While fashion month is currently buzzing through Europe predicting everything we’ll be wearing next winter, we’re way more curious to see which trends are going to stick around for the entire year. With that in mind, we reached out to three fashion authorities from Nordstrom, Net-A-Porter, and Bloomingdales for a full forecast of the year ahead, giving us the lowdown on the biggest hits of 2020. Read on for their insight for the styles to stock up on, plus the two trends they’re leaving behind the last decade, here.
Last September, I visited Greta Thunberg’s Nordic homeland. When I arrived in her hometown of Stockholm, I just missed the celebrated young Swedish climate activist as she’d departed by solar-powered yacht to attend the UN Climate Summit in New York. But I did come to understand why Sweden is a global leader in the tourism-sustainability movement, and why Gothenburg, its second-largest city, has been named a European Capital of Smart Tourism 2020 by the European Commission.
Such was her skill and reputation that Glenn had asked for her specifically and had refused to fly unless she verified the calculations. She also helped to calculate the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon.
A cult figure in the world of decluttering and organisation, Japanese lifestyle guru Marie Kondo is known across the world for her best–selling book and Netflix show titled ‘Tidying Up With Marie Kondo.’
Her radical methods are an attractive antidote to hoarding and consumerism, offering a way of life in which you own fewer but more treasured items. Get started on your personal decluttering drive with these highlights from the KonMari method.
Keeping Up With the Kardashian’s Scott Disick now has his own spin-off on E!, Flip it Like Disick, and has recently put this example of his new house flipping business on the market, listed at $6.89 million. Apparently inheriting his passion and ability from his attorney-developer grandfather, David Disick, this Hidden Hills contemporary farmhouse demonstrates Scott’s home-design talents.
Do you suffer from loud snoring and sudden gasps for air in your sleep, and daytime sleepiness? If so, it is likely that you have obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Consult-ant respiratory physician and senior lecturer Dr. Chandimani Undugodage tells us everything we need to know about this common sleep disorder that many of us suffer from… without knowing we do.
He was talking to them to find out what makes this generation good and bad with money. In the process, he found that millennials don’t have crazy expectations for their finances, or want anything extravagant.
He was talking to them to find out what makes this generation good and bad with money. In the process, he found that millennials don’t have crazy expectations for their finances, or want anything extravagant.
Another tour, another disaster and this time it was with India. Sri Lanka hasn’t been able to defeat India in a series for a very long time. Let’s call a spade a spade and accept that the Sri Lankans seem to have forgotten how to win. More importantly, our teams over the last five or so years seem to have forgotten what cricket and unity mean.
A New York country estate, Black Hole Hollow Farm, where former British intelligence officer-turned-author, Ian Fleming, wrote parts of his James Bond thrillers, Diamonds Are Forever (1956) and Goldfinger (1959) is for sale. It was then the home of his dear friend John Felix Charles Ivar Bryce, also a former British intelligence officer, whose wife was an Atlantic & Pacific heiress, Josephine Huntington Hartford. Ian was joined by other illustrious guests such as Princess Margaret and Jackie Kennedy, but Fleming was a long-term houseguest on numerous occasions. The farm has recently been listed for sale, priced at $2.95 million.
Our models are relaxing in the classy lobby of the Taj Samud-ra. Wasana is wearing a pale green and gold brocade off-the-shoulder dress with a ruffle on the reverse of the fabric, and lined in dull gold. And thanks to its soft tones, it can be worn to many ev-ents without appearing to be over-the-top.
Sayuri’s long black net skirt with a slit up to the waist is themed with a pink and gold brocade top. The plunging neckline makes the outfit look both sensual and classical, and either the top or skirt can be the-med to create an altogether different look.
Inspired by his draftsman grandfather and directed to the field of architecture by his father, Jaya-nath Silva is the Joint Managing Director and CEO of Genesis Design. Having worked under the late great Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa and acknowledging him as a role model, mentor and guru, Silva pursues his penchant for minimalistic buildings, which he says brings inner peace and a sharper focus for their occupants. But this doesn’t prevent him from creating more eclectic designs; his fusion architecture in traditional and modern form, as well as low-cost buildings, stand as a testament to his skills.