We Only Have One Home
The conservationist and philanthropic new
Wildlife SAFARI
IS CHANGING LIVES IN AFRICA
There may be no travel more worthy of the overused “bucket list” accolade than an African wildlife safari, a spiritual experience that touches the soul when a leopard, elephant, or giraffe comes into view. But visitors are not the only ones who can come away better off. Doing a safari right impacts the locals, the landscape, and the animals. Multi-award-winning outfitter Micato Safaris (micato.com) has been doing it right for over half a century and, in Kenya, where the company has its roots, Micato has for decades been working closely with like-minded partners deeply involved in conservation and philanthropy.
Le Salon
VALENTINO
THE SPRING 2024 COUTURE COLLECTION
The habitat of Haute Couture – a space of expectation and wonder, where dreams become realities through its specific rites and rituals. For Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli, the salon represents both a return and a departure – simultaneously an honouring of tradition and a new proposal, of an Haute Couture innately reflective of contemporaneous values and needs. The Valentino Le Salon Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024 collection is deeply rooted in modern life, in the today. Yet in this seemingly radical reflection of our world it actually returns to the original intention of Couture, its genesis in realities. True dressing – the timeless essence of Haute Couture.
The universe of science fiction
Kenzo Fall-Winter 2024
WOMEN’S AND MEN’S SILHOUETTES BRIDGE TWO WORLDS
Kenzo artistic director Nigo fused Eastern and Western influences for his latest runway show, presented at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF). These cross-cultural exchanges spawned the Kenzo Magic Galaxy, a collection inspired by references to the universe of science fiction.
Just as filmmaker George Lucas found inspiration in the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, Nigo imagines original codes to invent a new vocabulary and a new fantasy world. Women’s and men’s silhouettes bridge two worlds, rooted in Japanese tradition while infused with details from faraway galaxies. A kimono coat look like a warrior cape, shimmering silvery and golden ensembles are fit for a space fiction heroine. A pattern informed by fifteenth-century Edo Komon kimonos is re-manifested as a star constellation in prints and embroideries. Throughout, the collection nods to Western military wardrobes in flight jackets, generous cargo suits and shearling jackets.
Women’s silhouettes are nipped at the waist with judo belts. Men’s gakuran schoolboy suits are crafted in technical wools and denim in red, black and khaki. Kimono constructions are re-contextualized in quilted nylon, denim, and tailoring and shirting fabrics. Patterns include a weave inspired by Japanese hakeshi baten firemen’s jackets, interpreted in nylon, jacquards and denim. Accessories alternate between tributes to craft such as the KENZO Furoshiki bag, inspired by the Japanese art of wrapping, and futurism, like the KENZO Biker motocross boot.
The ultimate invitation to unwind
THE NEW DIOR SPA!
DIOR INAUGURATES NEW SPA
AT HÔTEL PLAZA ATHÉNÉE IN PARIS
Dior opened its very first spa in 2008 at the Plaza Athénée, an ultra-private haven of peace from urban stress. The exceptional 400-square-meter space on Avenue Montaigne has been renovated several times over the years. Today it takes on a new look, with an emphasis on a warm, serene atmosphere and high-tech treatments. The pale and enveloping décor is inspired by the hotel archways, with reorganized spaces highlighting wood, stone and other natural materials.
The new spa also reveals the exceptional Dior Light Suite, a treatment room inspired by light therapy with a ceiling able to reproduce the sun’s light to resynchronize the body’s rhythms and restore energy. Unique for a luxury Paris hotel, the room is the Plaza Athénée’s best kept secret. New treatments have been specially developed as well, notably the Dior Privé Sur Demande personalized treatments.
Designed as the ultimate sanctuary for well-being, the Dior Spa in the heart of the legendary Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris has been reinvented and now offers a special suite dedicated to light therapy.
Dior is avant-garde in fashion and also in its vision of well-being and beauty. Offering guests a private luxury refuge that takes well-being to the highest level, the new Dior Spa Plaza Athénée is the ultimate invitation to unwind.
STAY UPDATED
FOLLOW ME