My Modern Darcy

Dear readers, when the weather gets hotter, a light-weighted linen (and sometimes cotton) jacket or suit is usually a perfect choice for your summer wardrobe, not only it’s much breathable and elegant, its light beige or sometimes ivory white color always reminds me of a noble English gentleman, having a delightful afternoon tea break by his garden from his grand mansion, with his family or close friends, perhaps you can get this scenario from the movie ‘Downton Abbey: A New

Dear readers, for those of you who have visited Vienna before, you probably won’t miss out one of their magnificent historic landmark – Schloss Belvedere, not only where you can find the famous painting ‘Der Kuss’ by the late symbolic Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt, as well as many other masterpieces, the magnificent palace and the grand Baroque garden complex is decorated with tiered fountains and Baroque sculptures, it’s the place for people to marvel the Viennese grandeur

Dear readers, for fine fragrance, most of us tended to turn to French and Italian perfume houses, given their deep heritage and know-how over perfume making, yet, British perfume has become much talked about and sought after in recent years, especially with numerous new British perfume brands that came into the fine fragrance scene, their quality is just as exceptional as some of the established perfume houses from their European counterparts, giving a new kind of olfactory f

Dear readers, it’s been a relatively long time since I did some conversational blog until the last one in a couple of weeks ago, part of the reason is due to the pandemic and upheavals in the past few years which makes it difficult to do so, thankfully as we gradually resume to our normal life, I am thrilled to invite another passionate gentleman to be our Q&A guest this time! Mr. Simón Martelo, Founder and Cutter of his own tailoring company, Martelo Bespoke, based in Bogot