiglione 75001 Paris Tel.: 0033 (0)1 49 27 05 53

4, rue Marbeuf 75008 Paris Tel.: 0033 (0)1 49 52 86 95

8, rue de la Confédération Genève (until August 31st 2012) Tel.: 0041 22 311 42 60

2, rue du Mont-Blanc Genève (opening September 2012) Tel.: 0041 22 311 42 60

2, rue de Castiglione 75001 Paris Tel.: 0033 (0)1 49 27 05 53

4, rue Marbeuf 75008 Paris Tel.: 0033 (0)1 49 52 86 95

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2, rue du Mont-Blanc Genève (opening September 2012) Tel.: 0041 22 311 42 60

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FOR EACH PHONE SOLD VERTU WILL FINANCE A PLASTIC SURGERY TO A CHILD, 3.900 EUROS 8. JAQUET DROZ, « L’ECLIPSE » WATCH, * 9. S.T DUPONT, CIGAR CUTTER, 105 EUROS 10. WESTON, BOX LEATHER SHOES, 610 EUROS 11. FENDI CASA, HUMPFREY BUFFET DESIGN VLADIMIR KAGAN, 11.620 EUROS

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FOR EACH PHONE SOLD VERTU WILL FINANCE A PLASTIC SURGERY TO A CHILD, 3.900 EUROS 8. JAQUET DROZ, « L’ECLIPSE » WATCH, * 9. S.T DUPONT, CIGAR CUTTER, 105 EUROS 10. WESTON, BOX LEATHER SHOES, 610 EUROS 11. FENDI CASA, HUMPFREY BUFFET DESIGN VLADIMIR KAGAN, 11.620 EUROS

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SAGA

Monaco, a hub for the 21st century

“IF I WERE TO BE A MONARCH, I WOULD RATHER BE THE PRINCE OF MONACO, AS HIS PRINCEDOM’S BORDERS ARE MADE WITH FLOWERS.” COLETTE.

by Jérôme Farssac Illustration - Sara D.

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BYWORD FOR GLAMOUR AND AFFLUENCE, THE

700-YEAR-

OLD PRINCIPALITY DOES NOT REST ON ITS GOLDEN LAURELS.

FORGET ALL THE CLICHÉS ABOUT GAMBLING AND TAX-EVADING SWELLS: MONACO IS BENT ON REINVENTING ITSELF THROUGH GREEN-TECH, CULTURE AND PHILANTHROPY, WITHOUT LOSING ITS HEDONISTIC APPEAL.

tHat Stuff tHat drEamS arE madE of

or Robert Taylor: in 1297, a nobleman from Genoa, Francesco Grimaldi, known as Il Malizia (Italian for “The Cunning One”) captured the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco disguised as a Franciscan Monk. With such a rocky start, the destiny of Monaco was bound to be out of the ordinary. And out of the ordinary it has been: this initially forsaken rock bordered by French territory on three sides, and the Mediterranean Sea on the fourth, the second smallest state on the planet after The Vatican, has gone on to become a world famous haven for the rich and famous with no natural resources but splendid scenery, mild climate and an innate sense of storytelling. Think Russian aristocrats roulette gambling their lives and fortunes; Greek shipping magnates competing for the title of “owner of the largest yacht in the world” parading in the harbour;

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Monaco, a hub for the 21st century

“IF I WERE TO BE A MONARCH, I WOULD RATHER BE THE PRINCE OF MONACO, AS HIS PRINCEDOM’S BORDERS ARE MADE WITH FLOWERS.” COLETTE.

by Jérôme Farssac Illustration - Sara D.

A

BYWORD FOR GLAMOUR AND AFFLUENCE, THE

700-YEAR-

OLD PRINCIPALITY DOES NOT REST ON ITS GOLDEN LAURELS.

FORGET ALL THE CLICHÉS ABOUT GAMBLING AND TAX-EVADING SWELLS: MONACO IS BENT ON REINVENTING ITSELF THROUGH GREEN-TECH, CULTURE AND PHILANTHROPY, WITHOUT LOSING ITS HEDONISTIC APPEAL.

tHat Stuff tHat drEamS arE madE of

or Robert Taylor: in 1297, a nobleman from Genoa, Francesco Grimaldi, known as Il Malizia (Italian for “The Cunning One”) captured the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco disguised as a Franciscan Monk. With such a rocky start, the destiny of Monaco was bound to be out of the ordinary. And out of the ordinary it has been: this initially forsaken rock bordered by French territory on three sides, and the Mediterranean Sea on the fourth, the second smallest state on the planet after The Vatican, has gone on to become a world famous haven for the rich and famous with no natural resources but splendid scenery, mild climate and an innate sense of storytelling. Think Russian aristocrats roulette gambling their lives and fortunes; Greek shipping magnates competing for the title of “owner of the largest yacht in the world” parading in the harbour;

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SAGA

Sporty city

billionaires and socialites dancing the night away at mythical night club The Jimmy’s; Oscar-winning screen sirens marrying hereditary princes… Since the opening of the Monte Carlo Casino in the late 19th century, the sovereign city state has provided prime material for the golden legend of the Modern and Contemporary era. And the saga continues into the 21st century, with new heroines like ravishing Charlotte Casiraghi, and HSH Princess Charlene.

Monaco is well known for its high-status sport events. The legendary Monaco Grand Prix has been held since 1929 in the streets of the principality; The Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series, although technically taking place in France, in neighbouring the most important tennis tournament on clay after Roland Garros; The Global Champion Tour welcomes the world’s most celebrated riders, including Charlotte Casiraghi…The list could go on forever. Not surprisingly, given its geography and history, Monaco has a passion for all things maritime. Prince Rainier III founded the Monaco Yacht Club in 1953. With close to 1000 members comprising 53 nationalities, it gathers the most prestigious yachts in the world and hosts a wide range of sporting events, such as the Wally Record and the Riva Trophy. Its new monumental clubhouse designed by Sir Norman Foster will open in 2014. The Monaco Yacht Show (September 19-22, 2012) is the equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival for boats, and exhibits each year the quintessence of luxury yachting.

a cultural goldEn Era rEviSitEd Culture in Monaco is a long-established tradition: in the 17th century, Prince Antoine I was a keen musician and music lover who funded Jean-Baptiste Lulli’s debut Opera. By the turn of the 20th century, Monte-Carlo was an international mecca for the arts. The Opera House designed by Charles Garnier, saw the likes of Wagner, Massenet, Gounod and Ravel premiere major works. Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes brought together the talents of Nijinsky and Balanchine to revolutionise ballet, whilst Matisse, Picasso, Cocteau, Coco Chanel, Debussy and Stravinsky participated in the Riviera buzz until the outbreak of WWII. If the booming post-war years re-established Monte-Carlo as a favourite watering hole for the Jet-Set, its status as a creative beehive downgraded from cutting edge to run-of-the-mill.

With the noughties came about a most welcome Renaissance.

Under the helm of HSH Princess Caroline and choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot, les Ballets de Monte-Carlo rose from the ashes. Even better: in a place that had been without an art museum for years, the opening in 2006 of the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - split between two venues, the heritageoriented Villa Sauber, and the more international in scope and ambition Villa Paloma, which thrives to join the league of Europe’s established institutions - proved to be a game changer that paved the way for a number of promising developments: the Musée Océanographique welcomed a Damien Hirst show in 2010, and currently showcases Marc Quinn’s creations, whilst

plans are under way: after the extension of Port Hercules. In such a constrained environment, change is a vital challenge. Yet

through his own foundation in drawing global attention to marine protection; HRH Princess Caroline is the patron of many philanthropic organisations, including the World Association of Children’s Friends (AMADE) and HRH Princess Stéphanie created Fight Aids Monaco, which helps people living with either HIV or Aids, and their families.

whilst the Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel and Club, an authentic jewel from the 1930s, was revamped in 2009 by maverick India Mahdavi. The Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort is the latest jewel in the SBM’s crown: since 2005, this breathtaking Eden, which features a sandy-bottomed lagoon and a fresco by Karl Lagerfeld, was voted “Best Hotel in the World” in 2010.

Halfway between a glorious past and a bright future, Monaco is more than ever a dream destination.

rEinvEnting HEritagE Monaco is a shape-shifting land: the quasi-bucolic seaside town of the 19th century has become the most densely populated country on the planet, and has even increased its surface area by reclaiming land from the Mediterranean Sea. Ambitious new

There’s more to Monaco than upmarket tourism, the most expensive real estate in the world, and gambling: it has become a major banking centre holding over €100 billion worth of funds, and has successfully sought to diversify its economy into high-added value, non-polluting industries such as cosmetics.

As a result, Monaco boasts both the world’s highest GDP and lowest poverty rate, along with a 0% unemployment. This Midas touch goes hand in hand with a distinctive tradition of philanthropy, and it is no coincidence that Monaco’s most exclusive society events, the Rose Ball and the Red Cross Ball, Cross respectively, two of the many charities supported by the Princely family. When it comes to philanthropy, Monaco is not only very generous, but also very serious, proactive and dedicated. Following in the footsteps of their mother, the late Princess Grace, HSH Prince Albert II is particularly involved

artists such as Jean-Michel Othoniel and Carsten Höller, not to mention a burgeoning gallery scene.

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©Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort

dazzling gEnEroSity

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SAGA

Sporty city

billionaires and socialites dancing the night away at mythical night club The Jimmy’s; Oscar-winning screen sirens marrying hereditary princes… Since the opening of the Monte Carlo Casino in the late 19th century, the sovereign city state has provided prime material for the golden legend of the Modern and Contemporary era. And the saga continues into the 21st century, with new heroines like ravishing Charlotte Casiraghi, and HSH Princess Charlene.

Monaco is well known for its high-status sport events. The legendary Monaco Grand Prix has been held since 1929 in the streets of the principality; The Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series, although technically taking place in France, in neighbouring the most important tennis tournament on clay after Roland Garros; The Global Champion Tour welcomes the world’s most celebrated riders, including Charlotte Casiraghi…The list could go on forever. Not surprisingly, given its geography and history, Monaco has a passion for all things maritime. Prince Rainier III founded the Monaco Yacht Club in 1953. With close to 1000 members comprising 53 nationalities, it gathers the most prestigious yachts in the world and hosts a wide range of sporting events, such as the Wally Record and the Riva Trophy. Its new monumental clubhouse designed by Sir Norman Foster will open in 2014. The Monaco Yacht Show (September 19-22, 2012) is the equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival for boats, and exhibits each year the quintessence of luxury yachting.

a cultural goldEn Era rEviSitEd Culture in Monaco is a long-established tradition: in the 17th century, Prince Antoine I was a keen musician and music lover who funded Jean-Baptiste Lulli’s debut Opera. By the turn of the 20th century, Monte-Carlo was an international mecca for the arts. The Opera House designed by Charles Garnier, saw the likes of Wagner, Massenet, Gounod and Ravel premiere major works. Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes brought together the talents of Nijinsky and Balanchine to revolutionise ballet, whilst Matisse, Picasso, Cocteau, Coco Chanel, Debussy and Stravinsky participated in the Riviera buzz until the outbreak of WWII. If the booming post-war years re-established Monte-Carlo as a favourite watering hole for the Jet-Set, its status as a creative beehive downgraded from cutting edge to run-of-the-mill.

With the noughties came about a most welcome Renaissance.

Under the helm of HSH Princess Caroline and choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot, les Ballets de Monte-Carlo rose from the ashes. Even better: in a place that had been without an art museum for years, the opening in 2006 of the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - split between two venues, the heritageoriented Villa Sauber, and the more international in scope and ambition Villa Paloma, which thrives to join the league of Europe’s established institutions - proved to be a game changer that paved the way for a number of promising developments: the Musée Océanographique welcomed a Damien Hirst show in 2010, and currently showcases Marc Quinn’s creations, whilst

plans are under way: after the extension of Port Hercules. In such a constrained environment, change is a vital challenge. Yet

through his own foundation in drawing global attention to marine protection; HRH Princess Caroline is the patron of many philanthropic organisations, including the World Association of Children’s Friends (AMADE) and HRH Princess Stéphanie created Fight Aids Monaco, which helps people living with either HIV or Aids, and their families.

whilst the Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel and Club, an authentic jewel from the 1930s, was revamped in 2009 by maverick India Mahdavi. The Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort is the latest jewel in the SBM’s crown: since 2005, this breathtaking Eden, which features a sandy-bottomed lagoon and a fresco by Karl Lagerfeld, was voted “Best Hotel in the World” in 2010.

Halfway between a glorious past and a bright future, Monaco is more than ever a dream destination.

rEinvEnting HEritagE Monaco is a shape-shifting land: the quasi-bucolic seaside town of the 19th century has become the most densely populated country on the planet, and has even increased its surface area by reclaiming land from the Mediterranean Sea. Ambitious new

There’s more to Monaco than upmarket tourism, the most expensive real estate in the world, and gambling: it has become a major banking centre holding over €100 billion worth of funds, and has successfully sought to diversify its economy into high-added value, non-polluting industries such as cosmetics.

As a result, Monaco boasts both the world’s highest GDP and lowest poverty rate, along with a 0% unemployment. This Midas touch goes hand in hand with a distinctive tradition of philanthropy, and it is no coincidence that Monaco’s most exclusive society events, the Rose Ball and the Red Cross Ball, Cross respectively, two of the many charities supported by the Princely family. When it comes to philanthropy, Monaco is not only very generous, but also very serious, proactive and dedicated. Following in the footsteps of their mother, the late Princess Grace, HSH Prince Albert II is particularly involved

artists such as Jean-Michel Othoniel and Carsten Höller, not to mention a burgeoning gallery scene.

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©Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort

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49 stories, 170 metres… take your place above the rest…

CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION:

+ 377 97 77 37 77 / info@odeon.mc The images depicted in this publication are an artist’s representation only and are in no way a claim by the sponsor as to the final product.

All dimensions are approximate and subject to normal construction variances and tolerances. Sponsor makes no representation or warranties except as may be set forth in the Offering Plan.

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AROUND THE WORLD

Simply Amazing

© Lindum Turf

Hill HouSE, mElbournE (auStralia) by andrEw maynard arcHitEcturE A house designed like Lego, as a home for children, but with the expertise of a great architect with ecological values.

This is Shooting Star; 38m, all carbon fibre, designed by Espen Øino, built by Danish Yachts and capable of 47.8 knots.

For more information on Danish Yachts, please contact info@danishyachts.com.

For sales of Shooting Star please contact our central sales agent YCO sales@ycoyacht.com.

www.danishyachts.com

HEr maJESty’S diamond JubilEE (England) The Nave of York Minster was transformed byalmost 1,500 square metres of real grass, for the York Minster Rose Dinner on Friday 8th June.York-based turf specialist Lindum, donated the unique living grass carpet called Wow!Grass! for this major event.

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AROUND THE WORLD

Simply Amazing

© Lindum Turf

Hill HouSE, mElbournE (auStralia) by andrEw maynard arcHitEcturE A house designed like Lego, as a home for children, but with the expertise of a great architect with ecological values.

This is Shooting Star; 38m, all carbon fibre, designed by Espen Øino, built by Danish Yachts and capable of 47.8 knots.

For more information on Danish Yachts, please contact info@danishyachts.com.

For sales of Shooting Star please contact our central sales agent YCO sales@ycoyacht.com.

www.danishyachts.com

HEr maJESty’S diamond JubilEE (England) The Nave of York Minster was transformed byalmost 1,500 square metres of real grass, for the York Minster Rose Dinner on Friday 8th June.York-based turf specialist Lindum, donated the unique living grass carpet called Wow!Grass! for this major event.

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AROUND THE WORLD

©Gérard Rancinan

©Pascal Haudressy, Choice, 2012.

turbulEncES, ESpacE culturEl louiS vuitton (pariS) With the help of new technologies, rudimentary techniques, virtual images and traditional line drawings, artists from different horizons are exploring the multiple aesthetic and philosophical possibilities of the notion of turbulence. They have also developed various systems of graphic, pictorial and sculptural notation enabling them to “chart” these spontaneous and disconcerting movements of matter. The immersive space and video installations of Pascal Haudressy are one such example.

a wondErful world : with this last part of their TRILOGY OF THE MODERNS, Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault conclude their radiographic examination of our contemporaries. On a note of derision, they summon up a world reminiscent of an enormous funfair, an abstract realm depicted without sentimentality.

A world in which superheroes have replaced classical icons.

Where Mickey Mouse, Batman and Uncle Scrooge invite us into their cartoon universes and politics, art and business are no never far from reality…

iriS van HErpEn x unitEd nudE “Fang” shoes with ten sharp teeth on each foot – the with United Nude. The shape of the wedge is so complex

Swiss flight - Jean Révillard

©Patrick Pyszka

made during a slow moulding process.

igloo villagE (finland) Every one of this hotel’s igloos is made from special heated glass and offers a view of the stars and the northern lights. A warm experience!

©Luis Vasconcelos

Solar impulSE (cH) With the wingspan of an Airbus A340, the weight of a family car and the power of a scooter, the Solar Impulse prototype presents constructional and aerodynamic features never before encountered.

a noiva (tHE bridE), 2001-2005

by Joana vaSconcEloS An elegant, imposing chandelier worthy of the noblest European salons - displays an indulgent cascade of shining pendants.

Only upon closer inspection does it become apparent that the pendants are, in fact, immaculate tampons.

StrEEtS of monaco by yacHt iSland dESign (uk) This amazing concept boat «Streets of Monaco» was designed by a British

cloud gatE (cHicago) : This sculpture by Anish Kapoor is made out of 168 stainless steel plates, with 2,442 linear feet of welded seams, bringing its total weight to 110 tons. It cost $23 million of private and corporate donations to make. This equates to $136,904 per plate, including labour.

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key landmarks of the principality, Hotel de Paris, Casino, Prince’s Palace, Loews Hotel, Port Hercule and Rascasse.

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AROUND THE WORLD

©Gérard Rancinan

©Pascal Haudressy, Choice, 2012.

turbulEncES, ESpacE culturEl louiS vuitton (pariS) With the help of new technologies, rudimentary techniques, virtual images and traditional line drawings, artists from different horizons are exploring the multiple aesthetic and philosophical possibilities of the notion of turbulence. They have also developed various systems of graphic, pictorial and sculptural notation enabling them to “chart” these spontaneous and disconcerting movements of matter. The immersive space and video installations of Pascal Haudressy are one such example.

a wondErful world : with this last part of their TRILOGY OF THE MODERNS, Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault conclude their radiographic examination of our contemporaries. On a note of derision, they summon up a world reminiscent of an enormous funfair, an abstract realm depicted without sentimentality.

A world in which superheroes have replaced classical icons.

Where Mickey Mouse, Batman and Uncle Scrooge invite us into their cartoon universes and politics, art and business are no never far from reality…

iriS van HErpEn x unitEd nudE “Fang” shoes with ten sharp teeth on each foot – the with United Nude. The shape of the wedge is so complex

Swiss flight - Jean Révillard

©Patrick Pyszka

made during a slow moulding process.

igloo villagE (finland) Every one of this hotel’s igloos is made from special heated glass and offers a view of the stars and the northern lights. A warm experience!

©Luis Vasconcelos

Solar impulSE (cH) With the wingspan of an Airbus A340, the weight of a family car and the power of a scooter, the Solar Impulse prototype presents constructional and aerodynamic features never before encountered.

a noiva (tHE bridE), 2001-2005

by Joana vaSconcEloS An elegant, imposing chandelier worthy of the noblest European salons - displays an indulgent cascade of shining pendants.

Only upon closer inspection does it become apparent that the pendants are, in fact, immaculate tampons.

StrEEtS of monaco by yacHt iSland dESign (uk) This amazing concept boat «Streets of Monaco» was designed by a British

cloud gatE (cHicago) : This sculpture by Anish Kapoor is made out of 168 stainless steel plates, with 2,442 linear feet of welded seams, bringing its total weight to 110 tons. It cost $23 million of private and corporate donations to make. This equates to $136,904 per plate, including labour.

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key landmarks of the principality, Hotel de Paris, Casino, Prince’s Palace, Loews Hotel, Port Hercule and Rascasse.

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CONNECTING CIRCLES

5, Hertford Street

by Simon de Burton

Isabel Bannerman transformed the down-at-heel courtyard

wHy waS it cHoSEn aS tHE SitE for tHE latESt birlEy club?

The 25,000 square foot club has actually been created from

5, HERTFORD STREET

OPENED ITS DOORS IN EARLY

JUNE

AND HAS QUICKLY BECOME THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT PRIVATE

LONDON, IF NOT THE WORLD. SET IN THE HEART OF MAYFAIR, IT BELONGS TO ROBIN BIRLEY, SON OF THE LEGENDARY NIGHTCLUB IMPRESARIO THE LATE MARK BIRLEY - AND PROMISES TO REKINDLE A HEYDAY OF SOPHISTICATED MEMBERS CLUB IN

HEDONISM FAR REMOVED FROM AN AGE OF MANUFACTURED CELEBRITY.

wHErE iS HErtford StrEEt? 5, Hertford Street is off a Mayfair square known as Shepherd Market which was developed by architect Edward Shepherd during the early 18th century. It had previously been the site of a 15-day event known as the ‘May Fair’ which became so raucous that it was eventually banned. Shepherd introduced an air of gentility to the area, installing paved walkways, a market, a theatre and even a duck pond. Shepherd Market’s villagelike atmosphere made it a popular haunt of the well-to-do, although it also had something of a reputation as being a hangout for higher-order prostitutes.

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classical statues and extravagant planting.

which had lain empty for more than 12 years. Mayfair was always the location for Mark Birley’s clubs - Annabel’s, Harry’s Bar and Mark’s Club - so it seemed the natural place for his 54-year-old son, Robin, to establish his own such venture. The reason for calling it simply ‘5, Hertford Street’ is that, shortly before his death in 2007, Mark Birley sold his three clubs to entrepreneur Richard Caring for £95 million in a deal which included the rights to use the Birley name.

wHat goES on at 5, HErtford StrEEt? nightclub, named after Robin Birley’s aunt, the late fashion booths with plush and inviting red velvet seating, peacock feather lamps, a bar made from seashells and, rising from the LouLou’s buzzes until around 3am, after which there are but a

How mucH did it coSt to crEatE 5, HErtford StrEEt? It is reputed to have cost Robin Birley and his co-investors, the Reuben brothers, around £30 million to turn the series of down-at-heel buildings into London’s most luxurious and exclusive night club. Bought in 2009, it took the best part of three years to complete the necessary structural work and little more than three months to transform the interior into a wonderland for the wealthy which combines belle epoque extremity with understated elegance.

business, with breakfast on offer in one of the dining rooms from eight o’clock / 8am / 8h00. followed, of course, by lunch. Members can relax in the building throughout the day, play cards and backgammon or enjoy movies in the private screening room. Plans are also afoot to provide overnight accommodation.

How doES onE bEcomE a mEmbEr? The club was established with 500 founding members who allegedly each paid up to £20,000 for the privilege, with an annual subscription fee of £1,000. Like most high-end London

wHat did robin birlEy gEt for HiS monEy? Somewhat unusually, he chose a fashion designer rather than an interiors expert to decorate the maze of sitting rooms, dining rooms, library and screening room which the club offers.

Rifat Ozbek selected hand-painted wallpapers, amber mirrors,

cases, prospective members must be put forward by an existing member, seconded and then considered by the membership committee. The waiting list is already described as ‘long’.

rich and exotic atmosphere inside the club, while Julian and

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CONNECTING CIRCLES

5, Hertford Street

by Simon de Burton

Isabel Bannerman transformed the down-at-heel courtyard

wHy waS it cHoSEn aS tHE SitE for tHE latESt birlEy club?

The 25,000 square foot club has actually been created from

5, HERTFORD STREET

OPENED ITS DOORS IN EARLY

JUNE

AND HAS QUICKLY BECOME THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT PRIVATE

LONDON, IF NOT THE WORLD. SET IN THE HEART OF MAYFAIR, IT BELONGS TO ROBIN BIRLEY, SON OF THE LEGENDARY NIGHTCLUB IMPRESARIO THE LATE MARK BIRLEY - AND PROMISES TO REKINDLE A HEYDAY OF SOPHISTICATED MEMBERS CLUB IN

HEDONISM FAR REMOVED FROM AN AGE OF MANUFACTURED CELEBRITY.

wHErE iS HErtford StrEEt? 5, Hertford Street is off a Mayfair square known as Shepherd Market which was developed by architect Edward Shepherd during the early 18th century. It had previously been the site of a 15-day event known as the ‘May Fair’ which became so raucous that it was eventually banned. Shepherd introduced an air of gentility to the area, installing paved walkways, a market, a theatre and even a duck pond. Shepherd Market’s villagelike atmosphere made it a popular haunt of the well-to-do, although it also had something of a reputation as being a hangout for higher-order prostitutes.

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classical statues and extravagant planting.

which had lain empty for more than 12 years. Mayfair was always the location for Mark Birley’s clubs - Annabel’s, Harry’s Bar and Mark’s Club - so it seemed the natural place for his 54-year-old son, Robin, to establish his own such venture. The reason for calling it simply ‘5, Hertford Street’ is that, shortly before his death in 2007, Mark Birley sold his three clubs to entrepreneur Richard Caring for £95 million in a deal which included the rights to use the Birley name.

wHat goES on at 5, HErtford StrEEt? nightclub, named after Robin Birley’s aunt, the late fashion booths with plush and inviting red velvet seating, peacock feather lamps, a bar made from seashells and, rising from the LouLou’s buzzes until around 3am, after which there are but a

How mucH did it coSt to crEatE 5, HErtford StrEEt? It is reputed to have cost Robin Birley and his co-investors, the Reuben brothers, around £30 million to turn the series of down-at-heel buildings into London’s most luxurious and exclusive night club. Bought in 2009, it took the best part of three years to complete the necessary structural work and little more than three months to transform the interior into a wonderland for the wealthy which combines belle epoque extremity with understated elegance.

business, with breakfast on offer in one of the dining rooms from eight o’clock / 8am / 8h00. followed, of course, by lunch. Members can relax in the building throughout the day, play cards and backgammon or enjoy movies in the private screening room. Plans are also afoot to provide overnight accommodation.

How doES onE bEcomE a mEmbEr? The club was established with 500 founding members who allegedly each paid up to £20,000 for the privilege, with an annual subscription fee of £1,000. Like most high-end London

wHat did robin birlEy gEt for HiS monEy? Somewhat unusually, he chose a fashion designer rather than an interiors expert to decorate the maze of sitting rooms, dining rooms, library and screening room which the club offers.

Rifat Ozbek selected hand-painted wallpapers, amber mirrors,

cases, prospective members must be put forward by an existing member, seconded and then considered by the membership committee. The waiting list is already described as ‘long’.

rich and exotic atmosphere inside the club, while Julian and

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Miami, night & day

by Jérôme Farssac Illustration - Sara D.

IT’S

EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY

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GED TOGETHER IN A UNIQUE WAY TO CREATE A PLACE BOTH SEXY AND TRENDY.

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ELECTRIFYING NIGHTLIFE, UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT IN THE WORLD.

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THERE’S MORE TO IT THAN ITS

HEDONISTIC LIFESTYLE, AND THIS

LATIN BEAUTY ALSO BOASTS

FASCINATING ARCHITECTURE, CUTTING EDGE ART GALLERIES AND CONNOISSEUR SHOPPING EXPERIENCES. DAY OR NIGHT,

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brEakfaSt dEligHtS Hotel (1395, Brickenwell Avenue, Miami) and gaze out over the breath-taking view of the city and Biscayne Bay whilst enjoying the globally inspired and locally sourced breakfast buffet. The to die for. Alternatively, if you wish to mingle with the locals in a casual atmosphere, News Café (800 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach), a quaint sidewalk café located right in the heart of the Art Deco District, is the place to go. Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie are regulars.

SprucE up Miami, you are deeply mistaken: Miamians are very stylish people, and the city’s fashion offerings rank among the very best in the US. Bal Harbour Shops (9701 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour), Miami’s most esteemed and upscale shopping heaven, is set in a lush open air garden with waterfalls and could be likened in terms of choice

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Miami, night & day

by Jérôme Farssac Illustration - Sara D.

IT’S

EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY

MAGIC CITY

»: SPANISH

AND

MIAMI

AMERICAN

WAS DUBBED

«

THE

CULTURES HAVE MER-

GED TOGETHER IN A UNIQUE WAY TO CREATE A PLACE BOTH SEXY AND TRENDY.

OF

COURSE,

MIAMI

IS RENOWNED FOR ITS

ELECTRIFYING NIGHTLIFE, UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT IN THE WORLD.

YET

THERE’S MORE TO IT THAN ITS

HEDONISTIC LIFESTYLE, AND THIS

LATIN BEAUTY ALSO BOASTS

FASCINATING ARCHITECTURE, CUTTING EDGE ART GALLERIES AND CONNOISSEUR SHOPPING EXPERIENCES. DAY OR NIGHT,

MIAMI

WHETHER

HAS GOT IT ALL.

IT’S

brEakfaSt dEligHtS Hotel (1395, Brickenwell Avenue, Miami) and gaze out over the breath-taking view of the city and Biscayne Bay whilst enjoying the globally inspired and locally sourced breakfast buffet. The to die for. Alternatively, if you wish to mingle with the locals in a casual atmosphere, News Café (800 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach), a quaint sidewalk café located right in the heart of the Art Deco District, is the place to go. Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie are regulars.

SprucE up Miami, you are deeply mistaken: Miamians are very stylish people, and the city’s fashion offerings rank among the very best in the US. Bal Harbour Shops (9701 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour), Miami’s most esteemed and upscale shopping heaven, is set in a lush open air garden with waterfalls and could be likened in terms of choice

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cies. You’ll get to see the alligators, along with a myriad of wildlife.

and exclusivity to Rodeo Drive or Avenue Montaigne. However, if you prefer to shop outside of malls, you can max out your AmEx Black Card and rub shoulders with Silvia Fendi and January Jones at The Webster (1220 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach), Miami’s answer to Colette. This multi-brand boutique is located in a stunning historical Art Deco building designed in 1939 by legendary architect Henry Hohauser, and boasts a super sharp selection of luxury labels. Vintage watches and Brazilian bikinis are a must.

Bottega Veneta’s creative director, Tomas Maier, spends most of the year in Miami. In his Design District outpost (170 NE 40th

gEt pampErEd bEforE a nigHt on tHE town Indulge yourself with a soothing massage at the world-renowned ESPA spa at Aqualina Resort (17875 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach). The selection of treatments on offer in this haven of Mediterranean elegance is amazing, and we highly recommend the Chakra balancing with volcanic stones, a deeply soothing Ayurvedic therapy that relieves stress from mind and soul. You can then enjoy the pristine private white sands, where the only sound is the gentle lapping of the waves on the shore. Absolute bliss.

home goods (Diptyque candles, Serge Lutens perfumes, Mariage aftErnoon tEa It would be a crime to visit Miami without a stop over at The Biltmore (1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables), a beacon of

his eponymous über glamorous collection of men’s and women’s swimwear. gEt arty

genuine landmark hotel offers a state-of-the art traditional English afternoon tea with themed pastries in majestic European-style settings. But any excuse will do to spend some time at The Biltmore, like a drink by the out-of-this-world Venetian Pool, or a cigar at the Bar’s Loggia overlooking the splendid courtyard fountain.

of the premium international destinations for contemporary art lovers, and the city abounds with noteworthy art galleries. The Rubbell Family Collection & Contemporary Arts Foundation (95 NW 29th Street, Miami) is one of the world’s largest, privately owned contemporary art collections. Constantly expanding, it features the works of artists such as Basquiat, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker and Andy Warhol. Art Basel Miami Beach (December 6-9, 2012, Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach) is considered the most important art fair in the US. Expect plenty of celebrities in attendance and exclusive parties galore. Occurring alongside Art Basel Miami, DesignMiami (December 4-9) is a global forum for design bringing together

cocktail timE Located in the ultra chic Shore Club (1901 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach), The Skybar features several different areas to suit your mood. We especially like the Gardenbar, an outdoor space landscaped like a tropical garden and adorned with Oriental-style furniture, and the intimate Rumbar, located between the pools and surrounded by white sheer curtains, serving 75 different rums…

A great place to hang out and enjoy the scene, well known for its buzz worthy DJs and trendy crowd. Located right on the ocean, Nikki Beach (One, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach) is regarded by the locals as a landmark, and provides a quintessential introduction to the SoBe nightlife. Sip on a cocktail in one of the private cabanas on the beach, and watch supermodels (Carolyn Murphy and Naomi Campbell are regularly spotted here) warm up for a wild night out. Another chic watering hole: DV Club at the Setai (2001, Collins Avenue, Miami Beach). The new private club from Designer/Playboy Domenico Vacca is a one-room den nestled into the Setai. The alcove atmosphere lends itself to a glass of champagne served from a stationary cocktail cart, but if you’re in a more festive mood, you may also head upstairs to the roof top lounge, where great DJs play regularly, and mingle with the likes of Puff Daddy, Scarlett Johansson and Ashton Kutcher.

around the world. The Bernice Steinbaum Gallery (3550 North support women artists and artists of colour in the 1970s in NYC. It moved to Miami in 1990, and has stayed true to its pioneering spirit by showcasing local artists.

Swimming witH dolpHinS The wonderful Miami Seaquarium (4400 Rickenbauer Causeway, Key Biscayne) offers VIP guests the chance to be a trainer for a day. You’ll learn all about the dolphins, take part in various training sessions, get involved in the preparation the shows and even play with the animals. An unforgettable experience, and one of the city’s most exclusive “must-dos”.

gourmEt fEaSt Not so long ago, Miami’s restaurants were considered unimpressive by international visitors. However, in recent years, Miami’s culinary scene has undergone a spectacular renaissance, and now

alligator bitE The Sagamore Hotel (1671 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) organises private airboat tours to the Everglades, South Florida’s biggest national park, home to a variety of rare and endangered spe-

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cies. You’ll get to see the alligators, along with a myriad of wildlife.

and exclusivity to Rodeo Drive or Avenue Montaigne. However, if you prefer to shop outside of malls, you can max out your AmEx Black Card and rub shoulders with Silvia Fendi and January Jones at The Webster (1220 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach), Miami’s answer to Colette. This multi-brand boutique is located in a stunning historical Art Deco building designed in 1939 by legendary architect Henry Hohauser, and boasts a super sharp selection of luxury labels. Vintage watches and Brazilian bikinis are a must.

Bottega Veneta’s creative director, Tomas Maier, spends most of the year in Miami. In his Design District outpost (170 NE 40th

gEt pampErEd bEforE a nigHt on tHE town Indulge yourself with a soothing massage at the world-renowned ESPA spa at Aqualina Resort (17875 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach). The selection of treatments on offer in this haven of Mediterranean elegance is amazing, and we highly recommend the Chakra balancing with volcanic stones, a deeply soothing Ayurvedic therapy that relieves stress from mind and soul. You can then enjoy the pristine private white sands, where the only sound is the gentle lapping of the waves on the shore. Absolute bliss.

home goods (Diptyque candles, Serge Lutens perfumes, Mariage aftErnoon tEa It would be a crime to visit Miami without a stop over at The Biltmore (1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables), a beacon of

his eponymous über glamorous collection of men’s and women’s swimwear. gEt arty

genuine landmark hotel offers a state-of-the art traditional English afternoon tea with themed pastries in majestic European-style settings. But any excuse will do to spend some time at The Biltmore, like a drink by the out-of-this-world Venetian Pool, or a cigar at the Bar’s Loggia overlooking the splendid courtyard fountain.

of the premium international destinations for contemporary art lovers, and the city abounds with noteworthy art galleries. The Rubbell Family Collection & Contemporary Arts Foundation (95 NW 29th Street, Miami) is one of the world’s largest, privately owned contemporary art collections. Constantly expanding, it features the works of artists such as Basquiat, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker and Andy Warhol. Art Basel Miami Beach (December 6-9, 2012, Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach) is considered the most important art fair in the US. Expect plenty of celebrities in attendance and exclusive parties galore. Occurring alongside Art Basel Miami, DesignMiami (December 4-9) is a global forum for design bringing together

cocktail timE Located in the ultra chic Shore Club (1901 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach), The Skybar features several different areas to suit your mood. We especially like the Gardenbar, an outdoor space landscaped like a tropical garden and adorned with Oriental-style furniture, and the intimate Rumbar, located between the pools and surrounded by white sheer curtains, serving 75 different rums…

A great place to hang out and enjoy the scene, well known for its buzz worthy DJs and trendy crowd. Located right on the ocean, Nikki Beach (One, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach) is regarded by the locals as a landmark, and provides a quintessential introduction to the SoBe nightlife. Sip on a cocktail in one of the private cabanas on the beach, and watch supermodels (Carolyn Murphy and Naomi Campbell are regularly spotted here) warm up for a wild night out. Another chic watering hole: DV Club at the Setai (2001, Collins Avenue, Miami Beach). The new private club from Designer/Playboy Domenico Vacca is a one-room den nestled into the Setai. The alcove atmosphere lends itself to a glass of champagne served from a stationary cocktail cart, but if you’re in a more festive mood, you may also head upstairs to the roof top lounge, where great DJs play regularly, and mingle with the likes of Puff Daddy, Scarlett Johansson and Ashton Kutcher.

around the world. The Bernice Steinbaum Gallery (3550 North support women artists and artists of colour in the 1970s in NYC. It moved to Miami in 1990, and has stayed true to its pioneering spirit by showcasing local artists.

Swimming witH dolpHinS The wonderful Miami Seaquarium (4400 Rickenbauer Causeway, Key Biscayne) offers VIP guests the chance to be a trainer for a day. You’ll learn all about the dolphins, take part in various training sessions, get involved in the preparation the shows and even play with the animals. An unforgettable experience, and one of the city’s most exclusive “must-dos”.

gourmEt fEaSt Not so long ago, Miami’s restaurants were considered unimpressive by international visitors. However, in recent years, Miami’s culinary scene has undergone a spectacular renaissance, and now

alligator bitE The Sagamore Hotel (1671 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) organises private airboat tours to the Everglades, South Florida’s biggest national park, home to a variety of rare and endangered spe-

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players are moving into the Floridian metropolis: NobuMiami has been around for a decade, Jean-Georges just arrived with his J&G Grill at the St Regis Bal Harbour Resort, and exciting new dining spots are lining up to open, like the Costes-inspired Doré on Lincoln Avenue.

Adriana de Moura

Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Mickey Rourke, Gisele Bundchen and Colin Farrell. Mynt’s velvet rope is quite a hurdle, but if you manage to get in, you’ll mingle with the most fabulous crowd in the Magic City. Another distinguishing factor: Mynt is comple-

Adriana de Moura embodies all the quintessential energy, sexiness and warmth that are synonymous with both her native Brazil and her adoptive hometown Miami Yet there’s more to her than looks and joyful exuberance. Ms de Moura challenges stereotypes, and is living proof that beauty and brains are

23rd Street, Miami Bach) is something of a rarity in Miami: an “intimate” club with a capacity for only 220 people. If its size adds to its exclusivity, that doesn’t mean the place is decorated in a subdued way: baccarat chandeliers, Moroccan lattice work, cherryred sofas, the décor is eye-popping, and so is the crowd: Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise and Lenny Kravitz have all let loose here.

La Palme d’Or (1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables) is located in the Biltmore Hotel, and is rated by many as the best restaurant in Miami. Chef Philippe Ruiz brings a taste of France to Florida with his seemingly simple yet incredibly sophisticated dishes.

The service is also exceptional. Joe’s Stone Crab (11 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) has specialised in the delicious local stone crab since its opening in 1913. The atmosphere is always great in this Miami dining mecca, which is also the perfect place for celebrity spotting: Madonna, Billy Joel, Bill Clinton, Muhammad Ali have all enjoyed Joe’s seafood. Casa Tua (1700 James Avenue, Miami Beach) is also a much beloved institution in Miami. This handsome Mediterranean villa offers delicious Northern Italian cuisine and a genuine family feel. We loved the lively atmosphere of the 20-seat Chef ’s Table in full view of the kitchen, but if you’re looking for a more romantic ambiance, the lush garden with its lantern-lit trees will be the perfect spot for a one to one

and has established herself as a serious player of the Miami art scene with her eponymous gallery that showcases both emerging artists and household names like Basquiat and Warhol. She’s also one of the stars of the hit TV show, The Real Housewives of Miami. When not discovering new artists, Adriana loves enjoying all that Miami has to offer in terms of culture, shopping and nightlife, and she sure knows how to have a good time!

SlEEp tigHt Whatever your requirements, Miami has an extensive range of premium hotels that cater for every taste. Some of them (such as the legendary Delano and the über-fashionable Mondrian) have achieved international stardom, quite rightly so, but they are not the only ones worth your while.

HEr addrESSES: Myio Home (47 NE 36th street, Miami) Taschen Bookstore (1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) The Collection (200 Bird Road, Coral Gables) Adriana de Moura Gallery (4217 Ponce de leon Blvd, 2nd Floor) Wall, Miami (2201, Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) SET (320 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) Botequim Carioca (900 Biscayne Blvd, Miami) Garwood Lounge (at the Vanderbilt Mansion, One Fisher island, Miami Beach) Delano (1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) Zuma (270 Biscayne Blvd Way, Miami) Segafreddo (1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach)

The Fisher Island Hotel & Resort (One Fisher Island Drive, Fisher Island) offers a level of exclusivity that few Miami establishments can rival. The 1928 Vanderbilt Mansion was recently refurbished to the tune of 60 million dollars. Fischer Island is totally private and accessible only by boat or seaplane, guaranteeing unparalleled privacy. This oasis of beauty and luxury has welcomed Robert de Niro, Naomi Campbell and Oprah Winfrey. The Shore Club (1901 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach)

surprised if you bump into Boris Becker and Elle McPherson, who can’t get enough of the heavenly Tiramisu. Juvia (1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) is quite an experience: private elevators will transport you to the penthouse level, atop a splendid building, nine storeys above the city, with killer views of SoBe. The décor is equally spectacular, with a vertical garden by Patrick Blanc and an amethyst gem topped bar. But the real action takes place in the kitchen, with talents such as Laurent Cantineaux, a protégé of Daniel Boulud, Sunny Oh, who was at the helm of NobuMiami, and pastry chef Gregory Gourreau, who has worked alongside Alain Ducasse.

and offers a zen-like setting with crisp white interiors, ultramodern furnishings and a stunning lobby. The pool area is quite something, and the beach is equally picture-perfect. The ideal place for the young and sexy who like to see and be seen, as the Shore Club is home to Nobu and SkyBar. The Villa by boutique hotel experience in Miami. This 10-suite-paradise was formerly known as Casa Casuarina, and is famous for being Gianni Versace’s home until his brutal murder by the front gate in 1997. Entrepreneur Barton G. Weiss took over in 2009 and imprinted his own signature style on the storied house, which feels much more like a private residence than a hotel: each suite has their its own butler to attend to your every need and make you feel like royalty. The Dining Room, the in-house restaurant, is one of the best in town, and the settings, from the over-thetop Thousand Mosaic pool to the extravagant tropical garden, are simply stunning. Last but not least, The Setai (2001 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach). This oceanfront hotel opened in 1938, and now comprises the original Art Deco building and a 40-story

crazy nigHtS Even those who consider themselves serious movers and shakers will be impressed by Miami’s nightspots. The SoBe area is where the cream of the club scene is to be found. Mansion (1235 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) is regarded as one of South Beach’s most iconic venues. This lavish and majestic club features the most technologically advanced lighting and sound in the US, and has played host to some of the music world’s most heralded events, from DJ sets by David Guetta to parties by Jay Z, and live retreat for VIPs seeking a bit of privacy. Super trendy MYNT (1921 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) has one of the tightest door policies in the world, and the list of celebrity attendees including

idyllic atmosphere makes it the ultimate getaway for those understated luxury.

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Craig Robins If it wasn’t for him, chances are that the face of Miami as we know it today would be totally different, and far less attractive. Craig Robins is more than just a (highly) successful entrepreneur: he is also a major contemporary art collector who brought Art Basel, the world’s most important contemporary art fair, to Miami Beach, and a visionary who turned South Beach from a decrepit Art Deco wasteland into a vibrant and stylish strip that has added major cachet to a city that struggled to reinvented itself not so long ago. He’s now intent on putting the Design District back on the map as a global luxury retail destination.

The king of the Miami property jungle shares his favourite Miami spots.

HiS addrESSES: The De La Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space (23 NE 41st Street, Miami) LIV at the Fontainebleau (4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) Michael’s Genuine (130 NE 40th Street, Miami) Miami Design District Forge (432 41st Street, Miami Beach).

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players are moving into the Floridian metropolis: NobuMiami has been around for a decade, Jean-Georges just arrived with his J&G Grill at the St Regis Bal Harbour Resort, and exciting new dining spots are lining up to open, like the Costes-inspired Doré on Lincoln Avenue.

Adriana de Moura

Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Mickey Rourke, Gisele Bundchen and Colin Farrell. Mynt’s velvet rope is quite a hurdle, but if you manage to get in, you’ll mingle with the most fabulous crowd in the Magic City. Another distinguishing factor: Mynt is comple-

Adriana de Moura embodies all the quintessential energy, sexiness and warmth that are synonymous with both her native Brazil and her adoptive hometown Miami Yet there’s more to her than looks and joyful exuberance. Ms de Moura challenges stereotypes, and is living proof that beauty and brains are

23rd Street, Miami Bach) is something of a rarity in Miami: an “intimate” club with a capacity for only 220 people. If its size adds to its exclusivity, that doesn’t mean the place is decorated in a subdued way: baccarat chandeliers, Moroccan lattice work, cherryred sofas, the décor is eye-popping, and so is the crowd: Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise and Lenny Kravitz have all let loose here.

La Palme d’Or (1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables) is located in the Biltmore Hotel, and is rated by many as the best restaurant in Miami. Chef Philippe Ruiz brings a taste of France to Florida with his seemingly simple yet incredibly sophisticated dishes.

The service is also exceptional. Joe’s Stone Crab (11 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) has specialised in the delicious local stone crab since its opening in 1913. The atmosphere is always great in this Miami dining mecca, which is also the perfect place for celebrity spotting: Madonna, Billy Joel, Bill Clinton, Muhammad Ali have all enjoyed Joe’s seafood. Casa Tua (1700 James Avenue, Miami Beach) is also a much beloved institution in Miami. This handsome Mediterranean villa offers delicious Northern Italian cuisine and a genuine family feel. We loved the lively atmosphere of the 20-seat Chef ’s Table in full view of the kitchen, but if you’re looking for a more romantic ambiance, the lush garden with its lantern-lit trees will be the perfect spot for a one to one

and has established herself as a serious player of the Miami art scene with her eponymous gallery that showcases both emerging artists and household names like Basquiat and Warhol. She’s also one of the stars of the hit TV show, The Real Housewives of Miami. When not discovering new artists, Adriana loves enjoying all that Miami has to offer in terms of culture, shopping and nightlife, and she sure knows how to have a good time!

SlEEp tigHt Whatever your requirements, Miami has an extensive range of premium hotels that cater for every taste. Some of them (such as the legendary Delano and the über-fashionable Mondrian) have achieved international stardom, quite rightly so, but they are not the only ones worth your while.

HEr addrESSES: Myio Home (47 NE 36th street, Miami) Taschen Bookstore (1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) The Collection (200 Bird Road, Coral Gables) Adriana de Moura Gallery (4217 Ponce de leon Blvd, 2nd Floor) Wall, Miami (2201, Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) SET (320 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) Botequim Carioca (900 Biscayne Blvd, Miami) Garwood Lounge (at the Vanderbilt Mansion, One Fisher island, Miami Beach) Delano (1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) Zuma (270 Biscayne Blvd Way, Miami) Segafreddo (1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach)

The Fisher Island Hotel & Resort (One Fisher Island Drive, Fisher Island) offers a level of exclusivity that few Miami establishments can rival. The 1928 Vanderbilt Mansion was recently refurbished to the tune of 60 million dollars. Fischer Island is totally private and accessible only by boat or seaplane, guaranteeing unparalleled privacy. This oasis of beauty and luxury has welcomed Robert de Niro, Naomi Campbell and Oprah Winfrey. The Shore Club (1901 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach)

surprised if you bump into Boris Becker and Elle McPherson, who can’t get enough of the heavenly Tiramisu. Juvia (1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) is quite an experience: private elevators will transport you to the penthouse level, atop a splendid building, nine storeys above the city, with killer views of SoBe. The décor is equally spectacular, with a vertical garden by Patrick Blanc and an amethyst gem topped bar. But the real action takes place in the kitchen, with talents such as Laurent Cantineaux, a protégé of Daniel Boulud, Sunny Oh, who was at the helm of NobuMiami, and pastry chef Gregory Gourreau, who has worked alongside Alain Ducasse.

and offers a zen-like setting with crisp white interiors, ultramodern furnishings and a stunning lobby. The pool area is quite something, and the beach is equally picture-perfect. The ideal place for the young and sexy who like to see and be seen, as the Shore Club is home to Nobu and SkyBar. The Villa by boutique hotel experience in Miami. This 10-suite-paradise was formerly known as Casa Casuarina, and is famous for being Gianni Versace’s home until his brutal murder by the front gate in 1997. Entrepreneur Barton G. Weiss took over in 2009 and imprinted his own signature style on the storied house, which feels much more like a private residence than a hotel: each suite has their its own butler to attend to your every need and make you feel like royalty. The Dining Room, the in-house restaurant, is one of the best in town, and the settings, from the over-thetop Thousand Mosaic pool to the extravagant tropical garden, are simply stunning. Last but not least, The Setai (2001 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach). This oceanfront hotel opened in 1938, and now comprises the original Art Deco building and a 40-story

crazy nigHtS Even those who consider themselves serious movers and shakers will be impressed by Miami’s nightspots. The SoBe area is where the cream of the club scene is to be found. Mansion (1235 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach) is regarded as one of South Beach’s most iconic venues. This lavish and majestic club features the most technologically advanced lighting and sound in the US, and has played host to some of the music world’s most heralded events, from DJ sets by David Guetta to parties by Jay Z, and live retreat for VIPs seeking a bit of privacy. Super trendy MYNT (1921 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) has one of the tightest door policies in the world, and the list of celebrity attendees including

idyllic atmosphere makes it the ultimate getaway for those understated luxury.

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Craig Robins If it wasn’t for him, chances are that the face of Miami as we know it today would be totally different, and far less attractive. Craig Robins is more than just a (highly) successful entrepreneur: he is also a major contemporary art collector who brought Art Basel, the world’s most important contemporary art fair, to Miami Beach, and a visionary who turned South Beach from a decrepit Art Deco wasteland into a vibrant and stylish strip that has added major cachet to a city that struggled to reinvented itself not so long ago. He’s now intent on putting the Design District back on the map as a global luxury retail destination.

The king of the Miami property jungle shares his favourite Miami spots.

HiS addrESSES: The De La Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space (23 NE 41st Street, Miami) LIV at the Fontainebleau (4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach) Michael’s Genuine (130 NE 40th Street, Miami) Miami Design District Forge (432 41st Street, Miami Beach).

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Luxury, Curves & Majesty

by Laurence Mouillefarine Production by Félicia du Rouret Photos by Patrice de Grandry / Madame Figaro

IN PARIS, THE INTERIOR DESIGNER PIERRE YOVANOVITCH HAS CALLED ON THE TRADITIONS OF HIS GREAT FRENCH PREDECESSORS FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNING A MAJESTUOUS CREATION. IN THIS LIGHT-BATHED BUILDING, HE DELIVERS HIS VISION OF STYLE, WHERE LUXURY IS WITHOUT OSTENTATION. HIS IS A LESSON FROM AN AESTHETIC PURIST.

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Luxury, Curves & Majesty

by Laurence Mouillefarine Production by Félicia du Rouret Photos by Patrice de Grandry / Madame Figaro

IN PARIS, THE INTERIOR DESIGNER PIERRE YOVANOVITCH HAS CALLED ON THE TRADITIONS OF HIS GREAT FRENCH PREDECESSORS FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SIGNING A MAJESTUOUS CREATION. IN THIS LIGHT-BATHED BUILDING, HE DELIVERS HIS VISION OF STYLE, WHERE LUXURY IS WITHOUT OSTENTATION. HIS IS A LESSON FROM AN AESTHETIC PURIST.

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Black, white and beige make up the elegant colour palette of Pierre Yovanovitch, an interior designer who is as handsome as a leading man. The owners of this private mansion in Paris gave him free reign. He knocked down walls to let the light in, creating both vertical and horizontal volumes. This artist, who initially worked in fashion, notably during an eight-year term with Pierre Cardin, has maintained a certain taste for geometric forms, which he is eager to soften with the curves of the furniture; rigour on the one hand, rounded shapes on the other. It is he who designed the dining table so evocative of a cloud; he who imagined the sofas of vertiginous dimensions, “the owners have people around a lot.”

Within this home are two breathtaking feats of interior design: the staircase and the walkways.

The spiral staircase is not supported by a single wall, seeming source of insomnia,” the designer reveals. The fully staff-coated structure necessitated four months’ work to make and

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Black, white and beige make up the elegant colour palette of Pierre Yovanovitch, an interior designer who is as handsome as a leading man. The owners of this private mansion in Paris gave him free reign. He knocked down walls to let the light in, creating both vertical and horizontal volumes. This artist, who initially worked in fashion, notably during an eight-year term with Pierre Cardin, has maintained a certain taste for geometric forms, which he is eager to soften with the curves of the furniture; rigour on the one hand, rounded shapes on the other. It is he who designed the dining table so evocative of a cloud; he who imagined the sofas of vertiginous dimensions, “the owners have people around a lot.”

Within this home are two breathtaking feats of interior design: the staircase and the walkways.

The spiral staircase is not supported by a single wall, seeming source of insomnia,” the designer reveals. The fully staff-coated structure necessitated four months’ work to make and

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Worry kept Yovanovitch awake for several nights running. It satellites at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, linking bedrooms and bathrooms. “I love travelling and airports,” he comments.

Yovanovitch trained at the Art Décoratifs in Paris, through his passion, and via books; he voluntarily picks his references from classicism, but also knows each work from the 20th century interior designers by heart.

To give life to this home, he selected American creations from the twenties and sixties, faithful to his passion for rare works. “I do not want people to see the same things here as everywhere else, and furniture from the U.S. is easy to live with.”

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Worry kept Yovanovitch awake for several nights running. It satellites at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, linking bedrooms and bathrooms. “I love travelling and airports,” he comments.

Yovanovitch trained at the Art Décoratifs in Paris, through his passion, and via books; he voluntarily picks his references from classicism, but also knows each work from the 20th century interior designers by heart.

To give life to this home, he selected American creations from the twenties and sixties, faithful to his passion for rare works. “I do not want people to see the same things here as everywhere else, and furniture from the U.S. is easy to live with.”

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Pure design

1

2

by Yves Mirande

FOR

THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN WITNESSING

A PASSIONATE CRAZE FOR DESIGN, BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND THAT OF LIMITED EDITION SERIES THAT ARE MUCH CLOSER TO ART.

DESIGN

EVENTS HAVE MULTIPLIED AND EXPANDED

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

DESIGN MIAMI BASEL (IN BASEL MIAMI, AND HONG KONG IN 2013), DESIGN PARADE (HYÈRES), WANTED DESIGN (NEW YORK), LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL (LONDON), DESIGN WEEK AND DESIGNER’S DAYS (PARIS)…IS IT ALL ABOUT INVESTMENT, OR IS THERE REALLY A HEIGHTENED TASTE FOR SUCH PIECES? THE QUESTION IS JUSTIFIABLE. WHILE WE AWAIT THE ANSWER, HERE IS A WORLD TOUR OF THESE EVENTS AND THE TOP 10 PIECES THAT SURPRISED, DELIGHTED OR QUITE SIMPLY SEDUCED US. AND

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5

fundamEntalS “Dynamic rootedness” is a key concept for the sociologist Michel Maffesoli. It is, in fact, essential to refer to the basics – all that is fundamental or primordial; to return to our roots all the better to bounce back and make the leap into the future.

With this aim, it is useful to refer back to the roots of design in order to better understand what is on offer today. To cut a long story short, we must remind ourselves that design’s primary function was that it allowed the breathing of something of aesthetics into everyday objects, and this since the post-war period, in order to boost the morale of the population. To

4

Rome (from 30th May to 25th September 2011) dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Compasso d’Oro – one of the prestigious international product design prizes – that rewards and celebrates a designer and his or her functional creation. This can be a simple everyday object, a complex industrial machine, a toy, a car or a decorative fabric. Among these cult creations: the Toloméo lamp designed by Michele de Lucchi for Artemide, for which he won the Compasso d’Oro in 1989; or perhaps Ettore Sottsass with his Elea computer for Olivetti, the winner in 1959; or even Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper, who won in 1962 with their Doney mobile television set for Brionvega.

1. SUSPENDED WALL CREATED BY PHILIPPE BESTENHEIDER FOR THE EXHIBITION AT GARAGE MILAN. 2. CHANDLO BY DOSHI LEVIEN FOR BD BARCELONA DESIGN. THE TWO BRITISH DESIGNERS’ INSPIRATION CAME FROM THEIR IDEA OF THE PERFECT HOUSE. 3. SOFT MARBLE BY RON GILAD FOR THE ITALIAN MARBLE FIRM SALVATORI. THE DESIGNER WAS ASKED TO REVISIT THE MATERIAL IN ORDER TO EXPLOIT ALL ITS TECHNICAL AND AESTHETIC POTENTIAL. 4. EN ATTENTE DE PLUS D’INFORMATIONS 5. MODULE H, A BRAND NEW MODULAR SYSTEM CREATED BY SHIGERU BAN FOR HERMÈS. 6. SHRINE BY BETHAN LAURA WOOD. LACQUERED WOOD AND COPPER. BETHAN PLAYS WITH GRAPHIC SHAPES INSPIRED BY 1950S FABRICS, MAKING THEM THREE-DIMENSIONAL. LIMITED EDITION FOR THE NILUFAR GALLERY (MILAN).

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Pure design

1

2

by Yves Mirande

FOR

THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN WITNESSING

A PASSIONATE CRAZE FOR DESIGN, BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND THAT OF LIMITED EDITION SERIES THAT ARE MUCH CLOSER TO ART.

DESIGN

EVENTS HAVE MULTIPLIED AND EXPANDED

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

DESIGN MIAMI BASEL (IN BASEL MIAMI, AND HONG KONG IN 2013), DESIGN PARADE (HYÈRES), WANTED DESIGN (NEW YORK), LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL (LONDON), DESIGN WEEK AND DESIGNER’S DAYS (PARIS)…IS IT ALL ABOUT INVESTMENT, OR IS THERE REALLY A HEIGHTENED TASTE FOR SUCH PIECES? THE QUESTION IS JUSTIFIABLE. WHILE WE AWAIT THE ANSWER, HERE IS A WORLD TOUR OF THESE EVENTS AND THE TOP 10 PIECES THAT SURPRISED, DELIGHTED OR QUITE SIMPLY SEDUCED US. AND

3

5

fundamEntalS “Dynamic rootedness” is a key concept for the sociologist Michel Maffesoli. It is, in fact, essential to refer to the basics – all that is fundamental or primordial; to return to our roots all the better to bounce back and make the leap into the future.

With this aim, it is useful to refer back to the roots of design in order to better understand what is on offer today. To cut a long story short, we must remind ourselves that design’s primary function was that it allowed the breathing of something of aesthetics into everyday objects, and this since the post-war period, in order to boost the morale of the population. To

4

Rome (from 30th May to 25th September 2011) dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Compasso d’Oro – one of the prestigious international product design prizes – that rewards and celebrates a designer and his or her functional creation. This can be a simple everyday object, a complex industrial machine, a toy, a car or a decorative fabric. Among these cult creations: the Toloméo lamp designed by Michele de Lucchi for Artemide, for which he won the Compasso d’Oro in 1989; or perhaps Ettore Sottsass with his Elea computer for Olivetti, the winner in 1959; or even Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper, who won in 1962 with their Doney mobile television set for Brionvega.

1. SUSPENDED WALL CREATED BY PHILIPPE BESTENHEIDER FOR THE EXHIBITION AT GARAGE MILAN. 2. CHANDLO BY DOSHI LEVIEN FOR BD BARCELONA DESIGN. THE TWO BRITISH DESIGNERS’ INSPIRATION CAME FROM THEIR IDEA OF THE PERFECT HOUSE. 3. SOFT MARBLE BY RON GILAD FOR THE ITALIAN MARBLE FIRM SALVATORI. THE DESIGNER WAS ASKED TO REVISIT THE MATERIAL IN ORDER TO EXPLOIT ALL ITS TECHNICAL AND AESTHETIC POTENTIAL. 4. EN ATTENTE DE PLUS D’INFORMATIONS 5. MODULE H, A BRAND NEW MODULAR SYSTEM CREATED BY SHIGERU BAN FOR HERMÈS. 6. SHRINE BY BETHAN LAURA WOOD. LACQUERED WOOD AND COPPER. BETHAN PLAYS WITH GRAPHIC SHAPES INSPIRED BY 1950S FABRICS, MAKING THEM THREE-DIMENSIONAL. LIMITED EDITION FOR THE NILUFAR GALLERY (MILAN).

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ExcEptionnal Alongside the everyday creations whose direct root is the Super Normal design of Jasper Morrison, Naoto Fukasawa, etc, another branch has developed over the past 20 years, celebrating more grandiloquent objects with less banal functions or uses, objects that are nevertheless exceptional in creative terms, bordering on art. We can observe this without fail during design events like the Pavillon des Arts et du Design (PAD), held in late March each year, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan (annually in mid-April), the Designers Days in Paris (late May), Design Miami Basel (June). The excellent Fumi Gallery in London’s Hoxton Square thus demonstrated at the last PAD (27th March – 1st April 2012) an exceptional work by the artist and designer Zoé Ouvrier. Her LIKO screen is made of eight metre-long plywood panels hand-sculpted by the artist on both sides and painted. The “décor” represents the four seasons in a forest. The technique used allows a vibrant and spectacular impression of nature. During the must-visit Salone Internazionale del

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(exhibitions throughout the city) were also remarkable. One example was Christopher Jenner’s SWELL collection of seven items presented at the Sala Napoleonica de l’Académie de Brera. SWELL takes its inspiration from childhood games and old carts, reinterpreting classic furniture with dynamic colours and fun shapes straight out of Alice in Wonderland. In Milan once more, it was impossible to miss the London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood. Her very 1920s look (China doll complexion, draped in multiple layers of brightly coloured silk, her head wrapped in fringed silk turbans) is a clue towards her boundless creativity. Represented by the visionary Nina Yashar at the Nilufar gallery in Milan, Bethan Laura Wood was presenting Playtime, made of layers of coloured laminate and MDF. The effect is spectacular, like an imaginary geological landscape.

At the last Design Miami Basel (12th-17th June 2012), the Jean Prouvé house at the Patrick Seguin gallery was not to be missed. The work of the gallery owner to bring together all the completely dismountable pieces was exemplary in its perseverance. Without doing an economic The Prouvé house was sold for an undisclosed sum during the event. At Artcurial, an auction house, a recent sale of one of Jean Prouvé’s chairs (en attente du nom) raised 500,000 euros. Perriand’s bookcase (en attente exceptional items that can be characterised as investments,” says Fabien Naudan, director of the design department at Artcurial. “But this is not a general trend. I would even say it is slightly marginal as a typology or where certain pieces are considered so sacred that it would seem to be a form of profanation to use them on a regular basis. These exceptional items are factors of social recognition. People do not buy them to put them in storage. On the contrary, to have guests over and be able to tell the story of each piece of furniture is a major driver today. They need to be put at the centre of your lifestyle.” Exceptional items to be used everyday are most certainly a new form of investment!

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6 1. MODULE H, SHIGERU BAN FOR HERMÈS. THANKS TO AN ALUMINIUM GRID CUT WITH ALL OVER HS, PANELS COVERED WITH LEATHER, SILK OR OTHER FABRICS, ETC, CAN BE CLIPPED ON TO CREATE A WALL OR FRESCO. 2 & 4. SEARCHING FOR CASSIOPEIA. FABRICA PROJECT ON THE QUESTION “HOW DO PEOPLE SIT”, PRESENTED IN MILAN IN APRIL AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 3. THE PRIVATE SESSION COLLECTION BY LEBANESE DESIGNER VICK VANLIAN IS A PERFECT REFLECTION OF THE DESIGNER’S PASSION FOR THE FASHION WORLD, CELEBRATED WITH INTENSE COLOURS AND FINE MATERIALS. 5. ICONIC BY DAN YEFFET & LUCIE KOLDOVA FOR LA CHANCE. A MIRROR WITH FEET LIKE A STATUE. THE MARBLE – OR WOOD – PEDESTAL CONTRASTS WITH THE FINESSE OF THE MIRROR THEY SUPPORT. 6. SWELL, A FUN, IMAGINARY REFUGE CREATED BY CHRISTOPHER JENNER, IN WHICH HE CREATED OBJECTS THAT LOOK GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT, THEIR FINISH IS SO RICH.

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ExcEptionnal Alongside the everyday creations whose direct root is the Super Normal design of Jasper Morrison, Naoto Fukasawa, etc, another branch has developed over the past 20 years, celebrating more grandiloquent objects with less banal functions or uses, objects that are nevertheless exceptional in creative terms, bordering on art. We can observe this without fail during design events like the Pavillon des Arts et du Design (PAD), held in late March each year, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan (annually in mid-April), the Designers Days in Paris (late May), Design Miami Basel (June). The excellent Fumi Gallery in London’s Hoxton Square thus demonstrated at the last PAD (27th March – 1st April 2012) an exceptional work by the artist and designer Zoé Ouvrier. Her LIKO screen is made of eight metre-long plywood panels hand-sculpted by the artist on both sides and painted. The “décor” represents the four seasons in a forest. The technique used allows a vibrant and spectacular impression of nature. During the must-visit Salone Internazionale del

2

(exhibitions throughout the city) were also remarkable. One example was Christopher Jenner’s SWELL collection of seven items presented at the Sala Napoleonica de l’Académie de Brera. SWELL takes its inspiration from childhood games and old carts, reinterpreting classic furniture with dynamic colours and fun shapes straight out of Alice in Wonderland. In Milan once more, it was impossible to miss the London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood. Her very 1920s look (China doll complexion, draped in multiple layers of brightly coloured silk, her head wrapped in fringed silk turbans) is a clue towards her boundless creativity. Represented by the visionary Nina Yashar at the Nilufar gallery in Milan, Bethan Laura Wood was presenting Playtime, made of layers of coloured laminate and MDF. The effect is spectacular, like an imaginary geological landscape.

At the last Design Miami Basel (12th-17th June 2012), the Jean Prouvé house at the Patrick Seguin gallery was not to be missed. The work of the gallery owner to bring together all the completely dismountable pieces was exemplary in its perseverance. Without doing an economic The Prouvé house was sold for an undisclosed sum during the event. At Artcurial, an auction house, a recent sale of one of Jean Prouvé’s chairs (en attente du nom) raised 500,000 euros. Perriand’s bookcase (en attente exceptional items that can be characterised as investments,” says Fabien Naudan, director of the design department at Artcurial. “But this is not a general trend. I would even say it is slightly marginal as a typology or where certain pieces are considered so sacred that it would seem to be a form of profanation to use them on a regular basis. These exceptional items are factors of social recognition. People do not buy them to put them in storage. On the contrary, to have guests over and be able to tell the story of each piece of furniture is a major driver today. They need to be put at the centre of your lifestyle.” Exceptional items to be used everyday are most certainly a new form of investment!

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5

6 1. MODULE H, SHIGERU BAN FOR HERMÈS. THANKS TO AN ALUMINIUM GRID CUT WITH ALL OVER HS, PANELS COVERED WITH LEATHER, SILK OR OTHER FABRICS, ETC, CAN BE CLIPPED ON TO CREATE A WALL OR FRESCO. 2 & 4. SEARCHING FOR CASSIOPEIA. FABRICA PROJECT ON THE QUESTION “HOW DO PEOPLE SIT”, PRESENTED IN MILAN IN APRIL AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 3. THE PRIVATE SESSION COLLECTION BY LEBANESE DESIGNER VICK VANLIAN IS A PERFECT REFLECTION OF THE DESIGNER’S PASSION FOR THE FASHION WORLD, CELEBRATED WITH INTENSE COLOURS AND FINE MATERIALS. 5. ICONIC BY DAN YEFFET & LUCIE KOLDOVA FOR LA CHANCE. A MIRROR WITH FEET LIKE A STATUE. THE MARBLE – OR WOOD – PEDESTAL CONTRASTS WITH THE FINESSE OF THE MIRROR THEY SUPPORT. 6. SWELL, A FUN, IMAGINARY REFUGE CREATED BY CHRISTOPHER JENNER, IN WHICH HE CREATED OBJECTS THAT LOOK GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT, THEIR FINISH IS SO RICH.

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ART EVENTS

Art Events

by Christian Alandete

Edward HoppEr octobEr 10, 2012 – January 28, 2013 PAris – grANd PAlAis www.grANdPAlAis.fr

From rural landscapes to big city buildings and bars, realistic painter Edward Hopper depicts the loneliness of the middle class citizens of America. Melancholic yet colourful, each painting seems to open up a story anyone is free to imagine. Tracing the different stages of his work, from Paris to New York, the exhibition will span his whole career.

atEliEr luxEmbourg novEmbEr 13, 2012 – fEbruary 24, 2013 luxeMbourg – MudAM www.MudAM.lu

If you missed the previous Venice Biennale, the Mudam is offering you a second chance by presenting a retrospective look at the projects created for the Luxembourg Pavilion since 1988. Distinct from the dominant artistic trend for a while, their winning of the famous Golden Lion in 2003 unveiled a whole new place for artistic creativity from this city state.

alina Szapocznikow: SculpturE undonE, 1955–1972 octobEr 7, 2012 – January 28, 2013 New York - MoMA

maurizio cattElan from tHE collEction SandrEtto rE rEbaudEngo SEptEmbEr 25 - dEcEmbEr 2, 2012 loNdoN - whitechAPel

www.MoMA.org

After Warsaw, Brussels, London and Los Angeles, MoMA New York will host an expansive survey of the work of Polish sculptor Alina Szapoczikow (1929-1973), leading

www.whitechAPelgAllerY.org

Whitechapel is collaborating with one of the most important private collections in Europe to display a selection of seminal works from the 90s by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

Irreverent and humorous as much as deadly serious, his works address universal themes including power, death and authority.

between Surrealism, New Realism and Pop Art. In the 60s, she cast her lips or breasts, turning her body parts into everyday objects like an ashtray or lamp, simultaneously provocative, sexualised and political.

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Art Events

by Christian Alandete

Edward HoppEr octobEr 10, 2012 – January 28, 2013 PAris – grANd PAlAis www.grANdPAlAis.fr

From rural landscapes to big city buildings and bars, realistic painter Edward Hopper depicts the loneliness of the middle class citizens of America. Melancholic yet colourful, each painting seems to open up a story anyone is free to imagine. Tracing the different stages of his work, from Paris to New York, the exhibition will span his whole career.

atEliEr luxEmbourg novEmbEr 13, 2012 – fEbruary 24, 2013 luxeMbourg – MudAM www.MudAM.lu

If you missed the previous Venice Biennale, the Mudam is offering you a second chance by presenting a retrospective look at the projects created for the Luxembourg Pavilion since 1988. Distinct from the dominant artistic trend for a while, their winning of the famous Golden Lion in 2003 unveiled a whole new place for artistic creativity from this city state.

alina Szapocznikow: SculpturE undonE, 1955–1972 octobEr 7, 2012 – January 28, 2013 New York - MoMA

maurizio cattElan from tHE collEction SandrEtto rE rEbaudEngo SEptEmbEr 25 - dEcEmbEr 2, 2012 loNdoN - whitechAPel

www.MoMA.org

After Warsaw, Brussels, London and Los Angeles, MoMA New York will host an expansive survey of the work of Polish sculptor Alina Szapoczikow (1929-1973), leading

www.whitechAPelgAllerY.org

Whitechapel is collaborating with one of the most important private collections in Europe to display a selection of seminal works from the 90s by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

Irreverent and humorous as much as deadly serious, his works address universal themes including power, death and authority.

between Surrealism, New Realism and Pop Art. In the 60s, she cast her lips or breasts, turning her body parts into everyday objects like an ashtray or lamp, simultaneously provocative, sexualised and political.

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JimmiE durHam a mattEr of lifE and dEatH and Singing until 18 novEmbEr 2012 ANtwerP - M hkA

fairS PARIS PHOTO FAIR L.A.

www.muHka.bE

An artist, essayist, activist, militant for the Native American cause (his roots are Cherokee), Jimmie Durham has been developing a protean body of work for more than 20 years, brought together

at Paramount Studios in April 2013.

FRIEZE ART FAIR Since Saatchi raised young British artists to the top of the art market, London has become the artistic place to be. As it does every autumn, the Frieze Art Fair should offer a bunch of new artists the chance to enter the creative world through the front door.

him by Antwerp’s M KHA. Not lacking in humour, his works confront human nature with the telluric forces of nature, crushing a car beneath a giant rock or hiding his face behind a stone in a unique self portrait.

alicE SpringS until 18 novEmbEr 2012 PAris - MeP www.MeP-fr.org

While her husband Helmut Newton was taking pictures of the world’s most beautiful women for the fashion magazines, his wife June, alias Alice Springs, was building a pantheon of celebrities by photographing a who’s who of international culture. Looking back on forty years of production, the exhibition dedicated to her work at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie reveals the benevolent eye that is capable of capturing, behind the image of the celebrity, an element of vulnerability.

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nExt SummEr Countries have started announcing the artists to be part of the forthcoming Venise Biennale 2013. France has chosen Albanian Paris-based artist Anri Sala to represent the country, while the United States of America will commission Sarah Sze for a new large scale temporary installation that is not to be missed.

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ART EVENTS

JimmiE durHam a mattEr of lifE and dEatH and Singing until 18 novEmbEr 2012 ANtwerP - M hkA

fairS PARIS PHOTO FAIR L.A.

www.muHka.bE

An artist, essayist, activist, militant for the Native American cause (his roots are Cherokee), Jimmie Durham has been developing a protean body of work for more than 20 years, brought together

at Paramount Studios in April 2013.

FRIEZE ART FAIR Since Saatchi raised young British artists to the top of the art market, London has become the artistic place to be. As it does every autumn, the Frieze Art Fair should offer a bunch of new artists the chance to enter the creative world through the front door.

him by Antwerp’s M KHA. Not lacking in humour, his works confront human nature with the telluric forces of nature, crushing a car beneath a giant rock or hiding his face behind a stone in a unique self portrait.

alicE SpringS until 18 novEmbEr 2012 PAris - MeP www.MeP-fr.org

While her husband Helmut Newton was taking pictures of the world’s most beautiful women for the fashion magazines, his wife June, alias Alice Springs, was building a pantheon of celebrities by photographing a who’s who of international culture. Looking back on forty years of production, the exhibition dedicated to her work at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie reveals the benevolent eye that is capable of capturing, behind the image of the celebrity, an element of vulnerability.

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nExt SummEr Countries have started announcing the artists to be part of the forthcoming Venise Biennale 2013. France has chosen Albanian Paris-based artist Anri Sala to represent the country, while the United States of America will commission Sarah Sze for a new large scale temporary installation that is not to be missed.

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ART FOCUS

Planet Pearl Interview by Sophie Djerlal

INSTALLATION IMAGE OF ‘ECCE HOMO TRILOGY I’, A NEW SITE-SPECIFIC EXHIBITION BY TSANG KIN-WAH AT PEARL LAM GALLERIES, HONG KONG. PHOTO: KITMIN LEE

THE

ECCENTRIC

PEARL LAM

IS A BUSINESS LADY PASSIONATE

ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN AND ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST COLLECTORS.

A

HEADHUNTER CONSTANTLY

SEARCHING FOR PROMISING NEW ARTISTS, SHE CALLS THE SHOTS ON THE

CHINESE

ART SCENE

–

A PRIMA DONNA WHO IS

SELF-ASSUREDLY STRAIGHT TALKING AND EXTRAVAGANT.

wHErE did your paSSion for art StEm from?

I began to take an interest in creation in 1991 after studying with the art world, but I instinctively felt it was right for me.

Art, design and fashion are such strong modes of expression!

In 1992, I had already launched my own galleries (Contrasts Gallery) in Shanghai and Beijing, with the major names in design, my principal passion, as exhibitors, including Andrée Putman, Michael Young, Martin Szekely, Ross Lovegrove and Tom Dixon. Very soon I started to organise “cross-over” exhibitions between artists from the East and West.

How would you dEfinE your artiStic SEnSE? I adore painting and also do calligraphy. I have always had an excessive love for fashion, and I take on an eccentric, eclectic style whatever the artistic domain I am working in.

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SincE tHE crEation of contraStS gallEry 20 yEarS ago, wHat HaS cHangEd in tHE way you work?

In the beginning, I had no dedicated exhibition space. I organised temporary exhibitions in Hong Kong, mixing art and design, which was seen as very daring at the time. It is the multidisciplinary aspect that attracts me. In 2006, I created the Pearl Lam Galleries in Shanghai, we just inaugurated one in Hong Kong, and we will open a new gallery in Singapore next year. Our aim is to build renown for the various forms of expression found on the contemporary Chinese art scene, and to show in which way it has been nourished by a strongly rooted cultural heritage. This is the meaning of our approach: to highlight the fascinating dialogues that have been established between old and new, East and West. wHicH

artists like Jenny Holzer and Yinka Shonibare, who are working on original pieces for the gallery. you arE a rEfErEncE in tHE art and dESign world. wHat iS your StrongESt mEmory of mEEting witH artiStS? I would say it is the ones that opened my eyes about my own culture. I left Hong Kong aged 11 to study abroad, and knew very little about Chinese art until I met Andre Dubreuil and Patrice Butler. Andre Dubreuil introduced me to Chinese art culture, and Patrice Butler to Chinese architecture and design.

Subsequently, I enjoyed meeting the artists Shao Fan, Zhang Huan, Sun Liang and Zhu Jinshi, or people like Gao Minglu, who enlightened me about China’s great culture and philosophy, particularly Daoism. These were important encounters that marked the way I view my identity as Chinese!

artiStS arE you following ESpEcially cloSEly at

tHE momEnt?

you

We have just consecrated a solo show in Hong Kong to the great artist Tsang Kin-Wah. In September in Shanghai, we will present the emerging young artists Morgan Wong, Ng Joon Kiat, Li Ming, Wang Zhibo, Shang Yixin, as well as an

world.

for recognition, before preparing, for 2013, a show with major

125

introducEd

cHinESE

contEmporary art to tHE

wHat attractS you about tHESE artiStS?

message I hope to transmit via my exhibitions is that our artists, even when their works are abstract, maintain a strong link with their deepest roots like Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism.

This is unfortunately not always understood by westerners.

ART FOCUS

Planet Pearl Interview by Sophie Djerlal

INSTALLATION IMAGE OF ‘ECCE HOMO TRILOGY I’, A NEW SITE-SPECIFIC EXHIBITION BY TSANG KIN-WAH AT PEARL LAM GALLERIES, HONG KONG. PHOTO: KITMIN LEE

THE

ECCENTRIC

PEARL LAM

IS A BUSINESS LADY PASSIONATE

ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN AND ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST COLLECTORS.

A

HEADHUNTER CONSTANTLY

SEARCHING FOR PROMISING NEW ARTISTS, SHE CALLS THE SHOTS ON THE

CHINESE

ART SCENE

–

A PRIMA DONNA WHO IS

SELF-ASSUREDLY STRAIGHT TALKING AND EXTRAVAGANT.

wHErE did your paSSion for art StEm from?

I began to take an interest in creation in 1991 after studying with the art world, but I instinctively felt it was right for me.

Art, design and fashion are such strong modes of expression!

In 1992, I had already launched my own galleries (Contrasts Gallery) in Shanghai and Beijing, with the major names in design, my principal passion, as exhibitors, including Andrée Putman, Michael Young, Martin Szekely, Ross Lovegrove and Tom Dixon. Very soon I started to organise “cross-over” exhibitions between artists from the East and West.

How would you dEfinE your artiStic SEnSE? I adore painting and also do calligraphy. I have always had an excessive love for fashion, and I take on an eccentric, eclectic style whatever the artistic domain I am working in.

124

SincE tHE crEation of contraStS gallEry 20 yEarS ago, wHat HaS cHangEd in tHE way you work?

In the beginning, I had no dedicated exhibition space. I organised temporary exhibitions in Hong Kong, mixing art and design, which was seen as very daring at the time. It is the multidisciplinary aspect that attracts me. In 2006, I created the Pearl Lam Galleries in Shanghai, we just inaugurated one in Hong Kong, and we will open a new gallery in Singapore next year. Our aim is to build renown for the various forms of expression found on the contemporary Chinese art scene, and to show in which way it has been nourished by a strongly rooted cultural heritage. This is the meaning of our approach: to highlight the fascinating dialogues that have been established between old and new, East and West. wHicH

artists like Jenny Holzer and Yinka Shonibare, who are working on original pieces for the gallery. you arE a rEfErEncE in tHE art and dESign world. wHat iS your StrongESt mEmory of mEEting witH artiStS? I would say it is the ones that opened my eyes about my own culture. I left Hong Kong aged 11 to study abroad, and knew very little about Chinese art until I met Andre Dubreuil and Patrice Butler. Andre Dubreuil introduced me to Chinese art culture, and Patrice Butler to Chinese architecture and design.

Subsequently, I enjoyed meeting the artists Shao Fan, Zhang Huan, Sun Liang and Zhu Jinshi, or people like Gao Minglu, who enlightened me about China’s great culture and philosophy, particularly Daoism. These were important encounters that marked the way I view my identity as Chinese!

artiStS arE you following ESpEcially cloSEly at

tHE momEnt?

you

We have just consecrated a solo show in Hong Kong to the great artist Tsang Kin-Wah. In September in Shanghai, we will present the emerging young artists Morgan Wong, Ng Joon Kiat, Li Ming, Wang Zhibo, Shang Yixin, as well as an

world.

for recognition, before preparing, for 2013, a show with major

125

introducEd

cHinESE

contEmporary art to tHE

wHat attractS you about tHESE artiStS?

message I hope to transmit via my exhibitions is that our artists, even when their works are abstract, maintain a strong link with their deepest roots like Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism.

This is unfortunately not always understood by westerners.

IN THE MOOD FOR

Jan Lisman in Sem Art Gallery

by Jérôme Farssac www.eyeartonline.com

IT

ALL STARTED AS A PASTIME.

A

WAY TO KILL TIME WHEN

TRAVELLING, AND ON ACCOUNT OF HIS SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN REAL ESTATE,

JAN LISMAN IS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE TRAVELONE DAY, THE BELGIAN - BORN AND MONACO - RAISED 27-YEAR-OLD STARTED FIDGETING WITH HIS IPHONE, AND QUICKLY GOT HOOKED, WITHOUT IMAGINING FOR A SECOND ANYTHING MIGHT COME OUT OF IT. BUT WHEN HE STARTED

© JAN lisMAN - eYeAMericA

LER.

SHOWING

FRIENDS

THE

VIVIDLY

COLOURED

COMPOSITIONS

© JAN lisMAN - MeYehANds

HE HAD CREATED WITH THIS UNUSUAL TOOL, THE RESPONSE PROVED ENTHUSIASTIC.

MONACO’S

SAFIA AL RASHID

FROM

SEM-ART,

LEADING CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, WHO HAD

BEEN LOOKING FOR FRESH

MONACO-BASED

TALENTS FOR A

GROUP EXHIBITION, CAME ACROSS HIS WORKS, AND IMMEDIATELY DECIDED TO SHOWCASE THEM.

UNLIKE DAVID HOCKNEY,

WHO ALSO USES SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS AS A CREATIVE MEDIUM,

JAN

TRANSFORMS HIS VIRTUAL CREATIONS INTO

ACRYLIC OIL CANVAS PAINTINGS THAT ARE SOMEHOW REMI-

KEITH HARING FOR THEIR GRAFFITI-LIKE QUALITY, AND THE HAPPY, INVIGORATING ENERGY THAT SHINES THROUGH THEM. HE COINED A NEW WORD FOR HIS APPROACH, WHICH HE CALLS EYE ART, YET DOESN’T THINK OF HIMSELF AS AN ARTIST: “WHAT DOES BEING AN ARTIST MEAN? IS MY WORK ART? IT’S NOT FOR ME TO SAY!” JUDGING FROM THE SUCCESS OF HIS DEBUT SHOW, QUITE A FEW ART LOVERS SEEM TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT IT.

© JAN lisMAN - eYePhAbet

NISCENT OF

whAt is Your ideA of Perfect hAPPiNess?

Being able to do the things I love the most and being around the people I love. whAt is Your greAtest feAr? Losing someone I love. which liviNg PersoN do You Most AdMire?

Bill Gates - becoming one of the most successful and wealthiest people on earth and redistributing that money to help people.

© hugues fAYe : JAN lisMAN

whAt is the trAit You Most dePlore iN Yourself?

I’m too quick to make up my mind about whether I like people.

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whAt is the trAit You Most dePlore iN others? whAt is Your greAtest extrAvAgANce? Living in Monaco

IN THE MOOD FOR

Jan Lisman in Sem Art Gallery

by Jérôme Farssac www.eyeartonline.com

IT

ALL STARTED AS A PASTIME.

A

WAY TO KILL TIME WHEN

TRAVELLING, AND ON ACCOUNT OF HIS SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN REAL ESTATE,

JAN LISMAN IS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE TRAVELONE DAY, THE BELGIAN - BORN AND MONACO - RAISED 27-YEAR-OLD STARTED FIDGETING WITH HIS IPHONE, AND QUICKLY GOT HOOKED, WITHOUT IMAGINING FOR A SECOND ANYTHING MIGHT COME OUT OF IT. BUT WHEN HE STARTED

© JAN lisMAN - eYeAMericA

LER.

SHOWING

FRIENDS

THE

VIVIDLY

COLOURED

COMPOSITIONS

© JAN lisMAN - MeYehANds

HE HAD CREATED WITH THIS UNUSUAL TOOL, THE RESPONSE PROVED ENTHUSIASTIC.

MONACO’S

SAFIA AL RASHID

FROM

SEM-ART,

LEADING CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, WHO HAD

BEEN LOOKING FOR FRESH

MONACO-BASED

TALENTS FOR A

GROUP EXHIBITION, CAME ACROSS HIS WORKS, AND IMMEDIATELY DECIDED TO SHOWCASE THEM.

UNLIKE DAVID HOCKNEY,

WHO ALSO USES SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS AS A CREATIVE MEDIUM,

JAN

TRANSFORMS HIS VIRTUAL CREATIONS INTO

ACRYLIC OIL CANVAS PAINTINGS THAT ARE SOMEHOW REMI-

KEITH HARING FOR THEIR GRAFFITI-LIKE QUALITY, AND THE HAPPY, INVIGORATING ENERGY THAT SHINES THROUGH THEM. HE COINED A NEW WORD FOR HIS APPROACH, WHICH HE CALLS EYE ART, YET DOESN’T THINK OF HIMSELF AS AN ARTIST: “WHAT DOES BEING AN ARTIST MEAN? IS MY WORK ART? IT’S NOT FOR ME TO SAY!” JUDGING FROM THE SUCCESS OF HIS DEBUT SHOW, QUITE A FEW ART LOVERS SEEM TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT IT.

© JAN lisMAN - eYePhAbet

NISCENT OF

whAt is Your ideA of Perfect hAPPiNess?

Being able to do the things I love the most and being around the people I love. whAt is Your greAtest feAr? Losing someone I love. which liviNg PersoN do You Most AdMire?

Bill Gates - becoming one of the most successful and wealthiest people on earth and redistributing that money to help people.

© hugues fAYe : JAN lisMAN

whAt is the trAit You Most dePlore iN Yourself?

I’m too quick to make up my mind about whether I like people.

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whAt is the trAit You Most dePlore iN others? whAt is Your greAtest extrAvAgANce? Living in Monaco

IN THE MOOD FOR

GALLERIES TO FOLLOW

SEM ART, a game changer for Monaco’s Gallery Scene

© JAN LISMAN - eYeZ & PeAce

by Jérôme Farssac

Let’s be honest: until quite recently, a thriving art scene was not exactly state. As a consequence, although the principality is home to many important collectors, local art lovers were used to doing their shopping elsewhere, namely New York, London, Paris or Basel. But things are fast changing, and plenty of exciting new developments are in the founded the gallery in 2010) clearly stands out. This space dedicated to design and modern and contemporary art opened in 2010, and is

whAt do You coNsider the Most overrAted virtue?

Humility.

disconcerting. I’m just proud of some of the obstacles I’ve overcome and what kind of a person I’m becoming, I suppose.

whAt do You dislike Most About Your APPeArANce? My abs

if You could choose whAt to coMe bAck As, whAt would it be?

Someone like the Dalai Lama, who is impossible to dislike even by his enemies

which liviNg PersoN do You Most desPise?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

whAt is Your Most treAsured PossessioN? My USB drives, which hold all of my pictures and documents in them.

which words or PhrAses do You Most overuse? «oh yes», «alright», «so then what?», «sorry», «it’s alright»

whAt do You regArd As the lowest dePth of MiserY? Living your life as a fake.

whAt is Your greAtest regret?

Not listening to advice

whAt is Your fAvourite occuPAtioN? Travelling/ discovering

whAt or who is the greAtest love of Your life?

Can’t say… !

whAt is Your Most MArked chArActeristic?

I don’t drink alcohol…

wheN ANd where were You hAPPiest?

whAt is the quAlitY You Most like iN A MAN? Authenticity

which tAleNt would You Most like to hAve? I have always wanted to be able to sing. I suppose everyone can sing, but I have been envious of those who possess a true talent for it.

whAt is the quAlitY You Most like iN A woMAN? Smart, sexy, and fun, all mixed together

whAt is Your curreNt stAte of MiNd? Super-blessed

whAt do You Most vAlue iN Your frieNds? The willingness to wallow with me through thick and thin

whAt do You coNsider Your greAtest AchieveMeNt? I honestly can’t think of a single greatest achievement of mine, it’s

how would You like to die?

Quickly, but no time soon

lacklustre standing as a cultural hub: “Monaco has been for decades a city known for casinos, cars and yachts, for sure not as a destination for contemporary art lovers.” But in her opinion, the future is bright: “The principality’s potential is enormous: there’s the energy for something new and exciting.” And when it comes to being passionate about art, she sure knows what she’s talking about: “I have always had a love for all art forms since I was a child. I think it’s an innate passion. I always felt that art would be part of my life in a constant and consistent way, deeper in the art world, and help contemporary artists that I love, but whose works were not shown in Monaco. I wanted to share my love for art with as many people as possible, and that’s why I decided to household names (Magritte, Chagall, Dubuffet…), contemporary stars (Wilm Delvoye, Ron Arad, Donald Judd, Marc Quinn, the Kabakovs) and new talents, and the exhibitions she has organised over the last two years demonstrate ambition, versatility and originality, as evidenced by the upcoming “The Other Half of Iran”, which focuses on Iranian art produced by women, and spans painting, photography, sculpture and aiming at: Iranian-born Nina Moaddel curates the exhibition, and the accompanying catalogue will feature an essay by Serpentine Gallery coming artists an opportunity to shine, and is unafraid to take chances: “I always make sure to mix established names with emerging ones. The response from collectors has been fantastic so far.” Not surprisingly, her role model as a gallerist is legendary Swiss art dealer Ernest Beyeler: easily relates to: “Buying art should be the same thing as falling in love.”

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IN THE MOOD FOR

GALLERIES TO FOLLOW

SEM ART, a game changer for Monaco’s Gallery Scene

© JAN LISMAN - eYeZ & PeAce

by Jérôme Farssac

Let’s be honest: until quite recently, a thriving art scene was not exactly state. As a consequence, although the principality is home to many important collectors, local art lovers were used to doing their shopping elsewhere, namely New York, London, Paris or Basel. But things are fast changing, and plenty of exciting new developments are in the founded the gallery in 2010) clearly stands out. This space dedicated to design and modern and contemporary art opened in 2010, and is

whAt do You coNsider the Most overrAted virtue?

Humility.

disconcerting. I’m just proud of some of the obstacles I’ve overcome and what kind of a person I’m becoming, I suppose.

whAt do You dislike Most About Your APPeArANce? My abs

if You could choose whAt to coMe bAck As, whAt would it be?

Someone like the Dalai Lama, who is impossible to dislike even by his enemies

which liviNg PersoN do You Most desPise?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

whAt is Your Most treAsured PossessioN? My USB drives, which hold all of my pictures and documents in them.

which words or PhrAses do You Most overuse? «oh yes», «alright», «so then what?», «sorry», «it’s alright»

whAt do You regArd As the lowest dePth of MiserY? Living your life as a fake.

whAt is Your greAtest regret?

Not listening to advice

whAt is Your fAvourite occuPAtioN? Travelling/ discovering

whAt or who is the greAtest love of Your life?

Can’t say… !

whAt is Your Most MArked chArActeristic?

I don’t drink alcohol…

wheN ANd where were You hAPPiest?

whAt is the quAlitY You Most like iN A MAN? Authenticity

which tAleNt would You Most like to hAve? I have always wanted to be able to sing. I suppose everyone can sing, but I have been envious of those who possess a true talent for it.

whAt is the quAlitY You Most like iN A woMAN? Smart, sexy, and fun, all mixed together

whAt is Your curreNt stAte of MiNd? Super-blessed

whAt do You Most vAlue iN Your frieNds? The willingness to wallow with me through thick and thin

whAt do You coNsider Your greAtest AchieveMeNt? I honestly can’t think of a single greatest achievement of mine, it’s

how would You like to die?

Quickly, but no time soon

lacklustre standing as a cultural hub: “Monaco has been for decades a city known for casinos, cars and yachts, for sure not as a destination for contemporary art lovers.” But in her opinion, the future is bright: “The principality’s potential is enormous: there’s the energy for something new and exciting.” And when it comes to being passionate about art, she sure knows what she’s talking about: “I have always had a love for all art forms since I was a child. I think it’s an innate passion. I always felt that art would be part of my life in a constant and consistent way, deeper in the art world, and help contemporary artists that I love, but whose works were not shown in Monaco. I wanted to share my love for art with as many people as possible, and that’s why I decided to household names (Magritte, Chagall, Dubuffet…), contemporary stars (Wilm Delvoye, Ron Arad, Donald Judd, Marc Quinn, the Kabakovs) and new talents, and the exhibitions she has organised over the last two years demonstrate ambition, versatility and originality, as evidenced by the upcoming “The Other Half of Iran”, which focuses on Iranian art produced by women, and spans painting, photography, sculpture and aiming at: Iranian-born Nina Moaddel curates the exhibition, and the accompanying catalogue will feature an essay by Serpentine Gallery coming artists an opportunity to shine, and is unafraid to take chances: “I always make sure to mix established names with emerging ones. The response from collectors has been fantastic so far.” Not surprisingly, her role model as a gallerist is legendary Swiss art dealer Ernest Beyeler: easily relates to: “Buying art should be the same thing as falling in love.”

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129

GALLERIES TO FOLLOW

Imitate Modern London Calling

by Jérôme Farssac

THERE

IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CITY , SOMETHING THAT

TRULY SETS IT APART FROM THE OTHER GLOBAL METROPO LISES : THE

B RITISH

CAPITAL HAS A UNIQUE CAPACITY TO

CAPTURE THE

ZEITGEIST.

art. In places like Paris or New York, the divide is clear: art is either exclusive or cutting edge. Only in London the elitist and the example of this fruitful mélange des genres. This new art gallery – it opened only a year ago - located on Devonshire Street, just off Marylebone High Street, is fast becoming one of London’s most talked about art venues. Started through the family’s hobby of art, it has emerged as a hub for emerging contemporary artists.

The Imitate Modern team consists of mother and daughter duo, Jacqui Brantjes and Fallon Khan, and Daniel Pittack, who has been a keen and serious art collector for many years. Although it is nestled in one of the poshest areas of the city, do not expect it to showcase snooty, toffee-nosed art, but pretty much the oppo-

the outrageously expensive (about $100.000) handbag by Herduo received death threats as a consequence” recalls Fallon Khan with a mischievous grin. “Some people felt it was a gratuitous provocation, but of course it wasn’t: it was an ironic and powerful statement upon money and status symbols, and the clichés that go with it.” The daughter of serious art collectors, this softspoken and affable 24-year-old knows a great deal about irony herself: the nom de guerre of this family-owned gallery is at once a pun on the name of London’s most-beloved contemporary art institution, the Tate Modern, and a clever take on the widespread

to stir up a bit of controversy, such as when it gave photographer Tyler Shields a red crocodile Birkin bag. With the help of his girlfriend Francesca Eastwood (Clint Eastwood’s daughter), the L.A. based provocateur extraordinaire went on to obliterate

arts. Obviously, Fallon begs to differ, as evidenced by her stable of talents, which includes urban artist Maximilian Wiedemann, rising star Rich Simmons or ubiquitous Stik. If Fallon doesn’t take herself seriously, she does take her trade seriously, though: the gallery has a very ambitious exhibition programme for thecoming months, from current group show Proud to be British -featuring her beloved Wiedemann, Shields and Simmons, and also Bansky, Goldie, Romero Britto, Fin DAC, Natalie Goldstein and Thibault Sandret- to the highly anticipated David Bailey solo show scheduled for late November. Something tells us ImitateModern is indeed the perfect place where to discover the latest works by the enfant terrible of the Swinging London years.

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131

GALLERIES TO FOLLOW

Imitate Modern London Calling

by Jérôme Farssac

THERE

IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CITY , SOMETHING THAT

TRULY SETS IT APART FROM THE OTHER GLOBAL METROPO LISES : THE

B RITISH

CAPITAL HAS A UNIQUE CAPACITY TO

CAPTURE THE

ZEITGEIST.

art. In places like Paris or New York, the divide is clear: art is either exclusive or cutting edge. Only in London the elitist and the example of this fruitful mélange des genres. This new art gallery – it opened only a year ago - located on Devonshire Street, just off Marylebone High Street, is fast becoming one of London’s most talked about art venues. Started through the family’s hobby of art, it has emerged as a hub for emerging contemporary artists.

The Imitate Modern team consists of mother and daughter duo, Jacqui Brantjes and Fallon Khan, and Daniel Pittack, who has been a keen and serious art collector for many years. Although it is nestled in one of the poshest areas of the city, do not expect it to showcase snooty, toffee-nosed art, but pretty much the oppo-

the outrageously expensive (about $100.000) handbag by Herduo received death threats as a consequence” recalls Fallon Khan with a mischievous grin. “Some people felt it was a gratuitous provocation, but of course it wasn’t: it was an ironic and powerful statement upon money and status symbols, and the clichés that go with it.” The daughter of serious art collectors, this softspoken and affable 24-year-old knows a great deal about irony herself: the nom de guerre of this family-owned gallery is at once a pun on the name of London’s most-beloved contemporary art institution, the Tate Modern, and a clever take on the widespread

to stir up a bit of controversy, such as when it gave photographer Tyler Shields a red crocodile Birkin bag. With the help of his girlfriend Francesca Eastwood (Clint Eastwood’s daughter), the L.A. based provocateur extraordinaire went on to obliterate

arts. Obviously, Fallon begs to differ, as evidenced by her stable of talents, which includes urban artist Maximilian Wiedemann, rising star Rich Simmons or ubiquitous Stik. If Fallon doesn’t take herself seriously, she does take her trade seriously, though: the gallery has a very ambitious exhibition programme for thecoming months, from current group show Proud to be British -featuring her beloved Wiedemann, Shields and Simmons, and also Bansky, Goldie, Romero Britto, Fin DAC, Natalie Goldstein and Thibault Sandret- to the highly anticipated David Bailey solo show scheduled for late November. Something tells us ImitateModern is indeed the perfect place where to discover the latest works by the enfant terrible of the Swinging London years.

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WINE

Primum Familia Vini

by Sylvain Ouchikh Photography - M. Chapuis

THE MEMBERS

AN

ASSOCIATION OF

11

GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED ESTATES AND

CHATEAUX RECENTLY GOT TOGETHER IN

BEAUNE

TO TALK

ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ENSURING THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE FAMILY TRADITION IN WINE-GROWING ESTATES.

Despite the grey sky overhead, the children were nevertheless playing among the vines of the famous Clos des Mouches grapes at the Drouhin estate while their parents were discussing their operations and the strategies they would put in place between September 2012 and June 2013. This reunion was also the occasion for them to elect their president for the next year, and to evoke the addition of a new member. Frédéric Drouhin, of the Burgundy house of the same name, thus handed over the reins to Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild (Château Mouton Rothschild) for the coming term. The atmosphere for these illustrious families from the principal wine-producing countries was relaxed.

Maison Joseph Drouhin (France) Symbolic vintage: The red and white varieties of Clos des Mouches, as well as the Marquis de Laguiche montrachet, with its suave, complex personality.

Miguel Torres (Spain) Symbolic vintage: The conca de barbera Grans Muralles is a beautiful expression of native grape varieties. This is a well-structured vin de garde.

Weingut Egon Müller Scharzhof (Germany) Symbolic vintage: Trockenbeerenauslese, a syrupy white half bottle, produced in only a few dozen units when the conditions are ripe.

Château Mouton Rothschild (France) Symbolic vintage: Mouton Rothschild is not necessarily a wine to be drunk

Hugel & Fils (France) Symbolic vintage: The Sélection de Grains Nobles gewurztraminer travels through time with disconcerting ease. Its fruity side never seems to fade, evolving divinely instead.

2001 vintage is ripe for tasting!

Marchesi Antinori (Italy) Symbolic vintage: Tignanello is a wine made from sangiovese grapes with a touch of cabernet. Shaped for the future, it sums up the spirit of this Tuscan house: elegant and solid, without forgetting brilliance and intensity.

Champagne Pol Roger (France) Symbolic vintage: The Sir Winston Churchill vintage is reputedly harmonious. Pick up a 2002 if you wish to put it in the cellar, or a 1995

Famille Périn (France) Symbolic vintage: Château de Beaucastel, a tribute to Jacques Perrin, is a gem that comes from the ancient vines of Mourvèdre. The 2001 is remarkable.

This elite circle will never include more than 12 members, just like a case of wine. Many would like to become a part of it, but few are named. The rules are strict: the estate must belong to the same family for several generations, its wines must be acknowle-

The Symington Family Estate (Portugal) Symbolic vintage: The vintage versions of Warre’s port are really worth discovering. Rich and medium-sweet, they are beautifully elegant.

most sensitive element), each new entrant must be unanimously elected.

Acclaimed the world over for the quality of their vintages, these owners share a single philosophy: that of passing on the winegrowing concern from generation to generation. “We created, Miguel Torres and myself, this group in 1992, with the objective of bringing together 12 estates and chateaux that are exclusively family owned. Together, we have organised charitable events like dinners, and we mutualise our efforts to promote our wines, as was the case last May in Hong Kong,” Robert Drouhin explains.

“We encourage the younger generation to follow in our footsteps with this work.”

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Tenuta San Guido (Italy) Symbolic vintage: Sassiscaia is provocative of joy! This sound, slender wine is full of fruit. The 1999-2001 vintages are especially remarkable.

Bodegas Vega Sicilia (Spain) Symbolic vintage: Unico is just what it’s name suggests: unique. There is nothing quite like it anywhere in the world! Aging between eight and ten years in its casks gives it an incomparable character that mixes consistence, a velvety texture and especially, an incredible length.

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WINE

Primum Familia Vini

by Sylvain Ouchikh Photography - M. Chapuis

THE MEMBERS

AN

ASSOCIATION OF

11

GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED ESTATES AND

CHATEAUX RECENTLY GOT TOGETHER IN

BEAUNE

TO TALK

ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ENSURING THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE FAMILY TRADITION IN WINE-GROWING ESTATES.

Despite the grey sky overhead, the children were nevertheless playing among the vines of the famous Clos des Mouches grapes at the Drouhin estate while their parents were discussing their operations and the strategies they would put in place between September 2012 and June 2013. This reunion was also the occasion for them to elect their president for the next year, and to evoke the addition of a new member. Frédéric Drouhin, of the Burgundy house of the same name, thus handed over the reins to Julien de Beaumarchais de Rothschild (Château Mouton Rothschild) for the coming term. The atmosphere for these illustrious families from the principal wine-producing countries was relaxed.

Maison Joseph Drouhin (France) Symbolic vintage: The red and white varieties of Clos des Mouches, as well as the Marquis de Laguiche montrachet, with its suave, complex personality.

Miguel Torres (Spain) Symbolic vintage: The conca de barbera Grans Muralles is a beautiful expression of native grape varieties. This is a well-structured vin de garde.

Weingut Egon Müller Scharzhof (Germany) Symbolic vintage: Trockenbeerenauslese, a syrupy white half bottle, produced in only a few dozen units when the conditions are ripe.

Château Mouton Rothschild (France) Symbolic vintage: Mouton Rothschild is not necessarily a wine to be drunk

Hugel & Fils (France) Symbolic vintage: The Sélection de Grains Nobles gewurztraminer travels through time with disconcerting ease. Its fruity side never seems to fade, evolving divinely instead.

2001 vintage is ripe for tasting!

Marchesi Antinori (Italy) Symbolic vintage: Tignanello is a wine made from sangiovese grapes with a touch of cabernet. Shaped for the future, it sums up the spirit of this Tuscan house: elegant and solid, without forgetting brilliance and intensity.

Champagne Pol Roger (France) Symbolic vintage: The Sir Winston Churchill vintage is reputedly harmonious. Pick up a 2002 if you wish to put it in the cellar, or a 1995

Famille Périn (France) Symbolic vintage: Château de Beaucastel, a tribute to Jacques Perrin, is a gem that comes from the ancient vines of Mourvèdre. The 2001 is remarkable.

This elite circle will never include more than 12 members, just like a case of wine. Many would like to become a part of it, but few are named. The rules are strict: the estate must belong to the same family for several generations, its wines must be acknowle-

The Symington Family Estate (Portugal) Symbolic vintage: The vintage versions of Warre’s port are really worth discovering. Rich and medium-sweet, they are beautifully elegant.

most sensitive element), each new entrant must be unanimously elected.

Acclaimed the world over for the quality of their vintages, these owners share a single philosophy: that of passing on the winegrowing concern from generation to generation. “We created, Miguel Torres and myself, this group in 1992, with the objective of bringing together 12 estates and chateaux that are exclusively family owned. Together, we have organised charitable events like dinners, and we mutualise our efforts to promote our wines, as was the case last May in Hong Kong,” Robert Drouhin explains.

“We encourage the younger generation to follow in our footsteps with this work.”

132

Tenuta San Guido (Italy) Symbolic vintage: Sassiscaia is provocative of joy! This sound, slender wine is full of fruit. The 1999-2001 vintages are especially remarkable.

Bodegas Vega Sicilia (Spain) Symbolic vintage: Unico is just what it’s name suggests: unique. There is nothing quite like it anywhere in the world! Aging between eight and ten years in its casks gives it an incomparable character that mixes consistence, a velvety texture and especially, an incredible length.

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DREAM CARS

French luxury hits the road

by Renaud Roubaudi Photography - Franck Camuzat

“EUROPEAN

EXCELLENCE,

FRENCH

TOUCH”.

THIS

MOTTO IS

THE PERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING AND AMBITIOUS MOTOR-CAR PROJECTS OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE

FURTIVE E-GT. DESIGNED BY FRENCH FIRM EXAGON MOTORS, THE FURTIVE IS A 100% ELECTRIC SPORTS CAR OF A NEW KIND THAT MIXES THE BEST OF TWO WORLDS: FRENCH «SAVOIR-FAIRE» AND EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY. ITS DESIGNER, LUC MARCHETTI, TELLS US MORE ABOUT IT.

Luc Marchetti is a busy man. Two months ahead of the and the construction of a brand new assembly line, as well as reserved “their” car. Despite this agenda worthy of a head of state, Luc Marchetti is strangely calm. “Since the presentation at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, we have followed our development programme to the letter,” he says. “We are working hand in hand with our partners, Siemens for the engines and Saft for the batteries, Michelin for the car-to-ground connecting components and tires, Nokia for the driver assistance systems and embarked multimedia, and this provokes perpetual competition that enriches us. It is a great motivator to see the car progress each day thanks to the contribution of such prestigious experts.” Beyond its exceptional performance ratings – the Furtive e-GT is the Motors wishes to offer its future customers a new relationship with their vehicle: “We are conscious that our potential clients already have access to the best in every domain, whether that is motors, architecture, art or design. We need to offer them something different, a unique experience, but especially a unique involves the privilege of being able to feel the sensation of the electric engine, with its phenomenal acceleration: zero to 100km/h in 3.5 seconds. At 280km/h: silence, zero emissions, but not just that…The Furtive e-GT is also ambitiously offering a personalisation programme that has rarely been seen to this day. That is where the famous “French touch” comes into play.

Luc Marchetti explains: “France is recognised worldwide for its

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DREAM CARS

French luxury hits the road

by Renaud Roubaudi Photography - Franck Camuzat

“EUROPEAN

EXCELLENCE,

FRENCH

TOUCH”.

THIS

MOTTO IS

THE PERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING AND AMBITIOUS MOTOR-CAR PROJECTS OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE

FURTIVE E-GT. DESIGNED BY FRENCH FIRM EXAGON MOTORS, THE FURTIVE IS A 100% ELECTRIC SPORTS CAR OF A NEW KIND THAT MIXES THE BEST OF TWO WORLDS: FRENCH «SAVOIR-FAIRE» AND EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY. ITS DESIGNER, LUC MARCHETTI, TELLS US MORE ABOUT IT.

Luc Marchetti is a busy man. Two months ahead of the and the construction of a brand new assembly line, as well as reserved “their” car. Despite this agenda worthy of a head of state, Luc Marchetti is strangely calm. “Since the presentation at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, we have followed our development programme to the letter,” he says. “We are working hand in hand with our partners, Siemens for the engines and Saft for the batteries, Michelin for the car-to-ground connecting components and tires, Nokia for the driver assistance systems and embarked multimedia, and this provokes perpetual competition that enriches us. It is a great motivator to see the car progress each day thanks to the contribution of such prestigious experts.” Beyond its exceptional performance ratings – the Furtive e-GT is the Motors wishes to offer its future customers a new relationship with their vehicle: “We are conscious that our potential clients already have access to the best in every domain, whether that is motors, architecture, art or design. We need to offer them something different, a unique experience, but especially a unique involves the privilege of being able to feel the sensation of the electric engine, with its phenomenal acceleration: zero to 100km/h in 3.5 seconds. At 280km/h: silence, zero emissions, but not just that…The Furtive e-GT is also ambitiously offering a personalisation programme that has rarely been seen to this day. That is where the famous “French touch” comes into play.

Luc Marchetti explains: “France is recognised worldwide for its

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age-old savoir-faire, as much on the supplier side as on that of our craftsmen. Strangely, this inexhaustible goldmine of talent has never, or very rarely, been used by the car industry. This is no Furtive, we do not have this constraint, because our production will be very exclusive [150 cars per year are planned] and each on major French names to create something exceptional that is truly made to measure. This will be the customer’s insurance that they will have a truly unique car, a work of art created especially for them.” By now, we know that there will be no two identical Furtive e-GTs. The paintwork, upholstery, surfaces, baggage

German company Siemens is equipping the Furtive e-GT with two high-performance electric engines (148 kW each, around 402 horsepower combined) that allow the car to reach speeds of 280km/h and zero to 100km/h in only 3.5 seconds. The new-generation Saft batteries – the company is the global leader in batteries for the aerospace industry – offer a range of 300km at a speed of 110km/h (197km at 130km/h and 400 km at 50km/h).

Michelin is responsible for the car-to-ground connecting components and developing tyres designed specifically for the Furtive’s acceleration.

Nokia developed the driver assistance systems and the on-board multimedia systems.

Estimated price: 320,000

Marchetti wants to go even further: “In the image of the interior designer who understands your tastes before calling on the best artisans to create the style of a home, we want to study what each customer wants in order to offer something completely new, perhaps even signed by one of the great French designers.” This strategy, to this day, has no equivalent, with the exception perhaps of Bugatti, which creates interiors with unlikely materials such as porcelain. The ceo of Exagon Motors wants to be more realistic.

“We are not targeting extravagance for extravagance’s sake. The most important factor is to be able to work with our clients to build a relationship based on trust for the long term. The time dedicated to the car’s creation must be moments of pleasure, like a magical ellipsis.” See you at the next Paris Motor Show to discover all the secrets of the Furtive e-GT.

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The origins of Exagon Motors To this day, rare are the carmakers that have experience of competitive electric vehicle racing. One stands out: Exagon Engineering. Under the management of Luc Marchetti, Exagon Engineering has unique know-how in terms of designing and developing electric sports cars. For several years, its electric vehicles have been competing like any other, in the hands of well-known drivers.

Without respite, day after day its teams test the best solutions in performance, reliability, autonomy. Year after year, Exagon Engineering continues making conquests, improving the performance and reliability of this new technology.

Today, with this know-how behind him, Luc Marchetti and his team have decided to go even further to create an exceptional electric GT, the Furtive e-GT, under the Exagon Motors brand.

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DREAM CARS Siemens, Saft, Michelin, Nokia: exceptional European partners for an exceptional car.

age-old savoir-faire, as much on the supplier side as on that of our craftsmen. Strangely, this inexhaustible goldmine of talent has never, or very rarely, been used by the car industry. This is no Furtive, we do not have this constraint, because our production will be very exclusive [150 cars per year are planned] and each on major French names to create something exceptional that is truly made to measure. This will be the customer’s insurance that they will have a truly unique car, a work of art created especially for them.” By now, we know that there will be no two identical Furtive e-GTs. The paintwork, upholstery, surfaces, baggage

German company Siemens is equipping the Furtive e-GT with two high-performance electric engines (148 kW each, around 402 horsepower combined) that allow the car to reach speeds of 280km/h and zero to 100km/h in only 3.5 seconds. The new-generation Saft batteries – the company is the global leader in batteries for the aerospace industry – offer a range of 300km at a speed of 110km/h (197km at 130km/h and 400 km at 50km/h).

Michelin is responsible for the car-to-ground connecting components and developing tyres designed specifically for the Furtive’s acceleration.

Nokia developed the driver assistance systems and the on-board multimedia systems.

Estimated price: 320,000

Marchetti wants to go even further: “In the image of the interior designer who understands your tastes before calling on the best artisans to create the style of a home, we want to study what each customer wants in order to offer something completely new, perhaps even signed by one of the great French designers.” This strategy, to this day, has no equivalent, with the exception perhaps of Bugatti, which creates interiors with unlikely materials such as porcelain. The ceo of Exagon Motors wants to be more realistic.

“We are not targeting extravagance for extravagance’s sake. The most important factor is to be able to work with our clients to build a relationship based on trust for the long term. The time dedicated to the car’s creation must be moments of pleasure, like a magical ellipsis.” See you at the next Paris Motor Show to discover all the secrets of the Furtive e-GT.

A very contemporary return to old traditional high-end standards FVa35 SUPERSONICO 5-minute Repeater SuperLigero Concept

The origins of Exagon Motors To this day, rare are the carmakers that have experience of competitive electric vehicle racing. One stands out: Exagon Engineering. Under the management of Luc Marchetti, Exagon Engineering has unique know-how in terms of designing and developing electric sports cars. For several years, its electric vehicles have been competing like any other, in the hands of well-known drivers.

Without respite, day after day its teams test the best solutions in performance, reliability, autonomy. Year after year, Exagon Engineering continues making conquests, improving the performance and reliability of this new technology.

Today, with this know-how behind him, Luc Marchetti and his team have decided to go even further to create an exceptional electric GT, the Furtive e-GT, under the Exagon Motors brand.

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FRANC VILA exclusive calibre FV35 Limited edition of 88 pieces

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PLACE

This must be the Place

by Jérôme Farssac

IT

IS SET ON A SUNNY HILL IN PEACEFUL SURROUNDINGS,

WITH

A

VIEW

ONTO

STONE’S THROW AWAY

ALPINE WONDERLAND. JUST A FROM THE PROMENADE -THE BEATING AN

OF GSTAAD, AND DIRECTLY WISPILE MOUNTAIN AND THE GLACIER HEART

FACING OF

SOUTH

TO

LES DIABLERETS.

The Grand Hotel Park is where the rich and the famous have come to be at rest, far from the madding crowd, since it opened its doors in 1910. Back then, millionaires and themselves but their servants as well. In the swinging sixties and hedonistic seventies, the Aga Khan and HSH the Princess long experience, the hotel somehow manages to both reek of exclusivity whilst miraculously dodging garish ostentation. Not surprisingly for a place that was partly responsible for putting Gstaad on the map, it retains the special charm of a Berner Oberland chalet. It is not the most opulent hotel in the world, and it doesn’t want to be.

Yet even a legend needs sprucing up every now and again.

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Dona Bertarelli - who has been running the hotel since 2003 - decided to completely renovate it. The result is nothing short of superb. Fortunately, the 84 rooms and 10 suites are short on marble and gilding, and long on wood, wool and stone, giving them an authentic mountain feel. Spacious, cosy and welcoming, standard rooms are all equipped with up-to-date features (Bang & Olufsen entertainment systems, complementary Wi-Fi), offer mountain

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or forest views, and have balconies or terraces. The suites are supplied with every conceivable amenity, and will satisfy even the most demanding and discerning clientele. For those seeking a truly exceptional setting for a dream vacation, « My Gstaad Chalet » suite takes the Grand Hotel Park experience to a whole new level. Think a two-story, four-room oasis of understated luxury of 400 sq. meters with private spa and 24hour butler service, which will give one the feeling of owning their own Chalet in Gstaad, yet with all the services of a luxury hotel. Not to mention the spectacular view of the mountains,

a spectacular indoor, cocoon-like, salt-water pool, separate men’s and women’s saunas and hammams, a Jacuzzi space, a gym, and an outdoor pool for sunny days.

of the hotel.

simple presentations - as nothing is more demanding nor requires more talent than simplicity- are also paramount.

According to your mood, you can either cherry-pick the aptly named Grand Restaurant, with its panoramic terrace and its

without a special emphasis on well-being, and the Grand Hotel Park offers unparalleled bliss. It houses a 1000 sq. metre spa that offers worn-out urbanites long-overdue pampering. In a peaceful, Zen-like environment, a whole range of treatments

by London’s Aromatherapy Associates is available: 14 body treatments, four facial treatments, not to mention shiatsu, deep manicure… As tailor-made service is key in this antechamber to paradise, ecstasy is guaranteed, and choosing between the heavenly Swiss Chocolate seduction –which features a surprising yet highly effective Swiss chocolate facial- and the divine Mountain Indulgence wrap, with mountain herbs, will be a delicious torment. The Grand Hotel Park also boasts

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Grand Hotel Park is also a premium gourmet destination with its four restaurants, all supervised by Italian chef Giuseppe Colella. When it comes to culinary delights, his philosophy is deliciously attractive: respect the nature of each ingredient, and reveal and bring out its original taste, without unnecessary

such as Simmental beef and local cheeses; the intimate and exotic Marco Polo, where the whimsical décor (wood panelling and Chinese lanterns) is in-keeping with the menu featuring Venetian dishes and Asian specialties; the informal yet trendy Greenhouse, with its impressive glass roof and straightforward yet impeccable food offerings, and the typically Swiss Waldhus, which is hidden in the hotel’s garden and only opens during the Winter season. This adorable chalet, complete with chequered tablecloths and napkins, cowbells and lanterns, is the perfect place for memorable fondues and raclettes.

PLACE

This must be the Place

by Jérôme Farssac

IT

IS SET ON A SUNNY HILL IN PEACEFUL SURROUNDINGS,

WITH

A

VIEW

ONTO

STONE’S THROW AWAY

ALPINE WONDERLAND. JUST A FROM THE PROMENADE -THE BEATING AN

OF GSTAAD, AND DIRECTLY WISPILE MOUNTAIN AND THE GLACIER HEART

FACING OF

SOUTH

TO

LES DIABLERETS.

The Grand Hotel Park is where the rich and the famous have come to be at rest, far from the madding crowd, since it opened its doors in 1910. Back then, millionaires and themselves but their servants as well. In the swinging sixties and hedonistic seventies, the Aga Khan and HSH the Princess long experience, the hotel somehow manages to both reek of exclusivity whilst miraculously dodging garish ostentation. Not surprisingly for a place that was partly responsible for putting Gstaad on the map, it retains the special charm of a Berner Oberland chalet. It is not the most opulent hotel in the world, and it doesn’t want to be.

Yet even a legend needs sprucing up every now and again.

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Dona Bertarelli - who has been running the hotel since 2003 - decided to completely renovate it. The result is nothing short of superb. Fortunately, the 84 rooms and 10 suites are short on marble and gilding, and long on wood, wool and stone, giving them an authentic mountain feel. Spacious, cosy and welcoming, standard rooms are all equipped with up-to-date features (Bang & Olufsen entertainment systems, complementary Wi-Fi), offer mountain

138

or forest views, and have balconies or terraces. The suites are supplied with every conceivable amenity, and will satisfy even the most demanding and discerning clientele. For those seeking a truly exceptional setting for a dream vacation, « My Gstaad Chalet » suite takes the Grand Hotel Park experience to a whole new level. Think a two-story, four-room oasis of understated luxury of 400 sq. meters with private spa and 24hour butler service, which will give one the feeling of owning their own Chalet in Gstaad, yet with all the services of a luxury hotel. Not to mention the spectacular view of the mountains,

a spectacular indoor, cocoon-like, salt-water pool, separate men’s and women’s saunas and hammams, a Jacuzzi space, a gym, and an outdoor pool for sunny days.

of the hotel.

simple presentations - as nothing is more demanding nor requires more talent than simplicity- are also paramount.

According to your mood, you can either cherry-pick the aptly named Grand Restaurant, with its panoramic terrace and its

without a special emphasis on well-being, and the Grand Hotel Park offers unparalleled bliss. It houses a 1000 sq. metre spa that offers worn-out urbanites long-overdue pampering. In a peaceful, Zen-like environment, a whole range of treatments

by London’s Aromatherapy Associates is available: 14 body treatments, four facial treatments, not to mention shiatsu, deep manicure… As tailor-made service is key in this antechamber to paradise, ecstasy is guaranteed, and choosing between the heavenly Swiss Chocolate seduction –which features a surprising yet highly effective Swiss chocolate facial- and the divine Mountain Indulgence wrap, with mountain herbs, will be a delicious torment. The Grand Hotel Park also boasts

139

Grand Hotel Park is also a premium gourmet destination with its four restaurants, all supervised by Italian chef Giuseppe Colella. When it comes to culinary delights, his philosophy is deliciously attractive: respect the nature of each ingredient, and reveal and bring out its original taste, without unnecessary

such as Simmental beef and local cheeses; the intimate and exotic Marco Polo, where the whimsical décor (wood panelling and Chinese lanterns) is in-keeping with the menu featuring Venetian dishes and Asian specialties; the informal yet trendy Greenhouse, with its impressive glass roof and straightforward yet impeccable food offerings, and the typically Swiss Waldhus, which is hidden in the hotel’s garden and only opens during the Winter season. This adorable chalet, complete with chequered tablecloths and napkins, cowbells and lanterns, is the perfect place for memorable fondues and raclettes.

PLACE

In complement to these epicurean delights, the Grand Hotel a sushi lunch in the mountains, an unforgettable picnic right lounge & sushi bar is cosy during the day, with hip music by French DJ Shazz -who is in charge of the musical ambiance for the hotel’s restaurants and bars- and more festive at night, with live performers; the red-lacquered Caveau will cater to wine enthusiasts, and the English-club-like Cigar Lounge is the ideal venue where to puff on a cigar and sip on a cocktail,

your own home, anything is possible. Kids are also more than welcome. Felicity, the hotel’s mascot, greets each of them upon arrival, and invites them for a treasure hunt. The games room and cinema are open to children of all ages, and fun activities - cooking, magic tricks, circus acts, to name just a few - are organised every afternoon in high season. Parents are not forgotten and also get their fair share of window-shopping fun, with the hotel’s boutiques, and the likes of Gucci, Graff Diamonds or Audemars Piguet, amongst others.

sofas and club armchairs.

On top of all this, the Grand Hotel Park not only offers a high level of service, but also perks that very few hotels may rival. A skating rink is installed in the garden every winter, and hot air balloon rides –-a tradition in the region- are also available, a truly magical experience. The dedicated team organises bespoke private events -whether cocktails, weddings,

Come to think about it, the only problem with the Grand Hotel Park is certainly the acute feeling of being cast out of paradise when leaving it.

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PLACE

In complement to these epicurean delights, the Grand Hotel a sushi lunch in the mountains, an unforgettable picnic right lounge & sushi bar is cosy during the day, with hip music by French DJ Shazz -who is in charge of the musical ambiance for the hotel’s restaurants and bars- and more festive at night, with live performers; the red-lacquered Caveau will cater to wine enthusiasts, and the English-club-like Cigar Lounge is the ideal venue where to puff on a cigar and sip on a cocktail,

your own home, anything is possible. Kids are also more than welcome. Felicity, the hotel’s mascot, greets each of them upon arrival, and invites them for a treasure hunt. The games room and cinema are open to children of all ages, and fun activities - cooking, magic tricks, circus acts, to name just a few - are organised every afternoon in high season. Parents are not forgotten and also get their fair share of window-shopping fun, with the hotel’s boutiques, and the likes of Gucci, Graff Diamonds or Audemars Piguet, amongst others.

sofas and club armchairs.

On top of all this, the Grand Hotel Park not only offers a high level of service, but also perks that very few hotels may rival. A skating rink is installed in the garden every winter, and hot air balloon rides –-a tradition in the region- are also available, a truly magical experience. The dedicated team organises bespoke private events -whether cocktails, weddings,

Come to think about it, the only problem with the Grand Hotel Park is certainly the acute feeling of being cast out of paradise when leaving it.

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BEAUTY

The precious few

by Alex Wynne Hauet Photography - Christophe Bouquet

OUT

OF BOUNDS UNTIL RECENTLY TO ALL BUT A PRIVILEGED

FEW HIGH-END BRANDS, THE PREMIUM SKINCARE SECTOR HAS SEEN A SUDDEN INFLUX OF NEW ARRIVALS, OFFERING MORE CHOICE TO THOSE LOOKING TO TREAT THEIR SKIN TO THE EPITOME OF LUXURY.

claSSic indulgEncE plete without the most legendary creams? Sisleyä Global AntiAging Cream, launched in 1999, remains the brand’s bestseller.

Its complex of actives including vitamins A, E, F and pro-vitamin B5, magnesium, copper, zinc and shiitake mushroom extract continues to convince consumers the world over.

Chanel has complemented its Sublimage range with new products including Sublimage La Crème Texture Fine, intended for those who prefer lighter textures and likened by the brand to “a muslin veil over the skin”. Its products are based on active complex Planifolia PFA Enrichi, based on vanilla planifolia plant and fruit, developed by the company’s research laboratories.

In line with its double focus on nature and science, Clarins’ latest high-end addition is Supra-Serum Haute Exigence Multi-Intensif, which incorporates a patented complex of Pueraria Lobata – a member of the pea family – designed to regenerate older skin, subject to hormonal imbalance.

Crème de la Mer, meanwhile, developed in the seventies, remains a reference. Its “miracle broth” (based on fermented sea kelp) is the core of a range of products, the latest of which, Crème Soyeuse de la Mer ,has a lighter, more luxurious texture incorporating hydrating sphere technology that allows the product to tHE call of tHE EaSt penetrate more deeply into the skin.

Many of the most prestigious developments come from Asia, notably Japan, where skincare is almost a ritual. Kanebo Sensai Premier has long been preaching the virtues of two-step moisturising, with its new Sensai Prime Solution followed by Sensai Premier La Crème. Another high-end Japanese brand, SK-II, bases Dior, meanwhile, focused on its signature gold for its L’Or de its active SK-II Pithera on the fermentation of the yeast used to Vie premium skincare offer, based on vine extracts. The range make saké. includes a cream, a serum and an eye contour cream.

But perhaps the ultimate skincare indulgence has to be Clé de nEw additionS Peau Beauté’s 30th anniversary edition of its mythical La Cream Several of the more accessible prestige brands have launched product. The brand will release two limited editions for the event.

Swiss brand La Prairie bases its products on indulgent ingredients like caviar. Its latest development, Skin Caviar Liquid Lift, celebrates 25 years of the franchise’s existence with its highest ever concentration of Pure Caviar Extract in a serum form.

ever-more luxurious products, packed with actives hot out of their research laboratories. For its most prestigious product to date, Lancôme has tapped into parent L’Oréal’s stem cell research to develop stem cells from its proprietary Lancôme Rose and create Absolue l’Extrait, with skin regenerating properties. Each jar contains two million rose stem cells.

The second, possibly the world’s most exclusive skincare product ever, exists in only three units, housed in a Saint-Louis crystal jar designed by Olivier Sévère and wrapped in three platinum rings.

September 21 2012.

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Crème Soyeuse de la Mer, CRÈME DE LA MER Super Restorative Serum, CLARINS Sensaï premier, KANEBO Sisleyä Global Anti-Aging cream, SISLEy L’Or de Vie - La crème, DIOR Absolue l’Extrait - Regenerating Ultimate Elixir, LANCÔME Skin Caviar - Liquid Lift, LA PRAIRIE

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BEAUTY

The precious few

by Alex Wynne Hauet Photography - Christophe Bouquet

OUT

OF BOUNDS UNTIL RECENTLY TO ALL BUT A PRIVILEGED

FEW HIGH-END BRANDS, THE PREMIUM SKINCARE SECTOR HAS SEEN A SUDDEN INFLUX OF NEW ARRIVALS, OFFERING MORE CHOICE TO THOSE LOOKING TO TREAT THEIR SKIN TO THE EPITOME OF LUXURY.

claSSic indulgEncE plete without the most legendary creams? Sisleyä Global AntiAging Cream, launched in 1999, remains the brand’s bestseller.

Its complex of actives including vitamins A, E, F and pro-vitamin B5, magnesium, copper, zinc and shiitake mushroom extract continues to convince consumers the world over.

Chanel has complemented its Sublimage range with new products including Sublimage La Crème Texture Fine, intended for those who prefer lighter textures and likened by the brand to “a muslin veil over the skin”. Its products are based on active complex Planifolia PFA Enrichi, based on vanilla planifolia plant and fruit, developed by the company’s research laboratories.

In line with its double focus on nature and science, Clarins’ latest high-end addition is Supra-Serum Haute Exigence Multi-Intensif, which incorporates a patented complex of Pueraria Lobata – a member of the pea family – designed to regenerate older skin, subject to hormonal imbalance.

Crème de la Mer, meanwhile, developed in the seventies, remains a reference. Its “miracle broth” (based on fermented sea kelp) is the core of a range of products, the latest of which, Crème Soyeuse de la Mer ,has a lighter, more luxurious texture incorporating hydrating sphere technology that allows the product to tHE call of tHE EaSt penetrate more deeply into the skin.

Many of the most prestigious developments come from Asia, notably Japan, where skincare is almost a ritual. Kanebo Sensai Premier has long been preaching the virtues of two-step moisturising, with its new Sensai Prime Solution followed by Sensai Premier La Crème. Another high-end Japanese brand, SK-II, bases Dior, meanwhile, focused on its signature gold for its L’Or de its active SK-II Pithera on the fermentation of the yeast used to Vie premium skincare offer, based on vine extracts. The range make saké. includes a cream, a serum and an eye contour cream.

But perhaps the ultimate skincare indulgence has to be Clé de nEw additionS Peau Beauté’s 30th anniversary edition of its mythical La Cream Several of the more accessible prestige brands have launched product. The brand will release two limited editions for the event.

Swiss brand La Prairie bases its products on indulgent ingredients like caviar. Its latest development, Skin Caviar Liquid Lift, celebrates 25 years of the franchise’s existence with its highest ever concentration of Pure Caviar Extract in a serum form.

ever-more luxurious products, packed with actives hot out of their research laboratories. For its most prestigious product to date, Lancôme has tapped into parent L’Oréal’s stem cell research to develop stem cells from its proprietary Lancôme Rose and create Absolue l’Extrait, with skin regenerating properties. Each jar contains two million rose stem cells.

The second, possibly the world’s most exclusive skincare product ever, exists in only three units, housed in a Saint-Louis crystal jar designed by Olivier Sévère and wrapped in three platinum rings.

September 21 2012.

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Crème Soyeuse de la Mer, CRÈME DE LA MER Super Restorative Serum, CLARINS Sensaï premier, KANEBO Sisleyä Global Anti-Aging cream, SISLEy L’Or de Vie - La crème, DIOR Absolue l’Extrait - Regenerating Ultimate Elixir, LANCÔME Skin Caviar - Liquid Lift, LA PRAIRIE

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Around Bleona

BLEONA arrives on the set of her most recent photo shoot, clapping her hands and giggling with delight. Her happiness is contagious among the crew of 50-plus along with her family, her friends and her dog.

Designed by M.

The 1,000 pounds of ice she challenged her photographer to acquire for the photo shoot lays waiting. As if to take on a dare, the ice barely melts despite the sun blazing above the Bel Air hillside. The photographer is Randee St. Nicholas, whose resume spans from Prince to Streisand and years of working with the most recognisable faces in Hollywood. Randee refers to her latest subject as being “full of effervescence and inspiration.�

The shoot requires an armed guard for the $5M worth of jewels that will appear as a co-star in the kind of photo shoot only someone like Bleona could art direct. The results are

Luxury Griffes S.A. info@luxury-griffes.com - +41918579015 145

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Around Bleona

BLEONA arrives on the set of her most recent photo shoot, clapping her hands and giggling with delight. Her happiness is contagious among the crew of 50-plus along with her family, her friends and her dog.

Designed by M.

The 1,000 pounds of ice she challenged her photographer to acquire for the photo shoot lays waiting. As if to take on a dare, the ice barely melts despite the sun blazing above the Bel Air hillside. The photographer is Randee St. Nicholas, whose resume spans from Prince to Streisand and years of working with the most recognisable faces in Hollywood. Randee refers to her latest subject as being “full of effervescence and inspiration.�

The shoot requires an armed guard for the $5M worth of jewels that will appear as a co-star in the kind of photo shoot only someone like Bleona could art direct. The results are

Luxury Griffes S.A. info@luxury-griffes.com - +41918579015 145

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worth their weight in ice and jewels, and succeed in capturing that ‘lightning in a bottle’ that Bleona seemingly carries with her wherever she goes.

Born in Albania and raised and educated in Western Europe with a BA degree in acting, Bleona speaks and performs in four languages: English, Italian, German, and of course

albums with every one of her albums and singles in that region charting to #1.

Since arriving in the United States and taking up residency in Beverly Hills, she has taken a “never say no” approach to life and those around her. A New York Daily News reporter referred to her as the «Madonna of Albania”. Whether in the studio with top producers Timbaland or Rodney Jerkins, Makeba or Jukebox for marathon recording sessions hard at I say it’s right!” she exclaims) or on the red carpet at the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Annual Oscar Viewing Party in Hollywood or the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas, Bleona captures and enraptures those around her.

She has toured throughout Europe multiple times including concerts in support of Albania’s Prime Minister Sali Berisha and by special invitation of the Royal families of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Currently, along with DJ Freestyle city European tour to promote her new upcoming English and Brasco. The song is already playing on French radio and will soon be heard on radio stations in London, Italy, Greece,

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Russia, Australia and the USA. Her concerts have averaged close to 70,000 people per show, with more shows being added in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Bleona’s talent for live performance is equal only to her beauty and her passion for being the absolute best at everything she does.

«People who say it can’t be done, should NOT interrupt those who are doing it!» she exclaims, and will gladly grab you by the ear to quickly explain further.

She refers to The Bleona Brand, her rules to live by and honour. The guidelines are the core of her existence and the blueprint she follows in her life; “Be different! Be fearless! Be smart! Be creative! Be bold! Be natural! Be professional!”

Bleona is active on all social media platforms (Twitter, who follow her and those that she follows to be inspirational.

“When I saw that #BigIdeas was trending on Twitter, I couldn’t help but think about the past couple years of my life after I decided to leave Albania to make a career in the U.S. It seems like yesterday that I came to New York and told myself that this is where I wanted to be. I know some people thought I was crazy, but I’ve always felt that if I’m going to become the successful singer I’ve always dreamed of being, I need to take my music globally. I look forward to continue creating the best music of my career. I’m full of #BigIdeas, and I plan to make them all come true!” We can’t wait.

For the latest updates: Follow @bleonamusic @freestylesteve

@bkbrasco

@timbaland

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worth their weight in ice and jewels, and succeed in capturing that ‘lightning in a bottle’ that Bleona seemingly carries with her wherever she goes.

Born in Albania and raised and educated in Western Europe with a BA degree in acting, Bleona speaks and performs in four languages: English, Italian, German, and of course

albums with every one of her albums and singles in that region charting to #1.

Since arriving in the United States and taking up residency in Beverly Hills, she has taken a “never say no” approach to life and those around her. A New York Daily News reporter referred to her as the «Madonna of Albania”. Whether in the studio with top producers Timbaland or Rodney Jerkins, Makeba or Jukebox for marathon recording sessions hard at I say it’s right!” she exclaims) or on the red carpet at the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Annual Oscar Viewing Party in Hollywood or the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas, Bleona captures and enraptures those around her.

She has toured throughout Europe multiple times including concerts in support of Albania’s Prime Minister Sali Berisha and by special invitation of the Royal families of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Currently, along with DJ Freestyle city European tour to promote her new upcoming English and Brasco. The song is already playing on French radio and will soon be heard on radio stations in London, Italy, Greece,

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Russia, Australia and the USA. Her concerts have averaged close to 70,000 people per show, with more shows being added in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Bleona’s talent for live performance is equal only to her beauty and her passion for being the absolute best at everything she does.

«People who say it can’t be done, should NOT interrupt those who are doing it!» she exclaims, and will gladly grab you by the ear to quickly explain further.

She refers to The Bleona Brand, her rules to live by and honour. The guidelines are the core of her existence and the blueprint she follows in her life; “Be different! Be fearless! Be smart! Be creative! Be bold! Be natural! Be professional!”

Bleona is active on all social media platforms (Twitter, who follow her and those that she follows to be inspirational.

“When I saw that #BigIdeas was trending on Twitter, I couldn’t help but think about the past couple years of my life after I decided to leave Albania to make a career in the U.S. It seems like yesterday that I came to New York and told myself that this is where I wanted to be. I know some people thought I was crazy, but I’ve always felt that if I’m going to become the successful singer I’ve always dreamed of being, I need to take my music globally. I look forward to continue creating the best music of my career. I’m full of #BigIdeas, and I plan to make them all come true!” We can’t wait.

For the latest updates: Follow @bleonamusic @freestylesteve

@bkbrasco

@timbaland

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Alfred Dunhill’s Trafalgar

Spring was dawn, Summer noon, Autumn dusk and Winter was night – was created by one of the longest single CGI sequences ever made, the magic of holographic projection, mixing the physical with the unphysical. The musical score chosen by the brand – a composition of Vaughn Williams’ “Lark Ascending”, the epitome of the rhythm and grandeur of British seasonality; the orchestral beauty of Oscar winning Chinese composer Tan Dun’s “Love in Distance” and the purity and ethereal spirit of “Hoppipolla” by Sigor Ros – conveyed the emotiveness of the seasons. This was performed live by British violin virtuoso Charlie Siem (who accompanied by a 9 piece Chinese orchestra.

The experience was further heightened by the perfection of a smell, inspired by the natural scent created after it rains, given to Alfred Dunhill for this event by the great Fragrance house Firmenich and the elegant mystery of the ‘Film Noir’ inspired lighting.

Alfred Dunhill decided to host Trafalgar in China as a mark of respect for an amazing country, and in Shanghai as a sign of its passion for the creative energy and vivacity of the city.

Following the presentation, 300 guests were invited to the Shanghai Home of Alfred Dunhill for an ‘after party’. The beautiful French colonial villa was transformed into a Chinese festival for the evening with contortionists, calligraphy, juggling, paper cutting and opera painting.

Jason Beckley, Global Marketing Director, quoted: “Alfred Dunhill has been making things properly for over 120 years.

It’s amazing to put on something or to carry something that’s properly made. You can feel it straight away, it is different. I think that in a modern, super-fast world, we forget that. This is a brand all about doing things to the very best that can be done. Trafalgar is a celebration of that.

‘Trafalgar’ was the brand’s 2012 global menswear presentation, following the success of ‘Home’ in London in 2011 and ‘Momentary’ in New York in 2010. As a retail facing brand,

On 16th March 2012 in Shanghai, Alfred Dunhill hosted ‘Trafalgar’ and recreated the architectural and elemental spirit of London, presenting the House’s collection on an exceptional scale in front of 1000 global guests. As if in a giant snow globe, the British luxury men’s brand showcased the timeless elegance of the collection on 64 Asian models, standing on ‘Trafalgar Square’ in a simulation of all four seasons, occurring in a single day. As well as celebrating its respect for the roots of British men’s style and its legacy of making things well for over 120 years, the concept of presenting one collection of menswear, encompassing all seasons, nods to Alfred Dunhill’s global perspective. A full year of weather condensed into one day –

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allowing us to show off our imagination and – this year – celebrate an incredible city like Shanghai.”

In today’s global culture of instant information and ubiquitous technology, of pace, of speed, of immediacy and convenience developing environment. But with the knowledge that was formed over generations, what he wears and how he wears it speaks of someone in sync with the rhythm of a grander, more harmonious force – that of nature.

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Alfred Dunhill’s Trafalgar

Spring was dawn, Summer noon, Autumn dusk and Winter was night – was created by one of the longest single CGI sequences ever made, the magic of holographic projection, mixing the physical with the unphysical. The musical score chosen by the brand – a composition of Vaughn Williams’ “Lark Ascending”, the epitome of the rhythm and grandeur of British seasonality; the orchestral beauty of Oscar winning Chinese composer Tan Dun’s “Love in Distance” and the purity and ethereal spirit of “Hoppipolla” by Sigor Ros – conveyed the emotiveness of the seasons. This was performed live by British violin virtuoso Charlie Siem (who accompanied by a 9 piece Chinese orchestra.

The experience was further heightened by the perfection of a smell, inspired by the natural scent created after it rains, given to Alfred Dunhill for this event by the great Fragrance house Firmenich and the elegant mystery of the ‘Film Noir’ inspired lighting.

Alfred Dunhill decided to host Trafalgar in China as a mark of respect for an amazing country, and in Shanghai as a sign of its passion for the creative energy and vivacity of the city.

Following the presentation, 300 guests were invited to the Shanghai Home of Alfred Dunhill for an ‘after party’. The beautiful French colonial villa was transformed into a Chinese festival for the evening with contortionists, calligraphy, juggling, paper cutting and opera painting.

Jason Beckley, Global Marketing Director, quoted: “Alfred Dunhill has been making things properly for over 120 years.

It’s amazing to put on something or to carry something that’s properly made. You can feel it straight away, it is different. I think that in a modern, super-fast world, we forget that. This is a brand all about doing things to the very best that can be done. Trafalgar is a celebration of that.

‘Trafalgar’ was the brand’s 2012 global menswear presentation, following the success of ‘Home’ in London in 2011 and ‘Momentary’ in New York in 2010. As a retail facing brand,

On 16th March 2012 in Shanghai, Alfred Dunhill hosted ‘Trafalgar’ and recreated the architectural and elemental spirit of London, presenting the House’s collection on an exceptional scale in front of 1000 global guests. As if in a giant snow globe, the British luxury men’s brand showcased the timeless elegance of the collection on 64 Asian models, standing on ‘Trafalgar Square’ in a simulation of all four seasons, occurring in a single day. As well as celebrating its respect for the roots of British men’s style and its legacy of making things well for over 120 years, the concept of presenting one collection of menswear, encompassing all seasons, nods to Alfred Dunhill’s global perspective. A full year of weather condensed into one day –

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allowing us to show off our imagination and – this year – celebrate an incredible city like Shanghai.”

In today’s global culture of instant information and ubiquitous technology, of pace, of speed, of immediacy and convenience developing environment. But with the knowledge that was formed over generations, what he wears and how he wears it speaks of someone in sync with the rhythm of a grander, more harmonious force – that of nature.

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SOCIAL SEASON Alesia Haskell

Jewels that happen to write In September last year Montblanc, the world famous manufacturer of high quality writing instruments, opened its doors in Hamburg to a group of members of the Cercle Club.

Artisan Atelier “Jewels that happen to write” To end our visit we were shown the Montblanc Artisan Atelier, the place where master craftsmen create all Montblanc Limited Editions, the Jewels that happen to write.

Using only precious metal and precious stones, a team of 70 master goldsmiths, a stone setter and many other experienced craftsmen create all editions limited to less than 100 pieces and the Creations Privées which are editions limited to between one and three pieces. We

The origins of Montblanc can be traced to 1906 when three entrepreneurs decided to combine their talents to produce a new writing instrument with an integrated ink tank. The company was to be called Simplo Filler Pen Company. In 1924 the iconic fountain pen Meisterstück 149 was launched, by then the company had changed its name to Montblanc and all products were crowned with the white star on the top, symbolising the six glacier tongues and the snow-covered summit of Western Europe’s highest mountain, the Mont Blanc.

Left to right: Alesia Haskell, Lars Guldstrand and Titti Kaiser

left us all breathless. The bejewelled fountain pen Prince Rainier III was one such piece.

All design patterns are taken from the coat of arms of the royal family Grimaldi. Such meticulously crafted bespoke pieces leave visitors speechless. And of course, you can write with every single piece – if you dare.

Gold Nib Manufacturing We had the opportunity to visit the department where all gold nibs are manufactured. It is a technical department where high-tech precision tools for designing, engineering and also for milling or cutting metal are used. Also in this department, but in a separate room, a small group of ladies sit at a long quiet here and you wonder why you cannot see what they write.

This is because the ladies write with colorless ink and prefer to hear and feel, rather than see, whether a nib has been accomplished to Montblanc’s high standards. Now the visitor understands what they say about this particular place: “This is where the soul slips into the fountain pen!”.

Bespoke Nib Recommendation “The Art of Writing!”

Frank Derlien and Ferruccio De Lorenzo

Left to right: Alesia Preston, Roberta Hoek, Gesa Michahelles, Jan Lisman, Priscilla De Lorenzo, Gary Lisman, Titti Kaiser, Lars Guldstrand, Ferruccio De Lorenzo, Gabriele Salvadori, Caroline von Krockow, Preston Haskell, Karine Zacharias, Anju Bhojwani, Camilo Daza Tapia

Titti Kaiser & Lars Guldstrand

very impressive experience: the Bespoke Nib Recommendation.

It is all about personalisation of your very own fountain pen.

Our club members were seated in front of a computer screen, a writing pad and a digitally connected Montblanc fountain pen. One by one, they wrote a few lines by hand in their typical the program recorded a set of parameters e.g. writing speed, pressure, angle of holding the instrument and many more.

Based on all the gathered data the program recommended the perfect nib size and shape to our members. The fee for this service is €1.200,00. An customised nib like this guarantees that a Montblanc fountain pen becomes a companion and an extension of the user’s personality.

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Back row: Gabriele Salvadori, Jan Lisman, Gary Lisman, Lars Guldstrand Front row: Anju Bhojwani and Karine Zacharias

Left to right: Lars Guldstrand, Titti Kaiser and Alesia Haskell

Left to right: Camilo Daza Tapia, Preston Haskell, Alesia Haskell, Gabriele Salvadori, Jan Lisman, Titti Kaiser

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Preston Haskell

Frank Derlien

SOCIAL SEASON Alesia Haskell

Jewels that happen to write In September last year Montblanc, the world famous manufacturer of high quality writing instruments, opened its doors in Hamburg to a group of members of the Cercle Club.

Artisan Atelier “Jewels that happen to write” To end our visit we were shown the Montblanc Artisan Atelier, the place where master craftsmen create all Montblanc Limited Editions, the Jewels that happen to write.

Using only precious metal and precious stones, a team of 70 master goldsmiths, a stone setter and many other experienced craftsmen create all editions limited to less than 100 pieces and the Creations Privées which are editions limited to between one and three pieces. We

The origins of Montblanc can be traced to 1906 when three entrepreneurs decided to combine their talents to produce a new writing instrument with an integrated ink tank. The company was to be called Simplo Filler Pen Company. In 1924 the iconic fountain pen Meisterstück 149 was launched, by then the company had changed its name to Montblanc and all products were crowned with the white star on the top, symbolising the six glacier tongues and the snow-covered summit of Western Europe’s highest mountain, the Mont Blanc.

Left to right: Alesia Haskell, Lars Guldstrand and Titti Kaiser

left us all breathless. The bejewelled fountain pen Prince Rainier III was one such piece.

All design patterns are taken from the coat of arms of the royal family Grimaldi. Such meticulously crafted bespoke pieces leave visitors speechless. And of course, you can write with every single piece – if you dare.

Gold Nib Manufacturing We had the opportunity to visit the department where all gold nibs are manufactured. It is a technical department where high-tech precision tools for designing, engineering and also for milling or cutting metal are used. Also in this department, but in a separate room, a small group of ladies sit at a long quiet here and you wonder why you cannot see what they write.

This is because the ladies write with colorless ink and prefer to hear and feel, rather than see, whether a nib has been accomplished to Montblanc’s high standards. Now the visitor understands what they say about this particular place: “This is where the soul slips into the fountain pen!”.

Bespoke Nib Recommendation “The Art of Writing!”

Frank Derlien and Ferruccio De Lorenzo

Left to right: Alesia Preston, Roberta Hoek, Gesa Michahelles, Jan Lisman, Priscilla De Lorenzo, Gary Lisman, Titti Kaiser, Lars Guldstrand, Ferruccio De Lorenzo, Gabriele Salvadori, Caroline von Krockow, Preston Haskell, Karine Zacharias, Anju Bhojwani, Camilo Daza Tapia

Titti Kaiser & Lars Guldstrand

very impressive experience: the Bespoke Nib Recommendation.

It is all about personalisation of your very own fountain pen.

Our club members were seated in front of a computer screen, a writing pad and a digitally connected Montblanc fountain pen. One by one, they wrote a few lines by hand in their typical the program recorded a set of parameters e.g. writing speed, pressure, angle of holding the instrument and many more.

Based on all the gathered data the program recommended the perfect nib size and shape to our members. The fee for this service is €1.200,00. An customised nib like this guarantees that a Montblanc fountain pen becomes a companion and an extension of the user’s personality.

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Back row: Gabriele Salvadori, Jan Lisman, Gary Lisman, Lars Guldstrand Front row: Anju Bhojwani and Karine Zacharias

Left to right: Lars Guldstrand, Titti Kaiser and Alesia Haskell

Left to right: Camilo Daza Tapia, Preston Haskell, Alesia Haskell, Gabriele Salvadori, Jan Lisman, Titti Kaiser

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Preston Haskell

Elisabetta Gregoraci & Flavio Briatore

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ELEW & James Blunt

Afef Jnifen, ELEW, Eva Cavalli & Friend

Giuseppe & Maggio Cipriani

Naomi Campbell, Elew, Adrien Brody Naomi Campbell, Giuseppe Cipriani, Vladimir Doronin

Party Hosts Goga Ashkenazi & Eva Cavalli

Giuseppe Cipriani & Goga Ashkenazi

Victoria Silvsted Marta & Paola Marzotto w Giuseppe Cipriani

Vladimir Doronin, Eva Cavalli, Naomi Campbell, Afef Jnifen, Giuseppe Cipriani, ELEW

Hublot Polo Gold Cup 2012 Three existential symbols pastime. Few sports combine as many essential symbols of our existence. A steadfast supporter of the Gstaad Polo Gold Cup August in a stunning setting in the heart of our Swiss Alps. Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hublot commented: “Hublot is proud and delighted to be associated with the beauty of the horses, the amazing horsemanship, the pleasure and the emotion of the game. A game and a sport which enthralls us by its excellence and the outstanding quality of the participants every year in Gstaad thanks to Pierre Genecand.” On Friday 17th August 2012, following the parade of the players and their horses in the centre of the village of Gstaad, Hublot will host a cocktail and fondue in front of their new boutique for customers, journalists and visitors.

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Fawaz Gruosi & Friend

Giuseppe Cipriani’s Ibiza Birthday Eva Cavalli and Goga Ashkenazi hosted a birthday bash for hospitality entrepreneur Giuseppe Cipriani at his new Downtown Ibiza restaurant. Carpaccio, Bellini, Neapolitan pizza, «chuleton» from Ibiza, friends from all over the world, including Naomi Campbell with boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, Afef Jnifen, actor Adrien Brody, and Flavio Briatore with wife Elisabetta Gregoraci to name but a surprise performance, and a Nuart show added even more sophistication to the festivities.

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Elisabetta Gregoraci & Flavio Briatore

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ELEW & James Blunt

Afef Jnifen, ELEW, Eva Cavalli & Friend

Giuseppe & Maggio Cipriani

Naomi Campbell, Elew, Adrien Brody Naomi Campbell, Giuseppe Cipriani, Vladimir Doronin

Party Hosts Goga Ashkenazi & Eva Cavalli

Giuseppe Cipriani & Goga Ashkenazi

Victoria Silvsted Marta & Paola Marzotto w Giuseppe Cipriani

Vladimir Doronin, Eva Cavalli, Naomi Campbell, Afef Jnifen, Giuseppe Cipriani, ELEW

Hublot Polo Gold Cup 2012 Three existential symbols pastime. Few sports combine as many essential symbols of our existence. A steadfast supporter of the Gstaad Polo Gold Cup August in a stunning setting in the heart of our Swiss Alps. Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hublot commented: “Hublot is proud and delighted to be associated with the beauty of the horses, the amazing horsemanship, the pleasure and the emotion of the game. A game and a sport which enthralls us by its excellence and the outstanding quality of the participants every year in Gstaad thanks to Pierre Genecand.” On Friday 17th August 2012, following the parade of the players and their horses in the centre of the village of Gstaad, Hublot will host a cocktail and fondue in front of their new boutique for customers, journalists and visitors.

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Fawaz Gruosi & Friend

Giuseppe Cipriani’s Ibiza Birthday Eva Cavalli and Goga Ashkenazi hosted a birthday bash for hospitality entrepreneur Giuseppe Cipriani at his new Downtown Ibiza restaurant. Carpaccio, Bellini, Neapolitan pizza, «chuleton» from Ibiza, friends from all over the world, including Naomi Campbell with boyfriend Vladislav Doronin, Afef Jnifen, actor Adrien Brody, and Flavio Briatore with wife Elisabetta Gregoraci to name but a surprise performance, and a Nuart show added even more sophistication to the festivities.

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«I’M SEXY AND I KNOW IT» sets the tone to Fawaz Gruosi’s birthday celebration in Costa Smeralda

Prince Giovanelli

Claudia Galanti Mimran

Violetta Gruosi wearing «Multiboules» earrings and ring

Francesca Versace

Vicky Leandros, Fawaz Gruosi, Violetta Gruosi, Eva Cavalli, Goga Ashkenazi, Irina Shayk

Fawaz Gruosi & Friends

Porto Cervo, Sardinia 8 August 2012. The luxurious and lavish site of Porto Cervo was the centre stage for this year’s birthday celebration of the founder of de GRISOGONO. The theme set the mood for a night of sexy and glamorous festivities. To celebrate this event, de GRISOGONO had organised an exhibition at the Hotel Cala di Volpe, in addition to its boutique in Porto Cervo. This exceptional soirée took place in the exclusive setting of the Billionaire where entertainment and originality ruled and guests looked stunning in white and gold with a touch of green, a colour symbolic of the Costa Smeralda. The venue was transformed into a sublime white and green haven for friends, celebrities and VIPs, where dancers, magicians, painters and entertainers soft green birthday cake was presented at the twelfth stroke of midnight. Made out of traditional white icing its two parts joined together to form the number sixty. Her stunning beauty and beautiful turquoise eyes make her the muse of Fawaz Gruosi and the evening’s guest of honour ; the captivating grace and elegance of Irina Shayk make her an international star. Also present at the occasion were several VIPs and celebrities, and close friends of Fawaz Gruosi including his daughter Violetta Gruosi, Countess Marta Marzotto, Vladimir Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, Claudia

Lisa Tchenguiz & Steve Varesano Giovanna Battaglia

Releasing the I’m Sexy and I Know It balloons

Gulnara Karimova and Fawaz Gruosi

Mr and Mrs Sergio Gobbi

Dite Anata was wearing de GRISOGONO jewellery

Irina Shayk wearing unique briolette earrings & ring

Tribute to LFMAO

Elisabetta Briatore

Briatore, Jessica Hart, Eva Cavalli, and Francesca Versace, amongst other internationally known names. The festivities carried on throughout the night with entertainers delighting the guests with their different talents and a dancing company gave a surprise performance that mimicked the LMFAO hit « I’m sexy and I know it ».

Mr and Mrs Lejeune Stavros Niarchos & Eva Cavalli Nicky Spielberg and friend

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Mr and Mrs Andrea Schoeller & Count Thaler

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«I’M SEXY AND I KNOW IT» sets the tone to Fawaz Gruosi’s birthday celebration in Costa Smeralda

Prince Giovanelli

Claudia Galanti Mimran

Violetta Gruosi wearing «Multiboules» earrings and ring

Francesca Versace

Vicky Leandros, Fawaz Gruosi, Violetta Gruosi, Eva Cavalli, Goga Ashkenazi, Irina Shayk

Fawaz Gruosi & Friends

Porto Cervo, Sardinia 8 August 2012. The luxurious and lavish site of Porto Cervo was the centre stage for this year’s birthday celebration of the founder of de GRISOGONO. The theme set the mood for a night of sexy and glamorous festivities. To celebrate this event, de GRISOGONO had organised an exhibition at the Hotel Cala di Volpe, in addition to its boutique in Porto Cervo. This exceptional soirée took place in the exclusive setting of the Billionaire where entertainment and originality ruled and guests looked stunning in white and gold with a touch of green, a colour symbolic of the Costa Smeralda. The venue was transformed into a sublime white and green haven for friends, celebrities and VIPs, where dancers, magicians, painters and entertainers soft green birthday cake was presented at the twelfth stroke of midnight. Made out of traditional white icing its two parts joined together to form the number sixty. Her stunning beauty and beautiful turquoise eyes make her the muse of Fawaz Gruosi and the evening’s guest of honour ; the captivating grace and elegance of Irina Shayk make her an international star. Also present at the occasion were several VIPs and celebrities, and close friends of Fawaz Gruosi including his daughter Violetta Gruosi, Countess Marta Marzotto, Vladimir Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, Claudia

Lisa Tchenguiz & Steve Varesano Giovanna Battaglia

Releasing the I’m Sexy and I Know It balloons

Gulnara Karimova and Fawaz Gruosi

Mr and Mrs Sergio Gobbi

Dite Anata was wearing de GRISOGONO jewellery

Irina Shayk wearing unique briolette earrings & ring

Tribute to LFMAO

Elisabetta Briatore

Briatore, Jessica Hart, Eva Cavalli, and Francesca Versace, amongst other internationally known names. The festivities carried on throughout the night with entertainers delighting the guests with their different talents and a dancing company gave a surprise performance that mimicked the LMFAO hit « I’m sexy and I know it ».

Mr and Mrs Lejeune Stavros Niarchos & Eva Cavalli Nicky Spielberg and friend

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Mr and Mrs Andrea Schoeller & Count Thaler

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Magda Pozzo’s Ibiza Glamour Party

Anton & Lisa Bilton

Magda Pozzo & Fabio Barzaghi

Johannes Huebl, Olivia Palermo, Giancarlo Giammetti & Valentino

Andrea Stancu

Nieves Alvarez, Magda & Marco Severini

By far the most sought after August invitation is to the glamorous Italian Magda Pozzo’s bi-annual birthday celebration. The whole island starts calling around to see how to get a precious golden invitation. As everyone knows it is one of the few, if not the only, seated candlelit dinners thrown as a true Ibizan party. Magda is known for her fun soirées and her immaculate attention to detail so as you can imagine, her phone rings off the hook from the middle of July! Thrown at the family villa and organised by Remedio sin Receta the guests are a chic mix of Italian, Spanish and a small smattering of fun Brits. Cocktails by the pool and then she always has a little pop-up boutique with lots of delicious goodies for all the guests to take home. This year there were sunglasses, and Kiko Milan nail varnish, lip gloss to name just a few. This year we were all spoilt thanks to cool watch designer Marco Mavilla having created some diamond skull watch bracelets, Pepito, so we all sparkled in the dark.

The party is also cleverly not too late to start so her closest friends who are invited to the dinner can actually wander around and chat whilst taking in the beautiful view of the sea crashing below. This year Magda was super chic in a blue satin D Squared2 evening dress with her divine husband Fabio as her only accessory. Italian treasure Simona Ventura supported by Anton and Lisa Bilton who themselves threw arrived from LA and looked very tanned in her Jean Fares dress. Actress Davinia Taylor was beautiful in her rather naughty and tight Beulah dress but was a sight for sore eyes... Artist Lorenzo Quinn and his charming wife Giovana

were in great form and ready for some dancing. As is the norm when Valentino arrives with his entourage, everyone took a step back. He always looks immaculate and was that night no exception in his emerald green crocodile shoes…

His partner Giancarlo Giammetti (one of the World’s Best dressed men) was in a great mood and they had brought along their boat guests the American actress Olivia Palermo and her beau Johannes Huebl. The naughtiest members Carlos Souza and Bruce Hoeksema were of course with the beautiful group.

We were called to dinner and all slowly made our way down to the lower terrace. All the tables were twinkling with candlelight and a feast good enough for a King was laid out. We sat with our good friends Valentino and GG, and seemed to have some magical waiters of our own.. a stroke of luck as heels across a grass lawn are tricky!

Whilst eating a delicious seafood risotto cooked by 3 Michelin-starred chef Enrico Cerea from Da Vittorio we were serenaded by a beautiful girl’s voice. The infamous Cathy and David Guetta soon arrived – she looked knockout in an itsy bitsy Stella McCartney mini. My only complaint was there were way too many gorgeous young girls! Where did they come from? Legendary beauty Antonia Dell’atte and her beau Jacopo Etro were there with her handsome son Andrea. One of my all-time favourite’s Marpessa was also ready to rock in her proper Ibiza Island frock…

Once dinner was over a fresh crowd arrived looking for fun and we all headed down to the last terrace by the sea where the DJ picked up the pace and all the gorgeous and crazy people started to dance and wave their arms and just do what Ibiza is all about - have fun…

Antonia Dell’Ate & Boyfriend Lorenzo Quinn, Magda Pozzo & Giovanna Quinn Carla Polo, Magda Pozzo & Gino Pozzo

Magda Pozzo with Davina Taylor

Cathy & David Guetta Olivia Palermo, Magda & Valentino

Giancarlo Giammetti, Magda & Valentino

Fabio Barzaghi & Magda & Christian Audigier & his girlfriend

Giorgio Veroni & Tamara Veroni Olivia Palermo & Johanes Huebl Carlos Souza & Lady Victoria Hervey

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Magda Pozzo’s Ibiza Glamour Party

Anton & Lisa Bilton

Magda Pozzo & Fabio Barzaghi

Johannes Huebl, Olivia Palermo, Giancarlo Giammetti & Valentino

Andrea Stancu

Nieves Alvarez, Magda & Marco Severini

By far the most sought after August invitation is to the glamorous Italian Magda Pozzo’s bi-annual birthday celebration. The whole island starts calling around to see how to get a precious golden invitation. As everyone knows it is one of the few, if not the only, seated candlelit dinners thrown as a true Ibizan party. Magda is known for her fun soirées and her immaculate attention to detail so as you can imagine, her phone rings off the hook from the middle of July! Thrown at the family villa and organised by Remedio sin Receta the guests are a chic mix of Italian, Spanish and a small smattering of fun Brits. Cocktails by the pool and then she always has a little pop-up boutique with lots of delicious goodies for all the guests to take home. This year there were sunglasses, and Kiko Milan nail varnish, lip gloss to name just a few. This year we were all spoilt thanks to cool watch designer Marco Mavilla having created some diamond skull watch bracelets, Pepito, so we all sparkled in the dark.

The party is also cleverly not too late to start so her closest friends who are invited to the dinner can actually wander around and chat whilst taking in the beautiful view of the sea crashing below. This year Magda was super chic in a blue satin D Squared2 evening dress with her divine husband Fabio as her only accessory. Italian treasure Simona Ventura supported by Anton and Lisa Bilton who themselves threw arrived from LA and looked very tanned in her Jean Fares dress. Actress Davinia Taylor was beautiful in her rather naughty and tight Beulah dress but was a sight for sore eyes... Artist Lorenzo Quinn and his charming wife Giovana

were in great form and ready for some dancing. As is the norm when Valentino arrives with his entourage, everyone took a step back. He always looks immaculate and was that night no exception in his emerald green crocodile shoes…

His partner Giancarlo Giammetti (one of the World’s Best dressed men) was in a great mood and they had brought along their boat guests the American actress Olivia Palermo and her beau Johannes Huebl. The naughtiest members Carlos Souza and Bruce Hoeksema were of course with the beautiful group.

We were called to dinner and all slowly made our way down to the lower terrace. All the tables were twinkling with candlelight and a feast good enough for a King was laid out. We sat with our good friends Valentino and GG, and seemed to have some magical waiters of our own.. a stroke of luck as heels across a grass lawn are tricky!

Whilst eating a delicious seafood risotto cooked by 3 Michelin-starred chef Enrico Cerea from Da Vittorio we were serenaded by a beautiful girl’s voice. The infamous Cathy and David Guetta soon arrived – she looked knockout in an itsy bitsy Stella McCartney mini. My only complaint was there were way too many gorgeous young girls! Where did they come from? Legendary beauty Antonia Dell’atte and her beau Jacopo Etro were there with her handsome son Andrea. One of my all-time favourite’s Marpessa was also ready to rock in her proper Ibiza Island frock…

Once dinner was over a fresh crowd arrived looking for fun and we all headed down to the last terrace by the sea where the DJ picked up the pace and all the gorgeous and crazy people started to dance and wave their arms and just do what Ibiza is all about - have fun…

Antonia Dell’Ate & Boyfriend Lorenzo Quinn, Magda Pozzo & Giovanna Quinn Carla Polo, Magda Pozzo & Gino Pozzo

Magda Pozzo with Davina Taylor

Cathy & David Guetta Olivia Palermo, Magda & Valentino

Giancarlo Giammetti, Magda & Valentino

Fabio Barzaghi & Magda & Christian Audigier & his girlfriend

Giorgio Veroni & Tamara Veroni Olivia Palermo & Johanes Huebl Carlos Souza & Lady Victoria Hervey

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Gabriele Salvadori with Shristi Mittal & Masha Ooijevaar

SOCIAL SEASON

Luke Tomlinson & Clare Milford Haven

Clive Owen, Freida Pinto, Jérome Lambert, CEO Jaeger-LeCoultre

Jaeger-LeCoultre has, for the past eight years, supported the Venice Film Festival - a veritable meeting of creativity and savoir-faire, full of history and iconic personalities. The Festival presents a unique context for the Maison to celebrate the Arts and craftsmanship at the Manufacture. This year, Jaeger-LeCoultre launched its ultra-chic ladies jewellery watch collection, “Rendez-Vous”, to clients and press.

Janek Deleskiewicz (Jaeger-LeCoultre Creative Director) & Clive Owen (Jaeger-LeCoultre Brand Ambassador)

Eduardo Novillo Astrada & his wife Astrid Munoz

Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Art, rubies & sapphires

Jaeger-LeCoultre « Rendez-vous »

Zhao Wei, Catherine Deneuve, Jérome Lambert

Tan Zhuo at Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous in Venice

Cristiana Capotondi Astrid Munoz

Shristi Mittal and guests of Cercle had an enriching and full experience of Italian traditions and the best in watchmaking.

The programme was action-packed and full of special A Gala Dinner took place at the Biennale to mark the launch of the rendez-vous. Amongst the stars present were Clive Owen, Freida Pinto, Catherine Deneuve, the Maison’s Polo Brand Ambassadors including Marchioness of Milford Haven, Luke Tomlinson, Eduardo Novillo Astrada and his model wife Astrid Munoz. Chief Executive Jerome Lambert welcomed the guests and did the revelation of three masterpieces of watch-making and art.

Other highlights included a private presentation of the beautiful collections of high jewellery, high complications and the Hybris Mechanica set from Jaeger-LeCoultre, and a private tour of the City of Doges, mask makers and traditional savoir-faire and great shopping!

Guests of Cercle also enjoyed a visit to the various key exhibitions part of the Venice Biennale, and were escorted around privately in branded Jaeger-LeCoultre Riva boats.

Marica Pellegrinelli

Catherine Deneuve & Freida Pinto

We all had a great time and hope that we can take Cercle guests to Venice next year or for a visit to the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre in Switzerland, where they will discover the Valle de Joux and the real heritage in high watchmaking.

Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Art, diamonds

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Gabriele Salvadori with Shristi Mittal & Masha Ooijevaar

SOCIAL SEASON

Luke Tomlinson & Clare Milford Haven

Clive Owen, Freida Pinto, Jérome Lambert, CEO Jaeger-LeCoultre

Jaeger-LeCoultre has, for the past eight years, supported the Venice Film Festival - a veritable meeting of creativity and savoir-faire, full of history and iconic personalities. The Festival presents a unique context for the Maison to celebrate the Arts and craftsmanship at the Manufacture. This year, Jaeger-LeCoultre launched its ultra-chic ladies jewellery watch collection, “Rendez-Vous”, to clients and press.

Janek Deleskiewicz (Jaeger-LeCoultre Creative Director) & Clive Owen (Jaeger-LeCoultre Brand Ambassador)

Eduardo Novillo Astrada & his wife Astrid Munoz

Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Art, rubies & sapphires

Jaeger-LeCoultre « Rendez-vous »

Zhao Wei, Catherine Deneuve, Jérome Lambert

Tan Zhuo at Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous in Venice

Cristiana Capotondi Astrid Munoz

Shristi Mittal and guests of Cercle had an enriching and full experience of Italian traditions and the best in watchmaking.

The programme was action-packed and full of special A Gala Dinner took place at the Biennale to mark the launch of the rendez-vous. Amongst the stars present were Clive Owen, Freida Pinto, Catherine Deneuve, the Maison’s Polo Brand Ambassadors including Marchioness of Milford Haven, Luke Tomlinson, Eduardo Novillo Astrada and his model wife Astrid Munoz. Chief Executive Jerome Lambert welcomed the guests and did the revelation of three masterpieces of watch-making and art.

Other highlights included a private presentation of the beautiful collections of high jewellery, high complications and the Hybris Mechanica set from Jaeger-LeCoultre, and a private tour of the City of Doges, mask makers and traditional savoir-faire and great shopping!

Guests of Cercle also enjoyed a visit to the various key exhibitions part of the Venice Biennale, and were escorted around privately in branded Jaeger-LeCoultre Riva boats.

Marica Pellegrinelli

Catherine Deneuve & Freida Pinto

We all had a great time and hope that we can take Cercle guests to Venice next year or for a visit to the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre in Switzerland, where they will discover the Valle de Joux and the real heritage in high watchmaking.

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SOCIAL SEASON Helga Innocenti

Carol Asscher Birthday Celebrations

Xavier Robinson & Rosa Garussi Marwan and Azia Chatila

Carol Asscher and Hortense du Rouret

Denise Badrutt

Margherita & Thomas Leclerc

Carol Asscher, member of the diamond dynasty, chose the spectacular setting of a Venice lagoon to celebrate her 45th birthday, in the company of 560 guests. What she will do for her 50th we ask? It is hard to imagine anything that could top this wonderful event, organised by Anglo-Italian event planner Christina Montori Mandelli.

Bjorn Tideman, Monica Magdalena & Nicolas Brochet

Ivana Trump and Marco Antonio Rota

Royal Asscher is renowned for selecting the world’s most precious diamonds and has patented the inimitable “Royal Asscher Cut”. The party could not have been a more shining occasion, as was clear from the beginning; invitations were sent out to the 560 lucky guests three months in advance, so that they could set aside the time for the three-day-long party Welcome to the Bauer The sumptuous setting for the beginning of the event was Venice, in a saloon facing the lagoon where acrobatic dancers dived in enormous bubbles of water and the feathered masks were handed out to guests.

Lisa Tchenguiz and Monika Kuczewska Lina Botero and Elias Sakal

Lisa & Germano Giuliani & Iris Montefiore

Younes El Malqui, Safia Al Rashid & Maya Miljkovic

The following day a masked ball was held in the deconsecrated church of Misericordia. Amidst a blaze of crinolines and lace for the ladies, and knights’ wigs for the gentlemen, the event recreated the magic of Venice 700’ of Casanova. Performers and waders. A candlelit dinner was served in the dining hall of the church, decorated with bouquets of roses in many different shades, from pale pinks to lilacs. Dishes on the gourmet menu included tuna tartar, a wild strawberry risotto,

From left: Lavender Baharani, Antoinette Claessens, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Sophia Skalli, Carol Asscher, and on her left, Lisa Tchenguiz, Kim Ortiz

Muriel Asscher & Carol

Carol Asscher with Massimo Mandelli and Christina Montori Mandelli

Carol Asscher

in the moorings to take the guests back to reality.

Tatiana Pdyapolskaya, Robert Tchenguiz, Carol Asscher, Olivier Bizon & Lisa Tchenguiz.

Carol Asscher & friend

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From left: Elisabeth Hirshman, Denise Rich, Anne Marie Graff, Maria Buccellati, Christina Estrada Juffali

SOCIAL SEASON Helga Innocenti

Carol Asscher Birthday Celebrations

Xavier Robinson & Rosa Garussi Marwan and Azia Chatila

Carol Asscher and Hortense du Rouret

Denise Badrutt

Margherita & Thomas Leclerc

Carol Asscher, member of the diamond dynasty, chose the spectacular setting of a Venice lagoon to celebrate her 45th birthday, in the company of 560 guests. What she will do for her 50th we ask? It is hard to imagine anything that could top this wonderful event, organised by Anglo-Italian event planner Christina Montori Mandelli.

Bjorn Tideman, Monica Magdalena & Nicolas Brochet

Ivana Trump and Marco Antonio Rota

Royal Asscher is renowned for selecting the world’s most precious diamonds and has patented the inimitable “Royal Asscher Cut”. The party could not have been a more shining occasion, as was clear from the beginning; invitations were sent out to the 560 lucky guests three months in advance, so that they could set aside the time for the three-day-long party Welcome to the Bauer The sumptuous setting for the beginning of the event was Venice, in a saloon facing the lagoon where acrobatic dancers dived in enormous bubbles of water and the feathered masks were handed out to guests.

Lisa Tchenguiz and Monika Kuczewska Lina Botero and Elias Sakal

Lisa & Germano Giuliani & Iris Montefiore

Younes El Malqui, Safia Al Rashid & Maya Miljkovic

The following day a masked ball was held in the deconsecrated church of Misericordia. Amidst a blaze of crinolines and lace for the ladies, and knights’ wigs for the gentlemen, the event recreated the magic of Venice 700’ of Casanova. Performers and waders. A candlelit dinner was served in the dining hall of the church, decorated with bouquets of roses in many different shades, from pale pinks to lilacs. Dishes on the gourmet menu included tuna tartar, a wild strawberry risotto,

From left: Lavender Baharani, Antoinette Claessens, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Sophia Skalli, Carol Asscher, and on her left, Lisa Tchenguiz, Kim Ortiz

Muriel Asscher & Carol

Carol Asscher with Massimo Mandelli and Christina Montori Mandelli

Carol Asscher

in the moorings to take the guests back to reality.

Tatiana Pdyapolskaya, Robert Tchenguiz, Carol Asscher, Olivier Bizon & Lisa Tchenguiz.

Carol Asscher & friend

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From left: Elisabeth Hirshman, Denise Rich, Anne Marie Graff, Maria Buccellati, Christina Estrada Juffali

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