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Bacco, Bacchus, Vino: Vinitaly's Exceptional Case
What makes a wine fair a success? Not too many of us wine lovers ever spent a thought thinking on how our wine-habit was well-provided for. The recent Vinitaly wine fair in Verona was an exceptional gathering both for final consumers and operators alike.
Vienna’s new Jean Nouvel Flagship Hotel
Sofitel Stephansdom Hotel just opened and has been welcomed with great excitement in a city that is known for its architecture and monuments.
Cry Cry Cry if you don't know how to French Kiss
Lesson number 2: the french kiss. Crazyswide with the best teacher ever: Johnny Depp.
Interview with Gil de Bizemont - The Original Condom Company
Thought you knew everything about condoms? Well, The Prince Charles Emmanuel de Bourbon Parme and the Count Gil de Bizemont did come up with new creations branded under the name of The Original Condom Company.
Press Play & Say Moustache!
Due to technical reasons Swide has gone crazy. The holiday season has taken its toll on the editorial team. There has been turbulence over the net. The operator cannot connect you with Swide. Press Play.
Petits fours and other miniatures
Sometimes even the most voracious appetite cannot bear the sight of a full dessert at the end of a meal. But, it is rare that anyone can resist the sight of a plate of “petits fours” when presented at the table, piled high and multi-coloured or arranged in a pretty pattern.
Let them eat macaron!
For years it was held as something of a special treat, being associated with Ladurée, Pierre Hermé and the chicest Parisian patisseries. These days it’s a 90 cents side dish to your Big Mac. Whatever happened to the macaron?
The New York legend who put art on the menu
This is French cuisine with a bittersweet aftertaste: Chanterelle, a NYC restaurant at the top of its game for no less than 30 years has recently experienced a sad closure; in celebration of three decades of happy diners it is auctioning some its famous menu covers designed by leading contemporary artists. Art never tasted so refined.
And a silly new year! The unlikely inventions of 2010
We are hoping 2010 will be bringing silly back and how better to kickstart it than with a few insights into the great minds of our contemporary innovators. So far they're only fictitious but should a Dragon end up reading this... Here are our top picks.
The Sarkozy diet & the cottage cheese revival
The U.K’s Times newspaper reports, “brains and political talent are no longer enough to land a job in the French Cabinet." Trim figures are what it takes. We discover Sarkozy's power diet.
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At 27, Dolce&Gabbana have achieved an impressive status, client base and cult following. The brand’s capacity to take the artistic traditions and aesthetic of Italy and make them their own is unsurpassable and highly romantic to fashion lovers. Their idiosyncratic designs, ironic take on classic dress and the brand’s emblematic items have all contributed in making Dolce&Gabbana a household name. For this instalment of our archive lead considerations of what makes up the Dolce&Gabbana DNA we concentrate on maybe one of the strongest statement the designers have made over the years: the corset.
When I was a child, my parents used to take me to a little village, where we would have almond “granita” and collect fresh water form a little drinking fountain, afterwards. This little place is called Scopello and it was time for me to return to my childhood and explore as an adult.
The scenario is…you are only in London for 24hrs. This doesn’t have to mean being stuck in your hotel wanting but not knowing what to do. Enlightened travellers continually ask the question - What would a Londoner do? Have no fear Luxury London is here…
There’s no need to go far afield to exotic locations to find adventure. In recent years adventures have been rediscovering urban winders right on our very doorsteps. Urban Exploration, known also as Urbex or UE, is an (often illegal) activity that explores unseen or unknown sights in the urban environment.
It appears that Ivan Olita’s scouting has led him straight to New York City’s very own scout, a movie location scout to be exact. Nick Carr’s job means that he gets to explore every nook and cranny that NYC has to offer, allowing him to discover the hidden details that many wouldn’t see. Ivan Investigates…
Whilst collaborating with Swide for The Matt Silk Collection SS12 video, Luca Finotti gave us the chance to get him in front of the camera for an exclusive interview. Whether it’s talking about his love affair with the camera, his views on what ‘ugly is’ or how he keeps himself sane, the up and coming fashion director was as natural in front of the camera as he is behind it.
The Cannes Film Festival is the epitome of European high glamour on the French Riviera. Sun, surf and…suits. Swide catches three stars who put their best foot forward in Dolce&Gabbana. Gerard Butler, Mathew McConaughey and Zac Efron got suited up to face the onslaught of press photographers that infest every event at Cannes.
Kylie Minogue has had a very very good week indeed. Sparkling brighter than ever at the Cannes Film Festival premier of ‘Holy Motors’, wearing Dolce&Gabbana, and then causing explosive reaction throughout the internet when her new single and video ‘Timebomb’ was dropped today.