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Revisit the heyday of Berliner glamour - ‘Berlin tanzt in Clärchen Ballhaus’ by Marion Kiesow

Dear readers, back in few years ago after I returned from a trip to Berlin, I have written a blog about one of a rarely-talk-about...

Salute to the style heroine and taste-maker – ‘The Best of Flair’ (2014)

Dear readers, getting some style or fashion references nowadays is just pretty easy, especially in the digital age that we are living in,...

Revisit the Belle Époque beauty through scent – Detaille Paris

Dear readers, one of the prominent fragrance expo in Milan, Exsence, was just over, although I cannot be there physically as much as I...

Impeccable dinner in French presidential style - “À la table des Présidents” by Gomez Guillaume

Dear readers, being apart from my blog for the longest time since I founded it, it wasn’t easy, and definitely not what I intended to do...

Ultimate elegance - ‘Château de Haroué: The Home of the Princes de Beauvau-Craon’

Red is the color that represents provocation, enticement, and malice, and it also represents allure, romance and eagerness; normally,...

Christmas calling – “Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria”

Dear readers, when it comes to Christmas, the images I have in my head are the vivid red tartan outfit or the Fairisle cashmere sweater,...

Christmas in French noble style – ‘Un Merveilleux Noël’ at Château de Chantilly

Christmas is one of the most magical and joyous festivity of the year, especially for this year after the hassle from the pandemic that...

Festive glamour - ‘Legendary Dinners – From Grace Kelly to Jackson Pollock’ by Anne Petersen

When it comes to Thanksgiving, it literally makes me happier for some reason, even I am not an American myself, being surrounded by the...

Majestic memory - ‘A Day at Château de Chantilly: The Estate and Gardens of the Duke of Aumale’

Dear readers, what is your most magical New Year celebration that you can recall? Despite the social distancing under the pandemic...

Magical journey of restoring the bygone grandeur – Château de Gudanes 'A true love story never ends'

Dear readers, back in a couple of weeks ago, I was doing some research about Christmas decorating and shopping ideas, in the midst of the...

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