Park Avenue Diet

Dr. Fischer’s Park Avenue Diet is a comprehensive program that addresses the seven principal components of image, how we appear and how we behave, the reflection of our lifestyle choices that the outside world judges us by. Permanent lifestyle change in The Park Avenue Diet is accomplished with the help of seven top experts in the seven uniquely interconnected components of image: weight, physique, hair, skin, clothing, self- confidence and interpersonal skills.

The experts are make-up artist Laura Geller, hair stylist Joel Warren, New York socialite Tinsley Mortimer, fashion consultant Helene Hellsten, world renowned psychologist Dr. Stanley Krippner, nutritionist, Chef Marie-Annick Courtier, and fitness trainer Bernadette Penotti.

Gotland Runt - Sandhamn

Stockholm Fashion Week Starts Tomorrow

My latest obsession, is a sizzling Swede named Sandra Buckland whose designs brilliantly incorporate everything from knitting to origami.

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Outstanding bouquet of flowers at YSL funeral

Karl Lagerfeld, who was not among the likes of Hubert de Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alber Elbaz, John Galliano, Sonia Rykiel, Stefano Pilati, Christian Lacroix and Vivienne Westwood at the emotional funeral of Yves Saint Laurent earlier today, sent this outstanding bouquet of flowers to substitute for his presence.

Chasing Harry Winston

Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada, has done it again. I have just finished reading her new novel Chasing Harry Winston that concerns three best friends who make a pact to change their lives. One schemes to find a hubby who will present her with one of Mr. Winston’s fabulous diamond rings. Here's a window display inspired by the cover image of the stiletto heel adorned with three diamond engagement rings.

Bergdorf Goodman has created a window display to honor the iconic blue Manolo Blahnik pump that sits in Carries closet.

Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid’s wacky Opera House design was inspired by the dunes of Dubai. It will seat 2,500 and give Sydney’s famous landmark some stiff competition.

V&R Bloggers at NY times

IN the days leading up to the opening of their exclusive exhibition at London's Barbican Art Gallery on Wednesday, Dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf have turned blogger for NYTIMES.COM to reveal what goes on behind the scenes of a major fashion retrospective.

Les dessous de Stella - en coffrent weekend

Les 60 ans de Repetto

Valention Exhibition - Du 17 juin au 21 septembre 2008

Les Arts Décoratifs- Musée de la Mode et du Textile
107, rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris

www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr

Christian Lacroix has designed a terrasse at the Palais Chaillot in Paris

The André Balazs of the Yucatan Penisula

Nicolas Malleville has posed with Kate Moss for Burberry, for a Tod’s campaign with Anja Rubik. Now, at 32, the model is living out his childhood fantasies, spending most of his time amid the sand and palms of Mexico, where he’s building a mini hotel empire, called Coqui Coqui, already includes two chic hotels and spas (with a third on the way), as well as a perfumery, a café and a store.

Marstrand the meeting spot of the year

New hot spot - Cafe Carlu -

Cafe carlu in Paris is located in the palais chaillot and offers stunning views of the eiffel tower from across the river.

What's in their Make up bag ?

French & Fashionable

One of my favourite things in life, apart from lattee's, is the Vogue Paris girls. To me, they bring a new definition of style and completely upstage the WASP's at Vogue. They live in the capital city of fashion, work at a fashion magazine that actually features *gasp* models.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

Sources at fashionista say that Julia Restoin-Roitfeld is starting up her own magazine.

Villa Feltrinelli

This is definitely a place I would love to visit one day. Villa Feltrinelli sits on the shores of Lake Garda in the beautiful village of Gargnano in Northern Italy. Dating back to 1892 the villa was meticulously restored in 1997 and is now offered to travellers as a luxury hotel.

Stop Global Warming

Plastic water bottles just aren't cool anymore, what with the environment falling apart and landfills filling up at breakneck speed. Sigg bottles have been a staple of many a "green" water drinker for years, and now in the name of fighting global warming they've gone designer. In a collaboration between Elle magazine and environmental activist Laurie David 14 designers (including names like Donna Karan, Kenneth Cole, and Stella McCartney) have each designed a Sigg bottle and put it up for auction, with the proceeds benefiting StopGlobalWarming.org.

For Fashionistas

The world's top fashionistas spend their lives designing things for other people, but they often reserve their true talents for themselves. Marie Bariller's gorgeous new book, Dressing the Home: The Private Spaces of Top Fashion Designers affords a rare glimpse at the interior lives of some of the biggest names in fashion. Included are two houses owned by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, style stars like Christian Louboutin, Gilles Mendel, Jacopo Etro, Catherine Malandrino, Patrick Cox, Betsey Johnson, and Diane von Furstenberg, among others.

Magazines for Snobs

Italian Hideways

In Italian Hideaways: Discovering Enchanting Rooms and Private Villas, Meg Nolan, formerly of the International Herald Tribune's Milan bureau, takes us on an armchair tour of the best of them.

Ft. Lauderdale

Marina Marriot is getting a $60 million glamour injection in to Ft.Lauderdale. Full renovations on the newly-christened Ft. Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club will be completed next month. The interiors are refreshing, stylish and modern, not to mention well-insulated from the frat boy set. A branch of Manhattan restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow's chic China Grill has already started serving guests lucky enough to snag one of the soft-opening suites.

Connecticut

The Neighborhood Scout deems that the town of Madison, Connecticut is a good equivalent for Malibu, the expensive celebrity-filled beach area north of Los Angeles.

Ostrea Marine

The luxe motorboat designed by Ostrea Marine with Parisian luxury leathergoods maker Lancel, which debuted at the recent Paris Boat Show, has gone on sale in a limited edition of 25 with a $236,000 pricetag. The 25-foot "Le Nantucket" is designed to adapt the amenities of a classically-designed luxury yacht to a craft suitable for use on rivers and lakes.

Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers just made their high-end, high-style Black Fleece collection for Spring / Summer '08 available online. The line, designed by controversial but undeniably au courant designer Thom Browne, features twisted takes on preppy classics with eyebrow-raising pricetags.

David LaChapelle - Remy Maritn

Photographer David LaChapelle's distinctive va-va-voom style graces a new bottle of Remy Martin VSOP Cognac. The bottle LaChapelle created takes its inspiration from the Paris cabaret scene during the Jazz Age when Remy Martin first appeared in 1927.

Palazzo Versace - Dubai

The over-the-top Palazzo Versace Dubai development, plans for which we first told you about back in 2005, is getting a dress rehearsal of sorts in London. Over the next six weeks, famed British department store Harrods in Knightsbridge will feature model rooms from the Palazzo, furnished with marble and gold accents and exclusive designs from Versace's home collection.

Holiday Escapes

Holiday Escapes is a perfect guide to the best high-end hideaways around the globe. One of the standouts is Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld's former villa in Monaco

Yachtpartners

Yacht owners often are too busy to use their boats for more than a few weeks each year. Another thing to consider, certainly, is the cost of ownership. Yikes. That's the theory behind Luxury Yacht Partners of N.Y. Purchase fractional ownership, rent a yacht for a day or sell part or all of your yacht.

Filthy Rich Handbook

Christopher Tennant's new Official Filthy Rich Handbook is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in how the rich people live.

Gorgeous Blue Diamant

Sparkling Vodka

The O2 sparkling vodka by Camitz vodka is topped with a champagne stopper. The Camitz Vodka comes from Sweden and is made from water from the underground springs of Töllsjo and grains from the fields of Västergötland near the distillery. The

Ralph Lauren - Madison Avenue

Ralph Lauren's flagship store on Madison Avenue is probably the most luxurious retail outlet in the world. The interior decorator Naomi Leff created it out of a gutted shell, into a household word in design circles. The Monacelli Press presents a long-overdue compendium of her work in the alluring new book Naomi Leff: Interior Design.

The Carnegie Club

The Carnegie Club, one of Manhattan's only cigar/cocktail lounges to survive the draconian smoking ban in style, is celebrating the onset of warmer weather with a "Cigars of Summer". The club's "Summer Beach Pack," for $45, includes three light, creamy robusto cigars, an Avo Classic Robusto, Fonseca Vintage Robusto, and Romeo y Julieta Exhibition #3, all of which are specially chosen to suit strolling the sands. The "Hamptons Weekend Pack," for $125, consists of a Montecristo #2, Greycliff Château Grand Cru Pirate, and a Davidoff Anniversario #3, all high-end smokes suited to the pricey vacation spot. The Carnegie Club is part of Mark Grossich's sophisticated cocktail lounge empire, which includes the amazing Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Station, one of our favorite spaces in all of New York.

Vevue Clicquot and Polo

Renowned French champagne house Veuve Clicquot staged the first polo match in Manhattan in 70 years. The match, between two North American Polo League (NAPL) teams - Ralph Lauren's Black Watch, captained by Polo model Nacho Figueras, and Asprey's Skeeterville, captained by Will Johnston - was played on Governor's Island, the 172-acre former Army base on Manhattan's southern tip.