A reality TV star is heading to Leicestershire stately home Belvoir Castle next month to turn on its Christmas lights. Georgia Toffolo – aka ‘Toff’ – will switch on the lights at The Engine Yard retail village as part of a festive event in support of Leicestershire charity Hope Against Cancer. Toff is best known […] Read more
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo’s latest themed auction explores a niche that collectors are mad about. As part of its Geneva Watch Auction: Ten to be held November 9 in Geneva, it will host a sale of “Double Signed” pieces – watches that bear the name of a retailer in addition to that […] Read more
It’s common knowledge that having a broad reach is essential for bloggers and being present on all social media makes it easier for people to find you. Instagram, with its 900 million monthly users, has clearly taken the world by storm and it seems that everyone is now using the app, not only to share […] Read more
This captivating book explores the richly saturated history of makeup, style, and color at the house of Dior. Perhaps the hue the French house is most synonymous with is gray (which wraps the walls of the 30 Avenue Montaigne flagship in Paris and covers all of the brand’s packaging), but even Christian Dior himself believed […] Read more
Sandra Bullock Walton’s Fancy & Staple (609 W 6th St, Austin, Texas) Virginia-born actress Sandra Bullock has adopted the South as her home, splitting her time between New Orleans and Austin, Texas. In 2009 she snapped up Walton’s Fancy & Staple, a flower shop since 1969, moving it to a new location and expanding to […] Read more
People are more savvy than ever before about the ways shops get them to spend their money, but the retailers are always coming up with new tactics. Why are sweets and chocolate always by the till in supermarkets? Why do they put the everyday essentials like bread and milk at the back of shop so […] Read more
