Blush Dream #30

BIG BANG ONE CLICK

18K King Gold case set with diamonds. Self-winding movement. Interchangeable strap using patented One-Click system.

PRINCESS FLOWER

KLECPYS DICE LIME CARBON

Double Independent Chronograph

In-house automatic calibre

Titanium & Carbon Fiber

Titanium bracelet & Cordura strap

50-piece limited edition per version

CONTENT

21. Editorial JEWELRY

22. BOUCHERON

Like a queen.

28. SPARKLE & SHINE Shooping Jewellery.

32. GIBERG

Unveils new material as world premiere.

34. GBYG When jewellery becomes a mirror.

36. MARINA MAGNIN

Passion as the only motivation.

TIME-KEEPERS

38. JAEGER LECOULTRE The reverso.

42. HUBLOT Classic fusion original.

46. CHARLES ZUBER

Alchemist of colour and transparency.

48. WATCHES AND WONDERS GENEVA

Record figures for the 2023 edition.

50. HIT THE BIG TIME

Latest novelties presented at the 2023 edition of Watches&Wonders.

FASHION

56. COPERNI

The young Avantgarde and ultra-connected French brand, pushes the boundaries of Fashion.

60. COURRÈGES

62nd anniversary this year.

64. DE MARQUET

The Swiss brand everyone’s talking about.

66. ICONIC JUNGLE

Iconic creations for Iconic Women.

68. AUSMANE PARIS

The founder of Ausmane Paris talks about his olfactory creations and confides in us about his career.

70. FACE À FACE

Objects of Magic.

PEOPLE

72. ANNE HATHAWAY

Like a queen.

76. ROBERT DE NIRO

Aged to perfection.

WELLNESS

80. LES SOURCES CAUDALIE

An exceptional site.

82. RITZ CLUB & SPA

An enchanted interlude in the heart of the capital.

84. CLINIQUE NESCENS

La Cure Reset start over.

86. CLINIQUE LA PRAIRIE

Can a pill help you live longer?

88. MANUKA YOGA

The elegance of a 100% French yoga.

O F F ICI A L

FERRAR I DEA L E R

A N Y D E A L E R GAUDUEL SPORT

Votre distributeur Of ciel Ferrari Guaudel à Lyon vous invite à visiter son magni que showroom

<Dealer Name> invites you to make an appointment to visit our prestigious showroom.

Discover the Ferrari Roma, the all new mid-front-engined 2+ coupé that combines the unparalleled performance and handling synonymous with the Prancing Horse.

Every new Ferrari purchased includes a 4 year manufacturer warranty and a 7 year servicing plan, offering ultimate peace of mind and ownership satisfaction.

Venez découvrir la Ferrari Roma, le nouveau coupé 2+2, moteur central avant qui combine les performances et la maniabilité inégalée, synonyme du cheval cabré Chaque nouvelle Ferrari achetée comprend désormais une garantie constructeur satisfaction sans limite.

We look forward to welcoming you soon.

Au plaisir de vous accueillir prochainement

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Consommation de carburant et de CO2 pour la Ferrari Roma en mpg (l/100km), combinés: 29.1 (9 7) à 15,9 ( 17,8) Emission CO2: 220 - 404 g/km. Chiffres indiquées à des ns de comparabilité uniquement la consommation de carburant et les chiffres de CO2 avec d’autres voitures testées avec les mêmes procédures techniques

accessoires installés ( Après enregistrement), les variations météorologiques, les styles de conduite et la charge du véhicule

Fuel economy and CO2 results for the Ferrari Roma in mpg (l/100km) combined: 29.1 (9 7) to 15.9 (17 8) CO2 emissions: 220 - 404 g/km. Figures shown are for comparability purposes; only compare fuel weather, driving styles and vehicle load.

CONTENT

90. INSHAPE STUDIO

The incredible journey of a polyglot in love with elegance.

92. VALMONT Simplicity as a starting point.

PHOTO EDITORIALS

94. BACK DANS LES BACS

Overlooking the iconic Eiffel Tower with Joey Starr at the inimitable Brach Paris.

102. THE MOROCCAN ESCAPE

From the Palais Ronsard in the heart of the Palmeraie, to the Sahara desert and the Atlas Mountains, Adriana Karembeu takes us to her favorite places in Marrakech.

DESIGN

112. PHILLIPE STARCK

From the drawing board to the stars.

120. MONTBLANC HAUS

An ode to writing.

126. HENNESSY X.O

The audacious collaboration between Hennessy X.O and fashion designer Kim Jones.

130. FRED PINEL

More than a name, a signature.

134. PICTRIX GALLERY

The art taking your attention off.

136. CORINNE DARMON

Creation, a link between dream and reality.

138. GREENTECH

A multifaceted enterprise

DRIVE

140. PAGANI UTOPIA Act III.

146. LAMBORGHINI

A final and unique farewell.

152. 24H OF LEMANS

A hundred years.

TRAVEL

158. SAN DOMENICO PALACE

Taormina, a Four Seasons Hotel.

162. BVLGARI RESORT BALI

A treasure 150 meters above the sea.

166. LA BASTIDE DE GORDES

Where spring comes earlier and summer lasts longer.

170. HARMONIE GOLF & BEACH ESTATE

A seamless fusion of luxury and sustainable development.

172. REGIE DUBOUX

Life begins at 70.

174. OONA

Pure caviar from Alpine waters.

CHEF

166. LA VILLA MADIE DE CASSIS

The story of a success.

LONGEVITY IS A JOURNEY THAT STARTS HERE

As summer is getting closer and closer, Blush Editions is pleased to present you its latest issue for its 15th anniversary. For this special occasion, Blush Dream takes you straight to Sicily, followed by Provence, to finish in beauty on the other side of the planet, to the island of Bali. In this new summer edition, you will discover all the secrets of chef Dimitri Doisneau and the Villa Madie, through the catwalks of the Haute Couture Houses Courrèges and Coperni, to the unstoppable creativity of Philippe Stark, without forgetting all the latest watchmaking news from the Watch & Wonders 2023 exhibition held in Geneva last March, and the exciting careers of two stars of the 7th art, Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. A brand new edition that will certainly brighten your day, what better way to start the summer ? We wish all our readers a wonderful season !

Gregory Ayoun

Publication director

Publication Director : Gregory Ayoun

Art Director : Yvan Babillon

Editorial Project Manager : Caroline Sambucchi

Junior Editorial Project Manager : Blanche Soncini

Beauty: Quitterie Pasquesoone

Fashion : Helene Battaglia

Lifestyle : Delphine Gallay, Helena Perdoux-Frances, Stephane Lechine

Translators : Emma Lingwood, Victoria Selwyn

Sales and marketing : Fiona Esther, Cyril Montegu

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Reproduction of texts, drawings and pictures published in this magazine remains the property of Blush Editions, owned by Publiscope, which reserves the right of reproduction and translation in the whole world.

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bA collection wich draws inspiration from the icon Elizabeth II whose style transcended decades

Boucheron Like a queen

When Princess Elizabeth turned eighteen in 1944, she received a Boucheron aquamarine and diamond double clip brooch. She would continue to wear this sentimental design throughout her reign. In 2020, Claire Choisne, Creative Director of Boucheron, decided to take inspiration from this unique piece to create a High Jewelry collection reinterpreting the famous Art Deco design through eighteen contemporary new designs.

LEFT PAGE : Hypnotic Blue bracelet.

RIGHT PAGE : Moon White pendant earrings with 2 Akoya cultured pearls of 11.65 ct, paved with diamonds, in white gold.

“THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN I STARTED LOOKING FOR INSPIRATIONS FOR THIS COLLECTION IN THE BOUCHERON ARCHIVES, I COULDN’T GET MY MIND OFF THAT ART DECO DOUBLE CLIP BROOCH, EXPLAINS CLAIRE CHOISNE. THE SEVERITY AND GEOMETRY OF THE ART DECO DESIGN, TEMPERED BY THE SOFTNESS AND LIGHT BLUE HUE OF THE AQUAMARINES, ALWAYS FASCINATED ME. I WAS TOUCHED BY THE SENTIMENTAL VALUE OF THIS DOUBLE CLIP, WHICH QUEEN ELIZABETH II WORE AT PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN HER REIGN.”

This piece of jewelry joined the British Royal Family on July 31, 1937 through Prince George, Duke of Kent, who purchased it from the Boucheron boutique in London.

White.

: Frosty White necklace.

Seven years later, the family gave it to Princess Elizabeth for her eighteenth birthday. Throughout her reign, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, wore it on a number of occasions, most notably including her Diamond Jubilee on June 5, 2012; on May 8, 2020, for the 75th anniversary of the speech by George VI announcing the end of World War II; and on the 70th anniversary of her coronation on February 6, 2022.

Inspired by Queen Elizabeth’s distinctive style, formidable character and effervescent presence, Claire Choisne thought it most fitting to work with this particular design and to bring it up-to-date in a collection that surpasses all genres. Thus, each piece of this Histoire de Style line reflects the unique spirit of the two cerulean clips. A cherry ruby necklace, a pink tourmaline brooch, an azure aquamarine cuff bracelet, earrings adorned with lush emeralds…

Histoire de Style, Like a Queen stands out with its monochrome plays on joyful, intense colors, inspired by the spirit of the bright outfits that Queen Elizabeth famously wore. Like a story told through eighteen chapters, Histoire de Style, Like a Queen transcends its initial objective – to construct a full High Jewellery collection inspired by a single piece – and offers a glimpse of the true genius behind its design.

Created by Frédéric Boucheron in 1858, Boucheron is built through four generations of direct descendants. visionary designer and first of the great contemporary jewellers to open a boutique on Place Vendôme, Boucheron embodies excellence in jewellery, high jewellery and watchmaking. The Boucheron style, free and audacious, continues to create the classics of tomorrow.

BLUSH DREAM

JEWELRY

SPARKLE & SHINE

EXPLORE THE LATEST JEWELRY TRENDS FOR ANY OCCASION

By Blanche Soncini

PIAGET

INFINITE LIGHTS CELESTIAL BALLET RING

Comet-like, the Celestial Ballet ring is of striking conception, designed to be worn laterally, east to west, artfully covering two fingers with its alluring design. Set with a graduated series of sapphires and diamonds, the gems streak out behind the Sri Lankan centre stone of 2.71 carats, blazing a trail like the flaming tail of a falling Lyrid star.

18K white gold ring set with 1 cushion-cut blue sapphire from Sri Lanka (approx. 3.71 cts), marquise-cut blue sapphires and brilliant-cut diamonds. Unique creation.

FRED

M. FRED INNER LIGHT SOLEIL D’OR

RADIANT ENERGY RING

Soleil d’Or Radiant Energy ring from the collection Monsieur Fred Inner Light in white and yellow gold, set with a radiant-cut “”Fancy Intense”” yellow diamond of 2.55 carats, brilliant-cut and calibrated baguette-cut white diamonds and brilliant-cut yellow diamonds.

18k white and 18k yellow gold, white and yellow diamonds.

HULCHI BELLUNI CUBINI COLLECTION

Think outside of the cube, choose your own point of view, do it your own way and follow your heart. Hulchi Belluni’s cubes will accompany you on your journey. They will give you the courage you need and brighten up your day.

AKILLIS CAPTURE TRILOGY COLLECTION

Exploring a different facet of romance, altogether powerful and simple, the Capture Trilogy symbolizes the three stages of love : seduction, passion and commitment. As if to trap a willing partner, the brand’s iconic whetted teeth moves over usual norms, calling up love in an unusual form. This shifting symbol of seduction embodies the love battle to better capture, tame and hold on to desire.

Capture Trilogy Pendant. White gold, pink gold, yellow gold, 18 carats.

Pendant and chain in 18k Pink Gold from Cubini Collection set with diamonds.

NANIS TRASFORMITA COLLECTION

Comet-like, the Celestial Ballet ring is of striking conception, designed to be worn laterally, east to west, artfully covering two fingers with its alluring design. Set with a graduated series of sapphires and diamonds, the gems streak out behind the Sri Lankan centre stone of 2.71 carats, blazing a trail like the flaming tail of a falling Lyrid star.

18K white gold ring set with 1 cushion-cut blue sapphire from Sri Lanka (approx. 3.71 cts), marquise-cut blue sapphires and brilliant-cut diamonds. Unique creation.

MESSIKA D-VIBES MULTI-ROW RING

The D-Vibes ring captivates with its elegant modernity. Combining the Maison’s diamond expertise with the jewelry expertise of its workshop, this 18K yellow gold ring showcases a 0.50-carat emerald-cut diamond adorned with two lines of micro-set diamonds and three rows of chain-set diamonds. A subtle touch that envelops the finger in a radiant light.

Giberg

At Giberg, the traditions of old master goldsmiths and watchmakers meet state-of-the-art technologies and materials. With more than 40 years of experience as a supplier in the watch and jewellery industry, master goldsmith Andreas Altmann and his team of highly skilled engineers and designers are creating ultra-limited masterpieces. Since 2020, Giberg has focused on exclusive jewellery and has reached new heights in this metier. This spring, Giberg comes up with a world premiere.

WORD PREMIERE:

AUROTWIST – THE FLEXIBLE REAL GOLD!

Together with internationally leading experts in the field of micro-vulcanization, the team at Giberg has designed a unique material that is second to none. AuroTwist is flexible, 14-carat, real gold. It combines micro-particles of gold with a high-tech silicone compound – thereby offering complete flexibility and suppleness with a gold content of 585 per mille. AuroTwist was developed over several years of intensive research and is 100% produced in Switzerland. The exclusive rights belong to Giberg.

100 % SWISS MADE

The pursuit of perfection is incorporated into every work of art produced by Giberg. With its cutting-edge technical

innovation and keen artistic vision, Giberg has become one of the world’s most accomplished specialists in handling and crafting the finest materials. From design to casting or printing and setting to final assembly, the pieces are all created in the company’s own manufacture.

EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS FOR BOTH WOMEN AND MEN

With devotion and attention to detail, Giberg creates pieces of jewellery of astonishing beauty that ideally accentuate the personality of the wearer. The pieces preserve the glorious past of the goldsmith’s art by bringing it together with innovative and precious materials.

Unveils new material as world premiere

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JEWELRY

GBYG, a name that deserves attention ... a sort of rebus, which once solved, leads us directly to its creator, Géraldine Recknagl, and to Geneva, her favourite city where she lives and works. A brand that smells of unbridled creativity and speaks volumes about the aesthetics of her art, in a spirit of authenticity. Géraldine is an artist, a real one, one of those who have trained directly with professionals. By the way, she still collaborates with those who have taught her a lot; generosity is never lost with Géraldine...

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

First of all, this amazing name, GBYG. The first G is for Géraldine and the next one is up to your imagination. A spontaneous way to appeal to customers and fans alike. Thanks to the warm atmosphere of her workshop, the curious, the clients, feel good and above all feel heard. Géraldine knows how to put her generous impulsiveness at the service of their dreams. A luxury indeed, but an accessible luxury. An ostentation that feels good.

TRANSMISSION AS A MOTIVATION

Emotion takes an important place in Géraldine’s approach. An emotion, a feeling that can be transmitted, as a way of putting a precious stone, a drawing rather than another in place of words. To speak and be heard, just with the eyes and the fingertips. The transmission has already started long before. When Géraldine, self-taught, curious and committed, was at the very beginning of her adventure, in this world of beauty whose rules are strict but

whose results are so encouraging. And this handing down continues in the way she works with the best gem setters, and chooses the most appropriate stones for the personality of the person who will wear it.

WHEN JEWELLERY BECOMES A MIRROR

The emotion is intact when the wearer recognises him or herself in its beauty. When he or she knows that this jewel will follow him or her in daily life without anyone paying it any undue attention. The jewel, created for a single personality, is in tune with her life, her choices and above all resembles her. It becomes in a way the guardian of her history and already appropriates her future.

WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE?

Born in 2015, GBYG is slowly but surely entering the world of jewellery. Already distributed in several points of sale (Geneva, Lausanne, Paris, Monaco, Zurich, St Tropez or Deauville), it is advancing step by step, at its own pace. The race for collections? Not for Géraldine. All she wants is to keep her ‘niche’ creations, to imagine at the rhythm of her inspiration generated by and for her clients.

“There is always a sun in my designs. It symbolises light and renewal.”

IT’S ALL RIGHT... THE INFINITY SYMBOL HAS SETTLED INTO ITS LOGO.

Passion as the only motivation Marina Magnin

Marina Magnin, a creator at heart, loves the tailor-made design, the one that makes people happy. Renovating old jewels, remodelling them and giving them a second life... writing a new love story between the customer and his/her jewel, that is her leitmotiv.

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

The daughter of Genevan artist André Bucher loves simplicity, pure design and the elegant sobriety of the objects she brings to life or imagines for you. Marina is the anti-bling bling, the lover of freedom in its most vital expression. A patrouille des glaciers, a marathon in New York or a simple walk, she does not shy away from anything. An irrepressible need to express an uncommon life force pushes her to innovate and create in a breath of daring passion. Independent by nature, after studying jewellery and gemmology, it became obvious to Marina that working for others did not fit her freedom-loving personality. Little by little, thanks to word of mouth, customers appeared. Unique pieces on demand, creations or renovations, followed... As proof of an unfailing creative universe, a brooch metamorphosed into a ring with a refined aesthetic, a Goddess Isis as a pendant, an outstanding piece of art inspired by a myth brought up to date, or a belt buckle that has become a warthog head set according to the customer’s wishes.

NINAMARINA WAS BORN IN 2014

In 2014, Marina Magnin created Ninamarina in parallel to her jewellery design, thus opening the way to an exclusive universe worthy of her designer’s imagination. A simple name -the combination of her nickname (Nina) and her first name-, a logo directly inspired from the maker’s mark that adorns her creations, uniting the two M’s of Marina Magnin in a heart... everything was already there. Marina will then express herself in the world of fashion and design through essential accessories to the assertive styles: line of leather goods on the theme of the envelope, a real invitation to travel... modular handbags whose handles and look evolve according to the mood or the agenda of the day... exclusive and interchangeable buckles thanks to an ingenious system fixed on the belts... jewels in harmony with each personality, made and manufactured by the designer.

MARINA

DRAWS YOUR DREAMS AND BRINGS THEM TO LIFE IN HER GENEVA WORKSHOP

MARINA MAGNIN AND NINAMARINA, THE SAME UNIVERSE...

A return to the roots, to the elementary basics, became obvious. Marina Magnin and Ninamarina will soon meet, as these two brands are inhabited by the same creative power, in a common desire for elegance.

30 YEARS OF CREATION AND EMOTION

Marina has one wish only... to live each new creation as a love story shared with a client up until then unknown, for a jewel true link between happiness and beauty.

The reverso

One precious colours by

Jaeger LeCoultre

As a singular example of Art Deco design, the Reverso has remained eternally modern since its creation in 1931. While the design was originally conceived for the polo field, it began to appear in feminine form even before the first anniversary of its launch – in keeping with La Grande Maison’s philosophy of creating technically sophisticated timepieces for both men and women since its early years. Remaining true to itself through decades of social change and shifting tastes, the Reverso has fulfilled a potential that could hardly have been imagined at the time of its creation and, for 2023, Jaeger-LeCoultre presents a new expression of the Reverso’s feminine side. Offered in two eye-catching colour variations, the Reverso One Precious Colours features a richly decorated case that pays direct tribute to Art Deco style.

THE GEOMETRY OF ART DECO

Emerging in the mid-1920s and named (many decades later) after the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Art Deco grew directly out of the tremendous social and cultural changes that followed the First World War. An exuberant and streamlined elegance that emphasised clean, strong lines as an organising principle, it reflected the new sense of freedom and hedonism that permeated every aspect of society. In surface decoration, the repetitive use of parallel lines and rectilinear motifs to form chevrons and zigzags was amplified by blocks of colour and gleaming metal accents, creating a visual dynamism that remains captivating to this day.

It is this design language that the talented artisans of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s in-house Métiers Rares® atelier have translated for the Reverso One Precious Colours, creating a dazzling pattern that covers the entire case back and wraps seamlessly around the case sides to frame the dial.

With the front dial facing outwards, the Reverso One Precious Colours has a rich and elegant presence, its white mother-of-pearl dial contrasting with the vivid colours of its enamelled frame and the sparkle of the diamond-set gadroons and lugs. The dial is finely detailed with the narrow gold brackets in each corner, the applied numerals and the Dauphine hands that are signatures of all Reverso One jewellery models. The watch is fastened to the wrist by a shiny alligator strap, colour-matched to the case decoration.

A TOUR-DE-FORCE OF THE DECORATIVE CRAFTS

Turn the swivelling case over and the Reverso One Precious Colours becomes a piece of High Jewellery. Presented in shades of blue with black on a pink gold background, or in different tones of green on a white gold background, the pattern is executed in miniature-painted grand feu enamel with diamond-set accents, creating an optical illusion of depth and movement.

The process is an exacting one, requiring absolute mastery of each technique, as well as the impeccable coordination of the different crafts, beginning with enamelling. The base metal, of white gold or pink gold, must first be sealed with a fondant or transparent enamel and fired. Next, to create a pristine surface onto which the multi-coloured design will be painted, the enameller applies layers of opaque white enamel, with drying and firing after each layer. Then, with great precision, the lines that define the geometric design are hand-drawn with a fine point across the flat surface of the watch case, continuing seamlessly around the sides. Only then can the colouring can begin.

Using a very fine-tipped brush, the entire surface is hand-painted to create the blocks of different colour – again working layer by layer, with firing after every application – until the enameller is fully satisfied with the depth and intensity of each colour. Once the firing of the colours is completed, more layers of transparent fondant are applied. Known as the Geneva technique, this final coating preserves the colours and enhances the sense of depth; this exceptionally durable surface is then hand-polished to achieve a shiny, glazed appearance, with the perfectly smooth finish of a sheet of glass.

Enamelling the convex case sides of the Reverso One Precious Colours at the same time as the flat case back is particularly challenging, because the two areas require a different consistency of enamel for better adherence during the firing. Equally challenging is the question of colour: just as an artist would do with paints on a palette, the enameller blends different metal oxide pigments

together to achieve the desired variation of blue or green. However, with grand feu enamelling the outcome is unpredictable because firing at 800 degrees Centigrade changes some pigments, causing colours not to blend as expected. A Reverso One Precious Colours case requires up to 15 firings, as well as multiple phases of drying at 200 degrees. The ability to master such challenges comes only with years of experience and the five enamellers in JaegerLeCoultre’s Métiers Rares® atelier have all thoroughly mastered the Geneva technique.

After enamelling, the Reverso case is handed over to the gem-setter, who must work with absolute precision to ensure that the diamonds are perfectly set. Using the grain-setting technique, tiny claws of gold are raised from the flat metal surface to hold each stone in place. This must be done without disturbing the finished enamel or encroaching on the perfectly straight lines that define the coloured fields and separate them from the gem-set ones. Setting the diamonds that decorate the Reverso One Precious Colours requires 45 hours of meticulous work, in addition to the preceding 80 hours of enamelling work. A great benefit of JaegerLeCoultre having its own decorative crafts atelier at the Manufacture, gathering multiple skills together under one roof, is that the different artisans are able to work so closely together, exchanging ideas and sharing each other’s creative energy.

Concealed within the case, the movement that powers the Reverso One Precious Colours is testament to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s commitment to mechanical excellence. Developed and produced entirely within the Manufacture, the hand-wound Calibre 846 was created specifically for the Reverso and, in keeping with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s philosophy of product integrity, is shaped to follow the contours of the rectangular case.

Reaffirming Jaeger-LeCoultre’s mastery of the decorative crafts and fine jewellery techniques and deftly fusing functionality, aesthetics and fine watchmaking, this boldly feminine interpretation of the Reverso is a jewel to be worn, as well as a watch to tell the time.

42 years of audacity

Hublot classic fusion original

Hublot brings back the watch that shook up conventions in 1980. Both refined and sporty, this precious gold case strapped on a simple rubber strap, unthinkable at the time, sent huge shock waves through the world of fine watchmaking. By winning over an audience of connoisseurs who were searching for different watch products, so began a tireless visionary momentum, impelled by audacity. This vision inspires the Maison in everything it does, including new product development, designs and partnerships. The Classic Fusion Original celebrates this youthful maturity with timeless simplicity.

Echoes of Carlo Crocco’s original design are recognizable in the rubber strap, the purity of the polished black lacquered dial that is only distracted by time, embodied by the facetted hands; the yellow gold and the Maison’s hallmark signature. At first sight, seemingly similar to the original, the logo has become more modern and contemporary over time. A past tense conjugated in the present. Today, the Classic Fusion Original is available in yellow gold, titanium and ceramic; the cases are available in 42, 38 and 33mm. Like the seals, the 6 famous screws place their hallmark on the bezels; their sapphire case backs reveal the mechanical parts. Hublot’s iconic details bring the original watch up-to-date, to undoubtedly make it a new timeless, classic.

A CASE OF RETURNING TO THE PAST TO BETTER SHAPE THE FUTURE.

Daring... Shattering established conventions, mastering traditional heritage to push back the boundaries, merging high-tech composites with precious, natural materials, working with sectors or people who transcend our motto “to be first, unique and different.” 40 exhilarating years have shaped these Classic Fusion Originals. We have redesigned them because Hublot has changed, they embody these rebellious alliances that make us who we are today.”

Ricardo Guadalupe Hublot CEO.

Lumière, Maestro!

The luminous Perfos Karl plunges us into a reverie of transparency with its hand-hewn movement. It draws the eye with its slender, powerful build and its multiple facets offering a playground for contrasts and a whole range of nuances. A skeletonization realized in collaboration with the Genevan guardian of traditional material work, Cédric Johner.

ALCHEMIST OF COLOUR AND TRANSPARENCY

True to the spirit of the brand, this exclusive edition is limited to 8 pieces of 39mm in 18-carat pink gold - all unique. Each watch is full of emotion and characterised by the uniqueness of its finishes. Set with 84 saffron orange baguette-cut sapphires, totalling 2.42 carats, each movement has been entirely transformed by hand. This watch, with its meticulously chosen openwork, is pierced by emptiness and bathed in sunlight thanks to the warm-coloured precious stones. Sandwiched between two sapphire crystals, like two wide-open windows on the transformation of the 01 calibre, one can glimpse the mechanical anatomy that has been revealed under the bold and expert hands of Cédric Johner: the gear train is visible, one can make out a ballet of chamfered, satin-finished and polished-angled components. Mechanical, with automatic winding by means of a bidirectional oscillating micromass in platinum set with 39 brilliant-cut orange sapphires totalling 0.1 carats, this three-hand calibre, initially made with 164 components and 33 jewels, naturally lent itself to future developments, such as skeletonisation.

Several components have been modified and opened up, notably the plate, bridges and wheels of the gear train. The design of the Perfos KARL is resolutely contemporary and perfectly suited to lovers of style, strong design codes and extraordinary watchmaking expertise. Its dial, with its intensely metallic hue thanks to a galvanic deposit of satin-finished, hand-sunlit ruthenium, reveals the inner workings of the watch with breathtaking brilliance. The dial is surrounded at its centre by a halo of 36 baguette-cut orange sapphires (0.8 carats) placed in the round as a focal point, contrasting with the rose gold hands. The shiny black alligator strap is hand- finished. On the front of the watch, another tour de force: on a sapphire crystal serving as the watch’s dial, 60 small coloured triangular pink gold appliques corresponding to the 60 minutes of the passing hour are placed, spaced in an arc like a sun. Machined one by one and assembled by hand, they give the impression of levitating above the movement.

A SIGNATURE WATCH, A TRIBUTE TO “KARL”

Born on 29 January 1932 in Kriens in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland, Zuber’s first name was Karl (Charles in German). It was only later, in 1952, after his return from the army, that Karl Zuber decided to become a goldsmith and moved from his home town to Geneva, whose reputation for the jewellery arts extended far beyond the city’s borders. He quickly obtained the title of Swiss Master Jeweller and devoted himself to his passion. He got his first job with Weber, the most talented jeweller in Geneva at the time. He learns French because he wants to integrate as quickly as possible and decides to give a French tone to his first name: Karl Zuber becomes Charles Zuber. With its latest creation, stamped “KARL”, the Charles Zuber company celebrates its iconic designer. The starting point of this beautiful initiative? To reveal the quintessential values of the eponymous brand carried by its creator. To pay tribute to him through an “XXL” Perfos, a “Super” Perfos, sublimated and transformed.

QUESTIONS TO CÉDRIC JOHNER

What was the starting point for the skeletonisation of the Perfos?

My starting point is always the observation of the original watch from every angle. I spent several hours observing the PERFOS, with its dial and sunburst indexes. It is by observing that one can find coherence and harmony in the skeletonisation project. For example, here, echoing the “sunburst” indexes, I chose a sunburst satin finish on the plate and a deported sunburst satin finish on the oscillating weight.

Did you have carte blanche or were there any constraints?

CHARLES ZUBER PRESENTS AN AERIAL AND CONTRASTING CREATION, OF VERY HIGH QUALITY: THE PERFOS KARL

The PERFOS is unique in its shape and movement. Its level of finishing is incredible, worthy of fine watchmaking. I tried to make something that would make a lasting impression. I had carte blanche, but in reality, there are many technical constraints. Squeezing a movement is a huge technical challenge because you have to do decoration that doesn’t detract from the functionality of the movement: finding the right places to open, finding beautiful shapes to make so that all the parts are in harmony, and achieving an optimal level of finishing. I always try to find shapes that have not been done before, to create a wow effect. We try to achieve the highest level of finishing that is practised today in watchmaking: cradled angles, contrasts between satin and polished, opening up the pieces to the greatest and most accurate possible degree. Without compromising the technical aspect. We have to be attentive at every stage. Opening in the right place and being very attentive so that it makes a beautiful whole.

Can you tell us about the different stages of the openwork process, from concept to finished product?

The principle of openwork starts with the tracing: you lay out the pieces and drill with a hand piece and a drill bit. Then a small blade, the hand saw, is used. We work with a file to define the openings, then we attack the angles with a small chisel and increasingly fine files, increasingly fine sandpaper.

Can you tell us about the man behind the inspiration, Charles Zuber? Did you find a correlation between your story and his?

It is an honour for me to work in the continuity of the great master Charles Zuber, whom I worked with in the past. He was a craftsman with an incredible know-how. I am happy to continue this know-how today. Charles Zuber was an extraordinary craftsman, a genius, who made a number of pieces recognised throughout the world. I was as precise and qualitative as possible, to follow his path. No compromise.

The ideal PERFOS KARL wearer?

Someone who is solar!

Record figures for the 2023 edition

Watches and Wonders Geneva

Watches and Wonders Geneva closes its 2023 edition with results that exceed expectations and best forecasts. All of its indicators are well above previous editions. The Salon confirms its trajectory as well as its position on the world watchmaking scene, thanks to controlled growth and a common voice.

The innovations were numerous, as were the expectations. Watches and Wonders has redoubled in creativity, innovation and openness in order to keep pace with a rapidly growing global watch market (24.8 billion Swiss francs in 2022). Watches and Wonders Geneva 2023 closed with record figures, with 43,000 unique visitors (22,000 in 2022) over the whole week, 5,400 retailers, 125 nationalities, and 35,000 overnight stays, while the number of end-consumers doubled during the first five days. The number of shares on social networks exceeded all expectations, with 1.8 million posts mentioning #watchesandwonders and an estimated reach of over 600 million people - more than half a billion - an all-time high.

AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BUSINESS VISITORS

The press recorded an increase of over 50% in attendance with the return of the Asian markets, i.e. a total of 1,400 journalists present in Geneva, with 13,000 registrations for the 1,800 Touch & Feel sessions enabling them to discover and handle the year’s new releases. Not to mention the 2,600 journalists who were able to follow the entire program online. Retailers racked up more than 8,000 appointments, confirming the unfailing appeal of watchmaking in all its markets, particularly in Europe, which alone accounted for 70% of visitors.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC RESPONDED MASSIVELY

All 12,000 tickets were sold out before the weekend started. Aside from the statistics, Watches and Wonders has proven its appeal to the younger generation: 25% of the tickets sold were purchased by people under 25, with an average ticket-holder age of 35. These visitors were particularly attracted to the LAB experience, which offered them a vision of the future of watchmaking. The Salon thus brings together and federates two to three generations at the same watchmaking crossroads. This hub now extends well beyond Palexpo and offers the Salon new horizons. The “In the City” experience marks an important turning point in the development of Watches and Wonders Geneva, engaging the city and the general public who were drawn by special events in the boutiques and at other points of interest in the watchmaking capital. The Avener ‘s concert filled the quayside and had both locals and international visitors dancing to the rhythm of watch movements. Watches and Wonders has more than ever consolidated its position as the international watchmaking summit. See you in spring 2024!

Hit the Big time

Innovation, quality and timeless designs... Each timepiece is a work of art. From complex chronographs, perpetual calendars, and tourbillons, discover the latest novelties presented at the 2023 edition of Watches&Wonders

By Blanche Soncini

CARTIER MONTRE TANK FRANÇAISE

Launched in 1996, the Tank Française debuted a metal bracelet in perfect harmony with the case, becoming an immediate member of the great Tank family. A monobloc metal design that Cartier is radicalising with this brand-new version. A new approach, both aesthetic and ergonomic, which energises the ultra-profiled lines of the watch, available in steel and yellow gold, with or without diamonds.

PARMIGIANI FLEURIER

TONDA PF GREGORIAN CALENDAR

The beauty of the Retrograde Gregorian Calendar lies in the fact that wearers need to adjust their watch only once a year. While the date automatically adapts to the respective length of 30- and 31-day months, it counts 29 days for the month of February whatever the year. This means that once a year – or rather three out of every four years – at the end of February, the wearer of the TONDA Gregorian Calendar must slip the watch off their wrist and reconnect with its subtle mechanism by setting the date manually. It will then keep faultless track of the date for the next 365 days. The retrograde date indication never hinders the reading of the moon phases at 6 o’clock, placing this lyrical complication in the spotlight. To ensure perfect clarity, the day of the week and the month are indicated in separate apertures at 9 and 3 o’clock respectively.

PIAGET POLO SKELETON

The Piaget Polo Skeleton has been crafted with green bridges, bringing a new style and light to the skeleton’s architectural lines.Creating a skeleton watch to achieve exceptional aesthetics requires vision, confidence, and the considerable skill and experience of numerous specialists in order to combine design with dependable functionality. It is a genre for which Piaget has become renowned for over half a century.

IWC INGENIEUR AUTOMATIC 40

IWC Schaffhausen introduces the Ingenieur Automatic 40. This newly engineered automatic model reflects the bold aesthetic codes of Gérald Genta’s Ingenieur SL, Reference 1832, from the 1970s while meeting the highest standards regarding ergonomics, finishing, and technology. The collection encompasses three references in stainless steel and one in titanium. The Ingenieur Automatic 40 is powered by the IWC-manufactured 32111 calibre with a power reserve of 120 hours. All new models feature softiron inner cases to protect the movements from magnetic fields and are water-resistant to 10 bar, making them fully versatile sports watches for the 21st century.

ULYSSE NARDIN FREAK ONE

More than two decades since it released the first Freak, Ulysse Nardin celebrates its joyously unorthodox watch with the new Freak ONE. The Freak ONE is a new watch inspired by the first Freak featuring its three signature characteristics: no dial, no hands and no crown. It’s regulated by a silicon hairspring introduced in 2008 and an escapement treated with DIAMonSIL, a trailblazing synthetic diamond and silicon plasma surfacing treatment first applied to the Freak in 2007 that makes the movement abrasion and shock-resistant.

TAG HEUER CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH

Inspired by the handsome, ageless design of the original 1963 Heuer Carrera, the new TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph propels a heroic story into the future with fresh, dynamic styling and a tank full of racing spirit. At launch, there are two new collection pieces, both with 42-mm stainless steel cases. The distinction is in the dial: there’s a choice of blue or black, both decorated with vivid orange detailing that recalls classic race car speedometers. The new models are powered by TAG Heuer’s inhouse automatic chronograph Heuer 02 movement. Both are finished with highend calfskin straps. Six decades in the making, the new high-performance TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph captures the evergreen racing spirit of the iconic TAG Heuer Carrera.

VACHERON CONSTANTIN OVERSEAS SELF-WINDING

Long-distance travel begins with a watch on the wrist. The Overseas collection has been designed to reflect this spirit in which elegance is adorned with robustness, attention to detail underscores essentials and aesthetics adapt to every circumstance. True to these principles, the brand is introducing four new models in pink gold and steel, featuring a 35 mm diameter of the gemset versions and 34.5 mm for the non-set models.

TUDOR TUDOR ROYAL

TUDOR has expanded the dial range of the much-loved Royal to include radial-brushed salmon and chocolate brown dials that offer an unexpected and exquisite aesthetic. The Royal range offers self-winding, sporty and chic watches with integrated bracelets that are as affordable as they are aesthetically sophisticated. Boasting first-class technical performance and a refined aesthetic, this line sits at the crossroads between classic and sports watches. Royal was a name first used by TUDOR in the 1950s to emphasize the superior quality of its watches, which stands until today. It comes in stainless steel or gold and steel and is offered in four sizes with a total of thirteen possible dials for every personality.

ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL COSMOGRAPH

Rolex is presenting its new-generation Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona, which has been updated across the entire range. The singular design of the case and face has characterized the chronograph since its launch, and has now been revisited with subtle refinements to a number of details. The dial receives new graphic balance, and harmonious colour combinations accentuate the contrast between the dial and the counters – or their rings. The Oyster case has been redesigned, and its profile is highlighted by the light reflections on the lugs and case sides. On versions with a Cerachrom bezel, the bezel is edged with a thin band of the same metal as the middle case.

Tortue Lady

Featuring pure and timeless curves along with an exclusive, in-house automatic movement, “Tortue Lady” introduces a new sculpture of time.

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The young Avantgarde and ultra-connected French brand, pushes the boundaries of Fashion

Coperni

Established in 2013 and successfully relaunched in 2019 by French Fashion designers, Creative Director Sébastien Meyer, and CEO Arnaud Vaillant, former Creative directors at Maison Courrèges (2015-2017), the young and promising Parisian ready-to-wear and accessories brand Coperni resolutely knows how to capture the attention. The totally unexpected final of its fashion show Spring/Summer 2023, which took place during the Paris Fashion Week in October 2022 at the National Museum of Les Arts et Métiers, was a real stroke of genius. #CoperniDress became the most viral moment of the year 2022 on social network TikTok, The live performance of Spanish scientist, Fashion designer and founder of Fabrican Ltd Manel Torres, that literally let the audience speechless, will go down in history. The latter created a unique and bespoke dress directly on American top-model Bella Hadid’s body using, for the very first time, a revolutionary spray-on fabric technology he invented and developed. The recent Parisian Fall/Winter 2022/23 show, which consisted of a very personal reinterpretation of the Lafontaine’s tale ‘The wolf and the lamb’, has been marked by the presence of unconventional and high-tech Spot ® dogs robots manufactured by American company Boston Dynamics, interacting with the models: Through these bold and winning collaborations, which clearly confirm that Innovation and Creativity at 360 °, which are parts of Coperni’s DNA since its foundation, are going to become, more and more, the keys of its international and long-lasting success. It’s odds on that, the two talented co-founders will continue surprising us in a magic way. The Fashion of tomorrow is already around the corner.

By Hélène Battaglia

The Fashion industry could truly be compared to a wild jungle. It is an international business place, where every brand and every Maison must fight for its survival. Because nothing should be taken for granted. Competition on the market is unbridled especially for the incomers. The truth is that, for a young brand among millions of others, it is quite challenging to earn its own place in the sun and succeed in making a name; but fortunately, it is not impossible. It surely requires a strong brand identity, which stands out of the crowd, to make a difference. As well as patience and full devotion from the founders to see their little one grow slowly but surely. It is exactly the positive and peaceful state of mind shared by French Fashion Designers Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant, what concerns the Paris-Based ready-to-wear and accessories brand called Coperni, a tribute to Nicolaus Copernicus, the French astronomer and greatest genius of his time, author of the theory of the motion of Earth and the planets, they co-founded in 2013 and successfully relaunched in 2019. The duo, who met in 2009 at Parisian fashion school MODART International, is optimistic and full of hope for the future of this young and promising brand, which won ANDAM’s Creative label prize in 2014 and was finalist at the LVMH Prize in 2015.

Partners in life (they married a few years ago) and at work, Creative Director Meyer and CEO Vaillant are definitively, what can be called, a winning duo: They indeed perfectly understand each other and have complementary skills. The artistic dialogue, that binds them since they were classmates, has turned itself into a unique design language, they have decided to provide for their own Maison in 2013, after five years well spent at the studios of Balenciaga and Chanel for Vaillant, and working on many design projects for Meyer. After taking a short and justified break, from 2015 to 2017 to hold the glorious position of Creative Directors of the historic and prestigious French Maison Courrèges, in 2018, they finally decided that the challenging professional and personal journey they embarked on 2013, has definitively to go on. They picked up where they left off and started working hard to build a long-lasting success for Coperni. As most of founders, they have lots of dreams as opening a store or launching a perfume one day. But at the contrary of many, they are not in a hurry; building, slowly but surely, with devotion the long-lasting success of their brand as well as an international community, is what really

matters to them right now. Because they absolutely want to keep enjoying the whole creative process, giving free rein to their limitless creativity, and listening, first at all, to their instincts, following their passions and core values, not the trends. Trying new things, experiencing, and of course surprising the world. Meyer & Vaillant are indeed not only to be considered as simple Fashion Designers but as real committed Ambassadors of Innovation at 360°. Innovating is certainly what they do best. Especially what concerns the communication field. Season after season, they’ve developed an undeniable talent for catching the attention. Since 2019, they established themselves as one-of-a-kind futuristic entertainers with a purpose. They have indeed chosen a unique, high-tech, digital, and interactive way to promote their collections using social networks, especially Instagram through their account @Coperni and collaborating with a crew of talented creatives who, as they already do, want to break the rules of the fashion we know and start an innovative and digital Revolution. Brilliant minds as French Filmmaker and Artist Alexandre Silberstein, who designed the series of interactive games, Coperni Arcade, born from a meeting between fashion and gaming and which gives the user the opportunity to play with pieces from the collection FW 2019/20. Or Cécile Winckler, founder of the Unemployed magazine and filmmaker, who has written and produced the video’s concept for Instagram called “Copernize Your Life”. The brand is always looking for new unconventional ideas, which involve their growing international community, as the Coperni’s Summer Camp Instagram campaign, which invited their followers to play jukebox games, rebus, crosswords, and other interactive puzzles with silhouettes of the FW 2020 fashion show. Innovation is also part of the game. Directed by We Are From LA, the brand launched then its first XR video campaign for SS 2021, created by Julien Collect and Pierre Guy-Costanzo in Paris at the first XR studio in France, and which featured Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR). In the last months, the brand has proudly and clearly embarked on partnerships for a futuristic fusion of science and fashion with Fabrican Ltd and Boston Dynamics. As the world, which is always evolving, Fashion is in the making. Meyer and Vaillant are more than ever ready to push endlessly the boundaries of Fashion. Because creativity and innovation have no limits. Show must go on.

MEYER AND VAILLANT ARE MORE THAN EVER READY TO PUSH ENDLESSLY THE BOUNDARIES OF FASHION.

Courrèges

Is back for good

As many historical French Maison, which had unfortunately lost their prestige over the decades after the disappearance of their founders, Courrèges, that will celebrate its 62nd anniversary this year, is finally and definitively back on track. The failed attempt of relaunch, planned in 2015 by its new owners, advertising executives Frederic Torloting and Jacques Bungert, who took over in 2011 after Coqueline, who ran the business from 1985, is only a bad memory. The iconic Maison, founded in 1961 by André Courrèges and his wife Jacqueline aka Coqueline, and property, since 2018, of the company Artemis, which is part of the international leading Kering Group owned by French tycoon François-Henry Pinault, is promised to a bright future. Belgian Artistic Director Nicolas Di Felice, who, in September 2020, took over from German Yolanda Zobel after French Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer (2015-2017), founders of Parisian Brand Coperni, is softly moving it forward the third millennium. Especially honored to be in charge of such a responsibility, he is celebrating with devotion and gratitude André and Coqueline’s precious and unique legacy like his own. In the footsteps of the duo of founders, who, surprisingly, like him started their successful career at Balenciaga. A coincidence for some. A sign for others. But the thing is, Di Felice seems to be exactly where he has to be. At home. As the perfect natural and legitimate heir, out from another family, the Maison has, more than ever, deserved.

By Hélène Battaglia

Courrèges is back. For good. Avantgarde and brilliant French founders, couturier-perfumer André Courrèges (1923-2016) and his beloved wife, co-founder and ‘Creative complementary’ Jacqueline aka Coqueline (1935-), who met at work at Balenciaga in 1952, felt in love, married, and founded their eponymous Maison de couture in 1961, have finally a new talented and worthy successor. On board, since September 2020, as artistic director, in place of German Yolanda Zobel, Young (40 in a few months) Belgian Fashion designer Nicolas Di Felice, former designer at Dior and Louis Vuitton, is the lucky one in charge of cherishing and celebrating this one-of-a-kind French heritage. Since his arrival, he is working at reinterpreting in a modern and personal way the bold, revolutionary and unconventional Sixties fashion style of Courrèges. The Fashion house, purchased in 2018 by Artemis, a branch of the International and leading Kering Group and guided by CEO Adrien Da Maia, is in good hands. Di Felice, who shares with the duo of founders, a professional experience at Balenciaga, the Maison where he literally started his career as an intern, is feeling very honored and grateful to take the reins. It is certainly a huge responsibility, but also the golden opportunity for him to prove his artistical maturity and finally introduce the unique creative and visionary universe of the emblematic Maison to the youngest generations. Looking forward to keeping the founders’ spirit alive, by innovating, as they did their whole life long, through a third-millennium eye and a personal touch, is what he has in mind. Respectful of the priceless legacy, he has inherited, the new talented Monsieur Courrèges has a clear and sensitive vision of the house. He wants it to play again in the major league, as it deserves. And he is right. Established in 1961, the Courrèges house revolutionized the world of fashion and design. From 1965 onwards, the Maison asserted its style, with a focus on structured lines and a devotion to white, André’s fetish color, later adding color variations and new materials such as vinyl. André and Coqueline loved experiencing like no one and with no fear of making waves in the Fashion industry.

They both had a futuristic vision of what Fashion could be. In 2021, Di Felice, who is living a dream come true working at Courrèges, has launched a collection of reeditions of iconic pieces to pay tribute to the creativity of the inventors of the controversy mini-skirt and the little white dress.

Passionate about the world of fragrance, the same year, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Maison, and precisely 50 years after the launch of L’Empreinte , the first fragrance created by Couturier-Perfumer André Courrèges, that became a legendary 1970s scent, the new captain on board started a new project with the purpose to revive this tradition and re-energize the house’s fragrance universe by shaping a unique signature olfactory offering. On this special occasion, he took the liberty to revisit the iconic bottle with the legendary “AC” logo, originally designed in 1970. The new version is produced in France and made of 40% recycled glass and fully recyclable. Di Felice has chosen intoxicating ambroxan, known for its addictive power and evocation of skin odor to be the new keystone of the House’s olfactory universe and bring body, volume and persistence to the six perfumed creations: slogan, C, l’eau de liesse, seconde peau, la fille de l’air, l’empreinte.

THEY BOTH HAD A FUTURISTIC VISION OF WHAT FASHION COULD BE

As André Courrèges, who trained as an architect as the école des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, was fascinating by Architecture and Design, Di Felice has worked together with Belgian architect Bernard Dubois, his classmate at the school La Cambre in Brussels, to the recent renovation of the Parisian flagship store ‘The space 40′, located in rue François I. Their contemporary vision perfectly honors the memory of this historic Courrèges’ address. The atmosphere is monochrome and cozy: the sound is muffled by the carpet on the floor and the fabric that covers all the walls and ceilings. A mirror game, inspired by the codes of clubbing, was also created. A nod to the music Industry dear to Nicolas Di Felice, who is passionate about music since ever. In those past years, three new boutiques, also designed by Di Felice and Dubois have been opened in the district of Le Marais in May 2021, on the Rive Gauche in October 2022 and in Soho in NYC in September 2022. Di Felice is writing an exciting new chapter of the House’s story. He is finally reconnecting it to the success. Courrèges is definitively back. For good.

D e Marquet

Since designer Raffaella Iten launched De Marquet in 2016, the luxury handbag brand has been making waves with an ingenious design that is elegantly functional and superbly made. Today, she is coming back with her new entry, the collection called « Signature ».

By Blanche Soncini

Launched in 2016, the chic handbag brand De Marquet already has a devoted following of clients who can’t get enough of Raffaella Iten’s exquisite, cleverly-designed statement pieces - fresh proof that Swiss fashion design deserves its high reputation. Raffaella develops the brand’s upto-the-minute contemporary models herself, but she also likes to work with well-known artists, treating each design as a space for expression.

THE NEW ICONIC SIGNATURE MODEL BY DE MARQUET

For the new FW 23/24 collection, Raffaella has chosen to feature the new Signature model which, for the second season, expands the brand’s offer and joins the now iconic Night&Day and their countless interchangeable covers. The brand’s interpretation for the upcoming season aims, as always, at a refi ned elegance and proposes a sensual-chic and effortlessly cool style that does not go unnoticed. The choice of color is always unexpected and fresh. Combining bold shades with understated neutrals, the collections leave their striking mark.

The new Signature features the signature monogrammed logo clasp in chic brushed gold metal. The grained leather in a sophisticated and trendy color palette will delight a stylish and trendy audience. A super chic bag that comes in three different sizes: Lady, Baby and the new and very small Tiny, which, thanks to its capacity can easily keep up with its big sisters. Drawn by the designer herself, Raffaella also takes great pride in the high quality of each product. The label works with artisans of renowned expertise and each handbag is entirely made by hand in the workshops located in the heart of the Veneto region.

The Swiss brand everyone’s talking about

Iconic creations for Iconic Women

Iconic Jungle

ICONIC JUNGLE “My head is a Jungle” and its founder Sabrina Deloumeaux, a rebel with a generous soul, have developed a non-conformist approach to luxury by ignoring the dictates imposed by the ready-towear brands. Timelessness replaces fashion... conformism changes its vision.

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

BOLDNESS IN THE SERVICE OF FREEDOM

Sabrina, as an assertive woman, chose ICONIC JUNGLE “My head is a Jungle” to convey a particular expression of strong values. It seemed obvious to her that beauty could be effective and luxury could carry a message. This is how her collection “WOMAN OF INFLUENCE” was born. Through striking jewelry and message bags, her “woman of influence” represents a simple thought that is so difficult to convey … a strong and bold woman, free in her thoughts and actions. A positive and inclusive message that moves away from basic feminism and gives women their rightful place in society. Sabrina’s credo is both radiant and powerful … to allow women to afford a luxury high quality that was previously unattainable, at prices that defy all competition. Her philosophy is to change consumer habits, transforming a purchase into a new 5.0 eco-responsible habit that abandons compulsive purchases that are as quickly consumed as forgotten.

A CONCEPT WITH HEART

The initial idea, brilliant in its simplicity, is to sell only online and thus avoid the intermediaries who weigh down the purchase prices. In doing so, customers participate in a project made in ICONIC JUNGLE “My head is a Jungle”, ambitious and generous since each article sold allows financial support to international associations acting for the protection of women’s rights. Not only do the “women of influence” express themselves with the strength of elegance, but they also affirm their sisterhood by becoming, if they wish, WOMAN OF INFLUENCE Ambassadors. With her brand and its NDA, Sabrina intends to defend high-end craftsmanship as well as strong ethical values (productions made with integrity, short circuit for a reduced carbon footprint, materials mainly sourced from food chain recycling…).

FRENCH KNOW-HOW, ITALIAN QUALITY AND SWISS PRECISION

Born in Geneva, strong of her links woven within a family of diverse origins, stylist and artistic director in the ready-to-wear and luxury sectors mainly between Italy, Asia, Saudi Arabia and France. Sabrina will undoubtedly know how to take the best from each and every one of them and carry multicultural excellence loud and clear. Faithful to Italy, she has her bags made by 2 family businesses between Lombardy and Tuscany. For more than eleven years, Sabrina designed clothes collections and fashion accessories until the discovery of leather work, a luxurious material if ever there was one, triggered a profound reflection. Thoughts that will become a passion in 2021 thanks to ICONIC JUNGLE “My head is a Jungle”, a project that brings together all her desires and convictions in terms of creation.

Ausmane Paris

know-how. When my grandmother passed away, I immediately felt the need to pay tribute to her; obviously in the most noble way, through this ancestral art whose codes I like to divert. This double culture is my daily essence and influences me in each of my choices.

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

Choukki has nothing of the conventional image of a perfumer. Very discreet but remarkable, he has that little detail that is so intriguing and that makes him so gifted. Self-taught and extremely intuitive, he is passionate about this universe that he likes to shake up and dust off.

“I have the soul of a child, with always this clumsiness that forces me to make amends to make up for it”

Breaking codes, overcoming barriers and asserting himself have been the driving forces behind his success. His friends and clients include many international celebrities, top athletes and members of royal families.

“A perfume is a memorable olfactory imprint forever, a bit like a never-ending story, always evolving”

A DOUBLE CULTURE

Morocco has a very strong personal value for me. My mother, who has always inspired and supported me, is Moroccan. When I was a child, we often went to visit my grandparents and family in southern Morocco. During these trips, which have shaped my culture and my inspiration, I have taken advantage of my double culture. “I live in Paris, a wonderful city, so inspiring and rich in creativity”. French by birth, I have an eye for detail in the excellence and durability of Western

“I didn’t choose this world, it was the perfume that came to me” It was only later that I immersed myself in this world in order to pay homage to my grandmother Isha Ibn-Ausmane who passed on to me her love of perfumes and the idea that an olfactory creation must be timeless. To achieve this, the work must be rigorous and the raw materials of quality.

ITS MOTTO: “A RICH JUICE IN A SOBER BOTTLE”.

An ode to the West, magnified by its luminous scented materials which reflect the creativity of AUSMANE Paris. This double association, rich in the culture of its founder, as well as in its unforgettable creations, invites to travel and to remember, a philosophy of life placed under the sign of audacity, love, joy or energy and luck. AUSMANE Paris explores a rich ground of creativity and freedom, discovering the styles of high perfumery. It perpetuates an ancestral artisanal know-how, transmitted by the family heritage. Choukki AUSMANE not only reinterprets a creative heritage but looks to the future by creating free and ungendered fragrances for men and women. The raw materials are carefully selected and objectively evaluated before being subjected to the in-depth observation of the master perfumers and employees of AUSMANE Paris. The company’s own high standards and taste give its perfumed creations an extra soul, offering a remarkable quality of scent in terms of hold, balance and the interplay of materials. AUSMANE Paris is thus one of the rare perfume-designers to offer such an olfactory quality.

Choukki AUSMANE, the very charismatic and magnetic creator of the AUSMANE brand, whose strong personality perfumes literally explode, has not finished making news.

AUSMANE PARIS IS A MODERN WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR FREEDOM AND INTUITION AND TO FEEL REWARDED FOR IT

The founder of Ausmane Paris talks about his olfactory creations and confides in us about his career

Objects of Magic Face à Face

Since its creation in 1995, FACE A FACE has made a name for itself as an innovative and avant-gardist eyewear design brand. Inspired by architecture and modern art, the Parisian company stands out for its clever use of colour and sophisticated designs that are at the forefront of trends but consistently timeless.

By Blanche Soncini

Are you ready for the MEMPHIS style of non-conformism with its shocking colours, patterns and sculptural volumes?

The FACE A FACE designers drew inspiration for this new collection from the radical MEMPHIS artistic movement of the 1980s which disrupted the minimalism of the time guided by their leader Ettore Sottsass. Each of the innovative designs is permeated by a rebellious energy, offering a new look. From the rainbow-shaped, sculpted curves of bold NOVVA to the supercharged energy of subtle and extravagant ASHOKA… This collection intends to reinvent reality and push its boundaries in sunglasses and spectacles that flirt with magic and the improbable. The allusion to the Memphis movement

is multiplied and expressed by a flamboyant palette: ultragraphic materials contrasting with solid colours – enlivened by teasing confrontations designed as a game and a visual dialogue. Outstanding technical acumen is also revealed in the bonding and machining, intended to create poetry. So, dare to be irrational, to think the unthinkable and to do the unprecedented. Be where no one is waiting for you. Cultivate magic with FACE À FACE.

ASHOKA

Dare to be anything and reinvent yourself under the strange ASHOKA sunshine! These highly feminine, glamorous sunglasses offer a sharp, vibrant tribute to Ettore Sottsass’s work: zany, exaggerated, but perfectly balanced, these glasses seem to have been crafted from the materials – with subtlety. Is this a high-wire fashion statement? A spectacular creation to be worn as an edgy work of art? Both, you’ll see!

NOVVA

Dive into the starry explosive skies of NOVVA: the design of these sunglasses is both playful and elegant, promising to launch you as near to the stars as possible. Like an expanding supernova, these glasses reveal their originality through their step-sculpted form in the shape of a rainbow. Ready for your impending take-off to the heavenly vault?

The critical resurgence of Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway’s recent moves have been notable for the fact she seems to now, effortlessly, carry with her a look and a maturity that perhaps none of us expected to emerge.

By Frank Grice

That’s not a slight on one of the most brilliant, versatile and talented actresses of a generation – more a nod to the fact motherhood, Covid, and perhaps what some may describe as the dawn of the middle part of her career, have all served to help the Brooklyn-born mother of two reinvent herself. It’s curious then to recall how someone so supremely talented, beautiful, kind, down-to-earth and charming had, in the past, provoked such fury in a small number of online individuals – the unambiguously named Hath-haters? The conclusion that many reached was that the Oscar winner was probably too nice for Hollywood… yet it is this combination of steeliness and vulnerability that, in Hathaway’s new dawn, make her such a compelling performer. With a career that has involved playing roles such as a Disney princess, Catwoman and a 19th century French pauper, we ought to think twice before trying to place the mercurial star in a box. “I think versatility is probably the most important thing when it comes to surviving in the movie industry,” she begins. “I am lucky in the sense that I’ve been offered roles that move across various different genres, but also the fact that I’m perhaps too easily bored when it comes to doing the same things all the time. “I couldn’t ever imagine being one of those actors who is happy to play just one type of character over the course of a career.” Versatility in recent years for the New York-born actress has also meant embracing motherhood. Since son Jonathan arrived in the world in March 2016, followed by brother Jack three years later, leading to wider recognition of Hathaway as a passionate and caring soul whose greatest role yet is as a mum. By her own admission, it seemed that for someone who had endured more than her fair share of setbacks on the road to building a family with actor, producer and jewellery designer husband Adam Shulman, the end destination was finally worth the journey. “I did feel as if it was in some way a reward for some of the nasty stuff I had been through,” she says.

“Of course, we all have setbacks and challenges, and the world doesn’t differentiate these on how many social media followers you have or how much money you’ve got. “Yet, for once, I felt like I had something that was totally and completely mine, was flawless and perfect, and that no-one else had a claim on, apart from my partner! My son was beyond the realms of the industry noise and that has been such a perfect, relief-giving feeling.”

With the arrival of children, you immediately sensed that none of the fog that accompanied Tinseltown was ever going to matter again for the actress. In bringing her boys into the world she had discovered purpose and importance far beyond learning lines on a script.

“As a parent, you realise life is hard. There is often a lot of guilt and self-loathing thrown in there – by yourself! – yet those are the things that can help bring everything else into perspective,” she says. “I try not to beat myself up about things I did or didn’t do, about the way I have lost my temper… but it is very difficult, and I think I am improving. It’s a journey; and it’s a journey that makes me realise a lot of the things I used to worry about are just not worth giving airtime to. I’ve ceased that pursuit of myself, and it feels a huge relief.” Professionally though, Hathaway cannot stop. This year, she returns with romantic comedy She Came to Me, psychological drama Mothers’ Instinct and Amazon production The Idea of You. It all adds up to the amiable Hathaway looking set to reach her most creative point yet, despite the rigours of home life… and that’s saying something for someone who has clocked up more than 60 movies across a 20-year service to the industry. “There is no set process, per say, but I think the best scripts are those that I read and really can’t work out. “It’s about choosing stuff that, in whatever way, pushes the boundaries of filmmaking… so trippy, totally left of centre – the sort of thing that makes me fall back in the love with why I do this… something that teleports me to another, visceral experience.

Yet with such a breadth of characters, Hathaway is just more than having fun at her craft whilst putting some bread on the table. She brilliantly switches between the dark, the breezy, the simplistic and the supremely challenging characters.“In all honesty, I don’t think that’s a particularly difficult thing to do,” she admits. “A character is just an extension of who you are as a person… who we are as people. “Obviously some are hugely accentuated and unlike any noticeable version of reality, but there’s always a bit of humanisation in there – that’s always the catalyst for me. “Certainly, we’ve all been to dark places as people. That’s inevitable – it just is. We all get down, we all despair, we all wonder if it gets better, and it inevitably does. We’re all the same - life’s a rollercoaster.” As for whether Hathaway has had to reprioritise her film choices since

having children, she admits her maturing perspective on acting, and its importance, is leading to some alterations in her methods. “Being a mother has certainly made me reassess a lot of what is important – and what isn’t – in my life. Alcohol and hangovers are strictly out - it just feels so wrong now to leave that mark. “Through both of my pregnancies I found I emerged out the other side with a feeling of really wanting to protect everything I had invested so much in.” Hathaway admits it’s a conversation she has had with many of her fellow co-stars; one that examines the reality that although performers love their craft so dearly and extol brash, booming confidence at most opportunities, they inherently are passionate, sometimes emotionally flawed people. “I think it’s easy for people to believe the illusion of a chat show, or a press event, or a character in a movie or drama. We all pretend in life, but actors pretend more, and better, than anyone else!” Hathaway has always gone about her career with brazen honesty, sometimes to her detriment, where she has revealed a little too many of the insecurities that follow us all around. Burned by criticism in the past, it’s wonderful to see her resilience hold firm – the American is still candid, vocal, and won’t yield to the crowd. “The truth is I’m very happy with how my life is evolving. I’ve figured out that I don’t have to stress myself as much and can just enjoy everything more by being true to who I am.”

As for where she goes next, a return to music may not be totally out of the question. Hathaway excelled in Les Misérables, winning an Oscar for her performance, and has also sung in Ella Enchanted, Hoodwinked, Twelfth Night, Song One and the Rio movies. “Music is a big part of my life and will always be,” she says.

“As a young girl I sang in choirs and trained as a soprano. I also performed in an acapella group in college, and my mother toured the country with Les Mis and musical theatre; so it was a huge part of my upbringing, and whenever the opportunity comes to explore that side again it’s tempting for me.

“I would often listen to Evita in my room and imagine myself as Eva Peron singing on Broadway, but I always associate music with performing and acting and I realised a lifelong dream when I played Fantine in Les Misérables.”

“I want to seize every opportunity yet, at the same time, I do realise it can be unattractive if it appears you’re trying too hard, and I know sometimes in the past I have. Yet it’s better to do that than not try at all, and lately I’ve realised I was coming down on the right side of the fence, after all.

“I am in my own awkward, contradictory, complicated self. And I will always be proud of that.”

IF I CAN FIND THAT IN WHAT I DO, I’M HAPPY!

Aged to perfection Robert De Niro

By Simone Lee

The dawning of another chapter in the tome of movie magnificence that is the career and life of Robert De Niro is something of a formality, now, as it was a decade ago, two decades ago, and more. Even at 79, De Niro’s appetite for reinvention is as fresh as it was when he flitted between Johnny Boy Civello (Mean Streets), Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver) and Mike Vronsky (The Deer Hunter) in the 1970s, all the while unfolding Leonard Lowe, in Awakenings , as the Eighties brought about a new dawn of creative brilliance. And in 2024, the actor will celebrate half a century since he played a young Vito Corleone, the character made famous by Marlon Brando, in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part II.

Although De Niro has become somewhat synonymous with the portrayal of gangland characters, the truth is he’s never been afraid to explore a smorgasbord of genres and ventures – think of the enduringly popular Meet the Parents at the turn of the century and its sequel, Meet the Fockers , in 2004, the harmless fun of The Intern , the madness of Dirty Grandpa and the slightly unhinged charm of Cape Fear. Even in the past five years he has switched from psychological thriller fayre in Joker to comedy drama Amsterdam , as well returning to what many would say he does best, with an epic role in gangster smash The Irishman The source of such a remixing of roles? “Boredom,”, he jokes, allowing a typically De Niro mischievous chuckle to emerge.

In appraising a career that surely can only be described as iconic, time-honoured actor Robert De Niro discusses how he’s adapted to a rapidly evolving film industry, and explains why his latest project is never his last.

“The truth is I’m passionate about playing different types of characters in different types of moods,” he says. “I’m still that big kid who can’t wait to get his teeth into a bag of sweets… or a script, in this case.

“The day it stops becoming exciting and fun, is the day I will stop.”

De Niro seems spectacularly blind to the fact that in most actors’ life, there does indeed come a time when the appeal wears off; or at very least, they recognise the fact they are no longer a young upstart making their mark among the superstars and spotlights of Hollywood. What usually follows is a slinking back into the shadows. Perhaps what keeps the New Yorkborn actor going is the fact this is someone deeply entrenched within the rich tapestry of cinema history. He probably couldn’t retire even I he wanted to – big brother won’t allow it! In addition, it must also be difficult to step aside when you have such a decorated list of plaudits next to your name (including two Academy Awards), and the seemingly perpetual lure of more.

“I want to win more, of course, but mostly I want to make filmgoers happy,” he says, “and part of that comes by doing something crazy and different every now and again.

“I think the older you get the less you care about failure; and the more you think ‘I’ll do it and hopefully people will like it… what the hell!’”.

And yet we all admire De Niro for what he does best. Don Corleone was the first of those two Academy Award-winning portrayals from De Niro. “I knew I wasn’t going to turn it down,” he says, detailing the opportunity to strut his stuff as the Sicilian crime boss. “We knew it was special, and it was a clear understanding for me that I do it. That was a major crossroads in my career.”

The second came at the turn of the decade in Scorsese’s 1980 boxing biographic Raging Bull, for which the wiry actor piled on 60 pounds to play bruiser Jake LaMotta. His latest nomination came in 2020 for his work in The Irishman – add Silver Linings Playbook, Goodfellas, Analyze This, Heat, Casino and more, and it’s a formidable slate… some may say unparalleled. Either way, it offers conclusive proof that while the breadth of De Niro’s talent remains apparently bottomless, so too does his longevity.

“Staying relevant can be difficult, though,” he says.

“It’s interesting - you are not told, but people are just suddenly not offering you things,” he explains when quizzed about the A-list ageing process. “It’s all very subtle and polite, but you should know yourself that you are not right for something. Of course it’s a pervasive kind of thing, just an elephant in the room that no one will talk about.”

Making the transition from the explosive, electrifying roles of his youth to a position more befitting of his status as a Hollywood veteran, however, has not been without its advantages. For De Niro, a more laid-back existence is welcome.

“The only way I have a different approach is that I’m a little more relaxed about certain things than I used to be,” he says. “I feel that I don’t need to be so worried. I think that just comes with experience, and sort of knowing to put your energies where they are really important, and less so they’re maybe not that important.”

And despite there probably being a vast swathe of current Hollywood heavyweights who can ear-mark one of De Niro’s pulsating performances as the moment they decided to ply their own trade on the big screen, the living legend is less than comfortable with foisting his influence on others.

I FEEL THAT I DON’T NEED TO BE SO WORRIED. I THINK THAT JUST COMES WITH EXPERIENCE

“The best advice I can usually offer is about what to expect or be wary of in the business and how to handle that stuff.

“I’ll give advice but only when people ask me. I find all these young actors are very professional anyway and very well advised,” he concedes. “My concern sometimes is that they pay me too much respect!”

While he’s happy to be looked up to as a role model for future generations of actors, De Niro admits that in today’s digital society he does sometimes feel his age. Although he confesses he does in fact own and use a smartphone – “when you have children they always want to send you text messages” – and he can “appreciate the advantages” of modern technology, he’d still prefer to “sit down and read a newspaper and buy stuff in shops than go online”.

As well as his vast experience on-screen, De Niro has at times been known to get behind the camera – as with 1993’s A Bronx Tale and 2006’s The Good Shepherd – and also has an extensive resume of producing credits to his name. In spite of this, the septuagenarian is adamant that even his talent can only go so far.

It seems ridiculous to suggest that De Niro’s incredible career has been down to anything other than the man’s natural talent, but he is quick to stress that however good you are (or think you are), Lady Luck will always play a deciding part in your overall success.

“I was confident that I had the ability, and I worked very hard at my job,” he says. “However, you need a bit of luck. I was lucky in that I was able to keep working and never have to go through periods where I was worried where the next job was coming from. I was at the right place, and had the right opportunities to show what I could do. That was what did it for me.”

Of course, De Niro will go down in history as one of the best actors ever to have graced the big screen, and his most revered performances will live on long after the man himself has gone. At this stage in his career, however, De Niro finds one question crops up more and more: “How does it go by so fast?”

DIRECTING IS FUN BUT, MUCH LIKE ACTING

“My job is to read and to interpret the scripts, not to write them,” he chuckles. “That’s not one of my skills. I have been involved in the production of a lot of movies, and believe me, I know that that is not an easy task. You have scheduling moments that all boil down to one thing – money.

“The bottom line is that a day producing never passes when something doesn’t have to be juggled and fixed, so I like it when all I have to do is act and not get bothered or involved with all of that other stuff. Directing is fun but, much like acting, it’s a lot of hard work.”

“I can account for every year, every six months, every couple of months, or every month,” he explains. “And then you wind up over here, or you look back over there, and it’s gone.”

What is at least exacting is the fact there is no faux humility at play with the actor – the kind of ambivalence to their status that does need the subject nor the admirers any good. De Niro seems comfortable with his deserved reputation as a respected and revered member of Hollywood’s hall of fame, and one who finds himself naturally now working with many of the young up-and-comings.

“I will take praise and I am grateful for it. I am proud of what I’ve done.”

And the moment that he regards as his proudest?

“I don’t know, maybe that I’m still around,” he smiles.

An exceptional site

Les sources Caudalie

Les Sources de Caudalie, a 5-star establishment in the heart of the Graves vineyards, has made the “French Paradox” a full-blown way of life.

A HARMONIOUS ARCHITECTURE

In this enchanting environment, where the vine is the landscape’s architect, Les Sources de Caudalie represents a hamlet of six houses, whose lines allude to the traditional Aquitaine style. The architect, Yves Collet, designed a place that is in perfect harmony with the environment. This collection of timeless buildings appears to have always been a part of the landscape, thanks to the use of raw, ancient, and recycled materials, using 18th century wood, recovered from the wine cellars of neighbouring châteaux.

ART AT THE FOREFRONT OF TRAVEL

Throughout your stay at Les Sources de Caudalie, your curiosity will be roused and awakened by an exclusive atmosphere and decoration. And if you fancy lounging by the indoor pool, you’ll find a macroscopic view of a photograph by Mathilde de l’Ecotais - representing our favourite berries - submerged at the bottom of the pool. A technical accomplishment for the only swimming pool in France that is open to the public, to be discovered at Les Sources de Caudalie. In the indoor spaces, the decoration that is both warm and timeless, created by Alice Tourbier and Delphine Sauvaget, transforms the hotel into a family home where one feels good. Somewhere revitalising, modern and elegant, with sleek lines, without losing the traditional charm. As a whole, a harmonious unity is created. Discreet luxury for refinement down to the smallest detail. Each bedroom has its own name and echoes the history of Aquitaine, its region and its vineyards. From La Plage des Américains to la Part des Anges, as well as Les Chartrons, they all allude to the wealth of the local heritage.

LA GRAND’VIGNE, TERRE DE VIGNES

“Giving back to nature what it gives us every day.” If there is one thing we are proud of at Les Sources de Caudalie, it is our terroir: the exceptional setting offered by the surrounding natural landscape. In 2015, the vegetable garden, the beehives and the small Jardin des Abeilles farm were created in order to reduce the amount of produce imported and to supply the kitchens with fresh eggs, fruit, vegetables and edible flowers: maximum freshness on the plate with zero food miles.

THE FIRST VINOTHÉRAPIE® SPA

The Caudalie cosmetics brand was created at family-owned Château Smith Haut Lafitte, from the discovery of a new way of using active polyphenol components found in grape pips. Pioneer of a concept invented in France a decade ago, at a time when only beauty centres and thalassotherapy centres existed, the Vinothérapie® Spa continues to combine the virtues of naturally warm spring water (that comes from a depth of over 540 metres) combined with vine and grape extracts.

INFOS: Chemin de Smith Haut Lafitte 33650 Martillac - www.sources-caudalie.com

An enchanted interlude in the heart of the capital

Ritz Club & Spa

The Ritz Club & Spa offers a global and holistic approach to beauty and well-being while remaining in the DNA of the Ritz Paris. A warm and contemporary atmosphere highlighted by a superb sphere of delicate porcelain flowers hanging from the ceiling. Parisians enter a refined setting where know-how transforms each moment of beauty into a holistic experience where all the senses are solicited in the most delicate of ways.

AN ODE TO FEMININITY

The Ritz Paris pays tribute to the exceptional women who have succumbed to its charm. Thus, Marie-Louise Ritz’s Edelweiss, Colette’s Iris, Zelda Fitzgerald’s Orchid, and Ingrid Bergman’s Rose give their names to the intimate treatment rooms and the magnificent paintings sketched on the walls. In each room, a spectacular ceiling light made of hundreds of porcelain flowers allows spirits to escape and relax.

RITZ CLUB & SPA BODY MASSAGES

Listening and energy are at the heart of the new ritz club & spa treatments born of the benefits of flowers. Combining sensory experience and effectiveness, Ritz Club & Spa body treatments are customized around flowers. Specially formulated for the Ritz Paris, the floral oils used for each massage are 100% natural and French, and bring true inner peace.

100% PERSONALIZED ORGANIC RESEARCH TREATMENTS FOR THE RITZ CLUB & SPA

Based on forty years of experience, the Biologique Research methodology is based on unique and personalized treatment protocols according to the Instant Skin© of each individual. The products, highly composed of active ingredients and natural or biotechnological, ensure maximum effectiveness.

SERGE LUTENS: EXCEPTIONAL MAKE-UP AND PERFUMES

A director of beauty in all its forms, a creator who escapes all labels, Serge Lutens has initiated numerous revolutions in the field of beauty and perfumery. Today, he brings to the Ritz Club & Spa his bewitching and singular vision of beauty through his line of eyeshadows and his unique olfactory creations.

DIVE INTO THE « BLUE RITZ »

The splendid pool at the Ritz Club & Spa extends the tranquility of body and mind. Under the 180 m2 trompe l’oeil sky, the pool - 16 meters long, 9 wide - is composed of 600,000 mosaics and invites you to a divine swim while listening to the music played underwater. A few meters away, the Floral Bar also emphasizes naturalness. Its healthy menu inspired by plants and the benefits of flowers is part of the holistic philosophy of the Ritz Club & Spa.

Photo ©Jerome Galland

La Cure Reset, start over at the Clinique Nescens

Nescens, the famous Swiss wellness clinic, offers 100% personalised programs designed to improve the way you age. Our favorite? The Cure Reset. We interviewed Dr. Michael Gaille, a specialist in longevity and nutrition. He tells us all about this program, designed for lasting change and better aging.

By Quitterie Pasquesoone

A CURE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS

“A cure at Clinique Nescens is a moment of well-being unlike any other. We offer much more than a simple week’s cure,” explains Dr. Michael Gaille. The idea is a preventive medicine program based on lifestyle, over the long term. With the Cure Reset, we help our patients to improve their daily life habits. It also allows for better aging while helping to better prevent chronic diseases, cardiovascular and other cancers, 80% of which are attributable to lifestyle.

4 ESSENTIAL PILLARS

“For a global well-being and real long-term effects, Clinique Nescens offers an advanced global approach. We work on several axes,” says the specialist, “nutrition, physical activity, and better stress and sleep management. For nutrition, we focus on education, explaining how the metabolism works and what it is good or bad to eat to make it work optimally. We also offer a blood sugar monitor, which helps people understand how the metabolism works.” A 360-degree view for real long-term effects.

A DIFFERENT WAY OF EATING

“Diet is notably at the base of the pyramid. We advise our patients to adopt an unprocessed diet, without added sugar, composed of local and natural foods,” adds the Doctor. It is also important to reduce carbohydrates, especially in the morning.” The ideal? Salmon, avocado, an omelet, chia pudding…

Focus on protein and good fat. At noon as well as at dinner, focus on seasonal vegetables, fish or meat, shellfish, with olive oil or oilseeds. In the evening, we can introduce rice, potatoes or other complex carbohydrates, depending on the physical activity we have had during the day.

THE KEYS TO AGING WELL

“But what does it mean to age well? It varies from one person to another,” says Michael Gaille. Generally speaking, aging well means continuing to do the activities you love while being in good shape. For some, this may mean travelling and playing with their grandchildren, for others, it may mean hiking in the mountains. The goal of this treatment is to achieve these objectives. Physical activity is also essential. It can improve quality of life and health in incredible ways. “We encourage our patients to be active,” he adds, “to walk as often as possible, to go for walks, to stretch… Cardiovascular capacity in particular should be worked on along with endurance, to protect the heart. Today, stress has become chronic, and we must also protect ourselves from it. To do this, it is also important to learn to breathe, better, more deeply, with a deep inhalation and an exhalation longer than the inhalation.” Starting the morning with a breathing session, for example, allows you to start your day in the right way. Sleep is also essential to be in shape, both physically (recovery) and mentally (memory, cognitive functions, concentration, emotions). A minimum of 7 to 8 hours per night seems essential. At Clinique Nescens, you learn how to get the keys to better-aging in order to stay healthy and fit, enjoying life, as long as possible.

Nutraceutical

With today’s food and fast agriculture systems, our meals might have left behind the nutrition density. This means that in addition to a “healthy food first” lifestyle, we need to provide high quality nutrients and protective elements in different formats to our body. Nutraceuticals can help with it. Olga Donica, head of innovation and lifescience at Clinique La Prairie, tells us more about this science of nutritional supplements.

By Quitterie Pasquesoone

What are nutraceuticals?

A dietary supplement or nutraceutical represents a product that contains nutrients or specific extracts derived from food and plants and is delivered in liquid, capsule, powder, or pill format. Food supplements are this powerful tool that can be used to add extra health benefits in addition to the nutritional value found in foods. Today we are able to find advanced formulations with specific goals which is not anymore just targeting a deficiency of iron or vitamin D for example. However the quality, the extraction method, stabilization process is something that make today the food supplements with high or low performance. It’s important to mention that there are 2 types of food supplements:

1. To aim nutritional deficiencies only

2. To aim specific therapeutic health goals (promote optimal health, boosting/enhancement action, prevention). Therefore, nutraceuticals may be used to improve health, prevent chronic diseases, act on the aging processes, or just support the functions and integrity of the body biology.

SUPPLEMENTS AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY

Today science enables us with powerful tools we can use to change the way we age and empower our body biology. Nutrition is probably among the most important and major changes we must all adopt very early in life. The inclusion of dietary components throughout diet and nutraceuticals, that act to reduce the age-related decline and disease is actually a choice anyone can make. Supplements can deliver true solutions where the therapeutic dosage comes as priority from the bench to the capsule, a reality hard to be achieved only with our diet. Among them, there are indeed supplements that may affect aging and longevity, they specifically influence the age-related deterioration of the body and its underlying mechanisms. They may affect the damage to and function of chromosomes, the function of mitochondria, protein quality, and other aspects of cellular health and integrity.

NEXT-GENERATION NUTRITIONAL APPROACH

Nutrition-based interventions are fundamental components of many therapeutic strategies used to effectively prevent and even reverse disease progression and restore optimal health and wellness. These personalized treatments may include therapeutic whole food plan and nutraceuticals that when applied consistently may bring the body back into equilibrium and longevity.

At Clinique La Prairie, we have created a new approach in longevity supplements that goes beyond basic wellness support, with Holistic Health, a line of nutraceuticals infused with plantbased extracts and micronutrients, aiming at the complexity of aging mechanisms and promoting protection, healing, optimal health and cellular longevity.

Through these advanced solutions aligned with a diet that structure the same goal in term of protection, healing and regeneration, we can unlock full body potential. Holistic Health food supplements were created to aim beneficial effects at 4 levels with four different routines : immunity and healing, metabolism, detoxification and cognition. Age-Defy is one of the most advanced longevity formulation from the entire collection and is a 2-step routine with focus on immunity, healing and regenerative process.

The beauty of Holistic Health supplements is that you can combine more than one routine at the same time to aim your therapeutic goals or needs. There will be always individuals that will need to focus more on cognitive health and sleep, others on immunity or even detoxification support. In synergy with a wellplanned food plan, the nutraceutical approach of Holistic Health favor cellular protection and healing contributing to longevity and prevention in an integrative manner.

Can a pill help you live longer?

The elegance of a 100% French yoga

Manuka Yoga

Created by Marine Kapps, founder and passionate about yoga and well-being, Manuka Yoga offers to all yoga lovers, beginners as well as experts, yoga clothes combining elegance, comfort and ethics. A high-end line 100% made in France.

MARINE KAPPS, A COMMITTED DESIGNER

After a trip to India and the opening of her studio, Marine, a teacher and experienced yogi, decided to launch her own brand of yoga clothing. In love with her work, she has established herself as a demanding and committed designer, who only considers the best for her clothing line. Cutting, flexibility of fabrics, adaptation to the movements of the body: she imagines a perfectly thought line. “I wanted a garment that combines technical characteristics and fashion identity. For example, leggings that can be worn all day long, with a loose-fitting cashmere sweater or a nice pair of boots.”

CHIC CLOTHING MADE IN FRANCE

Elegance is thus obvious. Quality too: the designer calls on the know-how of France. She sets up a perfectly thought ecosystem and creates a committed line, both eco-responsible and sustainable. A brand 100% made in France, produced in workshops that meet the brand’s values. This approach guarantees good working conditions and support for small businesses.

A short range, with ethical and sustainable production. Each piece is made of OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified fabric, guaranteeing that it is manufactured without chemicals that are harmful to health and the planet. The idea: consume less while consuming better, opting for quality, the key to sustainability. Definitely the wellness clothing line we were missing!

The incredible journey of a polyglot in love with elegance Kyra

Kyra Chlebowski or the art of moving. Kyra is a dancer at heart and none of her movements digresses from the elegance of a graceful gesture. From her career as an international model, Kyra has retained the love of travel, the love that brings you to other cultures which unifying hyphen remains dance. This discipline, discovered when she was 6 years old, has remained at the centre of her learning as a young girl.

After completing her studies in classical and contemporary dance, Kyra left Vienna. At an age when we remain in the reassuring shadow of our parents, Kyra began a career as a professional dancer and model. Her passions led her to Paris, a city of light that held her back for a few years. And it is there that Kyra definitely became Kyra the artist, creator and pioneer.

WHEN THE CIRQUE D’HIVER BOUGLIONE LEADS TO THE LIDO DE PARIS

It is in the centre of this incredible Parisian scene dating back to 1852 that Kyra began to assert herself. In the 11th arrondissement, from the Cirque d’Hiver invested by the Bouglione family, she began her incredible adventure. Then, called by the Lido de Paris, Kyra spread her wings as a revue dancer.

INSHAPE STUDIO, AN OASIS OF HARMONY AND PERFORMANCE

Today, Kyra, the dancer who has nothing left to prove to the world of glitter, invests herself in the practice of her method,

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

a true revolution: Inshape Barre. A subtle mix of dance, pilates and yoga. Sculpting, toning and refining silhouettes, that is her credo. Inshape Barre is a complete workout for body, mind and soul. Muscles do not neglect elegance and this graceful blend feeds the body with positive vibrations.

In an intimate environment with soft and luminous colours, nestled in the heart of the Eaux-Vives district in Geneva, Kyra polishes and distils her knowledge and method. All her practice tends to the serenity of the body and of mind while respecting the physical conditions of each one. There, Kyra offers dynamic and challenging classes. All your movements will be scrutinised and shaped to bring your body to a graceful posture combining strength and flexibility. Nothing is done in boredom, the rhythm is tonic and the music, up to date. The muscles are worked profound and stretched for a slim and refined look.

In this place cut off from time, like a big inhalation in an urban universe, Kyra gives you the same attention as the one given to the celebrities whose silhouettes she has sculpted. Here is the beauty of her method: the same work for the identical result is granted to all bodies of all conditions.

Simplicity as a starting point

Valmont

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

At a time when science is controlled and framed, Sophie Vann Guillon dares... with tolerance and curiosity, she has succeeded in making VALMONT a brand that is certainly at the forefront, but which respects human and nature, because one cannot breathe without the other. VALMONT’s DNA is based on these few words and, above all, on the word that binds them together: respect. Sophie Vann Guillon looks at nature in its entirety... plants, minerals and above all the way it works are the source of her reflection and the basis of her creativity. Her strength also lies in her interest in science and her ability to get the best out of everything. With its breathtaking panoramas, clean air and crystal-clear glacial spring water, Switzerland offers the best conditions for the development of high-quality cosmetic products. It is in this privileged environment that VALMONT discovers nature’s best-kept secrets and exploits their healing properties.

VALMONT, A BRAND THAT EVOLVES WITH THE TIMES

Evolving, yes, but on the basis of a living memory. In 1905, Clinique VALMONT was born in the midst of grand buildings that reflected the architectural era. Situated above Montreux, it immediately attracted all the Gotha of the time, benefiting from the reputation of the pure Swiss air and the craze for the first sanatoriums. These were places where people went to recharge their batteries and fast, to stimulate the immune system while bringing hydrotherapy up to date. That’s how Clinique VALMONT was born at the beginning of the 20th century. It attracted all the personalities of the time, crowned heads and movie stars, and became the place to be. In 1985, the renowned cosmetologist Nadja Avalle made a revolutionary discovery, combining the best

of nature and science in patented formulas to counteract the signs of ageing, and developed the VALMONT range of cellular cosmetics. True to the concept of cellulotherapy, VALMONT extracts two molecules with exceptional properties from the heart of the cell: DNA and RNA. This shock duo stimulates and strengthens cells weakened by the years or environmental aggressions to reveal a sublime and radiantly youthful skin.

VALMONT’S STRENGTH ALSO LIES IN THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES

One of Mrs. Vann Guillon’s ideas concerns the evolution of the way women and men look at cosmetics. At a time when aesthetic medicine is an integral part of care, it is clear that cosmetology must complement it by treating the health of the skin. For this reason, no medical (r)evolution escapes her.

“Young people appreciate VALMONT, which has managed to appeal to them in a very contemporary spirit of respect for nature, a nature that is integrated into the philosophy of my “special youth” ranges and in line with the brand”

VALMONT’S FLAGSHIP PRODUCTS

VALMONT skincare products are the synthesis of the best Swiss ingredients and scientific expertise in cellular anti-ageing cosmetics. These proven formulas stimulate cell renewal while hydrating and revitalising the skin. The famous best-seller Prime Renewing Pack, a radiance-boosting mask for our natural beauty, especially during the hormonal changes, is indisputable proof of this.

A name that inspires all those who are attentive and caring, those who want to take care of their skin, so beautiful and so fragile at the same time... Through them and their love for this brand, it is the whole universe of Mrs. Sophie Vann Guillon, CEO of Valmont, that is expressed.

NO BESTSELLER WITHOUT A RITUAL

Sophie Vann Guillon is happy to share her morning ritual made up of VALMONT bestsellers...

- The Prime Renewing Pack.

- For dehydrated skin, the Moisturising Booster serum with 3 types of hyaluronic acid.

- The Serumulsion, a fine emulsion with the richness of a serum.

- The Moisturising with a cream, a cream with a maximum of moisturising agents.

An ideal ritual could be a simple serum and cream, without forgetting the eye contour, especially with the best-selling l’Elixir des Glaciers Vos Yeux. The Time Master Intensive Program, anti-ageing treatment will regenerate your skin overnight. An opportunity to enjoy the DetO2x range, the latest creation from VALMONT... a whipped and oxygenated texture, fresh and rejuvenating.

The DetO2x Cream, a detoxifying, oxygenating cream that stimulates cellular oxygenation and enhances the complexion, is complemented by the DetO2x Eye, an eye contour cream essential for revitalising the eyes and reducing dark circles. The complexion is not left out with the DetO2x Pack, the oxygenating bubbles of this mask are only there to illuminate the complexion.

LA MAISON VALMONT, A CONCEPT AT THE SERVICE OF ART

Art is an integral part of the universe of Didier Guillon, President of the Valmont Group, himself an artist and designer. The creation of La Maison Valmont flagship stores is therefore a logical step. A trendy boutique presenting all the creations signed by Sophie Vann Guillon in an artistic setting designed by Didier Guillon. Expert advice on home care and beauty tips, professional treatments in the comfort of private cabins, personalised perfume consultations... The magic of emblematic brands such as VALMONT, l’Elixir des Glaciers and Storie Veneziane by Valmont Perfumes is revealed at the La Maison Valmont. In Switzerland, La Maison Valmont boutiques in Lausanne and Verbier have become undisputed artistic centers. They also showcase the conceptual works of Didier Guillon, well known for his character Ivo Le Gorille.

Sophie VANN GUILLON, what are you proudest of so for now?

“I am never satisfied enough with my work to be proud of it. My children alone are my immense and grateful pride. I love their wishes, their projects and above all their kindness. My three children are my sunshine and my pride.”

BACK DANS LES BACS

OVERLOOKING THE ICONIC EIFFEL TOWER WITH JOEY STARR AT THE INIMITABLE BRACH PARIS

MODEL: JOEY STARR

PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHANN SAUTY

STYLIST: AURORE DONGUY

STYLIST ASSISTANT: AMENIS NASR

MAKE-UP ARTIST: BENOIT CLAVERIE

NAIL ARTIST: AUDREY CHERI

MANY THANKS TO BRACH PARIS AND BMRP

WATCH: LOUIS MOINET - BLAZER AND TROUSERS: YOHJI YAMAMOTO

WATCH: BREITLING - VEST: ANNIEJEANS - JEANS: ANNIEJEANS

THE MOROCCAN ESCAPE

FROM THE PALAIS RONSARD IN THE HEART OF THE PALMERAIE, TO THE SAHARA DESERT AND THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, ADRIANA KAREMBEU TAKES US TO HER FAVORITE PLACES IN MARRAKECH.

PHOTOGRAPHER : JOHANN SAUTY STYLIST : AURORE DONGUY STYLIST ASSISTANT : AMENIS NASR MAKE-UP : BENOIT CLAVERIE

BLUSH EDITIONS WOULD LIKE TO THANK ADRIANA KAREMBEU, FLORENCE CYMERMAN AND PALAIS RONSARD STAF

JACKET: BARBARA BUI - DRESS: GEORGES CHAKRA - SHOES: ERAM

EARRINGS AND RINGS: MASHANDY - SWIMMSUIT: PAIN DE SUCRE - VEST: ETIENNE JEANSON

DRESS: STEVENS ISHAY COUTURE - RING: BOLLWERK

NECKLACE: RITA&ZIA - DRESS: ETIENNE JEANSON

HAT: JACQUEMUS - NECKLACE: RITA&ZIA - SHOES: ERAM - SWIMMSUIT: OCEAN COUTURE - RING: RITA&ZIA - BAG: NILAU PARIS

BRACELET: RITA&ZIA - DRESS: SIMA COUTURE

RING: RITA&ZIA - DRESS: ELISABETTA FRANCHI

EARRINGS ANDRING: BOLLWERK - DRESS: GEMY MAALOUF

From the drawing board to the stars

Phillipe STARCK

From cult objects to unique decors, the insatiable Philippe Starck has been reinventing our everyday surroundings for more than 50 years. We review the prolific career of a major figure in design and architecture who champions positive degrowth.

By Delphine Gallay

Philippe Starck prefers to see himself as an explorer rather than a superstar designer. At a time when we are rethinking the way we inhabit the world, French design’s best-known maverick is giving our everyday objects and settings a new life. Energetic as ever, the designer who pioneered minimalism, paring down designs to their essentials and using novel materials, is busy writing the score for the everyday life of tomorrow.

Starck is one of the most famous inventors of his generation. Now in his seventies, he remains unstoppably creative. He is thought to have produced over 10,000 designs and works on an average of 250 projects at once. His inexhaustible, multi-faceted imagination has chiefly expressed itself in serially-produced objects, as befits a designer whose fiercest ambition is to democratize his designs by making them available to as many people as possible.

Philippe Starck skips from one field of design to another with unnerving ease. His oeuvre includes furniture, industrial design, vehicles, architecture and interiors, ranging from the recently-opened unclassifiable TOO Hôtel to the interior of a space housing module, via the Louis Ghost chair and a new-generation prefab. He has added the unmistakable Starck touch to a wide variety of collaborations, garnering laurels as fast as he notches up projects, and becoming a design icon and a media personality in the process. Let’s shine a spotlight on his incredible journey.

CREATIVITY THAT RUNS DEEP

To trace Philippe Starck’s glittering career back to its origins, you need to start with his childhood. His father was an aeronautics engineer, and Philippe’s predilection for innovation, precision and futuristic lines stems from the hours he spent underneath his father’s drawing tables. Like father, like son.

Later on, design became a refuge. At odds with school and a society that seemed to him to make no sense, Philippe would run off and hide, usually in the woods. There, away from reality, he was free to invent a world of his own. On this subject, he was to say, “Nothing terrible happened to me during my childhood, but I never really fitted in. I was constantly running away: it started at school and it’s gone on ever since. ... When you’re nowhere, you can see what’s good and what isn’t, what doesn’t exist and what is missing. That’s how I started designing: I tackled things that were lacking or that I could improve.”

The youthful autodidact studied briefly at the École Camondo, then got a job with Pierre Cardin in the early 1970s as artistic director of the couturier’s manufacturing arm.

THE FIRST WAVE OF SUCCESSES

Starck’s next step was to set up his first industrial design company, Starck Product, later renamed “Ubik” after Philip K. Dick’s novel. He was confident in his ideas, and sure enough, as soon as his “war-machine” was up and running, the biggest manufacturers in Europe commissioned him to produce all manner of designs. The pieces he produced were iconic. Advocating long-lasting, democratic design, he set out to produce objects that were “primarily well-designed and useful rather than beautiful” and affordable, to improve life for the masses. As he put it, “What is popular is elegant; what is rare is vulgar.” He has also said that “If there is no human, social or loving vision, a project has no legitimacy.”

That speaks volumes about his attitude to design.

As his career was starting to take off in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a series of high-profile projects enabled Starck to build his international reputation. He redefined elegance and functionality for everything from objects to living spaces.

Amid the ferment of a changing society, he masterminded the rebirth of the Bains Douches, refurbished President Mitterrand’s private apartments in the Élysée Palace and famously designed every aspect of the decor of the legendary Café Costes - a revolutionary take on the Parisian bistro epitomised by the famous three-legged chair named after the café.

Featuring a moulded plywood shell instead of the rattan back of the traditional café chair, the minimalist, functional Costes Chair became one of the Italian manufacturer Driade’s biggest-selling catalogue items and was one of several designs that helped popularize the new-style French art of living. Starck continued his series of three-legged objects with Mrs Frick (1983), a folding seat designed for Les 3 Suisses, and Juicy Salif (1988), a sculptural lemon squeezer that looked like a cross between a spider and a space rocket, designed for the manufacturer Alessi.

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THOUSANDS OF OBJECTS FOR THE FUTURE

On the cusp of the 1990s, the Starck style softened. Its lines became less radical, more organic. Starck was still aiming at minimalism, but he now sought to achieve a a balance between factors - “a harmony of parameters” - in his designs. His appeal lay in his visionary approach to design, but he was also ahead of his time in his commitment to the environment and his efforts to find eco-friendly alternatives. Starck was now working in every area of design, tackling widely differing assignments from iconic pieces to large-scale projects, often in quick succession – a Fluocaril toothbrush (1987), the Albertville Winter Olympics presentation torch (1990), the Bubu stool (1996), a surreal yacht named Venus for Steve Jobs (2008), a set of headphones called Parrot (2010), an e-bike called STARCKBIKE with Moustache Bikes (2012), a futuristic gondola entitled Dream of Winter Gondola for Venice, for the association VeniSIA (2021), a chair called Miss Dior (2022), and so on. Running counter to prevailing fashions, he produced timeless designs that were made to last, advising consumers to “Think before you buy. Only buy things you need, which use the minimum of materials and will last longest.” Always on the lookout for new materials, in 2000, Starck developed the Louis Ghost chair, a reinterpretation of Louis XV armchairs, for the manufacturer Kartell. Twenty years on, over three million Louis Ghost chairs have been sold, making the Louis Ghost the biggest-selling chair design in the world. Made from transparent, highly resistant polycarbonate plastic discs injected into a single mould, it is described by its creator as “visible and invisible, real yet immaterial, elegant and intelligent” and sums up the values Starck cherishes – dematerialization (through its transparency), minimal use of materials, and affordability. The Louis Ghost chair is currently 60% recycled and is scheduled to become 100% eco-friendly by 2024.

Many of Starck’s designs are inspired by natural forms, as when he took on the eyewear industry with the launch of the Starck Eyes collection in 1996. Starck began by working with eyewear designer Alain Mikli to develop an exclusive system of

flexible hinges based on the human collarbone. One innovation led to another: Starck Eyes joined the eyewear giant Luxottica and breathed new life into spectacle manufacturing, becoming Starck Biotech Paris in 2019. Starck’s stroke of genius was to base his designs on biomechanics with the patented technology Biolink®. His ergonomic spectacle-frames are designed to feel like a natural extension of the wearer, merging with the body and invisible as soon as you put them on. A major development that illustrates Starck’s creative genius and the scale of his ambition. As he puts it, “Osmosis between technology and the body is the future.”

Starck’s latest tool for innovation is artificial intelligence. In 2019, his obsession with saving materials and energy resulted in the A. I. Chair (Kartell). Starck worked with the 3D software company Autodesk to create a chair design with the help of an artificial intelligence. Made entirely of recycled materials, with lines that recall plant forms, the A.I. Chair paves the way for generative design. As the objects in our everyday lives become increasingly dematerialized, one can’t help wondering what future there is for design. Starck is in no doubt about it. He thinks design is destined to disappear in about 20 years’ time, as a result of shortages of raw materials and the advent of new technologies.

In response to the threat of climate chaos, Starck has redirected his explorations to focus on an alternative model of development: positive degrowth. It is a virtuous circle that brings together all the most important aspects of his designs – development of long-lasting, recycled, bio-based materials, sustainability, and dematerialization – to draw out the essence of each object. Starck has joined in the move towards a circular economy, in 2022, he designed a collection of sustainable, eco-friendly furniture for Andreu World. The common theme was minimal use of (FSC® certified) 2D plywood and an ingeniously simple system of assembly using interlocking parts.

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TOO Restaurant

A.I. chair - Design by Philippe Starck

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Andreu World Mariya collection - Design by Philippe Starck

Andreu World Forestclub - Design by Philippe Starck

AND STARCK REINVENTED THE HOTEL ...

Starck is also acclaimed as a gifted creator of ambiences, and enjoys putting in his tuppence worth in hotels and restaurants. Ever the innovator, he was the brains behind the first boutique hotels in the mid-1990s. In the 2000s, as quirky hotel projects sprang up in all four corners of the world, Starck tackled two Parisian institutions, Le Meurice (2008) and the Royal Monceau, Raffles Paris (2010), jolting the two famous luxury hotels with a touch of surreal, poetic whimsy, trompe-l’œil mirrors and his famous penchant for contrasts.

But for Starck, merely leaving his stamp on hotel decors wasn’t enough. He set himself the challenge of reshaping urban tourism by providing affordable accommodation in high-quality design hotels. Two typical examples are the Paramount in New York (1990), with bedrooms from $100 a night, and the first Mama Shelters. In 2008, with the entrepreneur Cyril Aouizerate, Starck came up with the idea of a hotel/restaurant that would be hip, welcoming and laid-back, tucked away in an obscure location in eastern Paris… It might have seemed utopian, but the Mama Shelter recipe of playful decoration, affordably priced rooms, a bohemian pop-culture ambience, a rooftop terrace and an outsize table d’hôte has been a massively success.

By flouting the conventions of the 21st-century hospitality business, Starck is endeavouring to rethink our attitudes to individual and collective wellbeing. In that vein, the intrepid decorator designed MOB House (2022), a hybrid hotel for roving entrepreneurs in Saint-Ouen, on the outskirts of Paris, and the Villa M (2021), a unique mixed-use building combining a hotel, a restaurant, a coworking space, a healthcare-focused business incubator, a fitness club and a gallery.

Starck is always attuned to the surroundings of the places he shapes. In his architectural and interior decoration work, he strives to offer guests an immersive sensory experience that emphasizes vegetation and locally-sourced natural materials. The Lily of the Valley hotel (2019), a vernacular, organic gem, and its annexe, the Villa W (2022), a romantic hideaway perched on the heights above the Bay of Saint-Tropez, wonderfully illustrate this philosophy, as does the Rosewood Hotel in Sao Paulo (2022) – a perfect symbiosis of exuberant Brazilian creativity and outstanding European decorative craftsmanship. Last autumn saw the opening of Starck’s latest triumph, the TOO Hôtel, a futuristic, eco-friendly four-star hotel perched on top of Jean Nouvel’s Tours Duo skyscrapers. Like all his hotel projects, it is simultaneously functional and extraordinary.

DESIGN FOR LIVING IN SPACE

Although Starck continues to work on plenty of terrestrial design and decoration projects, for the last few years, he has found a new playground: Space. In 2006, he worked as artistic director on the Virgin Galactic project, and in 2018, Axiom Space, the first private company to operate a spaceflight, tasked him with designing crew members’ living spaces. In January 2020, NASA chose Axiom Space to provide housing modules for the International Space Station (ISS). For Starck the sci-fi fan, it was a dream come true. His design is a cosy cocoon loosely based on the setting in which a foetus develops, with flexible padded walls studded with nano LED lights that change colour in response to the occupant’s mood and biorhythms. The design as a whole is perfectly adapted to the movements of the human body in a state of weightlessness. It will be ready in 2024.

Back on terra firma, while we eagerly await the official openings of the first HRS hydrogen refuelling stations, the Hôtel de Saxe in Paris, the phantasmagorical Maison Héler in Metz and the brand-new hotel concept Oh Baby, Philippe Starck has his head in the stars and is already dreaming up his next innovation.

MORE INFOS: www.starck.fr

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An ode to writing Montblanc Haus

In Hamburg, the Montblanc factory lifts the veil on more than a century of creation and inspiration. Here, we focus on Montblanc Haus, a marvellous site dedicated to the art of writing and the brand’s very distinctive universe.

By Delphine Gallay

If the city of Hamburg is famous throughout the world for its industrial port, maritime ballet, and rich commercial past, it is also home to the iconic Elbphilharmonie, and now, an even newer architectural and cultural jewel: Montblanc Haus. Just last year, the famous German factory, flagship of the Richemont group, opened a new exhibition centre at the gates of its historic workshops. Admittedly, the bet was risky. Paying homage to the culture of writing in the digital age on the fringes of the effervescence of downtown Hamburg... But it paid off. Since its opening, the mysterious black edifice, designed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos has attracted purists of the brand and curious-minded visitors from all over the world!

THREE MEN AND A PEN

Cradle of the white star label since 1906, the Schanzen district in Hamburg is the starting point of this remarkable trajectory. Born from the association of three visionary minds—engineer August Eberstein, banker Alfred Nehemias, and paper manufacturer Claus Johannes Voss—the company initially baptized Simplizissimus-Füllhalter, then Simplo Filler Pen Co., developed a revolutionary fountain pen at the beginning of the last century. Equipped with an integrated ink reservoir, the precious writing instrument no longer leaked and was easier to use. This was a major technical advance for the time, and over a game of cards with friends, earned it a rake of superlatives and the fortuitous comparison with the “peaks of the roof of Europe”. This lightbulb moment saw the brand rechristened Montblanc!

Over a century later, it was in this very location, close to the head office and manufacturing workshops that the German firm wanted to retrace its history, by paying homage to both the know-how of its craftsmen and the beauty of the art of handwriting. “We wanted to create a unique space dedicated to the art of handwriting, where the public could discover or rediscover the incredible power of writing and creativity, as well as the imaginative and emotional journey that it sparks in everyone. Therefore, Montblanc Haus was conceived of as an experience of discovery, imagined by a company that has occupied a central place in the culture of handwriting for over one-hundred-and-seventeen years. We hope that Montblanc Haus will become a must-see site in Hamburg, a city that is very important to the history and identity of Montblanc, and that it will appeal to locals and visitors who have come from afar to discover and experience it,” says Nicolas Baretzki, CEO of Montblanc.

BLACK AND WHITE

Entrusted to the Spanish architectural firm Nieto Sobejano, the design and realization of Montblanc Haus offers from the outset a contemplative pause on the avant-garde vision and aesthetic codes of the famous manufacturer. A sober and elegant setting, the exterior edifice celebrates the lines of the signature box of Montblanc pens. More complex than it seems at first glance, its striated concrete facade in “black ink” evokes the reliefs of the Mont Blanc massif and allows visitors to glimpse the magic of its snowy peaks at nightfall. All in a resolutely modern shade of black! Inside this XXL case, there is a completely different atmosphere, however. Like a blank page, the interior of is remarkable for its immaculate whiteness and reveals a futuristic architectural partition deployed over three levels.

AN INSPIRATIONAL PLACE

Far from a stuffy museum, Montblanc Haus is an immersive experience. Spread over 3,600m2, this bright space offers a visit that encompasses a fascinating permanent exhibition, entitled Inspire Writing, complemented by a bi-annual temporary exhibition. A real foray into the world of writing and the history of the brand, it brings together everything that makes up the DNA and the inspiration behind the creations of the German company from its origins to the present day, through an astonishing presentation of the fruits of its talented craftsmen and the imprint left by generations of international thinkers and dreamers who were especially fond of the brand.

A celebration of writing in all its forms during which visitors are invited to discover over four hundred writing instruments retracing the evolution of historical pieces, major innovations, novelties, and rare art editions, archival treasures and handwritten notes signed by a whole host of well-known figures, as well as calligraphic works of art. Visitors even have the opportunity to participate in creative workshops. All skilfully presented around key themes like Montblanc’s heritage and vision, writing around the world, collections, artistic craftsmanship and innovation, to name but a few. A veritable treasure trove of discovery.

A PEN, A LEGEND

The scenography perfectly showcases the heritage and vision of Montblanc through its history, communication, and the essential Meisterstück (the German word for masterpiece). A writing jewel guaranteed for life, it alone embodies the timeless aura of Montblanc’s products. A classic of the House, due to celebrate its hundredth anniversary in 2024, it is distinguished by its tapered body in black resin surrounded by three rings (a tribute to the founding trio), a gold nib decorated with the number 4810 (a nod to the initial altitude of Mont Blanc), and a white star placed at the tip of the cap—an emblem of the brand representing the summit of Mont Blanc, surrounded by six glacial valleys.

Reinterpreted over the collections and limited editions, the iconic Meisterstück has been a highly coveted object since its creation, and the ally of many of history’s greats: J. F. Kennedy, Obama, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Elizabeth II, and even James Bond. Of it, novelist Virginia Woolf would say: “With it, I feel every word at the tip of my pen.”

STUNNING COLLECTIONS

Throughout the exhibition, visitors can discover all of Montblanc’s collections over the decades, as well as the manufacturing stages, and the complexity of the mechanisms behind each edition. Like a Stradivarius or a Steinway, Montblanc instruments are artistic creations made with the utmost of precision. For example, it takes no less than one hundred different operations to shape the most recent models, the nib alone requiring thirty-five different manufacturing stages.

Other surprises await visitors in the section devoted to artistic craftsmanship and innovation. In this space, dedicated to the “High Artistry” limited editions, the manufacturer challenges the possibilities of craftsmanship and design by paying homage to civilizations, men and women of letters, artists, explorers, and other historical figures. To do so, the Masters of Art that are Montblanc display great ingenuity and creativity, and employ ancestral techniques to transform fountain pens into exceptional objects. Goldsmithery, marquetry, enamelling, setting,

hand engraving, miniaturization, the use of precious stones and materials … nothing is too good when it comes to elevating these everyday companions to the rank of artworks. The sky is the indeed the limit!

WRITING AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSION

If creativity is present in all forms from one gallery space to the next, the art of writing permeates the course of the visit. Like the aerial paper sculpture by Marianne Guély suspended under the dome of Montblanc Haus representing an imaginary calligraphic alphabet, or a work in wool coloured with ink by Wendy Andreu sketching the curves of waves, mountains, and words.

In this spirit of free expression, several workshops are offered to visitors so that they can try their hand at literary writing and the art of calligraphy. A space has been specially designed for this purpose allowing the public to test different writing instruments and jot down their thoughts on postcards to be sent around the world. These learning experiences combined with moments of discovery will surely deepen visitors’ appreciation of the pleasures of writing, and its ability to give voice to the creative potential in us all.

LEAVING A TRACE

At a time when emails seem to have replaced letter writing, Montblanc Haus celebrates all that comprises the soul, personality, and the elegance of handwriting. If “the art of writing precedes thought” (Alain), we often underestimate the power of a word, the outline of a letter, or the fabric of a signature.

This may be seen in the Mark Making space, an autograph library housing thirty original handwritten notes by the illustrious Ernest Hemingway, Albert Einstein, Frida Kahlo, Spike Lee, and many others. At the end of the exhibit, visitors thrilled by the beauty of writing, can if they so wish, leave their own written trace in a digital guestbook dedicated to this purpose.

In the words of Voltaire: “writing is the painting of the voice” and indeed, the art of writing is very much celebrated here!

Hennessy X.O

Unveils couture-infused collaboration with Kim Jones

The audacious collaboration between Hennessy X.O and fashion designer Kim Jones transcends the art of couture and the savoir-faire of cognac.

Blending the 150-year heritage of Hennessy X.O cognac with the creativity of Kim Jones, the collection includes a Hennessy X.O ‘Masterpiece’ decanter, produced in only 200 pieces, and a limited edition decanter.

He follows in the footsteps of a line of artists, including Frank Gehry, Marc Newson, Tom Dixon and Arik Levy, who have contributed to the Hennessy X.O. heritage over the years.

“I’m fascinated by the rich heritage of Hennessy, a household name behind which artisans have spent hundreds of years creating this special cognac” says Kim Jones. “Storytelling is very important for me regardless of what I’m designing or who I’m collaborating with – I want my designs to educate and inspire people through the stories they tell.”

HENNESSY X.O MASTERPIECE CARAFE & LIMITED EDITION DECANTER

Kim Jones has revisited the Hennessy X.O Masterpiece carafe, creating a resolutely couture sculptural work. Produced using 3D printing technology and finished by hand, the carafe has been made in just 200 pieces. Like a second skin, a titanium casing encapsulates the bottle, evoking both the couture technique of draping and the way in which Hennessy bottles were carefully hand-wrapped in tissue paper at the turn of the 20th century to protect their labels. The carafe rests on an undulating oak plateau, a nod to the barrels of precious eaux-de-vie. Kim Jones says, “When I saw how the Hennessy bottles were packaged, it spoke volumes about the craftsmanship that went into making each one and how they were handled. I was particularly interested in their history and the fact that generations have spent their time improving each step of the process. “

The Hennessy X.O Masterpiece is inspired by the making of Hennessy X.O, an art perfected by eight generations of Master Blenders. The gradient of hues in the decanter was specially selected by Kim Jones to evoke the shades of cognac. To serve this exceptional cognac without losing a drop, Kim Jones has also designed a special fusil in the same amber tones. The third and final element in the collaboration is the “ready-to-wear” version of the Hennessy X.O bottle, draped in an aluminum second skin to showcase the instantly recognizable silhouette.

For nearly 40 years, Valmont has combined the best of cellular technology with the benefits of Switzerland’s nature reserves in cutting-edge anti-aging cosmetics, as prestigious as they are effective.

VALMON T, EXCE PTIO NAL SWISS CELLULA R COSMETICS

CELLULAR COSMETICS, A MEDICAL LEGACY

From its medical heritage stemming from the Clinique Valmont, the eponymous brand created in 1985 has made cellular cosmetics its scientific signature, favoring biomimetic molecules whose optimal skin affinity guarantees high efficacy. A signature with a duo of active ingredients: Triple DNA (from salmon) and RNA liposome, a guarantor of cellular vitality.

SWISS NATURE ENHANCED BY SCIENCE

Guided by the creative and daring passion of its founders, the Valmont family brand draws its inspiration from the heart of Switzerland’s nature reserves. Glacier water, Phyto-Alpine plants, products derived from beehives, etc. These riches inspire Sophie Vann Guillon, CEO of Valmont, who uses Valmont’s cellular expertise to create original anti-aging treatments with visible, tangible and lasting effects.

PRIME RENEWING PACK, ICONIC SKINCARE

Sold every 2 minutes worldwide, this multifunctional fatigue eraser mask smooths complexion and awakens radiance in an instant. Its state-of-the-art anti-aging concentrate embodies all the cellular efficacy of Valmont in a fine, ultra-sensory texture. The anti-fatigue treatment par excellence.

Sophie Vann Guillon CEO of Valmont

LA MAISON VALMONT POUR LE MEURICE

6 RUE DE CASTIGLIONE 75001 PARIS FRANCE

«I am always listening to our customers. I put my intuition at the service of innovation to offer ultra-effective skincare combining cutting-edge science and exquisite sensoriality.»

More than a name, a signature

Fred Pinel

Thanks to his unique style, renowned suitcase and leather goods maker, Fred Pinel has earned his place in the spotlight. With his leather creations imagined for his own brand Pinel & Pinel, he is in the process of revolutionizing the world of luggage. Below, the trajectory of an inspired artist. By

Quitterie Pasquesoone

Fred Pinel is first and foremost a passionate artist. At fifty-four years old, this former resident of Gagny in the greater Parisian suburbs, has forged an extraordinary path. Fascinated by the beauty of leather from an early age, he left behind the council estates of his neighbourhood to carve out his own destiny. A somewhat turbulent student, he left France for London and came back a new man, three and a half years later. But soon tiring of marketing, he decided to return to his first love: leather, a material which with its unique scent and extraordinary feel, had fascinated him from an early age. In 1998, he launched Pinel & Pinel and has since challenged the codes of French luxury goods with a leather range unlike any other.

CUSTOM-MADE GOODS

The brand’s trademark? Know-how, creativity, technology, and elegance. With his haute-couture bags and intelligent and contemporary suitcases, a veritable fusion of technology and traditional know-how, Pinel & Pinel offers much more than simple leather goods. Here, fine leather items dialogue with the latest in high-tech. Fred Pinel creates luxury objects, as beautiful and playful as they are functional. His credo? Bespoke handmade goods made from high-quality leather and skin. Renowned for his attention to detail, the entrepreneur constantly strives for perfection. On the strength of his success, he received a Talent d’Or in 2008, awarded by the Luxury and Creation Committee for his Bonzai trunk. Since then, a whole host of luxury houses have entrusted him with commissions and projects, including Krug, Bang & Olufsen, Piaget, and Vacheron Constantin.

THE ART OF FRENCH FABRICATION

Committed to the fabrication of his trunks and suitcases in France, Fred Pinel continues to develop and promote a savoir-faire or expertise that is resolutely French. Each piece is made in his workshop in the 20th arrondissement of the French capital, the former headquarters of John Galliano. In a space of over 1,400m2, some forty individuals are kept busy imagining and manufacturing the collections imagined by Fred Pinel. The crème de la crème of leather goods.

The art taking your attention off Pictrix Gallery

FRANCISCA VOUTAT, the life-giving soul of PICTRIX (from Latin, “peintre” - “painter”). This young Swiss-Brazilian woman has lived in Switzerland for 16 years. Passionate about art and colours, she punctuates the breathing of this place, which is both intimate and a window wide open on the world, through international works of art.

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

What moves the visitor to this place, nestled in rue Cheneau de Bourg, in the heart of the old town of Lausanne, is the simplicity of a welcome far removed from the starchy codes of art galleries. A smile, an inspiration far from the urban hustle and bustle, the heart beats to the rhythm of the imagination of the works on display, compositions by contemporary Swiss and international artists.

PICTRIX, ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Francisca Voutat, already experienced in the art of finding new artists, never ceases to highlight a variety of talents, from urban style in the form of collages and photographs to painting with a colourful, almost childlike message. From Wolfgang Stiller and his matches with sculpted heads to Arnaldo Duarte and his very colourful, almost psychedelic frescoes, not forgetting Diego Cerero Molina and his male faces showing strong emotions, it is a whole world of creative messages that catches you from the moment you enter. The sporting creativity of Valérie Boudreure, the unbridled imagination of Jessica Diskin, the refined sculptures of Jörg Plickat... Francisca Voutat loves all these worlds and knows better than anyone how to talk about and highlight them.

EVERYTHING FOR ART AND ITS SHARING

Francisca Voutat, passionate and cultivated, is not satisfied with selling art. What she loves most of all is to convince you to vibrate with her.

When she discovers an artist, she doesn’t appropriate him/her, she “shares” and “gives away” to the person who can best display his or her works to the world. As an experienced collector, Francisca Voutat lives among her artistic compositions. Like everyone else, she has her preferences which she is proud to collect. At the centre of this ideal compilation is Romero Britto, a Brazilian painter and sculptor based in the United States... a surprising/ contrasting mix of elements of pop art, cubism and graffiti, whose intrinsic substance this fine connoisseur has managed to capture. Art is not only a question of money or of a more or less well-cut rating... for Francisca, art is the very root of life. She travels the world in search of the artist who will be able to join her small gallery in Lausanne. The one who will give life to its walls, who will undoubtedly be able to attract the eye of the stroller for a moment out of time... a few thrilling minutes between the artist’s gaze and Francisca Voutat’s smile.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE...

PICTRIX GALLERY is exhibited on Artsy, a digital platform that allows anyone who is logged to learn, inquire, discover and - why not - buy a work of art.

Creation, a link between dream and reality Corinne Darmon

Corinne Darmon has always had a passion for the details that make everyday life more beautiful.

By Helena Perdoux-Frances

IT ALL STARTED WITH A DOOR HANDLE

After training as a lawyer, Corinne Darmon changed direction by taking on the door handle or Architectural Hardware business. In this field where men had always reigned, she succeeded in producing and presenting original and daring collections of door handles and furniture knobs, thus becoming an essential specialist. Driven by imagination combined with professionalism and know-how, she has worked with materials, mainly brass, in all its finishes and engraving, to create lines of objects with unique and precious designs. This is how Corinne Darmon Créations was born. Jewellery, lamps, tables, candleholders, among others … everything is a pretext to sublimate an interior, a garment. The detail is her Graal!

A CHESS GAME WITH A UNIQUE DESIGN: THE CENTERPIECE OF HER COLLECTION

The latest creation of her imagination, in a precious box made by a master craftsman, just like the board, entirely handmade: a jewel chess game made up of 32 pieces engraved with solid brass motifs, in different finishes, which Corinne Darmon composes and assembles herself and which make each game a unique piece. Four models have been created: the cubes, the spheres, the ‘Eye’ and ‘black is black’ series.

Luxurious and rare, these jewel chess games are designed and created to play. Each piece - King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook and Pawn - has been reinvented while respecting the codes of this age-old game. They are also authentic decorative and collector’s items. Corinne Darmon’s universe brings a new breath to the world of creativity and exceptional objects. Creativity is about piercing the mundane to find the wonderful!

A multifaceted enterprise

Greentech

GREENCELL, A NATURAL ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL CHEMISTRY

GREENSEA, A PIONEER OF MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The European leader of marine biotechnology, GREENSEA produces and develops algae and microalgae by transforming them into innovative ingredients. This new “green gold” plays a major role for the future: its rich quantities of proteins, lipids, and vitamins make it a privileged candidate as a substitute for fish meal and fish oil. The World Health Organization considers algae, popularly known as seaweed, to be “the best food for humanity”. Today, microalgae are an infinite source of innovation, thanks to their diversity of applications. Indeed, algae has been used in cosmetics and care products since the dawn of time. They were already present long before our era, in Chinese pharmacopoeias, and used in agriculture, to improve the soil and fertilize crops. Carbon dioxide sensors and oxygen producers, algae and microalgae play an important role in the preservation of our environment and should be exploited in a sustainable manner, at the service of future generations. At GREENSEA, the entire value chain is carefully monitored: research, development, production, and processing, from biomass to active ingredient. In collaboration with ALLMICROALGAE, a Portuguese subsidiary of the group, GREENSEA has become the leading European producer of microalgae, enabling the brand to supply major markets. Active on all continents, GREENSEA relies on a vast collection of microalgae and macroalgae, as well as phytoplankton and zooplankton, dedicated to the aquaculture market. These products are perfectly suited to the larval nutrition of fish, molluscs, crustaceans, and invertebrates, and are widely used by hatcheries, aquariums, and research centres. From petfood to aquaculture, as well as food supplements, GREENSEA and ALLMICROALGAE are working together to put blue biotechnology at the service of human and animal nutrition.

Faced with the need to feed a continuously growing world population, industrial agriculture has developed at a huge scale to the detriment of the environment. Yielding more sustainable harvests, while respecting the planet and its resources, is now the major challenge for the coming years. GREENCELL contributes to this research by selecting micro-organisms naturally present in soils and in plants to develop new agronomic products. Once used on crops, these ingredients create an environment favourable to their growth, while naturally protecting them against pathogens. These bio-stimulants represent a new category of agricultural input and function as natural vitamins for the plant. They increase plants’ ability to feed and protect themselves, while reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Today, agricultural soils have been exhausted due to the intensification of harvests. GREENALVIA products by GREENCELL restore biological life to the soil, thereby ensuring optimum soil structure, necessary for the right water content of the soil and for the crops grown there. Bombarded with chemicals, microbial life is slowing down, yet it is essential for soil fertility. Soil impacts practically every aspect of our lives: the food we eat, the vegetation we walk on, the medicines we take, the buildings we live in, t he clothes we wear, the water we drink, and even weather conditions. Healthy soils are essential not only for food production, but also for our health and that of the environment. Using innovative processes, GREENCELL imagines substitute products coming from microbial ecology. The company provides depollution solutions by working on domestic or industrial effluents, which once treated, can be spread and used, for example, to irrigate crops or green spaces. Thanks to GREENCELL, the life of the soil and its recolonization by micro-organisms can resume. GREENPHAGE, a subsidiary of GREENCELL, joined the Group in 2019. The former’s biotechnological solutions are complementary to those of GREENCELL. GREENPHAGE produces bacteriophages that protect crops in a specific way against bacterial attacks, but these phages can also be used in health, cosmetics, and nutrition. A veritable biological resource for industrial applications!

For over thirty years, GREENTECH has continued to develop, combining professional knowledge and international expertise. Today, the group comprises some ten international brands and subsidiaries, driven by the desire to build a better future together.

By Marine Pasquier

Pagani UTOPIA

Act III

Horacio Pagani’s company is now in its third decade, and here is its third creation. The C8 project, the Zonda, began to establish the legend. The C9 project, the Huayra, built upon this on a global scale, integrating the use of active aerodynamics and Carbo-Titanium. What then, could its third model, codenamed C10, add? More power, increased performance, a better structure and aerodynamics?

Absolutely, but what else?

Above all, you need a goal.

The alchemy of pleasure, the equation of beauty... What would be important for the next Pagani hypercar? Horacio Pagani certainly had his own ideas, but he asked his closest clients, those who eagerly await each of his creations, to express their wishes. They already had exceptionally fast and beautiful cars, what were they still missing? Three terms stood out almost each time they replied: simplicity, lightness and the pleasure of driving. In its development, the C10 project therefore went against the main trends of the time. No heavy batteries, no hybrid power, just a wonderful V12; no dual-clutch system, just a pure seven-speed manual or automated transmission. All this to ensure that the car would respond better than ever to its driver’s every action and work with them to be the purest form of driving, a ‘classic’ experience defined in new ways. With a brief like this and such high ambitions, what name could be chosen for the car that would embody these principles? Utopia...

Photos © Horacio Pagani S.p.A.

Every Pagani begins with an aesthetic shock. Utopia radiates simplicity. It asserts itself straightaway, affirms and imposes its lines, which are so typical of Pagani but at the same time it is so different from anything they have offered us before. A shape that is more flowing and curvaceous. From the windscreen, with its rounded upper edges, to the details of its wings and bonnet, its softer contours give it a new expression, a new outline. A shape smoothed and refined over a long time, but which sticks in your memory from the first time you see it. The most difficult part of the process for Pagani has been to follow as closely as possible the original intention of creating a timeless design object, instead of one that follows the fashion of the period. The new car has very few aerodynamic add-ons yet is more efficient than ever. Where some hypercars have a multitude of spoilers, Utopia incorporates the function of these appendices into its overall shape, achieving greater downforce and reduced drag solely by means of its design

The details of its styling are few in number, but each is so carefully executed that it can be admired in its own right: technologically advanced, their shape is inspired by objects from the 1950s like the streamlined headlamps of Vespa scooters or the fittings of Riva speedboats. The forged wheels have a turbine-shaped carbon fiber extractor which draws hot air away from the brakes and reduces turbulence under the body. Mounted on carbon-ceramic discs, the brake calipers have a new, lightened design.

A GLANCE TO THE FUTURE, A TRIBUTE TO THE PAST

A car may be compared to a sculpture, but opening the door changes everything; a sculpture, yes, but one you can sit in. The interior of Utopia is even more original, if that is possible, than its exterior shape. To reach this very simple final shape, the process has never been as complex. For six years, from the first sketches and computer calculations until the definitive shape was frozen for the carbon fiber molds, its internal airflows were perfected through endless hours of research in the wind tunnel and countless changes, one touch at a time. Utopia takes advantage of the mysteries of aerodynamics to maximize sure-footed handling and stability at any speed, however high. Its active aerodynamics, combined with the electronically controlled shock absorbers, ensure the optimum dynamic behavior in all driving conditions. The double-wishbone suspension, made from aerospace aluminum alloy, benefits from the lengthy development work carried out on the R, the track-only version of the Huayra. But Utopia, a car designed for road use, can cope with surfaces for daily use.

The Pagani V12 engine, a 6-liter biturbo specially built by Mercedes-AMG for Pagani, is the result of an enormous development work: it delivers 864 bhp and, above all, a prodigious 1100 Nm of torque. It revs higher and is both more flexible and more powerful while meeting the most stringent emissions regulations, including those in force in California. For the transmission the choice was a philosophical one. It would not be a dual-clutch transmission which is efficient, but heavy and robs the driver of the ability to set the pace of the car’s acceleration. Instead, Pagani turned to the most prestigious motorsport and high performance automotive transmission manufacturer, Xtrac, to develop the quickest shifting gearbox with helical gears possible. It is compact, light and transversely mounted for an optimized center of gravity. Moreover, in order to best match the wishes expressed by Pagani

enthusiasts, its aficionados, a virtual manual would not be acceptable so a real seven-speed manual transmission has been developed. It was not an easy task to design such a gearbox with synchronizer rings and a mechanism able to handle 1100 Nm of torque adequate for a pure manual application, but it was an essential requirement for Utopia.

The first series of Utopia coupés, which have already been assigned to privileged enthusiasts, will be built in 99 units. Each car represents the natural and necessary convergence of multiple disciplines, each of which combines technology and aesthetics. It is the mastery of this process which Pagani has taken to new heights of excellence.Pagani’s story continues, Pagani’s work goes on…

LAMBORGHINI

Presents the Invencible and Autentica

A final and unique farewell

Two one-off cars – a roadster and a coupé – have been created to celebrate the end of the V12 supercar era, ushering in the hybrid age.

With just a few weeks to go before Lamborghini’s first hybrid super sports car makes its debut, the Italian firm is celebrating its renowned naturally-aspirated V12 with the Invencible coupé and Auténtica roadster: two unique, one-off cars that highlight the marque’s DNA and represent the very peak of Lamborghini’s exclusive accent on personalisation, by involving the customer from the very beginning to create models that are truly bespoke.

“The V12 engine is one of the pillars of our history and our marque’s success,” said Stephan Winkelmann, Automobili Lamborghini Chairman and CEO. “As we head towards embracing a new era of hybridization at the heart of our Cor Tauri strategy, this is the Lamborghini way of celebrating the naturally aspirated V12 with two one-off vehicles that perfectly represent our concept of excellence in personalization.” The two unmistakable one-off cars were styled by Lamborghini Centro Stile as the quintessence of maximum creativity using the V12 platform, reflecting the design cues that have contributed to the company’s iconic significance, as well as drawing on a sporting character inspired by the race track. Invencible and Auténtica pay tribute to masterpieces of Lamborghini design: the Sesto Elemento, a homage to lightness and motorsport characterized by a large rear wing; the Reventón with its unique aeronautical style; and the Veneno, which takes the quest for aerodynamic perfection to an extreme.

“We have created two one-off cars with their own unique character, inspired by track days and the high-octane circuit environment,” said Mitja Borkert, Automobili Lamborghini Head of Design. “They are designed by Lamborghini Centro Stile, exerting maximum creativity on the V12 platform. These one-off designs draw on our unique design DNA while once again elevating our design heritage to a new level.“

Both new cars share the same carbon fibre monocoque from the Aventador, produced in Sant’Agata Bolognese, along with full carbon bodywork that incorporates design and technologies successfully tested by Lamborghini in motorsport. The imposing bonnet reprises that of the Essenza SCV12, along with the pronounced front splitter complete with vertical struts designed to manage airflow in the most efficient way. The Invencible coupé is characterised by the subtle contrast between the dominant shade of red and the carbon-look elements enhanced by red ‘flakes’. The Rosso Efesto bodywork is complemented by sills and doorframes in carbon, just like the brake callipers in Rosso Mars, which sit behind single-nut wheels with carbon fibre fairings to ventilate the brake assembly. On the classic scissor doors, there are two prominent hexagonal tricolours: a tribute to the Italian flag that is echoed on the door linings as well as well as on the steering wheel.

The interior, in the same colour as the bodywork, contrasts with the Rosso Alala leather and Nero Cosmus Alcantara, accentuated by personalised embroidery in Rosso Alala and Nero Ade. The dashboard features a Lamborghini logo in Rosso Efesto: the same colour used for the gearshift paddles on the steering wheel.

In a similar vein, while still maintaining its truly unique character, the Auténtica roadster features bodywork in Grigio Titans with details in Matt Black and a Giallo Auge livery: a colour repeated on the brake callipers as well as the main aerodynamic elements. These include the front splitter, and motorsport-derived rear wing that optimises the aerodynamic load, flanked by a pair of fins. The car’s profile is rendered unique by two domes with integrated rollbars, inspired by open-topped racers of

the past. The open-air interior boasts elegant embroidery in Giallo Taurus, with contrasting Nero Ade leather upholstery and two-tone Nero Cosmus and Grigio Octans Alcantara.

The Invencible and Auténtica are the very last cars to be produced by Lamborghini equipped with a 12-cylinder 6.5 l engine mounted longitudinally in the rear (Longitudinale Posteriore: ‘LP’) before the transition to a hybrid era. The final salute to the outgoing Lamborghini V12 powertrain delivers 780 CV and a maximum 720 Nm of torque at 6,750 rpm, mated to a seven-speed ISR gearbox, four-wheel drive, and the Lamborghini Dynamic Steering system that controls all four wheels.

24h of LE MANS

Renaissance

By Stephane Lechine

LEGENDS AND TRAGEDIES

The race’s history is intertwined with the history of the automotive industry itself. The few pioneers present at the starting line in 1923 when the event was more of a safety hazard than a sports competition could never have predicted how iconic this motorsport race would become, marked by triumphs and tragedies that have solidified its legendary status. Races during the prewar period mainly comprised French, Italian and English competitors who all won trophies driving Bentleys, Alfa Romeos and Bugattis. After an eight-year break, the sport made a comeback with Ferrari and its rivals Mercedes and Jaguar entering the scene. The race became immensely popular but safety was severely lacking. 1955 marked one of the worst disasters in motor racing history as Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes left the track and crashed into the crowd. This tragedy led the German car manufacturer to withdraw from motorsport until the end of the 20th century.

In terms of sport, Ford and Ferrari became fierce rivals during the 60s, with Porsche soon joining them at the top following its first win at Le Mans in 1970. Certain racing drivers also stood out for their courage. Jacky Ickx, for example, will forever be remembered for his pivotal role in changing the rules regarding the so-called “Le Mans start”, whereby drivers ran across the track before jumping into their cars and speeding off without attaching their

harnesses properly. To oppose this, Ickx slowly walked across the track and took the time to be seated securely by his pit crew. Starting off in last place, he managed to overtake his fellow competitors one by one and win the race. Following this act of defiance, the starting method was changed to the one that is still used today.

A UNIQUE CIRCUIT

The circuit, which includes public roads, has evolved over the years. The endless Mulsanne Straight, where drivers can reach dizzying speeds of over 400 km/h, has been separated by two chicanes in an attempt to limit car speeds. Le Mans remains a challenging track for drivers as its sharp bends leave no room for error. The circuit becomes even tougher in harsh weather conditions and night-time sessions are always full of surprises. For the spectators who flock around the track, the race is an excuse to celebrate and enjoy the evening concerts and entertainment. True fans, however, never tire of seeing the prototypes or the feeling of speed and adrenaline elicited from the circuit’s many twists and turns. Night-time sessions provide extra excitement thanks to the red-hot brakes and flashes of light inside the cars as they race by.

A hundred years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans! This centenary edition is a sold-out event, as is often the case. However, besides this anniversary, the Le Mans race could well see the advent of a new era of endurance racing.

MANUFACTURERS IN FULL FORCE

In the 2000s, endurance racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans were overshadowed by Audi’s domination over the sport, accumulating 13 wins over 14 years, followed by a series of victories from Porsche and Toyota. This year everything changes! Boosted by the revival of endurance racing thanks to the introduction of hybrid engines and balance of performance regulations to ensure a level playing field, drivers are eager to challenge the Japanese manufacturer at this year’s Le Mans circuit. Having not appeared in the top class category for over 50 years, the Scuderia Ferrari team is making a comeback at the highest level with a new car that is already renowned for its speed. The Maranello-based manufacturer is in with a real chance of knocking Toyota off the top spot. And it’s not the only one. Big names such as Porsche, Peugeot and Cadillac, along with competitors Vanwall and Glickenhaus, all have elements that could earn them a place on the podium. With over 10 cars competing, this centenary edition’s lineup is everything we could have dreamed of. The beauty (and complexity!) of the technical regulations means that the teams each have their own solutions. Peugeot, for example, stands out thanks to its aerodynamic wingless model, focusing heavily on speed, which is a key factor in this race. Porsche is relying on a more classic design combined with its powerful V8 twin-turbo engine. Ferrari and Toyota have designed somewhat similar models powered by hybrid engines.

COMPETITION AT ALL LEVELS

This year’s drivers will include regulars from the World Endurance Championship, along with a number of former Formula 1 racers. By far the most famous among them is Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 world champion who has now joined the Vanwall team. A victory at Le Mans would make him only the second driver ever to take home the so-called Triple Crown of Motorsport, consisting of victories at the Indianapolis 500, the F1 World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In terms of sport, the LMP2 category promises stiff competition. Two Alpine cars will go up against a dozen Oreca prototypes, all powered by a 4.2-litre V8 Gibson engine of around 560 hp, guaranteeing a balanced performance. One of these cars will be driven by young French racer Doriane Pin. And she is not the only woman competing in Le Mans this year: Iron Dames is presenting an all-female line-up for the GT race and the talented Lilou Wadoux will be driving a 488 GTE EVO for Ferrari’s official team. With such an impressive programme, the event’s centenary edition is sure to make history and introduce an exciting new era for endurance racing.

PHOTO 11/06/1961 - 24h Le Mans 356 B 2000 GS Carrera GTL Abarth

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Taormina A Four Seasons Hotel

San

Domenico Palace

Perched on a rocky promontory high above the Ionian Sea, the iconic San Domenico Palace welcomes you to a 14th-century convent reimagined. Swim in the clifftop infinity pool, stroll in magnificent Italian gardens, soak in the history, savour Michelinstarred dining and escape into a Four Seasons world of timeless beauty.

Photos © Vitale Peter

One of the world’s most legendary hotels, San Domenico Palace invites you to embark on an epic journey into history. With origins dating back to 1374, this classic Dominican convent was expanded in 1896 to become a hotel, featuring a new building designed in liberty style. For more than a century, San Domenico Palace has welcomed the world’s most illustrious guests – from Oscar Wilde and King Edward VIII to Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren. Now, as Four Seasons, this iconic hotel begins a new era, delivering the highest standards of personalized service.

A FORMER DOMINICAN CONVENT OF THE XIVTH CENTURY TRANSFORMED INTO A HIGH-CLASS HOTEL

Enter San Domenico Palace through a magnificent 17th century portal crowned by the crest of the Dominican order. Explore the two cloistered courtyards and exquisitely manicured Italian gardens, shaded by jasmine and hibiscus trees and serenaded by the song of cicadas. Delight in your discovery of the covent’s ancient architecture and rich character, including traditional cloisters, choir stalls and restored frescoes. In the Galleria, witness restored artefacts and relics displayed within view of the main cloister. The extensive array of paintings and sculptures has been curated to honour the buildings’ profoundly layered past.

FLOAT PEACEFULLY IN THE INFINITY POOL

Blending perfectly with the deep blue waters of the Ionian Sea, the clifftop infinity pool measures 21 meters (69 feet) in length and 1.3 meters (4 feet) in depth.

THE DOLCE VITA IN YOUR PLATE

In the signature Michelin-starred restaurant, embark on a culinary journey curated by award-winning chef Massimo Mantarro. The Etna-born chef presents quintessential Sicilian cuisine showcasing local ingredients and traditions. Every meal is enhanced by superb views of Taormina Bay. You can also discover the lounge located on the pool terrace and savour light dishes highlighting Mediterranean seafood. At the poolside bar, the expert mixologists serve innovative cocktails inspired by Sicily’s eclectic heritage – creating a destination that’s lively from day to night. At last, meet for coffee, cocktails or a light meal at the Bar & Chiostro. Sample Sicilian specialties and classic international dishes at the indoor-outdoor bar and lounge framing the edge of the Grand Cloister. Enjoy the shade of the colonnade while gazing across the courtyard’s elegant open-air gardens featuring palm trees, exotic plants and flowers.

MORE INFOS: Piazza S. Domenico de Guzman, 5, 98039 Taormina ME, Italie -www.fourseasons.com

A treasure 150 meters above the sea

Bvlgari Resort Bali

The Bulgari Resort Bali is located in one of the most exclusive destinations in the world, a veritable emblem of the tropical exoticism of the Orient, combining the breathtaking beauty of unspoiled nature of Bali beach resorts with a sophisticated contemporary design born from the encounter between traditional Balinese forms and high Italian style. The quality of the services along with the views of the Indian Ocean offered by its magnificent position 150 meters over the sea. Coming right out of a dream.

A MIX OF EXOTICISM AND LUXURY

Designed by architects Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, the resort’s layout and overall design incorporates the culture and natural elements of the location. The hotel has been built and furnished using hand-cut volcanic stones, rich exotic woods and refined fabrics. Natural lava and palimanan stone are used for the garden and interior walls, refined bangkiray hardwood in the villas, natural green-colored sukabumi stone to clad outdoor showers, plunge and swimming pools. A collection of exquisite Balinese antiques and exotic art pieces adorn the entire resort. Furniture and decorative details, such as stemware, flatware, ceramics and woven fabrics, were designed and produced in Bali by a team of local artists and designers in collaboration with the resort’s architects.

BREATHTAKING VILLAS

Set within the volcanic stone walls of the resort, each of the 59 villas is a private haven of between 300 and 500 square meters in size combining both indoor and outdoor spaces. An oversized bathroom and living area complements a luxurious bedroom overlooking the Indian Ocean in an air-conditioned environment. Outside, a patio, openair living room, garden and plunge pool look southwards to the cliff tops and sea.

SELFCARE FIRST

Set in the very heart of Bulgari Resort Bali, The Spa is the embodiment of a holistic healing centre, bringing together the therapeutic traditions of Indonesian massage and the contemporary elixirs of modern spa technology. An antique ‘Joglo’ house, transported piece by piece from Central Java, creates a unique reception area. Eight treatment rooms overlook the Indian Ocean and spa gardens and suites with private changing areas, plunge pools and outdoor relaxation areas. Modern treatments are combined with ancient techniques to create a range of unique spa rituals.

INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMY

Bulgari Resort Bali features three restaurants. Sangkar presents contemporary Indonesian, Asian, and International cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a sophisticated casual atmosphere.

Il Ristorante defines traditional and modern creative Italian cuisine and is open only for dinner with a more formal ambience. Located under the cliff over the stretch of white sand beach, La Spiaggia offers a cozy and intimate restaurant and bar where guests will enjoy the best fresh grilled seafood in Bali.

La Bastide de Gordes

In the heart of the Luberon in Gordes – a village regarded as one of the most beautiful in France – sits a magnificent, ancient home on the edge of a clifftop. In place since the sixteenth century, La Bastide looks out over the valley towards the endless horizon. Beyond the old olive trees and green cypresses, and the dry-stone walls and fragrant hills, the mountains loom far in the distance. In this exceptional natural environment, Airelles celebrates the ancient Provencal art of living, allowing guests to discover the beauty of an incredibly rich region.

Where spring comes earlier and summer lasts longer

LE PALACE PROVENÇAL DE GORDES

From the street, there is no suggestion of the wonderful domain waiting beyond the walls. Over the years, individual houses made from 16th-century stones have been brought together to form this one property – a harmonious architectural ensemble, interspersed with superb Mediterranean gardens and four dreamy pools. Nestled in the cliff-face and protected by ramparts that date back to the Middle Ages, La Bastide stretches gracefully across the hillside. Inside, every room and hidden garden is designed to maximise the breath-taking view of the valley.

THE FRENCH ELEGANCE

High ceilings, stone slabs, authentic red tiles, varnished woodwork, rich antiques and portraits of fascinating characters from the past. La Bastide has all the atmosphere of a grand home, where family and friends meet in a warm and intimate atmosphere. A place filled with soul, where time appears to have stopped, it is somewhere where we can all savour the sweetness of Provencal life.

Directly from the gardens, villa guests will have access to the outdoor swimming pool, Sisley Spa, five restaurants and other hotel facilities. Besides the help of their private butler, they will enjoy all of La Bastide’s services without leaving the hotel, while benefiting from total independence and privacy.

TAILOR-MADE EXPERIENCES

The enchanting Sisley Spa is inspired by the Sénanque Abbey – both have extraordinary architecture filled with refined arched lines that are surprisingly modern for a 12th century Cistercian building. Filled with Burgundy stone, wrought iron, old walnut woodwork and light white linen that looks like air, it brings the soothing monastic atmosphere to life, making it conducive to disconnection and calming of the soul. The Spa is spread over 16,000 sq-ft and is filled with a softness and elegance, thanks to the breath-taking view of the Luberon. As an ultimate privilege, outdoor treatments, allow guests to enjoy the landscape in total privacy, during a signature Sisley treatment made for La Bastide.

With four cabins dedicated to facial and body treatments, a hammam, a sauna, sensory showers, a beautiful indoor pool, a fitness room, and yoga classes on the Spa rooftop every week, the spa will ensure you reconnect with yourself and your emotions. Nothing could be more calming than a treatment in a superlative environment such as this one. Via a particularly lovely walkway, the Spa is accessible to external customers who are tempted to have a luxurious one-day escape.

MORE INFOS: La Bastide de Gordes - 61 Rue de la Combe - 84220 Gordes - www.airelles.com

A seamless fusion of luxury and sustainable development

Harmonie Golf & Beach Estate

Come closer to nature. Harmonie Golf & Beach Estate represents the perfect balance between man and nature, between comfort and sustainability. A place where you can craft your own lifestyle, where your family can thrive, where passion blooms. Here is an invitation to taste complete Harmonie.

On the west coast of Mauritius, a hundred and fifty hectares of heath and marshland sweep down from the mountains of Rivière Noire and Savannah to the seashore, ringed by a deserted sandy beach. Hush! Sheltered from the wind, you can hear the earth’s pulse and nature’s infinite concert. Here, the song of the bright purple cardinals. There, the rustling of wings of the migratory birds. Higher in the sky, the closeknit flight of the egrets. And in the background, always, the low whoosh of the surf like the rolling of a ravanne drum. A kaleidoscope of gorse and broom rolls down the hillside. The soft breeze sighs in the reeds. The absolute beauty of the area forces us to be if not as beautiful, at least as respectful as possible.

GETTING BACK TO NATURE

The play of the light on the sea and in the sky must surely have inspired the architects of this estate. The co-developers, Beachcomber Resorts & Hotels and Semaris, both of them Mauritian, and pioneers in sustainable development, spent time observing and listening, then inventing an unusual project to submit, designed for and by nature. Conservation and respect are the watchwords. Here we can get back to nature, protect it, and in doing so, protect ourselves.

Nature plays host here. She imposes her aesthetics, hints at the invention of new, sustainable technologies, giving rise to a project that cares for the environment: nestled among the indigenous plants (“bois noirs” [Diospyros tessellaria] and tamarinds, Creole agaves, “bois d’oiseaux” [Litsea glutinosa], Tecoma, and others) and set around a hill topped by an 18-hole golf course, Harmonie Golf & Beach Estate and its two hundred and twenty villas will follow the lie of the land to perfection. The natural elements, water, wind, and sun, are the chosen energy sources, based on bioclimatic architecture (photovoltaic solar panels, natural air circulation and ventilation, sustainable building materials), designed by JFA Architects to limit the project’s environmental impact. Simplicity, purity and dignity are the attributes of Harmonie.

AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

The untrammelled view from the road, from Le Morne up to Tamarin, stretches for miles, as far as the mountain chains in the west, and right up to the century-old lava rocks of the Rivière Noire salt pans. By contributing to their restoration, Harmonie Golf & Beach Estate is committed to aiding the inhabitants of the region. The salt pans between Petite Rivière Noire and Grande Rivière Noire will recover their diamond sparkle (when the seawater has evaporated in the sun and the wind, the bed of the basins is carpeted with salt crystals), thereby saving from oblivion one of the historic activities of the region’s communities. The same has been done for other forms of local crafts (embroidery, wood, textiles, pottery, ceramics), promoted since 2006 by the hotel group and its “Beautiful LocalHands”. Beyond the salt mirrors, the sugar cane fields whisper in the wind. High above us, the full moon illuminates the night sky. The ocean stretches ahead, its intensity softened by its beauty. Harmonie Golf & Beach Estate truly is another continent.

Life begins at 70 Regie Duboux

REGIE DUBOUX SA, this family business created in 1952 has just celebrated its 70th anniversary. Georges DUBOUX and his son Jacques have managed to keep in their hands this company with family values which has grown in respect of its human values. Born during the post-war boom, this company has also benefited from a beautiful economic prosperity! Although this group is on a human scale, it is no less ambitious. An ambition that is in line with the sound values of thoughtful management.

With its candles barely blown out, REGIE DUBOUX is taking its future into its own hands, notably by creating a department dedicated to PPE (Property Per Floor) in October 2022. Its President and CEO, Robin Crisinel, will have to take over the share of capital held by the family and keep its name, known and appreciated for the associated values.

ROBIN CRISINEL, SPORTSMANSHIP IN THE SERVICE OF REAL ESTATE

Robin Crisinel, a former civil engineering designer, had planned to play football in Switzerland. In 2001, a series of injuries forced him to reconsider his future. A meeting with Pierre Duboux, a worthy representative of the third generation at the head of REGIE DUBOUX, and then his destiny took a different direction. His arrival at the company on 1er April 2001 brought a breath of fresh air and somewhat shook up Jacques Duboux’s convictions on administrative management. Robin Crisinel took advantage of this opportunity to undertake further training and obtained a certificate of management and a diploma as a property manager.

2022 ENDS IN A SPIRIT OF OPENNESS AND TRANSMISSION

The handing over of this family company to other hands is undoubtedly an important step for the entire Duboux family. This handover is very much due to the friendly relationship between Pierre Duboux and Robin Crisinel and is only possible through this friendship which will allow the Duboux spirit to persist.

ONE VISION: TO MAKE TOMORROW PROSPEROUS

The 2003 business plan is almost implemented after 20 years, but the future has yet to be designed, based on unprecedented stability. Indeed, since the beginning, clients have known only one manager and this stability reinforces confidence and consequently, business. A few milestones... 2005 saw the opening of the Vevey (VD) agency, 2012 permitted the opening of the Rolle (VD) and Versoix (GE) agencies and of course 2019 is the year of the move to Lausanne. Integrating the Geneva market is now part of the process driven by the constant desire to grow through quality. This growth is obviously achieved through the PPE department, but also through the renovation department which contributes to improving the energy efficiency of properties. It can also work alongside institutional clients in their ESG initiatives (Environmental, Social and Governance issues), i.e. the improvement of their environmental and social balance sheets. In doing so, REGIE DUBOUX remains in tune with the times.

Aware of the challenges ahead, REGIE DUBOUX is equipping itself with tools that have become indispensable, such as computerized document management. The challenge lies in two numbers: 8,000 new inhabitants in the canton of Vaud and 80,000 in Switzerland, all of which are necessary for the company’s serene development, according to Robin Crisinel.

Lausanne

Rue du Petit-Chêne 26

Case postale 5879

CH-1002 Lausanne

Gérance tél. +41 21 321 50 70

Courtage tél. +41 21 321 90 40

lausanne@regieduboux.ch

Riviera

Avenue de la Gare 17

CH-1800 Vevey

Tél. +41 21 961 98 30

riviera@regieduboux.ch

BIEN PLUS QU’UNE RÉGIE

La Côte

Route de la Vallée 7 CH-1180 Rolle

Tél. +41 21 321 90 70

lacote@regieduboux.ch

Genève

Route de Suisse 15 CH-1290 Versoix

Tél. +41 22 775 01 50

geneve@regieduboux.ch

www.regieduboux.ch

GÉRANCE COURTAGE PPE EXPERTISES

Pure caviar from Alpine waters

Oona

By Quitterie Pasquesoone

AN EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCT

This is the very first Swiss caviar, designed to delight the palate of even the most discerning of gourmets. Natural, sustainable, and the result of meticulous manual work, this unique caviar is raised by Tropenhaus Frutigen. Coming from the best Siberian sturgeon, the fish raised at Frutigen in naturally warm mountain water, inaugurate a new chapter in the history of fine food and Oona has quickly made a name for itself as the purveyor of a rare and highly coveted product. The harmonious tones reflect the perfection of each pearl of caviar and afford customers a truly magical, mouth-watering experience.

AN INIMITABLE TASTE

To obtain quality caviar, freshness is key. The aim here is to produce an authentic caviar, with as short a storage time as possible, and without any additives or preservatives. Tropenhaus Frutigen is one of the few producers to put aside borax, while producing a tender, melt-in-the-mouth caviar, with pearls that are very present in the mouth and a fine membrane, where a hazelnut aroma is accentuated by the delicate notes of fresh foam. Oona caviar is prepared exclusively with pure salt, which enhances the subtle taste of the caviar and promotes sustainable development, one of Tropenhaus Frutigen’s main concerns. The result: Oona caviar’s inimitable character.

A CAVIART SPECIAL EDITION

With CaviArt, Tropenhaus Frutigen has launched caviar season with specially designed packaging this year. It is worth noting that the 2022 design was created by the site’s head of fish farming: a tribute to the origin of Frutigen caviar!

“Oona” is a Celtic word meaning unique or extraordinary. Lovers of exceptional produce will be keen to discover Oona, pure Swiss caviar from Alpine waters, offered by Tropenhaus Frutigen.

La villa Madie Cassis

In the heart of the Luberon in Gordes – a village regarded as one of the most beautiful in France – sits a magnificent, ancient home on the edge of a clifftop. In place since the sixteenth century, La Bastide looks out over the valley towards the endless horizon. Beyond the old olive trees and green cypresses, and the dry-stone walls and fragrant hills, the mountains loom far in the distance. In this exceptional natural environment, Airelles celebrates the ancient Provencal art of living, allowing guests to discover the beauty of an incredibly rich region.

LA VILLA MADIE, THE STORY OF A SUCCESS

Beautiful building built in 1922 in Cassis, La Villa Madie has seen many owners, including a certain Madeleine Reggio, nicknamed “Madie” in the 1950s. It is in 2007, half a century later, that the history of this house takes a gastronomic turn. It was then transformed into a restaurant, under the leadership of Jean-Marc Banzo and Enrico Bernardo, Best Sommelier of the World. In 2008, La Villa Madie was awarded a Michelin star. And it is in 2013, on the advice of Arnaud Donckele, that the Droisneau couple became interested in the restaurant, taking over the business and giving a new life to this particular place. From 2014, their work seduces and was rewarded by the Michelin Guide: the restaurant in Cassis then gets a second star. Finally in 2022, La Villa Madie joined the circle of three Michelin stars, opening for the second time a new way to the jewel of the Mediterranean.

A TEAM OF PASSIONATE TALENTS

The adventure of La Villa Madie is one of a « couple » as they like to call themselves. They cultivate sincerity and naturalness in their dishes as in their as in their human relations. Dimitri takes care of the kitchen and also takes care of the finishing touches of the house, which he wants to be simple and welcoming. He recruits talent, designs and supervises the storytelling of the dishes, and even chooses them. Marielle, the “mistress of the house”, manages administrative tasks, but above all she is the embodiment of the welcome and service in the dining room. This profession, acquired with Michel Bras, Marc Veyrat, Michel Guérard or Martin Berasategui, offers her a direct contact with the customers. Around them evolves a team of passionate people, led by young professionals from the most prestigious establishments.

DIMITRI DROISNEAU, THE PATH OF A CHEF

Born in Normandy, Dimitri Droisneau entered the most prestigious restaurants, such as La Tour d’argent, Alain Senderens’s Lucas Carton, the Ambroisie of Bernard Pacaud, or the Bristol of Eric Frechon’s Bristol ... From 2004 to 2007, he was appointed Assistant Chef at the Réserve de Beaulieu, where he met Marielle, then returned as Chef from 2009 to 2012, before spending eighteen months at the Eden Rock in Saint-Barthélémy. Shortly after their return the great adventure of La Villa Madie begins. In 2022, Dimitri Droisneau was elected Chef of the Year of the year by his peers during the trophies « Le Chef » organized by the professional magazine of the same name.

A CUISINE OF EMOTION AND SINCERITY

The Villa Madie is installed in an old bourgeois house, a poetic and uncluttered setting, facing the sea, which calls for relaxation. “We are in Cassis, in the Anse de Corton, and here we come to simply enjoy a cuisine that has a taste of the Mediterranean. La Villa Madie fades away to leave all its place to this breathtaking landscape that amazes and subjugates the guests as soon as they enter the restaurant ». The Mediterranean is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for

the Chef. The latter is explored in a cuisine of terroir, around regional products such as fresh fish, enhanced with finer and more elaborate elements such as caviar, Amandine potatoes, or a consommé with dried bonito. « We are ambassadors for our village. We seek to prepare a readable cuisine who brings the best of the products we received in the morning ».

A cuisine that is played like a waltz, in other words, in three times: the plates conjugate in the present - the time of pleasure - of past emotions - of gustatory memories and the history with which the products are charged, while being inspired by a vision of avant-garde, that is to say turned towards the future. « Villa Madie is not just a kitchen, it’s a unique, singular and relaxed experience, that we orchestrate with humility and professionalism ».

Two dishes in particular illustrate the chef’s cuisine and identity: the “baguettine de rouget”, a pure and graphic dish, a long rectangle of dough on which are arranged strips of Mediterranean red mullet and the “ecosystem”, based on the morning’s catch - murex, Camargue razor clams cuttlefish, gamberoni, salicornia, or sea rockrose, accompanied with a creamy favouilles... The whole served with a caviar brioche.

VILLA MADIE IS NOT JUST A KITCHEN, IT’S A UNIQUE, SINGULAR AND RELAXED EXPERIENCE