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Autumn Edition 2019
FRONT ROW FASHION JEWELLERY
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wonderful things
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Makeup Artist Maria Asadi
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THE FASHION FILES
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dRESSING UP WITH Fei Fei Cicada
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MILLIONAIR COVER SHOOT Fashion, Jewellery & Wonderful Things
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The CoveR TEAM Kathryn Madge Healey Turi Lovik Kirknes Maria Asadi
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TRENDS Tyler Ellis - Elegant Bags
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UNCOVERED With Alison Lowe MBE - Madrid FW
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LABELS TO LOOK OUT FOR With Ross Pollard - TRAN HUNG
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THE STYLE FILES
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INTERVIEW Chris Sullivan talks to Oliver Spencer
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STYLE SLICKER Sabrina Percy THE JEWELLERY STYLIST BEAZIE
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THE JEWELLERY FILES Harry Winston - Van Cleef & Arpels + many more
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THE WATCH FILES IWC - DIOR- Cartier - Longines - Patek Philippe
SUNSPEL The Finest Boxers on the Market
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the epitome of Parisian fashion Jeremey Parisi
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THE BEAUTY FILES
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RUBY HAMMER MBE A Lifeline of Beauty Tools
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CIONA JOHNSON-KING Reviving and Refreshing
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health & Wellbeing Heather Stewart-Whyte - Anger
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Q&A with vie aesthetics
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entrepreneur George Thomas Strikes Oil
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THE INSPIRATIONAL FILES
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#lovedbylatouche Lifestyle editor Deborah Latouche
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Best connected man Jean David-Malet
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phil hellmuth #positivity Traceyleanne Jefford
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the travel files
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insiders guide Paris with Chris Sullivan
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LONDON CALLING with Juliet Herd
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the design files
the exhibition Robert Montgomery
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artist in residence Duggie Fields
WONDERFUL THINGS Tim Walker
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JIM LEE 100 Words with Jim Lee
LUXURY PROPERTY Magnificent Marbella Mansion
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here has this year gone? I truly cannot believe we are just slipping very quickly into the Autumn season (wooly hat, umbrella and welly boots at the ready!) and we will soon be heading straight into the festive season in a couple of months! The countdown begins.
Speaking of changing seasons, Italian luxury fashion brand Brunello Cuccinelli shows us their elegant Autumn/Winter collection, all of which we can't wait to get our fashion paws on. Artist and Illustrator Sabrina Percy who focuses on the subject of Fashion is our STYLE SLICKER in this edition P10 Shooting our cover at Smashbox Studios last month was a dream with our talented team, so thank you to all of you and what a beautiful shoot it turned out to be, take a look on P84. Over to Chris Sullivan who travelled on the Eurostar and back to bring us ''An Insiders Guide to Paris''....Please can we go with you next time Chris? P226
Chris Sullivan also chatted with Oliver Spencer in The Style Files ''Turning a Classic into Something Instantly Modern'' P136 ''Labels To Look Out For'' this month Ross Pollard brings us the exceptional designer TRAN HUNG. Where do I begin with The Beauty Files?....Can we ever have an excess of beauty products? Nope...Ruby Hammer MBE brings us a ''Lifetime of Beauty Tools'' Thank you so much Ruby. Reviving and Refreshing is how we describe the wonderful Ciona Johnson-King who shows us a ton of skincare goodies for us to trial and test, we just can't resist them all. So it’s over to you, enjoy this wonderful issue‌ Millie Cooper Editor in Chief We are accessible online, so you can take us anywhere in the world whether it be via your smart phone, computer or tablet. Here is our link for your entertainment www.moa-global.com. 'not only to access this edition, but also our back catalogue'. ''We never step twice, because like the water, we too, are constantly flowing.'' @millionair_mag
Harry Winston (above), Van Cleef & Arpels (below) & many more luxury brands in THE JEWELLERY FILES
CONTRIBUTORS MILLIE COOPER Founder, Editor in Chief, Publisher and Art Director mail@milli-on-air.com MARCELLA MARTINELLI Creative editor & Jewellery/Fashion /Watch director marcella.stylist@gmail.com RUBY HAMMER MBE Beauty Editor rubyhammer@mac.com CHRIS SULLIVAN Style and Travel Editor chris@thesullivan.co.uk CIONA JOHNSON-KING Beauty Contributor purebeautyexpert@gmail.com JULIET HERD Contributing Editor juliet.herd@virgin.net BRIDGET HANCOCK Wellbeing and Health Editor bridgethancock1@gmail.com HEATHER STEWART WHYTE Health & Beauty Lifestyle Contributor ELISE C QUEVEDO Executive Business Editor LAURIE STONE Editor-at-Large STEVEN SMITH Contributing Entertainment Editor DEBORAH LATOUCHE Lifestyle editor deborahlatouche@yahoo.com MILLIE COOPER & LORI MIXSON Marketing & PR UK & UK ROSS POLLARD Emerging Designers Editor fashionworked@gmail.com ALISON LOWE MBE Fashion Contributor EMMA HARRISON Travel Contributor Advertising mail@milli-on-air.com Contributors LAURA MCCLUSKEY FELICITIES PR Twitter @millionair_mag Instgram @millionair_mag Facebook @millionairglobal Media Kit is available on our website www.moa-global.com Send news releases and story ideas to mail@milli-on-air.com ABOUT MilliOnAir online magazine showcases influencers, entrepreneurs and celebrities, alongside new & established luxury brands. The exquisite quality and timelessness of the magazine keeps the readership high and ensures longevity of advertising campaigns and is viewed by over 1 million individuals per issue. With cutting-edge cross-media opportunities and global distribution, we offer advertisers tailored & effective campaigns. ''Bringing people + Brands together''. MilliOnAir™ All content is copyright to MilliOnAir™Magazine and where stated inside any edition. Any reproduction of any part of MilliOnAir™ Magazine is strictly forbidden, unless with prior permission. MilliOnAir™ Magazine is published by Joomag, any views expressed in any articles or interviews are those of the individuals and not necessarily those of MilliOnAir™ Magazine.
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Sabrina Percy Edited by Marcella Martinelli
Who is Sabrina Percy? She is a striking looking young woman, an ex model who is an artist and Illustrator focusing on the subject of Fashion. Sabrina works in many different mediums such as water colours, inks and acrylic to digital painting using software like procreate and photoshop.
Sabrina grew up in London and completed her BA in fashion illustration from the London College of Fashion, since then she has worked for brands such as Harpers Bazaar UK, Ralph & Russo, 111Skin, Royal Ascot, Perrier Jouet, Kiki McDonough and Hermes to name a few as well as completing private commissions.
Sabrina can often be seen at Fashion shows and exclusive parties with her DSLR camera and her iPad Pro and Apple pencil which she uses to sketch during the show. “I enjoy the immediacy of using the iPad as it's very portable and soon after the show the images are ready to post or be sent to my client, no need to wait until I get home to scan in pages of drawings and retouching them before they're ready to be used�. That being said Sabrina also mentions that she enjoys spending more time on other images focusing more on the finer details she describes her style as unfixed and ever-evolving just like her personality and the modern woman that she is beautiful, strong and kind.
@sabrinapercy www.sabrinapercy.com
By Beazie
If you have decided to read about styling jewellery, it’s a safe bet that you own jewellery and/or are somewhat interested in it. And with good reason. Gone are the days when jewellery was a good few rungs down the accessories ladder below handbags and shoes. Jewellery is everywhere. Excellent jewellery is everywhere. You probably have at least two friends who design it. I design it. I’m also a jewellery stylist and I source vintage pieces and rework them for clients - but I have found that despite the ever-increasing array of diverse adornments on offer, not everyone takes advantage of what’s out there. And why not? Well, regardless of the surge in jewellery bloggers and experts, it’s still a bit of a minefield. So, when people come to ask my advice, I don’t focus on the latest trends (you have Vogue et al for that), instead, I offer a few gentle suggestions, such as these on the following pages...
Coco Chanel wearing Verdura Cuff bracelets. Photo by Man Ray 1935
Don’t follow the crowd! Obvious, but worth repeating. Of course, there’s a satisfying buzz when snapping up the latest bangle, featured in every 'What’s Hot' article for the season, or adding to our cartilage the coolest new Maria Tash mini hoop. It’s within our comfort zone. And if it’s a brand name (particularly Cartier) it retains a decent amount of value. So, fair enough. But, try not to let playing it safe allow you to be passive. Try not only to default to multiple little studs in more and more places or layered necklaces bought from the same designer as all your friends. It’s always good to have a few pieces that are exclusive to you. Unexpected. Find yourself a handful of those and treasure them. They will, undoubtedly, be the pieces that people notice, comment on and I’m sure they will, in time, become your favourites. Go bigger. Bigger, sometimes, its better! Statement earrings. I think you should have at least one pair. I haven’t been a long-time statement earring wearer myself, I didn’t want to sacrifice the comfort of my lobes. But they give more than they take, I promise you. Particularly large vintage clip-ons. I don’t think you can do better than Chanel 1990s. 80s can be a bit much, but if you really want to turn heads, then do it. Or look to Grasilver for Scandinavian fabulousness. Carry your statement earrings around in your handbag and if your average day suddenly includes an unexpected drink after work, you are immediately ready to transition. It’s an outfit changer with absolutely no effort. Statement earrings are essential. We know this. However, what you may not have considered, is that a statement necklace is also a winner. Hate them? Most people say to me that they ‘don’t like the feel of them’ - and I understand. But a strong necklace to give some edge to a floaty dress or with jeans and a T-shirt? It’s a good look on most people. Jennifer Gibson Jewellery is a good place to start looking - I love the vintage Givenchy charm necklace they currently have in stock. And a chunky cuff bracelet? You won’t know how you lived without all the compliments they attract. With the small disclaimer that it may well annoy you because it will keep getting caught in your sleeve when you try and put on or take off your jacket, and it will certainly clunk on your lap top when you’re typing. And if you have small wrists, the right one(s) can be hard to find but MDVII always has a stunning vintage collection. And these minor inconveniences are details. A substantial bracelet says that you’re confident. That you think outside the box. It’s a lot more original than a big ring. I say that as a 100% committed huge ring fan. But more people do big rings than big bracelets. Another advantage of big more generally, by the way, is that big means one piece. No faff. You don’t need to think about the rest of your jewellery. Heck, you barely need to worry about your clothes. One knock ‘em dead piece and that’s it. Ready to go. So much bang for your buck. Big jewellery does not mean big boned (ridiculous). Big jewellery is for anyone who dares. And she who dares, wins. Mix & Match. I should have put this first because, really, it’s the key. I would always, always recommend mixing and matching vintage costume, fine jewellery, contemporary designs, high street and antique finds. Just keep the vibe consistent. Mix yellow gold with silver. Start trying on jewellery that you have never so much as glanced at before. Seek out some YSL, Dior and Chanel costume pieces, any decade from the 50s to the end of the 90s. Did I mention Chanel? And Pierre Cardin 1960s. I’m never without mine. Save up if you fall in love with something out of your price range. I have a client who’s been coming to me for years, who always buys one earring at a time to make it manageable when she’s investing. I recommend modern designs inspired by past eras. Experiment. Be brave.
Research. If you’re not sure where or how to begin in order to find all these glorious, eclectic, insider style picks then Google the great designers: Belperron or Boivin for Art Deco. Jean Després if you’re a Machine Age fan. Or Grima if you’re into the 70s. They were and are the Gods. Have a peek at Louisa Guiness Gallery, where every piece of jewellery is created by an artist of immense caliber. Pol Bury, for example. And if you want current - sublime and quirky Suzanne Syz. Hemmerle is exquisite; purity perfectly formed, and Jar will blow your mind, particularly if you notice how much his work fetches at auction. These guys will show you how it’s done. Let them inspire you. And once you get the idea, be on the lookout for contemporary designs that don’t cost the earth but are oozing character. The high street really does do good ‘bold’. Accessorize never fails if you look carefully, and I’ve recently bought great hoops, both plastic and fabric, from Oliver Bonus. Scour Etsy regularly. And don’t forget that there are a thousand credible, cool brands with affordable price points these days, such as Tilly Sveaas Jewellery (tillysveaas on Instagram). Shake it up! As a final sign off, I’ve got two little slogans for you. ‘If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got’. Change the way you approach jewellery. Give it your attention. Spring clean your jewellery box with as much objectivity as you can muster. Look up jewellery experts on Instagram and see what they have to say. I love Beanie Major at InDetail, she always has great finds and she’s extremely experienced and approachable. I recommend following Pipsdurell, who has an excellent eye - and creates perfect shirts as a bonus. And, last but not least, ‘If you want what they’ve got, then do what they do’. Pick someone whom you think always has great jewellery. And take a few tips. Work out what you like about her/his look. Don’t copy the exact choices, but take in what makes what they do work and come up with your own, personal version. I believe style is about using clothes and accessories and hair-style and smell to make a statement about who you are and how you feel. And if you can do that, if you find your authentic style, it frees you from worrying about the opinions of others. And that, I think, is something we should all be aiming for, with or without great jewellery. The Jazzy, Brass bracelet plated in 14k yellow gold set with white sapphire £850 www.beazie.com
Givenchey Vintage charm necklace £465 www. jennifergibsonjewellery.com
Pol Bury 1968 18k gold. POA Louisa Guinness Gallery
Oversized Sterling Silver earrings designed by Regitz Overguaard for Georg Jensen c.1970 £750 www. grasilver.com
Belperron Spiral Torque Necklace £36,100 Belperron. com www.belperron. com
Yellow gold and diamond ringby Andrew Grima, 1977. POA www. grimajewellery.com
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Taking its name from husband Nick Cave’s abandoned book project, The Vampire’s Wife is the brainchild of English model Susie Bick. Inspired by her background in fashion and involvement with brands like Philip Treacy, Vivienne Westwood and Bella Freud, the label offers an offbeat twist on retro glamour.
Harry Winston
THE MILLIONAIR JEWELLERY FILES Edited by Jewellery Director Marcella Martinelli Harry Winston Van Cleef & Arpels Faraone Mennell Wallace Chan
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The New York Collection
Edited by Marcella Martinelli
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here’s nothing like the energy of New York City – the iconic landmarks, the perpetual motion, the inimitable spirit and unsurpassable style.
This remarkable city, the epicenter of excitement and glamour, has been a source of inspiration for Winston designers since the House first opened its doors in 1932, and today continues to inform its next generation of legendary jewels. In continuing in this tradition, for its latest collection, Winston designers examined the endless possibilities of the city and embarked on a crosstown journey exploring the various neighborhoods, nuances and landmarks that shaped Mr. Winston’s life. Introducing the New York Collection by Harry Winston. A bejeweled love letter to the city that never sleeps, the collection is comprised of nine sub-collections, with each celebrating a modern interpretation of the enduring legacy and symbiotic connection to the House’s roots. From the Brownstones of his birthplace on the Upper West Side, to the organic color palette and geometry of Central Park, to the City Lights of the Manhattan skyline, to the striking architecture of its famous Cathedrals, to bustling throughways, and his iconic Fifth Avenue Flagship Salon…this is Harry’s New York. Demonstrating the unequivocal breadth and creativity of Winston design, each sub-collection presents a distinctively different aesthetic and explores the pioneering craftsmanship and setting techniques the House is best known for. In Brownstone, a tribute to the beautiful brownstones of the Upper West Side where Harry was born, baguettecut, round brilliant and marquise shaped diamonds, accented by colorful square-cut gemstones, are artfully arranged in a geometric motif that recalls the stately architecture of Manhattan. Available in two color ways – sugar loaf turquoise with blue sapphires, and a combination of blue and yellow sapphires –the collection is comprised of a long pendant necklace and complementing earrings.
Harry’s first location, as Harry Winston, Inc., was at 7 East 51st Street, directly across from New York’s famed St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Every day, as Harry basked in the rays of his extraordinary jewels, he was graced with an unobstructed view of the impressive neo-gothic structure. Mirroring the perfect proportions, extraordinary workmanship and architectural excellence of St. Patrick’s, the Cathedral Necklace and Earrings highlight the unequivocal beauty of pear-shaped emeralds and celebrate Winston design in its purest form.
Central Park Mosaic Earrings
Central Park Mosaic Inspiration
Central Park Mosaic Ring
An elegant sapphire and diamond suite, comprised of a necklace, bracelet earrings and ring, recalls the triumphant Greenwich Village archway – Washington Square Arch – that marks the southernmost origins of Fifth Avenue. Originally erected to commemorate the centennial of George Washington’s inauguration, the magnificent structure is one of the city’s most beloved landmarks and its high jewelry counterpart celebrates the artistic beauty synonymous with its surrounding neighborhood.
Traveling north through the Flatiron District, Winston Designer’s instantly took note of the steady stream of traffic and the daily hustle and bustle of New York City. From taxicabs, to cyclists, to passersby enjoying an afternoon in the park, Fifth Avenue’s magnetic energy generates from those who come and go. The Pearl and Diamond Draperie Suite celebrates these dynamic intersections along Fifth Avenue and the Art Deco architectural elements found throughout.
Not only one of New York’s, but also one of Harry Winston’s most important destinations is Rockefeller Center. Serving as the location of Mr. Winston’s first office, the impressive Fifth Avenue focal point was originally commissioned by the Rockefeller Family and is flanked by exquisite sky scrapers all designed in the popular Art Deco stylings of the 1930s. The House’s Fifth Avenue Sapphire and Diamond Draperie suite mimics the aerial view of Rockefeller Center and its large pavilion, known as the Plaza. The breathtaking sapphire beads, a nod to the bold color and geometric style of the time, delicately flank the neck and converge in a y-shaped design.
In 1960, Harry Winston moved a few streets north to his second location along Fifth Avenue – today, the House’s New York City Flagship Salon – on the corner of 56th Street. The stately travertine townhouse was designed in the style of the late eighteenth century, and features many design elements that continue to inspire Winston design, including a multi-petal flower motif that adorns the crown molding of the salon. The Sapphire and Diamond suite recalls the feminine silhouette of this floral adornment, while also incorporating Harry Winston’s signature blue color.
In the late 19th century, between 59th and 96th Streets, an abundance of mansions were built along Fifth Avenue, giving it the nickname, “Millionaire’s Row.” Architecturally, many of these mansions featured tapered triangular tops, with grand windows that peered out onto Central Park. The collection’s Ruby and Diamond necklace and earrings evoke the geometric silhouette of these incredible homes and demonstrate the fluidity of Harry Winston’s incredible gem-setting expertise.
With nine museums in a little over one mile, Fifth Avenue is a cultural hub that provides New Yorkers and its visitors alike unprecedented access to some of the greatest works in the world. One of these incredible cultural institutions is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is a structural masterpiece unto itself. The Crossover Diamond suite recalls the museum’s grand Fifth Avenue entryway, with an array of round brilliant, marquise-shaped and carefully calibrated baguette diamonds that are meticulously set in a symmetrical medley of geometric shapes and angular forms.
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LOVE STORIES VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Love Stories High Jewellery watches, inspired by mythical lovers such as Romeo & Juliet, Aïda & Radamès, Philèmon & Baucis. The stories are so evocative and the watches/bracelets are spectacular.
AÏDA & RADAMÈS Two precious bracelets tell the story of Radames, a young Egyptian commander who falls under the spell of Aida, an Ethiopian princess. On each of the watches, slender curves in mirror-polished gold evoke the hot dunes that lie alongside the Nile in Egypt. The river is represented by the shades of blue sapphires, owing around the wrist in thin bands. At the center of the pieces oats a lotus of colored gems, hard stones and diamonds, crowned by a Madagascan sapphire. The two sapphires – a blue one of 5.59 carats and a pink one of 5.93 carats – pay homage to the lovers’ hearts, beating in unison.
The Maison’s High Jewelry expertise combines with watchmaking savoirfaire to reveal a sliding dial beneath the central motif, adorned with fine stone marquetry. Lapis lazuli and white mother-of-pearl or lapis lazuli and turquoise form a pattern of interlaced shes. Set with diamonds, one of them indicates twelve o’clock, like a precious rendez-vous.
AÏDA & RADAMÈS
APHRODITE & ADONIS This High Jewelry watch is inspired by the tale of Aphrodite – the Greek goddess of love – and Adonis, her handsome lover. After the young man is fatally wounded on a hunting expedition, Aphrodite goes to his side to be present at his last breath. The goddess’s tears of sorrow drop onto the wound, bringing a delicate anemone into fl ower. On the bracelet, the bonds of love that unite the protagonists are represented by interlaced diamondset motifs. A gradation of blue sapphires echoes Aphrodite’s tears, and appears to be bringing a flower of pink and mauve sapphires into bloom. The interplay of colors and complex three-dimensional volumes combine, in a realistic depiction of unfurling petals. With a circular motion, one of them opens to reveal a dial, in white and gray mother-of-pearl marquetry.
APHRODITE & ADONIS
ULYSSE & PÉNÉLOPE In the Odyssey, Penelope weaves a tapestry by day and undoes it at night, as she awaits the return of her husband Ulysses. Testimony to her faithful love, this episode is evoked by the fine bands of diamonds and sapphires furled around this secret watch. The same inspiration is depicted on the clasp, with its tightly woven baguette-cut sapphires. A dial is concealed beneath the loosely-wrapped diamond threads, surrounded by a spiral of sapphires. Its shape evokes the waves of the Aegean Sea, which Ulysses crosses during his voyage. The gradation of diamonds and sapphires– patiently assembled by the Maison’s gemologists – suggests the whirl of nature and emotions.
ULYSSE & PÉNÉLOPE
PHILÉMON & BAUCIS The story of Philemon and Baucis comes from Greek mythology: as a reward for their generosity and kindness, the gods granted their wish never to be separated. At their death, they were changed into an intertwined pair of trees, one oak and one linden. In homage to this tender myth, the bracelet of this secret watch is made up of linden leaf motifs on one side and oak leaf motifs on the other, set with diamonds. The plants appear to cling to two rings, which support a dome of emeralds in Traditional Mystery Set. The dome can be raised to reveal a dial paved with diamonds. Ribbons of baguette sapphires wrap themselves around the composition like ties – their luminosity embellishing two pear-shaped emeralds, perfectly matched for both color and cut.
PHILÉMON & BAUCIS
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FARAONE MENNELLA In 2002 Roberto Faraone Mennella & Amedeo Scognamiglio launched their first jewellery collection called "Stella", in 18kt gold and of course all handmade in Italy: the immediate success projected the newborn Faraone Mennella amongst the most established and heritage brands and also found the most prestigious distribution with the top luxury retailers in the world such as Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Avenue, and Harrods in London all the way to Lane Crawford in Hong Kong.
Faraone Mennella's polished surfaces and sensuous shapes, in search of the perfect equilibrium of forms, are the true expression of Italian aesthetics: Beauty as simplicity, Elegance as discreet sensibility. The design which looks back to the 70’s and the Italian Dolce Vita was a sensation in the world of jewellery and is becoming a cult for the elegant and sophisticated Park Avenue clients and Hollywood celebrities, such as Oprah and Kim Cattrall. The Italian duo was immediately recognized by their peers with the Rising Star Awards from the Fashion Group International, the Vicenza Oro's Andrea Palladio Award and many artistic collaborations.
Today, sixteen years later from their start, Faraone Mennella presents “Abracadabra”: a timeless collection of unique pieces exclusively made by hand in our creative studio in Torre del Greco, each creation is unique and different from the other inspired by personal moments of the designers' life (like “Fireworks”) and many architecture reference from their native town of Naples.
www.faraonemennella.com
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Lotus Children, sculpture. Image courtesy of Wallace Chan.
The Wonderful Jewellery of
WALLACE CHAN Renowned jewellery artist and innovator, Wallace Chan groundbreaking innovation – a super-strength porcelain that is five times harder than steel Photographer Theodore Kaye
At 17, Wallace Chan founded his gemstone carving workshop in 1974. In 1987, he invented the renowned illusionary carving technique “Wallace Cut”. After 8 years of research, he mastered titanium to create ethereal jewelry pieces then released the technology into the public domain. His innovation introduced titanium into the world of high jewelry to shape a new direction for modern jewelry making. He is the first Asian jewelry artist to exhibit at TEFAF, London Masterpiece, and Biennale des Antiquaires. He was invited to deliver talks at Harvard University, Central Saint Martins, the V&A Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum. Recognized as a top jewelry artist and innovator, he is featured extensively in international media. His one-of-a-kind creations are philosophical and carry messages of the past to become the heritage of the future. WALLACE CUT Invented in 1987, it is a carving technique which creates an illusion in transparent materials by combining facetting and intaglio into 3-dimension engraving. PATENTED JADE TECHNIQUE The jade refining and brightening technique sends light racing and pulsating along jade surfaces, enabling the green refractions to magnify each other and sharpen the
colors. This technique received a patent of invention in 2002. TITANIUM MASTERY After 8 years of research, Wallace Chan discovered the way to tame titanium in 2007. The lightweight metal is hard and strong. Its natural colors compliment colored gemstones, and its bio-friendly nature embraces the human body. These distinctive characteristics of titanium expand the possibilities for jewelry-making. GEMSTONE SETTING TECHNIQUE The “diamond claw setting method” allows diamonds to function as claws, holding other diamonds and gemstones in place. The “inner mortise and tenon setting method” adopts Ming-style architecture joining method, in which the setting materials are given a special cut to form a mortise and tenon joint, so the materials become a perfect fit without a claw. SECRET ABYSS Wallace Chan has captured emerald clouds within a single piece of rutilated quartz. The yellow diamond is set on a 6.5MM opening, through which he emptied the stone from within and set inside 1,111 emeralds. The rutilated quartz creates a dreamlike feel, a secret abyss of gleaming, meandering clouds. From concept to creation it took him 10 years to complete this innovation.
Garden of Dreams, brooch. Image courtesy of Wallace Chan.
'A New Generation' Ring, Courtesy of Wallace Chan
Wallace Chan sculpts with a delicacy of touch that defies boundaries and uses light as the leitmotif for his colourful, sensual jewels. His creations reflect his Zen philosophy and reveal unique craftsmanship invented by his persistence in innovation. They are feather-like jewels carrying messages of the past to become the heritage of the future.
Images courtesy of Wallace Chan.
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Edited by Watch Director Marcella Martinelli Patek Philippe IWC Dior Longines Cartier
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PATEK PHILIPPE
THE LADIES WATCH SLEEK ELEGANCE
The Twenty~4 Automatic is a timepiece for modern, self-confident women with taste who are decisionmakers and pursue active lifestyles. This is a watch for any time of day, complementing every facet of daily life (work, family, private and social engagements, leisure). It perfectly matches the entire spectrum of a modern woman's wardrobe. This watch focuses on the latest-generation technology with a mechanical timepiece,one that represents a grand tradition of quality and the lasting value of an artistically crafted masterpiece.
Patek Philippe Ladies’ Twenty~4 Automatic Ref. 7300/1200R-010 in rose gold, silvery, vertical and horizontal satin-finished dial. Gold applied numerals with luminescent coating.
Patek Philippe Ladies’ Twenty~4 Automatic Ref. 7300/1200A-001 in steel, blue sunburst dial. Gold applied numerals with luminescent coating.
Patek Philippe Ladies’ Twenty~4 Automatic Ref. 7300/1200R-001 in rose gold, brown sunburst dial. Gold applied numerals with luminescent coating.
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IWC watches Portofino
IWC Schaffhausen has teamed up with new brand ambassadors, model Josephine Skriver and actress Ning Chang, to unveil the new Portofino 34mm line. The beautiful campaign was shot entirely on location in the idyllic Italian village, which inspired the collection’s name.
www.iwc.com IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN With a clear focus on technology and development, the Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has been producing timepieces of lasting value since 1868. The company has gained an international reputation based on a passion for innovative solutions and technical ingenuity. One of the world’s leading brands in the luxury watch segment, IWC crafts masterpieces of Haute Horlogerie at their finest, combining supreme precision with exclusive design. As an ecologically and socially responsible company, IWC is committed to sustainable production, supports institutions around the globe in their work with children and young people, and maintains partnerships with organisations dedicated to environmental protection.
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DIOR WATCH
La Mini D de Dior Tête de Mort in steel, diamonds, mother-of-pearl and tsavorite garnets by Dior Watches
La Mini D de Dior TĂŞte de Mort in steel, diamonds and mother-of-pearl by Dior Watches
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CONQUEST CLASSIC As a partner of many of the most prestigious sports events in the world, Longines was keen to launch a collection of timepieces to be worn amidst the excitement of these competitions. As a tribute to the chronographs produced from 1878 on, the famous Swiss watchmaker presents the Conquest Classic line. True to the brand’s values of elegance, tradition and performance, this collection of models, all fitted with selfwinding calibres, is at the same time totally contemporary and perfectly timeless. Conquest Classic is the Official Watch of many events including equestrian sports, alpine skiing, rhythmic and artistic gymnastics, archery, Roland Garros and Glasgow 2014.
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Conquest Classic l2.386.0.72.6 Case set with 36 Top Wesselton IF-VVS diamonds, for a total of 0.601 carats
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Panthère de Cartier cuff watch Quartz movement yellow gold case and bracelet. Silvered dial, blued-steel sword-shaped hands, sapphire crystal Water-resistant
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THE MILLIONAIR FASHION FILES Brunello Cuccinelli Fei Fei Cicada The Cover Fashion Jewellery & Wonderful Things The Cover Team Bella Freud Tyler Ellis Madeleine Thompson Uncovered - Alison Lowe MBE Labels to Look out For -Ross Pollard
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Dressing up with Fei Fei Cicada By Fashion Director Marcella Martinelli
The concept of Demi-Couture.
Having been inspired by heritage and historic style, Fei’s craft was harnessed from a young age. After completing a successful internships at Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, the aspiring young designer finessed her artform at Central Saint Martins College. The brand received international acclaim with its debut collection, which drew inspiration from the elegant and graceful vases and poetry from the and Tang Ming dynasties. Fei Fei Cicada’s approach to nonconformist theatrical couture was cemented. Throughout her career, the designer has continued to stir the senses and surprise the fashion world with whimsical concept collections. Fei encourages us all to “broaden the mind to make it inclusive; humble the mind to make it tolerant; rest the mind to make it recognize the natural law; present the mind to make it manage the changes in the world”. Today, Fei Feng spends her time between London and China. Her most recent collection, ‘Jane Eyre’ is inspired by the works of Charlotte Brontë. Rich in hand embroidery and decadent crushed velvet, the collection offers an undoubtedable sense of Romanticism.
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MilliOnAir | MUST HAVE'S
Starry Stella Autumn Days & Nights
Stella McCartney’s pared-back approach to design has garnered a cult following among women who crave clean lines that wear from desk to dinner with ease. A consistently fresh aesthetic is underpinned by the designer’s attention to detail and dedicated approach to ethical fashion.
STELLA MCCARTNEY Star Ankle Boots
STELLA MCCARTNEY Open Shoulder Knit Sweater
STELLA MCCARTNEY The Beatles All Together Now T-Shirt STELLA MCCARTNEY Logo Square Sunglasses
STELLA MCCARTNEY Star Skinny Ankle Grazer Jeans
STELLA MCCARTNEY Star Tassle Shoulder Bag
STELLA MCCARTNEY Patchwork Faux Fur Jacket
MilliOnAir | THE COVER STORY
CREDITS: Fashion & Jewellery director MARCELLA MARTINELLI Photographer TURI LØVIK KIRKNES Set Designer KATHRYN MADGE HEALEY Hair SVEN BAYERBACH at Carol Hayes Management using Bumble&Bumble Make-up MARIA ASADI using Nars Cosmetic Models ANNA BOSKA and YARA at Wild Management www.wild.management
Anna Dress ROKSANDA Venice Zanni Drop Earrings with Ruby and Amethyst. left to right: Venice Pulcinella Ametrine Ring Venice Pulcinella Golden Brown Quartz Ring with Tsavorites and Sapphires Venice Volto Brown Sapphire Ring with Tsavorite and Pink Sapphire Venice Pulcinella Golden Brown Quartz Ring with Amethyst and Ruby Venice Tesoro Ametrine Ring Venice Moretta Pink Quartz Ring with Ruby NIQUESA FINE JEWELLERY
Yara White gold diamond boules earrings, De GRISOGONO suit MALAN BRETON shoes RALPH & RUSSO Anna Pink gold and white diamonds earrings and watch, De GRISOGONO velvet suit, ALICE ARCHER Shoes RALPH & RUSSO
Anna High jewellery earrings with purple sapphires and diamonds, set in white gold MOUSSAEIFF Headband with veil AWON GOLDING Fully sequinned black silk organza in ombrĂŠ ultra violet to black with asymmetric gold sleeve ONG-OAJ PAIRAM
Anna Earrings in white gold and tanzanites, pear-shaped diamonds. Ring in white gold set with one cushion-shaped Sri Lankan sapphire and diamonds ADLER Silk blue gown by ALICE ARCHER
Yara Solitaire in white gold set with one marquise cut diamonds. Ring in white gold set with pear-shaped diamonds. Earrings "Sail" in titanium and white gold set with blue sapphires and diamonds ADLER Pink silk gown by ALICE ARCHER
Yara Doppio Senso Earrings in rose gold and natural white diamonds. Calla bracelet in rose gold, Calla bracelet in rose gold mat finished. Calla bracelet in rose gold and natural white diamonds & Pan di zucchero bracelet VHERNIER Long corolla Tuxedo dress in Jersey Lame ALEXIS MABILLE at HARRODS
Anna Dress ROKSANDA Venice Zanni Drop Earrings with Ruby and Amethyst. left to right: Venice Pulcinella Ametrine Ring Venice Pulcinella Golden Brown Quartz Ring with Tsavorites and Sapphires Venice Volto Brown Sapphire Ring with Tsavorite and Pink Sapphire Venice Pulcinella Golden Brown Quartz Ring with Amethyst and Ruby Venice Tesoro Ametrine Ring Venice Moretta Pink Quartz Ring with Ruby NIQUESA FINE JEWELLERY
Yara High jewellery earrings with emeralds & diamonds set in white gold MOUSSAEIFF Hooded coat by RALPH & RUSSO ready to wear collection. Anna Black opal and white diamond chandelier earringsset in platinum DAVID MORRIS Dress with feather detail, RALPH & RUSSO
Anna & Yara Illusion chandelier earrings with pear- shaped, princess cut and round diamonds DAVID MORRIS Black headband BEVERLEY EDMONDSON Black velvet and feather dress, ready to wear collection from RALPH & RUSSO Shoes RALPH & RUSSO
Anna Dress ROKSANDA Venice Zanni Drop Earrings with Ruby and Amethyst.
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Photo credit TURI LØVIK KIRKNES
MilliOnAir | THE COVER TEAM
Set & Production Design Kathryn Madge Healey rom an original background in Classical Singing and Fine Art, Madge discovered a new dimension to her creativity in the culmination of her passions for Performance, Sculpture, and Contemporary Art Installation.
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Through her meandering enquiries into performance art, kinetic sculpture, film making, prop-making and scenic painting: Madge has reached her position as a Set and Production Designer across the fastpaced, wide-reaching mediums of independent short film; fashion editorial; still life photography; fringe theatre; E commerce; events; and music video. When not on set, Madge works from her studio in Peckham; where her fledgling prop-store is ever growing. She is currently working on her biggest design project to date, with The Royal Museums Greenwich.� www.madgnetic.com @kathryn_madge
Photography TURI LØVIK KIRKNES
MilliOnAir | THE COVER TEAM
T U R I LØVIK KIRKNES
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ince the day she picked out her first camera aged eight Turi has poured relentless energy and passion into her photography, building a career through her insatiable enthusiasm for fashion and keen eye for precision. She started her studies in clothing design and multimedia before leaving her Scandinavian roots for the University of the Arts London to obtain her bachelor’s degree in Photography. Picking up her trade as a freelancer, she was soon enticed toward the world of jewellery photography where she found her home. Now in constant motion from her London base across the globe, she can usually be found collaborating with jewellery designers from New York to Abu Dhabi or shooting in exotic locations from Botswana to Montenegro. A tireless perfectionist, Turi loves creating exciting stories and making her ideas come to life with her lens. Even when she isn’t doing it for her first love, fashion, she can be found using her skills and camera for her art - exhibiting recently in her hometown in Norway. www.tlkphotographer.com
MilliOnAir | THE COVER TEAM
RUN WAY ART IST Maria Asadi make up artist Edited by Fashion Director Marcella Martinelli
Maria Asadi has been working in the Fashion and Entertainment industry for over 8 years, starting her career in 2010, Maria worked with various world renowned makeup artists on runway shows during Fashion Week, including Burberry, Dior, Gucci, Dolce and Gabbana, and Chanel. She has worked with VOGUE, Harpers Bazaar, ELLE, Paper Magazine, V Magazine, and various others. Maria often describes her style of work to be elegant, beautiful, expensive, and luxurious.Her list of celebrity clientele includes Regina King, Angela Bassett, Jourdan Dunn, Nicole Scherzinger, and Amandla Stenberg, just to name a few. Maria recently worked on Charlotte Tilbury's team for the 2018 Victoria Secrets runway show. Today, her celebrity and entertainment clientele continues to grow and expand rapidly she has become one of the most sought after make up artists of the moment and her talent and ingenious approach to make up can be seen in this month MilliOnAir cover and fashion shoot.
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MilliOnAir | TRENDS
Tyler Ellis Handbags Tyler Ellis, the daughter of revered fashion designer Perry Ellis, channels her fascination for traveling into an endless current of inspiration. Her eponymous handbag line is defined by an array of luxe materials and intricate details that embody her worldly palette. In 2011, Tyler launched a limited collection in New York City, originally producing all handbags out of Paris, France.
After years of searching for the perfect partner, Tyler moved all production to a father and son owned and operated atelier outside of Florence, Italy, and in 2017 she officially launched her current label Tyler Ellis Available at Farfetch and Joseph
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adeleine Thompson
It all started with a simple beanie hat and has now become one of fashion’s most successful creators of luxury cashmere. Madeleine Thompson’s eponymous brand, based between London and Hong Kong, is known for pioneering the cashmere tracksuit set and for its bold, rainbow colours. The designer’s retro, sportluxe sweaters, jumpsuits, wraps and other pieces, woven from the highest quality Italian cashmere, and have become a chic staple for the fashion crowd.
number of new followers. “I am super influenced by the skater and surf vibe of the 1970s in LA, and ‘70s and ‘80s skiwear, and I just love the contrast of pairing that with this intensely luxe cashmere. The 1970s is an awesome mine of ideas. I’m constantly looking at colour and how it is combined and used in different cities that I visit. I’m now designing these massive collections filled with colour, and I absolutely love it, and I feel like people are really responding to that.”
Madeleine’s simple, classic designs has attracted a huge
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“I am super influenced by the skater and surf vibe of the 1970s in LA, and ‘70s and ‘80s skiwear, and I just love the contrast of pairing that with this intensely luxe cashmere. The 1970s is an awesome mine of ideas. I’m constantly looking at colour and how it is combined and used in different cities that I visit. I’m now designing these massive collections filled with colour, and I absolutely love it, and I feel like people are really responding to that.” Madeleine Thompson
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MilliOnAir | TRENDS
A MODERN ATTITUDE
Edited by Fashion Director Marcella Martinelli
Please meet the CHANEL 19 bag created by Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard. An important number for the House, an echo of famous creations, but also a birth year. CHANEL 19 for 2019, a baptismal name that pays tribute to its elder, the 2.55 bag, created in February 1955 by Mademoiselle Chanel. The CHANEL 19 bag bears the essence of the House and all of its codes. Available in three sizes, this rectangular flap bag is swathed with large diamond quilting on leather or on tweed. A metal chain interlaced with leather comes in a trio of finishes, its links passing successively from silver to aged gold to ruthenium.
With an ultra-supple structure, the CHANEL 19 adopts a resolutely modern attitude: the length of its chain means it can be worn in two ways, straight or cross body. There’s also a large curb chain in gold metal to be held in the hand. A belt bag version allows the CHANEL 19 to be worn around the waist. A practicality in the pure spirit of CHANEL: natural, elegant and functional, appropriated according to one’s movements.
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MilliOnAir | FASHION UNCOVERED
Uncovering the heart and soul of Madrid fashion week By Alison Lowe MBE
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ne of the best parts of my job is being invited to travel to fashion weeks all over the world to discover new brands. When an invite to Benz Fashion Week Madrid popped into my inbox earlier this year, I was thrilled to accept. I had never travelled to this part of Spain before and the schedule of designers looked intriguing.
family, all of us looking to discover new brands and talent.
The fashion week didn’t disappoint, providing an excellent introduction to a host of new brands as well as more established names. Between the 5th - 10th July, 42 leading designers and brands took part in shows, parades and presentations at IFEMA and other venues around Madrid. There were also two new fashion parades by Madrid is often referred to as ‘the heart and soul of Spain’. emerging international designers as part of the Samsung Ego project that runs alongside the fashion week. It is a cultural location with a rich cultural history, several world-renowned museums, and a city full of intricate architecture. This sounded like the perfect place I have to be honest and say I didn’t know many of the names on the schedule, therefore I was excited to discover to spend a few days in early July, combining my love of the wealth of Spanish labels on offer. Many of the brands fashion with discovering a new capital. have already achieved high acclaim in their own country, but not branched out into the global market - yet. Spain is well known for fast fashion, due to the epic worldwide growth of Inditex brand Zara, but it isn’t the Standing out on the schedule was one name that had only fashion brand to reach global acclaim. Other worldachieved global fame, and that was Palomo Spain. A known names include Balenciaga, Custo, graduate from London College of Fashion, designer Desigual and Camper to name a few. Spanish fashion is Alejandro Gómez Palomo created his menswear label making a name for itself with both haute Palomo Spain as a celebration of the dismantling of gender couture and prêt-à-porter brands and collections. norms. It was however the dress he created for Beyoncé, for her first pictures with the baby twins, that bought him Mercedes Benz Fashion Madrid (MBFWMadrid) is not global attention. A picture that is one of Instagram’s new to the fashion calendar, as in July 2019 it held its 70th edition of this great Spanish Fashion Festival event. most-liked pictures ever. This season instead of a catwalk What was new, was the move of its dates to earlier in year, show the brand premiered a new film at MBFWMadrid, a which meant it no longer clashed with the big four fashion short that reveals both the work and the personal life of Palomo. I was disappointed not to see the actual weeks of New York, London, Milan and Paris; instead now opening the calendar of international fashion shows. collection, but will make an effort to put this right in the near future. This change of date, and a drive to promote Spanish fashion to new markets, saw a surge of international press From the host of amazing designers and collections that and buyers attend. I was pleased to share this Madrid were on offer, I struggled to pick my favourite brands, but adventure alongside top industry names from the press here are a few of the new brands that I uncovered. and buyers, as well as long-time fashion friends and
Ana Locking - A Short Story of Weird Girls A brand that I fell in love with and expect to hear a lot more of in the future, is Ana Locking. I was thrilled to meet Madrid based designer Ana Gonzalez backstage just before her show, and she told me a bit about the Ana Locking womenswear brand, as she talked me through the collection. Ana explains that her signature is the juxtaposition between artisanal hand-made details and avant-garde design, “I've learned it's important to not limit yourself. I’ve always tried to do what I really love, no matter how many obstacles I’ve encountered. My work is the result of all my life experiences!” The concept of every collection is inspired by contemporary art, youth culture and personal life experiences and the attention to detail in her collection is phenomenal.
“A Short Story of Weird Girls” was the name of the collection and it aimed to subvert female identity stereotypes and strip away the clichés surrounding women. For this, Ana worked on five aesthetic silhouettes that represent a conversation between five women. The collection would connect with any woman who feels “weird’ and we have all been there! The collection had two lines, which included everything from tight nude bodysuits to tailoring, to my favourite crystal encrusted ‘eye’ embellishments. There was an exciting clash of floral prints, bold stripes, glittery tulle, silver mesh and jacquard knits. The result was an avant-garde yet wearable collection that any and every woman would find something in, whether they felt weird or not! For her show Ana had created a limited edition newspaper that was placed on all seats to explain the concept and also shared the work of numerous artists, a collectable receptacle that was a key part of the collection storytelling.
Papiroga At the Duyos show I had the pleasure of sitting next to a lovely young lady Estefania, who had designed the fantastic accessories for the Duyos show through her brand Papiroga. The pieces for the show included huge earrings and stunning headdresses, which were all created from upcycled plastic and glass. After the show I took time to look more into the brand and Papiroga has some gorgeous accessories and the brand message says “we try to design original accessories with enough entity to transform not only your look, but also your mood.” I love this attitude.
Juan Vidal I wanted nearly every piece of the Juan Vidal collection. The highlights for me, were the gorgeous prints, soft fluid draping and wearable silhouettes. Juan Vidal was born in Alicante to a family rooted in fashion. A fourth generation tailor, he started his art training at the University of Fine Arts in Barcelona before launching his label and participating in numerous international fashion shows. He has already started to grow his label internationally and has received several awards for his work including the ‘Who’s on Next’ award from Vogue.
Dolores Cortes Dolores CortÊs has a family history spanning more than 50 years designing and manufacturing women's swimwear, even before today’s stretch fabrics were invented. The collection shown at MBFWMadrid was exactly what I would expect and want from a Spanish swimwear brand. The collection was colourful and sensual, with tropical influences juxtaposed with ancient cultural and primitive motifs. Swimwear with fluid and draped structures with lurex fabrics combined to create harmony between graphics and formality. There were bikinis, swimsuits and handkerchief trikinis with flounces and knots that criss-cross the body to create complex, unique effects. There were also some stunning kaftans and dresses, and throughout the collection there were embroidery elements, tassels and silk fringes that added an oriental sumptuousness. The perfect pieces for exotic vacations, but whilst more northerly climes may not have the weather for such beach looks, some of the pieces could also work well as bodies and partywear.
Teresa Helbig – Join the Club There was rich storytelling for the Teresa Helbig show, as we were invited to join the Helbig Club, where for one night only this private club has opened its door for us to see inside. We were told its a place where people smoke, debate, dance, discuss and above all, speak their minds and dress very well. The people are united by culture, respect, camaraderie and an infinite love of fashion. The collection showed great passion and creativity. Within it each garment was a masterpiece rather than an element of a cohesive collection. Having viewed the pieces backstage, I saw that there was a great attention to detail and perfectionism in the handmaking, which resulted in each piece being beautifully crafted. Within the collection there was everything from bold python to innocent tulle, beautiful raffia and crochet work, sophisticated leathers and chenille embroideries, all in delectable colour tones. Alongside the garments, I discovered some stunning accessories with many of the bags and jewellery pieces featuring a quirky gold bulldog head. I wanted them all from the bull dog rings, necklaces to clasps, so will be adding these to my wish list.
Duyos Juan Duyos was born in Madrid, and is a well-established designer in Spain, with a wealth of previous collections and collaborations to his name. I am told that Duyos has stamped his own, recognisable style on everything throughout his career, based on his use of colour, fabrics, volumes and silhouettes, always with one eye on the past, and another on the future. It is a little hard to find out more about this brand and I missed seeing the collection in the showroom before it was whisked away. My aim in the future is to visit his atelier to meet the man in person, and I am desperate to see his beautiful pieces up close, as on the catwalk they were stunning. This seasons collection was inspired by the landscapes of Costa Rica, in its cities, jungles and coasts. The colours were gorgeous, with a myriad of rainforest greens and hypnotic blues, mixed with swathes of tropical reds and pinks. The luxurious collection was evidence of a high level of craftsmanship and tradition.
to everyone. There was also the Madrid es Moda Urban Fashion Festival, organised by the Association of Fashion Designers of Spain in collaboration with Madrid City Council through Madrid Capital de Moda, who had a calendar of events including exhibitions, special shop windows, museum tours, shows, talks on sustainable fashion, gastro-fashion partnerships, fashion film screenings and special shopping activities that took place all over the city.
There were so many more brands that I could introduce you to, but time and space is limited. Some of the young Spanish designers that were part of Samsung EGO are ones to keep an eye out for in the future, such as Inkrush, Wastaholic and Coconutscankill, Becomely and Dominnico. I must also give a shout out to Mariam Gvasalia, who is a Georgian designer who closed the Samsung EGO 2019 event. As you will know from previous months, I am a huge supporter of Georgian designers and it is always great seeing them break into new markets.
My four day stay in Madrid was too brief. I stayed at the wonderful Only You Hotel Atocha in the heart of the city, just a few metres from the Retiro park which is one of the many beautiful spaces in Madrid to discover. The hotel was a good place to be based, because Madrid is very easy to explore by foot, as nearly everything being in walking distance of the centre. I had the opportunity to briefly visit the Balenciaga exhibition at the ThyssenBornemisza Museum. I also spent a morning with fashion friends exploring the Museo Nacional del Prado, but there was not enough time and too much to do and see. I hope to return in future seasons and discover more of Madrid and their fantastic designers. I have also been told that the nightlife is vibrant, with beer, tapas and late night dancing – so perhaps I will give that a go next time too.
What I found during my trip was that Madrid lives and breathes fashion! Whilst the majority of the shows I attended were based at IFEMA- Feria de Madrid, the team behind MBFWMadrid also helped spread the world of fashion throughout the entire city, holding a diverse range of fashion shows, parades and presentations at several Madrid landmarks, to bring the world of fashion
Madrid definitely has heart and soul, and so does its fashion week. The challenge for MBFWMadrid is that they are a small country who need to continue to push for that international appeal in order to grow brands, but with their continued passion they are bound to achieve it. MBFWMadrid in 2020 will take place from 23rd to 28th January and from 23rd to 28th June.
MilliOnAir | LABELS TO LOOK OUT FOR
Tran Hung, fragility, strength & perfection
By Emerging Designers Editor Ross Pollard
''The collection is steeped in the ideas and traditions of Vietnam, the handwoven fabrics produced by local workers in villages and the inspirations of the colours and the embroidery hint to the nation's past while being placed on the most modern of chic and seductive looks.''
“It’s a very difficult fabric to deal with, all the dresses were made by hand with my own technique to cut it. The most difficult dress can take up to 1000 hours to make, I made all the embroidery by hand. In this collection, I matched the colours to be feminine but inside, the woman is strong and gentle”. Tran Hung on his collection
My phone buzzed, it was one of my backstage contacts, the message said you need to be at Victoria House later for Tran Hung, it’s EPIC. And so it was that I found myself trotting up through Holborn to see the debut London Fashion Week collection of Vietnamese designer Tran Hung. Readers, I was not disappointed. It’s one of those collections that makes you think in 10 years' time you’ll be telling the story of how you and a handful of other journalists were at his debut, and those round the table will curse they were elsewhere that night. The collection is steeped in the ideas and traditions of Vietnam, the handwoven fabrics produced by local workers in villages and the inspirations of the colours and the embroidery hint to the nation's past while being placed on the most modern of chic and seductive looks. The lightness of the garments belies their structure and form, it’s almost impossible to comprehend how Tran has taken such feint textiles and created s much shape and structure from them, if I hadn’t of seen it with my own eyes I would have struggled to believe it's possible. Tran Hung, isn’t just an emerging designer, he's a name you should take down and start adding to your wardrobe today.
OLIVER SPENCER Interview with Chris Sullivan
THE MILLIONAIR STYLE FILES Oliver Spencer Sunspel Swaine Adeney Brigg Jeremy Parisi
Turning a Classic into Something Instantly Modern By Style Editor Chris Sullivan Photos of Oliver by Eliza Hill
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aving started out from a humble market stall in the Portobello Road Self taught designer/ tailor/ Oliver Spencer founded his own brand, Favourbrook, in unusually reasonable premises in Jermyn St. In 2002 he expanded by creating his own eponymous clothes label
that, first emanating from a little shop front in Lamb’s Conduit Street, is now synonymous with no nonsense, extremely well made gentleman’s clothing that, both traditional and modern, is made from the finest materials money can buy. Indeed, his maxim ‘Quality needn’t mean formality; casual needn’t mean careless’ speaks volumes about the man who now has five shops, a thriving online retail presence is stocked by most of the world’s leading department stores and adored by thousands of males from Daniel Day Lewis to Rio Ferdinand. As such we thought a little chat might be in order.
What was the first item of clothing you ever bought with your own money?
Should a designer wear what he creates as I know quite a few that don't?
Sky blue seersucker suit from my favourite second hand store, Portobello road, 1988.
I only design clothes that I love so that's an easy question to answer for me.
Is there one chap who has really influenced your work and Out of all the items you've ever designed what is the one dress? that might be called your desert island garment: one that you could not live without and the one that ticks the most David Byrne from The Talking heads. boxes? How did all this begin? A love of textiles, second hand clothing, not wanting to work for someone else, and a lot of passion.
A Suede buffalo jacket; the first time I wore it I felt like I belonged in it. It made me feel nostalgic but very modern at the same time.
How would you describe your style? Eclectic. What's the item you've designed that you are most proud of? Right at the beginning I designed a pair of desert boots with a big white wedge sole. This was turning a classic into something instantly modern. There was a big trend in shoes after this, which made a lot of people a lot of money, with a shoe that looks exactly like mine. For someone who's not a shoe designer that's a good day. If you're not being copied you're not doing a good job. Tell me about your new range? I'ts all about textiles, Its about Alpine and everything you would need to travel from the Alps – eco wools, corduroy’s etc – with a nod to the seventies. There’s a lot of Après Ski going on. More Kris Kristofferson than Andy Williams. What's your favourite piece amongst the range? A double-breasted eco wool cream overcoat. Why are great clothes important and what do they say about a chap? At the moment I'm into really rich, deep, dark colour. A gentleman should always wear colour, whether detail or knitwear. Can you tell me about your production criteria- cloth, manufacture etc. Made in England is always best but go to where the cloth and factory is best. Why is it so important to preserve classic manufacturing? Part of our culture, heritage, the skill sets that are needed are not something you can just obtain, they should be passed down or learnt by an apprentice. My particular favourite is the shoe trade in and around Northampton. Do you aim to make latter day classics? No it's not my aim to make classics. It's my aim to make clothing that is interesting and gets people thinking. Mixture of tradition and contemporary. If you want to call that a new classic, then yes. Is making stuff that blokes don't replace till they fall off good or bad for business? Good! Guys like to make investments. When chaps make good investments, they tend to tell their friends.
How is British menswear doing? All is looking rosy as we make ‘real clothing’. All this labels over everything is just nonsense. Sportswear should only be worn for sport. In the UK we are deeply rooted. We as a company are doing really very well. What advice would you give to a young whippersnapper who wants to look the business?
What was the first item you designed and made? A waistcoat out of ecclesiastical cloth. Why did you pick Soho and Lambs Conduit for store locations? Both are very individual streets with a great mix of clientele in the heart of the city. What are your plans for the future?
Invest in good shoes. Be creative. Mix old and new. Do you believe in the Beau Brummel maxim that if man stands out he has failed sartorially? 100%. Beau had it all going on. To be seen, and not heard. Have you any odd clients requests? Our clients are all individuals and from time to time we do get asked for the odd velvet boxer shorts (my favourite bit of business). What is the most ridiculous item of male clothing that has ever been made? Mankini
To open more stores. I am a shopkeeper and that's what I like doing. What is your idea of success and how would you define it? Being able to open my shop door at 10am and close it at 7pm having sold lots of great clothing to a bunch of interesting people.
www.oliverspencer.co.uk
SUNSPEL By Style Editor Chris Sullivan
Not that I’m that partial to a bit of silk and frill but, I’ve always thought it rather unfair that the ladies always get the best underwear when we chaps are also rather keen on a portion of lux fab encasing our bits. Recently however I checked out a pair uncommonly luxurious 100 % cotton Y front boxers, that maybe the finest pant I have ever encountered, were made by Sunspel and might even change my life. The company who began in Nottingham in 1850 also field cracking bed wear, wonderful Sea Island Cotton crew necks, Egyptian cotton T shirts, no nonsense swimming shorts while its cotton Riviera Polo is the finest on the market.
Based on the companies original fifties design and constructed from a unique Sunspel 100% cotton fabric this simple short sleeve shirt was initially created for the Italian Riviera, was worn by Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and its less tailored predecessor by Sean Connery in Dr. No and is available in navy, red, cream and black. To add for Autumn they have included a splendid cotton twill Cortina unlined jacket in stone and a fine wide whale corduroy zip up jacket and a rather special looped back 100% cotton grey sweat shirt which is a must for any man’s wardrobe. I like Sunspel a lot.
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Swaine Adeney Brigg By Style Editor Chris Sullivan
A fine piece of luggage is like a great friend. You can travel anywhere with it and it won’t let you down, you’ll be proud to introduce it to new acquaintances and it will survive the myriad indiscretions that only air and rail travel can provide . One company whose products meet all of the above criteria are Swaine Adeney Brigg – the Aston Martin of superior leather goods - who created the famous Gladstone bag and James Bond’s briefcase. Simply, a great British institution they began by making whips in 1750 and still handcraft their alarmingly stylish, but exceedingly British, range of leather goods cut from the hides of selected beasts and put together by those who know using the same methods that exemplified the company all those years ago. Accordingly, they never stray from the classic simple no nonsense design brief. Of late, they’ve welcomed that finest of inventions, the wheeled suitcase, but married such modern innovation with beautiful Edwardian style and come up with the alarmingly superior, Chesterford. But the one item that fills a soul with dark green desire is the classic Cambridge 24” leather hold all that, individually made by a single craftsman, comes in iconic London tan, Havana, Chestnut or black
and has remained the same for over 100 years. A piece of kit that will last longer then you, it supersedes the frivolity of fashion and usurps the notion of trend. It is something that gently raises the eyebrows from those who really know and does its job better than anything one might finding anywhere else in the whole world. In truth, there are certain commodities that make a person feel proud to be British. Anything produced by Swaine Adeney Brigg will do just that.
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From Vogue magazine and the Hunger Games set to competing in Olympic Judo, Italian born and French raised Jeremy Parisi is the epitome of Parisian style.
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''From a young age I excelled at sport but always had a love of the entertainment industry''
From a young age Jeremy excelled at sport but always had a love of the entertainment industry. The first steps for him were signing with top modelling agencies who were enchanted by his chiselled looks. His modelling career blossomed allowing Jeremy to work with brands like Cartier and Dolce & Gabanna to name a few. Jeremy's success as a model meant there was a clamour for his services, this lead to lots of TV work with commercials for Renault, Sephora, Bein Sport. From here he progressed the film industry with ten film roles to date. His screen presence eventually lead to Hollywood where he appeared in the box office blockbuster movie The Hunger Games. JEREMY - The Athlete Coming from a family of olympic champions in Judo and Jujitsu, Jeremy has created a career of his own: As a member of France’s Jujitsu and Judo team he has won various international tournaments including the prestigious Italian Cup Tournament. JEREMY - The Model As a hugely successful model, Jeremy, has worked with brands such as Cartier and Dolce and Gabanna and appeared in different magazines, such as VOGUE. Also, he was part of the “Dieux Du Stade” Calendar two years in a row. JEREMY - The Actor Jeremy’s film career started in 2014 and since then, he has appeared in iconic movies and TV series such as : Hunger Games, Versailles & Love in Paris TV series just to name a few.
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THE MILLIONAIR BEAUTY FILES Ruby Hammer MBE Made in Iceland Ciona Johnson-King Heather Stewart-Whyte Vie Aesthetics & Steven Smith Entrepreneur George Thomas
MilliOnAir | BEAUTY NEWS
A lifetime of beauty tools Ruby Hammer MBE Beauty Editor
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t the beginning of September the switch from Summer outdoors to Spring Summer on the catwalks makes way for new fashion, beauty and lifestyle choices. No matter what cosmetics you use if your tools aren’t right you won’t be able to achieve the look you are after. My general rule is to buy the best tools that you can afford, whilst make up has a period after opening by which you should dispose of your products, brushes if looked after can last a lifetime. You can have 15 red lipsticks all with different hues, you don’t need hundreds of make up brushes, just five or six really good ones. Foundation Brush With the Instagram generation there was an initial habit of slapping on foundation with a brush like oil on canvas, thick and smeared to fully cover the skin rather than a softer approach that is coming back into fashion. I love a synthetic brush for its flexibility allowing you to use liquids, creams and powders.
The HOURGLASS VANISH SEAMLESS FINISH FOUNDATION BRUSH is a densely packed synthetic brush which has been shaped to mirror the contours of the face. I like to test a brush by sweeping it over my face to make sure it fits into every contour especially around the eyes and nose. Apply foundation to the back of your hand and then sweep your brush over the product lifting just enough for even coverage, it is much easier to apply more product than take it away. Starting from the centre of your face work outwards buffing the foundation into the skin as required. Don’t forget to make sure there are no telltale marks around your hairline or jaw… you can make sure to fully blend into the hair line by using an old toothbrush to really blur the edges.
Sponge For a flawless finish I love the airbrush effect that can be achieved using a sponge. I always have an original BEAUTY BLENDER in my kit along with their MICRO MINI's for finessing. Always ensure that you moisten the sponge prior to applying make up so that the sponge doesn’t absorb the product and squeeze out any excess liquid. Then simply bounce over the face to blend! Whilst brushes should last a lifetime sponges should be replaced roughly every 3 months to remain hygienic and washed after every use with either a specific cleaner or baby shampoo. A very good alternative is the REAL TECHNIQUES MIRACLE COMPLEXION SPONGE which has been designed with three different sides for increased control.
Kabuki Brush For loose or pressed powder the LES PINCEAUX DE CHANEL KABUKI BRUSH is divine‌ retractable, synthetic bristles tightly packed and ridiculously soft allows you to buff products, building up coverage as desired. Whether it's swirling on powder or applying just enough bronzer for a beautiful sun-kissed glow it may seem pricey but the results and longevity of the brush will ensure it is one of the most used brushes in your kit.
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Cheek Brush As soft as silk and the perfect size the SUQQU CHEEK BRUSH applies just the right amount of blush gliding across the contours of your face without dragging the skin. Whilst the brush may appear smaller than your average cheek brush as its softer it offers less resistance for the ultimate diffused look.
Eye Brushes For shading and blending MAC 217 BLENDING BRUSH is a classic.With densely packed fibres the brush allows you to apply shadow over the whole lid, in the crease or along the lash line.
To create an illusion of thicker lashes glide the superfine tip of LOUISE YOUNG's LY24A V EYELINER BRUSH along your upper lash line prior to applying mascara.
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My RUBY HAMMER MAGNETIC BRUSH SET is a three piece magnetic brush set with three brush heads in one wand, allowing you to define, refine and blend cream, liquid and powder formulas. I love the angled brush for brow work, replicate brow hairs with a pomade or fill in with a powder. It is perfect for travel too!
Eyelash Curlers Eyelash curlers can be overlooked but they have the incredible power to make your lashes look longer and more voluminous without having to apply coat after coat of mascara. I use SURRATT RELEVEE LASH CURLER as the design means you are less likely to pinch your eyelid and the curl is exactly that‌no crimping line that we all experienced as teenagers when pressing as hard as we could in a bid to get the longest looking lashes possible.
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Hygiene In order to keep your brushes in great condition, I recommend cleaning them in between every use. Wet the bristles using lukewarm water and place a drop of brush cleanser in to the palm of your hand and then gently swirl the bristles in your palm. Once clean rinse the bristles and squeeze out any excess moisture using a clean paper towel and reshape the brush head (if required). Always leave your brushes to dry by laying on their sides, ideally with the heads hanging over an edge so that they can dry in the correct shape (it also stops the glue from becoming saturated avoiding the risk of the bristles falling out).
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''Whilst brushes should last a lifetime sponges should be replaced roughly every 3 months to remain hygienic and washed after every use.''
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MilliOnAir | BEAUTY EXCLUSIVE
Reviving & Refreshing By Beauty Expert Ciona Johnson-King @cionajk
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his column is all about reviving and repellant. Meanwhile in the sea they battled refreshing for the new season. As jellyfish and sharp corals. And for those of us the summer holidays fade into just hungry after a long day’s work (a lot of my colleagues were floored with sunstroke and stomach upsets), vegan meals weren’t exactly plentiful in some of the local restaurants!
a memory it’s time for us to all settle back into our everyday routines and personally, I’m relieved! Last month was spent on a fashion shoot that took in several Caribbean islands and whilst But despite those setbacks - not to mention the it looks idyllic in the video, behind the scenes early starts and late finishes - I loved every things were a little more chaotic. second. The first three days saw us travel from Barbados to Bequia to Mustique and back again - quite the journey, even without the wild thunder and lightning storms that decided to make our trips a little more interesting. On land the crew struggled with beetles in the sand, snakes in the grass and super mosquitoes that seemed immune to
And whilst I’m sure that the royals sail into Mustique with more panache than I did (projectile vomiting into the Caribbean Ocean), the life, landscape and culture of the Caribbean is still my absolute favourite. Next time though, before I set foot on another yacht, just remind me to take my travel sickness
Nuut £2.79/sachet I’ve never followed diet or detoxing fads. I always believe that consistent nutritional food, sleep and exercise make for the best health. However there are certain times when your ideal diet isn’t accessible, maybe working in remote locations or on a difficult schedule. On those occasions this little Nüut packet has saved my clients from an hangry make up artist!
nuuttips: If you don’t have a shaker, nuut can also be mixed with a spoon in a large glass/ mug. Add a shot of coffee for a #nuutzing Mix with fruit/ veg in a blender #meganuut #turbonuut
It contains plant-based proteins, bioavailable formulas to maximise nutritional absorption, 30% of your daily vitamin and mineral requirements plus has good fats like coconut and sunflower oils. With boosters such as barley and wheatgrass, kelp and chlorella it also feeds the immune system, detoxifies and alkalises the body.
Bobbi Brown Make Up Melter & Cleanser £27 A kind, effective cleanser that bubbles into a lightweight foam to melt away impurities and long-wearing makeup, leaving skin feeling soft and soothed. Made with natural cranberry, blueberry and goji berry extract helps skin feel calm, while caffeine and algae extract prevent dryness. Ideal for all skin types.
Origins Incredible Spreadable™ Smoothing Ginger Body Scrub £25 A thorough body reboot is required after weeks of fake tanning, spfs and insect repellent! Smoothing sugar gently buffs away rough, dry skin, then transforms into a creamy, cleansing lather. Leaves skin soft, refreshed, reinvigorated. Lightly scented with the uplifting aroma of Ginger.
SEED TO SKIN The Balance Restorative Shower Oil £56 Oil-to-foam body shower oil. All natural organic active ingredients grown on the founder’s 13th century Tuscan estate / five-star retreat Borgo Santo Pietro and surrounding areas. It works with the skin to restore its natural PH balance, leaving it beautifully soft and nourished.
TIP... Use in the shower like a typical body cleanser, or for optimal benefits, add and massage directly onto dry skin before entering the shower. Emulsify with water, wash and rinse off. Giving you more time to indulge in the heavenly scents of rose, mandarin, neroli and lavender.
Neom Skincare System £25-£45 The Ultimate Calm System is packed with effective, natural extracts, actives and ingredients such as Pomegranate Seed Oil, Avocado Oil, Baobab Oil, and Lavender, Geranium and Rose Essential Oils, to leave your skin super soft, calm and protected. Or choose the The Great Day Glow System to minimise the appearance of pores and give your skin a natural glow with its delicious ingredients such as Turmeric Root Extract, Wheat Germ Oil, Prickly Pear Seed Oil and Mandarin, Rose and Peppermint Essential Oils
The collections include a light daily face wash £25, a fast absorbing face serum £45, a soothing face oil £42 and a nourishing lightweight SPF30 moisturiser £40, which protects from sun damage and UVA.
Sensai Absolute Silk £145 Sensai means teacher or to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form. I use this term every week addressing my Japanese Sensai in my martial arts class. Its USP is Koishimaru Silk which is highly reputed as an exceptionally light and radiant silk once reserved only for the Imperial family. Researchers discovered that Koishimaru Silk has the exclusive ability to promote the production of hyaluronic acid, a natural substance contained within skin that is essential to nurture and build skin to achieve the legendary Japanese Kinuhada - flawlessly silky skin.
The formula is available in mousse (my favourite, due to its deep penetration and instant bounce it gives the skin) fluid & cream.
Natura Bissé Diamond Cocoon Skin Booster £225 In order to fully protect your skin against modern pollution (some of it invisible such as blue light emitted from digital devices, microscopic particulate pollutant matter, heavy metals and gases that can penetrate your skin and acccelerate aging). Natura Bissé has created the Diamond Cocoon Collection. It’s a comprehensive skincare line that mimics the epidermal function and strengthens the skins barrier to protect its inner layers while combatting pollution and environmental damage. The booster is a pre biotic for the skin and can be mixed with any day serum or cream.
Marc Jacobs Velvet Epic Lash Primer £22 A night mask for your lashes! Marc Jacobs Velvet Epic Lash Primer conditions and strengthens the lashes with peptides and vitamin B5 so it can be used as an overnight treatment as well as being a primer for maximising the benefits of your favourite mascara. The result? Lashes look longer, fuller and more dramatic. The formula’s creamy too, ensuring no clumping fibres. Even better, I was pleasantly surprised at just how much this lifts, supports and opens the lashes - far more effective than an eyelash curler.
Tip... Wear the primer overnight. It doubles as a lash mask!
Bumble and bumble Bb Glow Bond-Building Styler £25 Blow Dry Accelerator £25 Glow Thermal Protection Mist £24
This new trio with honey protective complex and bond-building technology, repairs, protects, and styles strands, for hair with inner glow. Glow Bond-Building Styler repairs hair and builds bonds to protect against future damage. Use before blow drying or air drying or, as a finisher. Blow Dry Accelerator This lightweight spray claims to cut blow-dry time. Hair is left smooth, frizzfree and protected against heat & UV damage. Glow Thermal Protection Mist This mist protects dried hair against heat tools, repairs damage, and fortifies hair fibers to strengthen and help prevent breakage.
Kevin Murphy Blonde Angel Wash £22 Blonde Angel £23 Plumping Wash £24 Blondes keep it chic with the Blonde Angel range. The shampoo is infused with lavender and optical brighteners. Whilst the conditioner acts as a colour enhancing treatment that moisturises bleached, highlighted hair. Giving it a lush fabric sensuous feel.
Fine or aging hair is nourished, thickened and enhanced with Plumping Wash. One of the best shampoos for volume without weight.
Philip Kingsley Elasticizer Rose & Lychee £35 This is a genius product! It’s saved my hair multiple times. A super conditioning pre-shampoo treatment delivers elasticity, manageability, bounce and shine to all hair textures. For maximum benefit I like to dampen my hair, apply and sleep in it, then wash out in the morning. Frequent use leaves hair stronger and healthier looking with less breakage.
MilliOnAir | HEALTH
ANGER I'ts Just An Emotion With Advantages
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felt so good after letting my anger out a couple of weeks ago! Most would describe me as calm natured and consistent with my emotions but not that day.
Something snapped, I felt this anger rise through my body like a volcano about to explode, with such a power surging through me I felt fearless. A thought rushed through my mind ,
''every word your are about to speak will have such a huge impact''
By Health & Beauty Contributor Heather Stewart-Whyte
I walked away from the situation and ran through what I wanted to express, I was in control and ready to use this emotion to the maximum result! When I walked back in the room it was clear to see that my audience was already captivated by my presence ( well, most definitely the look on my face!) I made my speech, going in calmly then peaking with a high pitched voice in the middle to a much louder volume of speaking.
In fact, I felt great, relaxed, energised and completely surprised at how I managed to use that emotion for good. Like mounting a wild stallion and breaking him in! ( well maybe that’s another story for another day). What Are The Advantages Of Anger? When used constructively it can improve relationships, provide a sense of control, energise us and can have a calming effect after. Anger motivates us to solve problems as it motivates us to find a solution. It makes us aware of injustice. We show anger when someone has been treated unjustly or we are faced with insults or disrespected. Anger can lead to self improvement and pushes us to reach a deeper self. Apparently, it can also improve emotional intelligence….. I’m still waiting Its a natural emotion and to use anger in a constructive way is the only way…. extreme anger is never acceptable .
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t took no longer than 60 seconds, I got acknowledgement of how felt and later on a heartfelt apology which I honestly didn’t need because in those 60 seconds of channeled and articulate language ( bar 2 classic swear words, I’m only human) I also kept eye contact and could see the remorse in their eyes. I walked into the kitchen, my son ( 19yrs old) who was in the garden and had heard every word, looked at me with a slight grin and asked ,“ feel better?” to which i replied with a smile “yes”.
If you feel extreme anger the root cause could be depression or a deep feeling of losing control, there are many ways to seek help and guidance from your GP.
Don’t let it rule your life if your feel extreme emotions of anger and don’t be hard on yourself…. be kind to yourself and seek support. www.mind.org.uk www.betterhelp.com
MilliOnAir | AESTHETICS
SKINCARE AESTHETICS BEAUTY Q&A By Beauty Contributor Steven Smith
and lifestyle. My husband and I live in Singapore and, to be honest we enjoy the sun slightly too much. This has begun to take its toll on our skin. So we realised it's time to take professional action. We chose vie aesthetics due to Dr Ioannis being an award-winning practitioner and was highly recommended and of course wanted the best for our skin. We are traveling to the UK for a couple of weeks in November and would like to know what procedures would be best for us? Linda Carter, Singapore
MilliOnAir presents the King and Queen of the aesthetic world. ''Dr Ioannis Liakas and Vicky Grammatikopoulou''
Their clients include celebrities, top models and even royalty. Dr Liakas is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary’s Medical School and an Associate Member of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine. Before moving into the business side of aesthetics, Ms Grammatikopoulou specialised in training teachers and was a university lecturer. Together, they are Vie Aesthetics, and run leading clinics in Harley Street, Germany and Southend. Each month they will be answering your questions on beauty, aesthetics, skincare
Thank you, Linda, for your message. It would be good to see you for a skin consultation, following which we will be able to offer both immediate and long-term treatments. With two weeks of availability, we would be able to offer a few sun damage procedures. The first would be a hyaluronic acid treatment in areas with folds or wrinkles. We can also hydrate and restore firmness to your skin with mesotherapy, which is great for sun damage. Most importantly, we would be able to offer our medical range products, such as high SPF sunscreens, and creams that promote natural collagen stimulation and prevent pigmentation due to excessive sun exposure.
please avoid steroids as they have considerable adverse effects. A great alternative our clinic offers is a revolutionary treatment called “Endopeel” The results are instant and produce an immediate lifting and firmness of tissue, wherever injected. Your pecs can look like those of a body builder with this treatment and after three sessions the results will last Diana, I believe you are referring to “small for up to 12 months. You will be amazed PDO threads”. Whilst threads of this type at the final outcome. are great in improving skin firmness and collagen stimulation, their lifting effect is rather poor. The PDO Thread Lift is a treatment that lifts and tightens sagging skin tissue, using threads made of Polydioxanone (PDO). The threads are introduced into the deeper layers of the skin. Cellular Renewal occurs through collagen stimulation, and neovascularisation improves skin texture, fine lines and elasticity. My sister had soft threads done at another clinic and she is very disappointed with the results. It has been four months now and it hasn’t really made any difference. Should she have a full-face lift or is there something else she could try? Diana Hartman, Bournemouth
A possible solution to improve saggy skin and volume loss would be to address the saggy skin with HIFU (High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound). Following this, we could lift the face with longer, such as cog Threads in order to give your sister the desired effect. I would suggest this as the best solution if you wish to avoid surgery and the lengthy recovery process. My life revolves around going to the gym and I have achieved great results over the last five years. Unfortunately, however, my chest is always a little flatter than I would like, no matter what I do. Is there anything aesthetics wise I can have done? Chris Davis, Croydon Great question Chris. I have many men asking me about lifting their chest. Whist it is fantastic that you are managing to go to the gym and stick to a healthy lifestyle,
Two years ago, I had a nose job done and, to be honest, I am not 100 percent happy. My nose is now too small for my face. Is there anything that can be done to correct this please? Michelle Jones, Cardiff Nose filler is an excellent solution to overcome this problem and nearly one third of all clients enquiring about nose filler are keen to correct their nose after a surgical nose job. The results are great! It is a treatment that offers results instantly, and they last for up to 12 months with and no downtime.
What would be best option to get rid of the red veins on my nose? They have become very unsightly. I am only 35 and I feel they makes me look older. Derick Peacock, London I completely understand that thread veins on any part of the face can pose an aesthetic issue. The most common causes for thread veins are genetic predisposition, lifestyle (such as excess alcohol consumption) and excess sun exposure. They are often caused by a combination of all the above. We have two effective options available for our clients: A) OFF: A small electric current that blocks the vessels and prevents blood supply to the thread veins. B) Special laser to the area to remove the veins. Obviously, the doctor in your consultation would decide on the best option for you. I have reached that stage of life where I need a little help with my skin. I really want any procedures to look natural though, not like Botox or fillers. I hear that Mesotherapy is an option that looks natural; can you advise me please? Anna Berks, Richmond An increasing number of people are expressing their objection to unnatural looking procedures such as Botox and fillers. When these treatments are overdone, they can look fake and can distort a person’s facial features. Mesotherapy is an option, but it will only address the superficial layers of the skin without addressing volume loss. It is often the volume loss that has the greatest
contribution to an older appearance. We suggest the following: Plasma gel: This is a filler that we produce from your own blood. We then re-inject it into the areas of volume loss. Fat transfer: This a procedure where your own belly fat is injected using a special technique to achieve long-lasting results. Both of these methods use natural, rather than artificial methods to improve appearance. Please feel free to contact Vie Aesthetics for a free consultation with Dr Liakasor one of our fully qualified skin care experts. To book a FREE consultation, call 07899673578 0r 02071646140 or book online
www.vie-aesthetics.com Please send your questions to Steven Smith spman@btinternet.com
Vicky Grammatikopoulou Vicky promotes a holistic approach to the issues of image and confidence and in this endeavour, she ensures that the experience of our clients is a positive and empowering one. Dr Ioannis Liakas Dr Liakas offers free nocommitment consultations and follow-up appointments. He always takes time to listen to your concerns and questions and is thorough in explaining all about the procedures. Dr Liakas always aims for optimal, natural-looking results using only top-of-the-range products and combinations of treatments to achieve the best possible outcomes.
MilliOnAir | MEET THE CBD OIL ENTREPRENEUR
George Thomas Strikes Oil
WITH EXCITING NEW PROJECT By Editor at large Laurie Stone A “serial entrepreneur” with a sharp eye for the latest health trends says now is the time to back production of top-quality hemp-derived cannabis oil (CBD) in the UK.
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Botanicals says he is convinced the time is right to back the production of high-quality hemp-derived cannabis oil. And the figures back him up. The product, more commonly known as CBD (cannabidiol) oil, is one of the fastest-growing industries in the UK. Sales reached £90 million last year, but are expected to reach almost £200 million this year – that’s an astonishing rise well in excess of 100 per cent! George says CBD oil has already helped thousands of people. But as the oil is currently classified as a food supplement, George is careful not to make any predictions about its efficacy. However, cannabis-derived products are gaining increasing recognition for their beneficial effects by leading authorities including the World Health Organisation (WHO). In an exclusive interview, George explains: “We are always ultra-careful with anything we say to promote our products. At the moment, the oils are registered as a food supplement, although there is a movement to reclassify them. For now, we simply suggest that people try our different
types of oil. We never claim it is a miracle cure for anything. “But I am passionate about CBD, it is not just a fad. We are serious about this product and we are already working with King’s College, London to research the impact of cannabinoids on inflammation and respiratory diseases. “We are the first company of its kind in the UK and we really believe in the benefits of CBD.” George, who admits to having successfully dipped into many fund-raising ventures before he discovered the hemp business, explained how he got involved. “I’m a serial entrepreneur, always looking for the next trend and, after monitoring the cannabis oil production industry in Canada and the United States, where it has existed for some time, I could see this was an exciting development. “To give you an idea of the scale of what is happening in California for example, this year the value of cannabisderived products is set to outweigh that of beer sales.
“The oils produced there are a fantastic product and help loads of people. In the UK, the market is only just waking up to CBD oil’s potential.”
George explains: “We are always ultra-careful with anything we say to promote our products. At the moment, the oils are registered as a food supplement, although there is a movement to reclassify them. For now, we simply suggest that people try our different types of oil. We never claim it is a miracle cure for anything. “But I am passionate about CBD, it is not just a fad. We are serious about this product and we are already working with King’s College, London to research the impact of cannabinoids on inflammation and respiratory diseases. “We are the first company of its kind in the UK and we really believe in the benefits of CBD.”
“The oils produced there are a fantastic product and help loads of people. In the UK, the market is only just waking up to CBD oil’s potential.” George’s company sells the highest quality Cannabis Sativa L extracts available in the UK. At home on the family’s 160-acre farm, George explains that the business was launched in September 2017 with funding from his father Geremy’s investment vehicle, Sativa Group PLC, the UK’s first publicly-listed cannabis investment company. George is managing director and owner of George Botanicals, which aims to be the market leader in the development and production of cannabinoid products, growing, manufacturing and distributing cannabis oils.
However, there is much debate currently as to how readily available these medicines are and the process by which to obtain them is extremely difficult. An estimated 300,000 people in the UK are now regularly using CBD oil, in the hope of easing a number of health conditions, from chronic pain to inflammation, acne, anxiety and insomnia. The company plans to extract both CBD (nonpsychoactive) and the more controversial THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) oils, which contain an element of psychoactive compound, but are safe when used under carefully-controlled conditions. As George explains: “CBD and THC products are as different as apples and oranges.”
He also works hand-in-hand with sister company George is anxious to stress that hemp is grown legally Phytovista, a specialist cannabis laboratory set-up last across the UK and Europe and provides a number of summer by his father, and dedicated to testing the oils and different products as well as the oil – a strong and versatile other hemp-based products. fibre, used in the building and clothing industry, and nutritious seeds. The two businesses work closely together to ensure the highest standards in this relatively new health sector. Despite gaining Home Office approval to grow hemp on the farm, only a small acreage is planted so far, under test The family is licensed by the Home Office to grow hemp conditions. and aims shortly to provide a “seed-to-consumer experience”, once all the necessary permissions are in At present, the production line uses CBD extract imported place. from Colorado in the United States and Slovenia, but George plans to extract CBD from their own hemp crop Cannabis plants contain more than 100 cannabinoids, of very soon. which CBD (cannabidiol) is one and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is another. CBD is extracted from It’s an exciting time to be an entrepreneur and George is the flowers and leaves of the Cannabis Sativa L (industrial clearly relishing the challenges of being in at the birth of a hemp) plant. new UK industry, with the possibility of branching out into many more products, including shampoo and The extracts have no psychoactive properties, no toothpaste. recreational value and are legal, having been withdrawn from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned substances *The full range of Cannabis oil-based products, including list last year. drops in various flavours, as well as balm and vape liquid for e-cigarettes, can be found at Georgebotanicals.com As of November, 2018, those patients with severe forms of with prices starting from £20. illness like epilepsy and multiple sclerosis and in need of CBD with THC as a medicine from a specialist doctor. www.georgebotanicals.com
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Elisabeth Hoff releases 'Drowning in Plastic', a haunting series of images to highlight the Great British Beach Clean, an annual event organised by The Marine Conservation Society.
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lisabeth Hoff is a photographer, director, and art director creating high end imagery for clients in the UK and abroad. Prior to this, she studied Marine Biology and grew up sailing around the world with her family. Inspired by her background she has most recently turned her lens to the single-use plastics that are clogging our oceans.
Working in collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society the images and film are being released to encourage people to sign up and get involved with The Great British Beach Clean, taking place on the 20th -23rd September 2019. Each image focusses on a single-use plastic such as plastic bags, bottles, cutlery, balloons, and glitter. Using her skillset as a fashion photographer, Elisabeth wanted to do a “beautiful take on a dirty subject�. The series shows models swimming through water - either surrounded or entangled in these single-use items. The pollutants’ appearance changes to almost become a representation of the wildlife in our oceans, and therefore reinforces the fact that without action, by 2050 there could be more plastic in the sea than fish. The Great British Beach Clean is an annual event organised by The Marine Conservation Society which calls on the British public to volunteer a couple of hours of their time to help clean a 100m section of beach, and record the litter that they find. In 2018, 494 beaches were cleared by a record 15,000 volunteers, clearing an incredible 8550 kilos of litter - meaning that 600 items of litter were found on every 100 meters of the UK coastline. The project has been integral in creating change in how we use single-use plastic and was instrumental in bringing about the 5p carrier bag charge, which has resulted in a 50% drop in plastic bags found on beaches, as well as a reduction in the use of plastic straws, and the banning of micro-beads in wash-off products, and lantern and balloon releases.
“Using my skillset as a fashion photographer, I felt compelled to create a body of work that might inspire people to take some kind of action with regards to their personal consumption of single-use plastics. As human beings we are incredibly resourceful, and if we all get together and do our bit, I’m sure we can make positive changes fast, and start to find solutions to this growing issue”. Elisabeth Hoff, Photographer “We’ve been running The Great British Beach Clean for over 25 years, and last year we saw over 15,000 volunteers taking to the UK coast to help us clean and survey beaches. Our society is becoming increasingly aware of the urgent problem of plastic pollution, and it’s thanks to campaigns such as Elisabeth’s, which show the problem though a new, creative lens, that we hope to engage more volunteers than ever this September, to help stop the plastic tide and join us for this important task”. Sandy Luk, CEO of the Marine Conservation Society. View the Drowning in Plastic film here https://www.elisabethhoff.com/missions/drowning-in-plastic-gbbc/ Sign up to a clean near you at https://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/greatbritishbeachclean and if you can’t find an event on your preferred beach, call 01989 566017 and find out how to organise your own. The Great British Beach Clean takes place across the country on the 20th - 23rd September 2019.
Elisabeth Hoff Elisabeth Hoff is a London based photographer, director and art director, creating imagery for clients in the UK and abroad. She has worked internationally for various magazines and corporate clients and most recently shot the cover for the September issue of Cosmopolitan. www.elisabethhoff.com Marine Conservation Society The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK charity dedicated to protecting our seas, shores, and wildlife. MCS campaigns for clean seas and beaches, sustainable fisheries, and the protection of marine life. Through education, community involvement, and collaboration, MCS raises awareness of the many threats that face our seas and promotes individual, industry, and government action to protect the marine environment. MCS provides information and guidance on many aspects of marine conservation and produces the annual Good Beach Guide and the Good Fish Guide, as well as involving thousands of volunteers in projects and surveys such as MCS Beach Watch. www.mcsuk.org
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o-one encapsulates the story of pre-war London fashion better than Sir Norman Hartnell, known to the world most as the man who “dressed the ladies of the Royal Family. And it was'nt just a phrase,
but his official title; Hartnell was awarded a Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) in 1940; and Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II in 1957. Inspired by Charles Frederick Worth, the English founder of modern French haute couture, Hartnell set out in 1923 to emulate his success in his own way, even opening a Paris House. But whilst accepted by the world as a boundless genius whose designs adorned the figures of dazzling and influential women on both sides of the Atlantic, behind his closed doors Hartnell revelled in his escapism through homosexuality – illegal for most of his long career. For the first time, his full story is now being told in ‘Normal Hartnell: The Biography’ by British design historian, Michael Pick. It’s the culmination of decades of research using the subject’s own forgotten archive. The result is a fascinating portrait of a ceaselessly creative designer whose work captured the world’s hearts. About the Author Michael Pick, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts is the author of eight books on design and the
decorative arts. A founding committee member of the official British preservation group The Twentieth Century Society, he has lectured internationally and contributed to numerous publications, including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Apollo, The Connoisseur, Tatler, Harpers & Queen and Vogue. A Mayfair antique and fine art dealer for over forty years as a director of Stair & Company Ltd and then Partridge Fine Art plc, Michael first met and wrote about Hartnell in 1977 for The London Collections magazine run by famed fashion PR Percy Savage and was responsible for the entire renovation of the famous Mayfair Norman Hartnell listed building with its unique art moderne glass salon. He was the instigator of the Blue Plaque now on the building at 26 Bruton Street, W1. He has lectured extensively about Norman Hartnell world-wide, including at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Queen Sirikit Textile Museum Bangkok; also aboard the Queen Mary, as well at the Chichester and Oxford Literary Festivals and at the Fashion and Textile Museum London and Tullie House Carlisle , at both of which he has guest-curated exhibitions including items from his extensive collection of several hundred labelled items of C20th London Couture.
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#POSITIVITY with
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POKER phenomenon PHIL HELLMUTH is the author of #POSITIVITY - an inspiring book which is giving sensational advice to millions of people around the world. In his brilliant column exclusively for Milli-On-Air Global Magazine, Phil asks a series of positive questions to a celebrity from the world of business, showbiz or sport. Here he puts the #POSITIVITY questions to X Factor favourite TRACYLEANNE JEFFORD, 37, who took the ITV show by storm with her amazing voice two years ago. TracyLeanne, who lives in Surrey, is releasing her latest single, CRUMBLE, this month followed by her first-ever EP at the end of the year. Edited by Editor at large Laurie Stone
What is your earliest memory of an act of positivity.... My earliest memory has to be Christmas, being with all my family and it just being so magical as a child. Why is Positivity as opposed to negativity important to you.... Positivity to me is how I can related to happiness, when I’m happy I achieve my best as a mother and an artist. Who has had the most positive influence on your life and why.... My mum, Tracy Jefford is so import to me she guides and helps me through all the good and the bad. She is my rock and my most positive influence. I hope I can do the same for my babies. Which positive person from history would you like to meet.... Sophia Loren. She is just amazing Mambo Iltaliano. I love to embody her look and bring her 50's style to 2019.
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What is the most positive song on your playlist.... It has to be one of my own, Raise Your Hands: I really enjoyed writing this song about being an independent woman. I often get other women and men complimenting me on how positive it makes them feel. What is the most positive piece of advice you pass on to people you meet.... Always believe in yourself, always feel beautiful in yourself and follow your dreams whether they are big or small.
What is the most positive film you have watched.... There are so many but what they all seem to have in common is how they always have a happy ending.
Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Diana. If you could sit down with five positive people who would they be and what qualities would they bring.... Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the lady was never for turning. Frank Sinatra, he never gave up and always did it his way. Elizabeth Taylor, her beauty was timeless. Princess Diana, one of the truly great people in life. And then there would be my mum, Tracy, who would make it an incredibly memorable experience.
What is the most positive piece of advice you have been given - when, where and by whom.... When I was on the X Factor, my mentor, Nicole Scherzinger, told me: I am a beautiful person and that I have to always believe in myself. If you keep working hard you will achieve anything you want.’ At the time we were sitting in the dressing room, before I performed my first live show. How do you deal with negative people.... I pray for them!
Do you get positivity from religion or spirituality.... Yes, I often pray for myself and others. It helps me feel grounded. How do you react positively to fear.... I often find myself speaking to either my mum or my manager, Sarah Dover, for support and clarity on some difficult and fearful situations. Who is the most positive person in your life.... My kids, Westley James, Levi and Anita Isobella, I know that they give me all the reason to stay positive every day. What is the key to you being resilient.... I tend not to listen to the negativity of others. And I do pray that they find peace...and stop being so silly. I’m just me - take it or leave it. What is your inspirational catchphrase....
''Love, Live, Laugh''
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Where in the world are you in your most positive state.... On stage. If you could be known for one positive achievement in your life what would it be.... Being able to understand that I can’t always please everyone and I am allowed to be happy too. In what way have you felt loved in your life.... My children fill me with love every day, my mum and dad, brothers and sisters. They are so good to me. If you were a superpower leader what positive act would you give to the world.... World peace. What time of the day do you find the most positive.... It has to be bedtime I like to relax and reflect on my busy day and prepare for tomorrow. What aspect of your own positivity or negativity would you change.... I try my up most to always stay positive, the negativity creeps in sometimes but I do my best to change it. My goal is that my life should be free of all negativity.
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MilliOnAir | INSIDER GUIDE
By Style Editor Chris Sullivan
These days I take the Eurostar which I still find really rather wonderful.You get on at St.Pancras,take in a nice half bottle of wine and alight some 2 hours later at Le Gare Du Nord into a different world where the attitudes, tastes, smells, people and culture are as different from London as sand is to salt. Undeniably, it is quite an anomalous experience - one that only a plane journey can really prepare us for- stepping off a train into this alien environment that’s both Paris and, due to French colonisation Gambian, Moroccan, Tunisian, Sudanese andAlgerian.Tis’in all respects downright foreign. Usually, a train journey of such duration would take us to the heady heights of Manchester, which in every particular is definitely not Paris.
ALBERT DE PANAME OUTSIDE Le Picoti
first visited Paris as a rambunctious 19 -year old youth. We’d heard about these crazy affairs called fashion shows so went in search of long legged lovelies. Five like minded individuals and yours truly travelled there on the ferry, which was hell as there was a gale and we went back and forth only to arrive in Gay Paree at midnight. After having the obligatory run in with not only razor wielding Gallic Teddy Boys at le Gare Du Nord we eventually got to our hotel that my fellow travellers sister had booked for us because by all accounts she could say yes in French. She’d simply booked the cheapest hotel in Paris. It was in Pigalle (then perhaps the sleaziest red light district in the world) and, thoroughly sordid and entirely down market, we later discovered was favoured by ladies who rent by the hour.We should have known when the door was opened by a rotund 200 pound 40 something short black woman dressed in a see through baby doll nighty holding a banana that this was a knocking shop but it was only when I opened the wardrobe and found three platinum wigs, a whip and a crusty set of knicks that we twigged. Consequently, we had our belongings stolen, were overcharged at every turn, given counterfeit change and brawled with not onlyTeddy Boys but Punk rockers,Market Traders, bouncers and football fans. We were thrown out for nicking drinks at the nightclub Le Palais and ended up in some dodgy drinking club where some rude fellow pulled a knife on me. Those were the daze. Since, I have visited Paris some 40 times or more and have, via the auspices of Paris nightclub guru, DJ Albert de Paname and translator Clive Hadley, avoided all of the above and got to know the ins, outs and in between of the City of Lights and fully understand that, to enjoy Paris, one really has to get deep, burrow well below the surface and know your onions.
My hotel Mama Shelter Paris East was in Eastern Paris and was very chic,really comfortable and unusually inexpensive with rooms starting at just 111Euro including breakfast. Indeed, I could not find fault with this hotel. It was perfect and is now the only hotel I will entertain in the City of lights. Situated on rue de Bagnolet in the 20th Arrondisement (nearest metroAlexander Dumas) I guess its like staying in Bethnal Green but, as the Paris Metro is so darn good and Ubers are everywhere it makes no difference whatsoever. Hotel Mama Shelter Paris
To add this cracking neighbourhood sure is funky replete with little independent boulangerie, excellent antique stores and last but not least the quite excellent vintage clothing store Pou Paule that proffers incredible fifties brand new dead stock such as gabardine shirts, barnstormer leather coats and an abundance of mint condition ladies dresses and blouses from the 1920s to the fifties. I bought a pair of dead stock fat fifties moccasin topped lace ups for a ton that I have rarely taken off since. As for the hotel itself the staff made nonsense of that old adage that Parisians are rude as, so helpfulother and hotel staff I have encountered pale cheerful, into insignificance. To add, my room although somewhat bijou, was perfect and the breakfast simply astonishing. Was especially nice eating breakfast to the strains of gentle soul music rather than the trite EDM that so many hotels and shops proffer?
Vintage clothing store Pou Paule
After dropping off the bags and a swift café I made my way to le Puce (the flea`) located outside Metro Pte de Clignancourt in the suburb of St Oulen but not, specifically for the market,but to enjoy a typical Parisian lunch of snails and bœuf bourguignon (with the most amazing French bread) and a carafe or two at the Chez Louisette, a marvellous little café where you’ll catch one of their septuagenarian crooners delivering a touch of Aznavour, Chevalier or even a Gallic rendition of‘MyWay’.This kitsch throwback to an age well missed is a Paris institution that is nothing less than essential. Subsequently, I had a little look around the market where one might find everything from snide trainers and tourist tat to flick knives, authentic fifties’Americana, superb Art Deco objet d’art and original pre war French couture. Undeniably,the big flea isn’t what it was in the eighties but, all you have to do is walk past the tack and go North West past Bd. Peripherique past all the cheap rubbish then, you will find the SWPL district and Marché aux Puces de Paris [PHOTO NUMBER 4]. Here you will find still find stall after stall full of the most incredible items. The only bad thing is that I wanted to buy everything as this market is perhaps the best in the world for class furniture and objet d’art – unsurpassable deco excruciating nouveau,fabulous fifties,sixties and primitive. Next time I move I will bring a truck and fill up with such and have the finest pad in London in a jiffy. To add, the vintage clothes stalls are on another level from our UK counterparts and not expensive, I bought a 1950s leather barnstormer coat I for 60 euros, a 1940’s leather satchel for 20, and a large carved garden hoe from Burkina Faso for Euro 80. One store Falabas is one of the finest vintage clothing stores I have ever seen that , specialising in ladies from the twenties to fifties, is shocking. Amazingly, they stock mint condition women’s forties Schiaparelli dresses
that Joan Crawford would have been proud to own alongside fifties Dior hats, original Carmen Miranda style little platforms and all manner of accessories still in their packets. By all the heavens the French do vintage so well.
Left, Marché aux Puces de Paris. Below, Unsurpassable deco excruciating nouveau and One store Falabas
Thus,after a typical Parisian meal,and a typical Parisian flea, it was now time for a typical Parisian bar and accentuated libation.La Guingette de la Chope des Puces is where Django Rhinehart started off his career and where one might find live gypsy jazz most nights.Tourist trail this is not.This was where we met one of our hosts for the weekend- the one and only Albert de Paname – who, Paris incarnate, does Saturday nights there where he plays classic French music and cha cha while his customers look as if they stepped out of movies such as Rafifi,The Golden Age and Lift to The Scaffold, whose attention to sartorial detail is above exemplary particularly the ladies who certainly have an edge right down to the last earing.Albert is the man who resurrected Paris night life - first as DJ at Les Bains Douche in the late seventies’ and later promoted such amazing one nighters at Les Balajo,le Nouvelle Eve and Maxims and more recently at Pachamama.He was also the man behind the famedWednesday night at the Cafe de Paris in London’s Leicester Square. But as it was Saturday night in Gay Paree and the game was on with more red wine and a snifter of the odd spirit and, even though ye olde wallet was now some £400 lighter so, in order to anaesthetise myself from the shock of unloading such an amount on drink and grub and chattels, the decision was made at 1am to drink a Hell of a lot more so, off we trotted in a Southerly direction to Pigalle, the legendary red light area that, home to gangsters, street walkers, drug addicts, sex shops, brothels, gambling dens and ne-er do wells pulls me in like a bit fat moth to an even bigger fatter and infinitely more exciting flame.
“There are plenty of these little bars all over Paris,”explains Hadley.“They are not expensive and so the customers are always young, interesting and interested. My favourite bar is Aux Folies in Belleville and I go to a bar called Le Saint Sauver in Menlimontant,not because its cheap,but because its still got that real Parisian bohemian feel that you don’t get elsewhere. ”
“Pigalle as a neighbourhood had the worst reputation of anywhere in Paris and was controlled byThe Corsican Mafia for almost all of the 20th Century,”chuckled Clive Hadley who met us near Les Puce. It’s still not that safe at 4 am but now,youngsters have started going there while many of the streetwalkers [who up until quite recently coveted every Aux Folies single corner] and gambling has disappeared and gone online. It’s become a bit like Soho in London was in the nineties.” Indeed,Menlimontant,is another little area worth perusing. La Feline is a little bar with a stage that features burlesque And, even though the area still manages to hang on to its acts such as Lulu La Vamp and Lalaloo Du Bois with DJ’s rather sleazy façade beneath lies an underbelly of excellent, playing pure 50s and 60’s rock n’ soul with a bit of vintage groovy bars, such as the tiny Pigalle Country Club, that, US garage thrown in while Café La Laverie is a superb bistro full of extremely stylish cats - a good few dandies, some bar run by a couple who care which I certainly didn’t by the fifties and forties incarnate, others sixties styled- but all time I hit the sack at 6 am! grooving to a DJ playing classic funk, blues soul and Latin vinyl on couple of decks and more of the same at Le Picoti. On waking just a few hours later at nine am, I found myself While up the road. Just up the street is the amazing jazz/ under attack from H.M.S. Hangover but after Mama cocktail bar Lulu White Drinking Club, where we caught Shelters outstanding breakfast and four cups of coffee on an amazing rhythm n blues act while just around the corner stepping into the harsh sunlight the battle was mine, the lies the Rock’n’Roll Circus that delivers insanely cheap buzz of Paris firing a hefty broadside into the affray,leaving booze and a classic rock and soul soundtrack to a hep cat me feeling footloose and fancy free,and lo and behold - good crowd. Pigalle sure is funky. to be alive- in marked contrast to an hour before.
I thus opted for a look at the Left Bank and, after crossing the river at the Pont de la Concorde passing the Assemblee Nationale; I reached my first destination- the absolutely splendid Musee Rodin in Rue de Varenne. The artists’ sculptures are displayed in the garden where one can sit back, take tea and relax, while soaking up both sun and culture. Remaining on foot (it is the only way to see Paris with all its nooks and crannies) I made my way to Rue De Seine passing the fantastic outdoor food market which provides a real insight into the Gallic identity divorced from all the tourist hyperbole. Rue de Seine is one of many real streets that have survived in Paris with not a Gap or an Agnes B in sight, just the city proper. On the left lies the Hotel Louisianne, once home to Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Jean Cocteau while at the end of the street lies another Paris institution, Bar Palette, that decorated with a variety of old artists palettes and a décor that must date back to the turn of the century with a clientele to match looks like its torn from the pages of Brassai’s Paris by Night while Café Fleur is worthy of a look just to bathe in its illustrious history as Picasso , Georges Bataille and J.K.Huysmans were all regular patrons while its classic art deco interior of mahogany red seating and mirrors has hardly changed little since WW2.
Café Fleur
As keen on walking the city as I once was, I was now ‘banjaxed’; HMS Hangover was drifting sneakily back into port,Frankie Fatigue had me by the short and, not even slightly curlies, and my dogs were barking up a storm. Thus, I thought I’d take the weight off my feet and plot up at The Church of St.Germain that, even though I am a devout atheist, is a fine place to plot up. The oldest church in Paris, on the weekends they have choral and organ recitals, which are simply a joy to behold. Aux Pied de Cochon
After a snooze in the rather uncomfortable pews, I hit the Metro to Chatelet. Of course, for yours truly, any trip to Paris is not complete without a bowl of onion soup, a dish that only Parisians can do properly.So next day (after a pronounced kip) I went classic to, Aux Pied de Cochon, in Chatelet that since 1947 hasn’t closed day or night and, as such, was a destination for yours truly back in the day after we finished at that ever so wonderful nightclub Les Bains. Undoubtedly this fave haunt of Josephine Baker,Serge Gainsbourg,Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Paul Belmondo is a beautiful space while the food is pure Paris and the soup festooned with enough cheese so your spoon is beyond belief stands up on its own.
Chez Paul Walking from Chatelet to Les Halles I was struck by the sheer volume of truly great quirky little stores. One might expect that this, the centre of Paris would be bereft of odd little galleries and quirky little stores.One might discuss the merits of a 1930’s train set with a man who has spent his whole life considering such, or haggle over a clay tobacco pipe with a septuagenarian crone who lives for her store or, buy some vintage clothing by the kilo then rest up in a café not called Costa or Starbucks next to a cobblers, a fish mongers and a button store- all of whom occupy prime real estate. London it is not.
contain such wonderful attractions as, chez la Mere Catherine – the oldest bistro in Paris that, established in 1793, began as an eatery for Russian Cossacks who had wandered into France after their war with Napoleon.A damn fine restaurant but, I find that I get a rather bad case of indigestion when eating in the vicinity of tourists who photograph their entire meal even the damn cutlery so, we nipped over to La Divette de Montmartre an odd little tourist bar with a table football and pinball machines and every last inch of wall covered with stickers,bar mats and old vinyl and a grumpy old grey haired owner called Serge. It was good to sit down but even so 2 hours later we hungry again After this obligatory walk around Les Halles, it was time to so we moseyed on back to Mama Shelter East and settled Montmartre where the likes of Renoir, Monet, Lautrec down for a truly remarkable dinner that, comprising a Modigliani and Picasso once lived. Here one realises that landmark tuna ceviche to start, a black Angus steak with the Cubists just basically painted what they saw – a les pommes frites and sauce béarnaise and to finish a cacophony of roofs in grey, brown and beige which is a tad selection of ice cream and sorbets including lemon, mango disappointing. On the way I stopped off at the 120 year old and vanilla all aided by a bottle of Bordeaux – Goulée rouge Chartier on rue de Fauborg Montmartre - where the waiters by Cos d’Estournel 2013, was as good a supper as I have had in bow ties tot up ones bill on your table cloth and where a in a few years. main of Confit de canard pommes grenailles is Euro 10. A true Parisian institution I first went as a poor student in But lest we forget, Paris, also fields some of the finest ethnic 1980 and it’s never let me down. restaurants that this not so young scribe has ever encountered.KrungThep in Belleville,servesThai food that Now a little squiffy we cabbed it up the hill to the magisterial is the best in Europe and is worth a trip to Paris in itself. For Cathedral of Sacre Coeur. Always worth the journey from Moroccan you will have a hard job topping, Le Souk in The its heights one can look down on the whole city, from Bastille - a luscious assault on the senses that will knock you Montmartre to Montparnasse and from the Bois de Bologne into touch while for classic French Chez Paul also in the to the Bois de Vincennes.Walking down from the cathedral Bastille takes some beating. we then passed through the square of Montmartre, which has been entirely engulfed by the tourist trade. It does
Indeed, unlike London Paris and its citizens have an inexhaustible passion to preserve their history by a rather strict code of entirely absent in the UK - planning laws are some of the toughest in the world, local authorities set caps on how much landlords- both commercial and domestic can charge and,in doing so,avoid this hideous feeding frenzy that London in now suffering as rapacious landlords and foreign investors tear down our heritage in favour of building Indisputably, Paris seems to have it all at the moment and, luxury flats to accrue as much rent per square metre as in truth,I was totally gob smacked and thoroughly envious. possible. The city and its inhabitants seem to enjoy certain selfreliance, individuality and pride in each other that I have Ergo, many of little shops that made London have been rarely seen of late. Unfortunately, both London and New forced out of business by rates that are linked to rents,many York once had this in spades but it is now sadly lacking our of the cities young creatives are compelled to leave the city cities having been disembowelled by rancid rapacious as they can’t afford the rent leaving a conurbation that is developers and their greedy and corrupt lickspittle Tory rapidly losing its soul. We’ve all seen developers and pals. Thank the firmament Paris only its just a few hours property magnates,in an effort to turn our cities into rather train journey away. enlarged homogenized shopping malls, rip the guts out of London and New York by tearing down the familiar and As Ralph Waldo Emerson proclaimed,“To be yourself in a the beautiful in favour of nondescript, multinational store world that is constantly trying to make you something else fronts. is the greatest accomplishment.”I think we have to applaud Paris for just that. This hasn’t happened in Paris and you can smell the cities vibrancy and history just as soon as you hit the street.The French capital is a city overflowing with individuality and a very pronounced joie de vivre.A city that is embraces nonconformity that is enjoying being itself and a city that is above all real with no amount of balls.It seems that the city Chris Sullivan travelled on the Eurostar has achieved this. They have realized that a real city has www.eurostar.com diversity and colour that, never a consequence of bending over for huge foreign investment companies is achieved He stayed at Mama Shelter Paris East simply by being itself - an aphorism that fits both its www.mamashelter.com inhabitants and establishments alike.
MilliOnAir | CITY TRAVEL
LON DON CALLING WITH JULIET HERD
By Contributing Editor Juliet Herd
Go See...
Meera Syal in Noises Off Credit Helen Maybanks Director Jeremy Herrin Designer Max Jones Lighting Design Amy Mae
Assad Khan in rehearsals for A Doll’s House
NOISES OFF, GARRICK THEATRE & A DOLL’S HOUSE, LYRIC HAMMERSMITH Elliot Cowan and Anjana Vasan in rehearsals for A Doll’s House
Following its sell-out success at the Lyric Hammersmith, Michael Frayn’s iconic British comedy Noises Off transfers to the West End, starring Meera Syal, Daniel Rigby, Lloyd Owen and Simon Rouse and directed by Jeremy Herrin. This play-within-the-play, which actually premiered at the Lyric in 1982, is as fresh and riotous as ever, taking audiences behind the scenes with a company of hapless actors. As they bounce between back and front of stage with split-second timing to rival a magician’s trickery, you’ll be left rolling in the aisles. www.garricktheatre.org 27 September – 4 January 2020 Meanwhile, back at the Lyric Hammersmith, Rachel O’Riordan makes her directorial debut as the theatre’s new artistic director with a bold new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Writer Tanika Gupta offers a fascinating new female perspective on this classic play of gender politics. www.lyric.co.uk 6 September – 5 October
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LON DON CALLING WITH JULIET HERD
By Contributing Editor Juliet Herd
Rooftop Dining...
MEZEMISO 10 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SP Whisper it to your friends, Mezemiso is the hot new place to be seen, whether for a postwork drink or a full-on Japanese Lebanese fusion feast. Yes, really. Japanese and Lebanese cuisine is a thing. The idea is to share your meal, with dishes placed in the centre of the table, choosing from such Lebanese delicacies as ‘Hummus with Lamb Shawarma’ and ‘Rice Filled Vine Leaves with Lamb Cutlet’, created by executive chef Madlene El Saikali, or Japanese offerings from head sushi chef Victor Klomu, including his signature ‘Rib Eye & Scallop Uramaki’. One of London’s best-kept secrets is the terrace bar, where you can watch politicians at play (well, not quite but you get the drift…) across the river at the Houses of Parliament, while sipping on a gin fizz or indulging in a shisha pipe with flavours including ‘grape’ and ‘mint’. www.mezemisolondon.com
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LON DON CALLING WITH JULIET HERD
By Contributing Editor Juliet Herd
Bloody Mary's...
34 MAYFAIR, 34 Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HD The best weekend pick-me-up concept – a Bloody Mary cart with cocktails mixed table-side to match your food! Choose from the Bloody Bulldozer, combining sake with beef consommé spicy tomato mix, the Epicurean, a pear and spiced tomato juice or the Masha, featuring Champagne, vodka and celery foam, to name a few, to complement brunch. Dishes include baked egg Shakshuka with jumbo shrimps, corn tacos with pulled Wagyu brisket and buttermilk fried chicken waffles with maplecured bacon. Did you know the first Bloody Mary recipe, comprising just vodka and tomato juice, was created in the 1920s at Harry’s Bar New York in Paris by Fernand Petiot? Mais oui! www.34-restaurant.co.uk
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By Contributing Editor Juliet Herd
Queen for a day...
Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
BUCKINGHAM PALACE SUMMER OPENING Autumn may be fast approaching but did you know that the doors of Buckingham Palace are still open until the end of the month? With the success of ITV’s long-running Victoria series, this year’s exhibition, Queen Victoria’s Palace, has particular resonance. Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, the exhibition tells the story of how the young monarch brought the palace to life, transforming an unloved royal residence into the country’s social and cultural heart. Eight of the Queen’s nine children by Prince Albert were born at the palace and, to accommodate her growing family, she was given a £20,000 grant by Parliament in 1846 to build an extension. The iconic East Wing could hardly be classed as your usual home improvement, though… To celebrate the exhibition, the Royal Collection Trust has released a new range of jewellery inspired by the designs of tiaras in the Queen’s collection, aptly entitled Crowning Glory London. The brainchild of TV jewellery presenter and diamond specialist, Laurie Wickwire, and designed by Yasmin Lambert, the pieces (on sale at the Palace gift shop and other RCT shops, including the new Windsor Castle boutique) include Greville Drop earrings (£75), The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland bracelet (£95) and Brazilian Aquamarine necklace (£125). www.rct.uk
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Duggie Fields
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uggie Fields was born in 1945 and brought up in the village of Tidworth. He spent his youth in the countryside, moving to the outer suburbs of London in his adolescence. He studied architecture, briefly, at Regent Street Polytechnic before going to Chelsea School of Art graduating there in 1968. As a student, after Minimal, Conceptual and Constructivist phases he arrived at a more hard-edge post-Pop figuration. By the middle of the 1970s his work included many elements that were later defined as Post-Modernism. In 1983 in Tokyo, sponsored by the Shiseido Corporation, a gallery was created specially for his show, and the artist and his work were simultaneously featured in a television, magazine, billboard and subway advertising campaign throughout the country. His dayglo paintings are instantly recognizable. Despite his concern with the identity-dissolving impact of mass media on the contemporary psyche, Fields manages to sustain a coherent signature style that is as flamboyantly dysfunctional as it is cool and simple. Applying overdriven colour and stripped down cartoon-ish drawing to produce mutant variations on classical poses and genres, Fields' work scrambles categories, freaked out and flatline, delirious and deadpan all at once. Combining elements from disparate cultural and historical vocabularies, Fields' paintings now look like stained glass
Promiscuous and dangerously volatile, Field's multiverse is a place where ballroom dancing and comic book mutilation intersect. Nothing in Western culture is safe from Fields, for as the artist argued in his 'MAXIMALism' manifesto of 1995, digital media has rendered history part of a continuous present. Fields confronts us with the (sur)reality of an infinitely malleable, perpetually mediated world. The new media of the digital age allow 'infinite opportunities for new synthetic constructs', writes Fields
'We are of necessity the Primitives of a New Sensibility, born in the Virtual Age.' .
He has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, with notable solo shows being held at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (1980), Shiseido Contemporary, Tokyo (1983), Rempire, New York (1991) and Galleri Gi Ljere, Denmark (2008). His works are also held in public collections including the Arts Council and University College London. The avant garde Comme Des Garcons international fashion brand used him as a style inspiration in their 20007/2008 men's collections, and in 2016 he was celebrated by the British Film Institute FLARE with a presentation of his video collage sound works.
products myself in Japan, and likewise discarded. In the ‘90s I discovered the digital, and my workspace expanded out of the confines of my studio into the virtual world, making imagery and now sound always the main occupation of my time. Hours spent chasing line, form, pattern, rhythm, word, colour and content, solitarily, obsessively, demonically, joyously, neurotically, irrationally, hopelessly, devotedly, delightedly.”
“Sometime in the late 1950’s I discovered my connection with the act of painting. By the mid’60’s I was at Chelsea Art School, the King’s Road in the heady days of Swinging London, having moved from the country to the city, after a brief encounter with Architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic where I encountered amongst others the nascent Pink Floyd. By the early 1970’s I found myself sharing a flat with founder and former lead singer Syd Barrett, the home/studio I’ve occupied on my own ever since. In the ‘80s somehow I became briefly a reflection of my own earliest form of received iconography, the discarded display placards from my Duggie Fields lives and works in London, England. parent’s pharmacy storeroom where I spent many hours playing as a child, when I was featured on similar www.duggiefields.com
100 WORDS with JIM LEE PHOTOGRPAHER
Edited by Marcella Martinelli
“Who is Jim Lee” Jim Lee 73 - Photographer & Film Director – His Photographs now lodged in the V&A Museum in London & in the MAMM Museum in Moscow and also Galleries in the USA & Europe. He has Directed over 400 TV Commercials and a Feature Film with Alan Bates. His beginnings were quite wild as he is Dyslexic & slightly Dyspraxic so he was unable to cope with academic studies much to his Fathers annoyance - ran off to Australia at 17 to become a Cowboy – his Father being deeply embedded in the MI5 along with his Godfather - his Mother descended from the Seymour Aristocracy. Jim raised his first son singlehandedly from the age of 5 – 13 when he was killed in a car accident – later producing 4 further children - Jim having survived 3 major accidents and 3 cardiac arrests – published a picture book recently of his 50 years behind moving and still cameras - “Jim Lee / Arrested” My Attitude to Life – Always take Advantage of a Disadvantage and improve the situation rather than be defeated by it & See the Bright Positive side of Life – preferably with a sense of Humour.
Stylist MARCELLA MARTINELLI Photography JIM LEE Camera Assistant JAMES BARNETT Models EMMA BARLEY and WILLIAM DYER at Storm model management Hair ENZO VOLPE at Mandy Coakley Make up JULIA WREN at Carol Hayes Management Nails EDYTA BETKA Dress Temperley Shoes Gina Shoes Couture
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JIM LEE is a fashion photographer and film director, during the late sixties and seventies he worked closely with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in London and New York on fashion and advertising shoots. He switched to film directing in the late seventies, creating hundreds of television commercials as well as working on several full-length feature films. His earlier photographs form part of the permanent collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with additional photographs in the archives of The Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow. A book of his life's work entitled Jim Lee / Arrested was launched in May 2012 alongside an exhibition of photographs from the book at Somerset House, London. Lee's work is regularly exhibited at art galleries around the world, and he continues to collaborate on imaginative campaigns, in addition to developing his own creative projects. In September 2015, Lee's autobiographical book LIFE IN B&W was released by Quartet at the Groucho Club in London. In 2016, Lee was a speaker at the Oxford Literary Festival, where he was also interviewed by writer Paul Blezard. In October 2018, Lee's latest book, The BOX, was published by The Box Book Company.[ In 2019, Lee published My BOX, a version of The BOX for children between the ages of 8-15 years.
Photo by DAVID TATTERSALL
MilliOnAir | EXHIBITION
ROBERT MONTGOMERY SHINY COLOURFUL AMUSEMENTS FOR THE WALLS OF THE BOURGEOISIE Robert Montgomery at JD Malat Gallery
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cottish-born and London based artist and poet, Robert Montgomery, brings his solo exhibition, Shiny Colourful Amusements for the Walls of the Bourgeoisie, to JD Malat Gallery Tuesday 1st October - Saturday 2nd November 2019. Coinciding with Frieze London, the highly anticipated exhibition is set to captivate Montgomery’s worldwide following.
Through Shiny Coloured Amusements for the Walls of the Bourgeoisie, Montgomery, renowned for his large, public light installations and distinctive black and white billboard works, presents a selection of lightworks made especially for the exhibition. The show also combines his illustrious lightwork technique that is well known to viewers, with new works that celebrate the artist’s return to other mediums such as painting and an electrifying exploration of colour. The globally acclaimed artist is set to fuse together these unique, imaginative approaches to his craft and bring to fruition one of his most ambitious solo exhibitions to date.
JD Malat Gallery is proud to cultivate Montgomery’s comprehensive exhibition history, having had numerous solo exhibitions across the world, most recently at the Aspen Art Museum in January 2019. Not to mention, Montgomery has presented many important exhibitions in the United Kingdom, such as being shortlisted for the UK Holocaust Memorial, showcased at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Montgomery has also had a strong Biennale presence worldwide, representing Britain at Kochi Biennale in 2012 and the Yinchuan Biennale in 2016. Whilst many artists become synonymous with one artistic medium, Robert is rather synonymous with a particular kind of poetic phrasing — loosely applying the principle of "concrete poetry" across an array of media, he brings words alive in watercolour, fire poems, solar powered light installations, woodcut panels, billboards and paintings. His work sits somewhere in-between a tradition of contemporary language art seen in artists like Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer and Lawrence Weiner, and an older tradition of concrete poetry that goes back to Guillaume Apollinaire and in Britain to Ian Hamilton Finlay and Edward Lucie-Smith. JD Malat Gallery will exhibit a selection of Montgomery’s newly made lightworks, which echo his important installations of the past at the old Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, the Kochi Biennale in 2012 and his installation of "THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE BECOME GHOSTS INSIDE OF YOU, AND LIKE THIS YOU KEEP THEM ALIVE” at the De La Warr Pavilion in 2010. This piece became one of the most talked about artworks of the last decade, with its image having been shared more than 24 million times online. Shiny Colourful Amusements for the Walls of the Bourgeoisie by Robert Montgomery Tuesday 1st October - Saturday 2nd November 2019 JD Malat Gallery, 30 Davies Street, W1K 4NB www.jdmalat.com
Experience the extraordinary creative process of one of the world's most inventive photographers through his pictures, films, photographic sets, and special installations – including ten new series of photographs influenced by the V&A's collections.
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Seeing is believing - the luxury Spanish villa that will take your breath away! BRITISH entrepreneur Joe Ricotta is the proud owner of this magnificent mansion built in one of Marbella’s most exclusive residential districts. The successful businessman runs a company developing prestigious properties in the upmarket port city and resort on southern Spain’s Costa del Sol. Here he invites MilliOnAir Magazine into his home as the architectural masterpiece goes on the market. A STUNNING luxury villa with uninterrupted, breathtaking views of the magnificent Mediterranean has just come on the market with a guide price of €39.995million. MilliOnAir Magazine has been given an exclusive tour of this palatial mansion located in Sierra Blanca, Marbella, the destination of choice for international clientele looking for their dream home. The plot’s privileged location on Marbella’s Golden Mile provides exceptional views to the Mediterranean Sea at the front, complemented by the magnificent spectacle of the La Concha mountains to the rear. This impressive estate was designed by award-winning local Spanish architect Jesús del Valle Cardenete and in
2017 it won the Premios Maceal award for best international villa. The property is distributed over four levels and has ten bedrooms in total, comprising eight bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms. The architect has paid special attention to the direct and indirect lighting concepts, opening and extending the sense of space with impressively high ceilings throughout. All of the finishes are of the highest quality as you would expect from a property of this calibre, including Italian marble flooring and ceramics, feature wood panelling, hand-made chandeliers, LED lighting, under-floor heating, alarm system and smart home system.
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THE VESPA ELETTRICA IS UNPLUGGED IN LONDON Vespa’s first ever electric scooter model is now available to buy in London, exclusively from BMG Scooters. Of course, Vespa had to get on track and design their first ever electric scooter – it was just a matter of when, the brand has been always been forwardthinking when it comes to creating stylish, designled motorcycles, and so it’s no surprise that they have released an electric vehicle. Increasing consumer demand and an upward trend for electric road models have meant Vespa is at the forefront of the motoring game once again. Since launching in 1946, Vespa has become a pioneer in the transport industry. Their first model, the Vespa 98, was an overnight success and changed the Italian way of travelling on two wheels, forever. Vespa has been manufacturing
scooters and bike models for lifestyle and sporting purposes ever since. The Elettrica allows three different driving power modes, and it can be switched to “extender mode” to run the generator non-stop as needed. These features make the Elettrica a flexible, secure and very convenient ride for every type of motorist, and works around what a rider needs at any given moment, whether it’s taking a leisurely drive to enjoy the open road, or handling the bike through rush hour in town. The Elettrica can go 5 days without needing a charge and in fact only takes up to 4 hours to fully charge again, meaning it can be left to charge while you pop to the shops, or even be plugged in to charge at a hotel while you’re out exploring the sites on foot. It is also completely silent, but because safety is paramount to the manufacturers at Vespa, the Elettrica makes a courtesy beep as and where required, to ensure that you can be heard and are safe, and to let other motorists know that you are there. www.elettrica.vespa.com
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