My Modern Darcy

From champagne to perfection – ‘Fleur de Miraval’ Rosé Champagne

Dear readers, how many of you here are a fan of Rosé champagne? Frankly, I have heard about this question whenever I attended a wine +...

Stylish classic vehicle event of the year - Concours of Elegance 2020 UK

Sometimes when there were too many things going on, distractions happen and it makes one forget things easily, it did happen to me during...

Color power - Berluti FW2020 menswear collection

Remember the power-dressing back in the late 80s? The padded shoulder blazer with the carrot-cut trousers with a sleek pointy shoes...

L’Art de la table Française - ‘Les grandes tables de Paris’ by Gilles Pudlowski

It feels like ages since my last time having a delightful meal properly in a fine restaurant, especially after all the rough patches in...

Olfactory chic for Parisian summer - Pont des Arts Paris

When it comes to July, it always reminds me of one thing apart from Wimbledon (which was cancelled this year sadly), that is, the French...

Urban sartoria – Christine L men’s tailoring, Hong Kong

Nowadays when we talked about tailoring for men, more or less it also takes us to think about the tailor or the artisan himself, his...

Oriental modernity – ‘André Fu: Crossing cultures with design’ by Catherine Shaw

Dear readers, being away from writing this blog for quite some time, it makes me feel a bit guilty and questioning about my passion on...

British sartorial classic & eccentricity - Dobrik and Lawton, London

Waking up in the morning recently, the weather is still a bit chilly for some reason, consider it’s almost time that we are entering the...

An artisanal conversation with Bertrand Duchaufour – esteemed French Master Perfumer

Stagnation is something that is quite bothering, especially during the critical period like now with cities lockdown, confinement and...

Sailing glamour - Sanlorenzo SL86 Hong Kong preview

Dear readers, undoubtedly, the world is circulated by gloomy news lately, either the pandemic outbreak around the world, or city lockdown...

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