Get the low-down from the original style-seekers' latest good-time hunting expeditions, find destination inspiration and insider tips from around the world. Welcome to the official Smith blog: we hope you enjoy your stay
Bringing your travels home is not just about snapping up souvenirs, it’s also about reworking ideas from the road – a colour palette, graphic pattern or tactile handmade object – to suit your style. Global nomads can find interiors inspiration anywhere, from a walk around a new town to museums, galleries, [...]
Start 2012 with a bang after a bunk-up in one of London’s original boutique hotels, the Sanderson. A shimmy from Oxford Street, she’s got all that you need for a glamorous intro or outro to the year. And well, it is the sales: this hotel’s neighbourhood is the beating heart of retail.
London – you’re looking [...]
Yesterday you’ll no doubt have been glued to Mr & Mrs Smith’s Christmas gift guide, on the lookout for stocking stuffers, presents for the menfolk or Mrs, and holiday geegaws to distract the kids with; we merrily obliged with a stylish selection from the good people at cult cosmetics brand Becca, online fashion boutique my-wardrobe.com [...]
Deck those halls! Trim those trees! Jingle those bells! Yes, unbelievable but true: it’s time once again for Mr & Mrs Smith’s Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide. If, like us, you like to do things spontaneously (aka last-minute), this post will help you get Christmas all wrapped up (and shoved into stockings) just in time.
Stocking fillers for [...]
Well, call us party animals if you like: this past week has seen not one, but two exciting Smith events light up local calendars on either side of the pond.
Last Wednesday saw our Italy guide launch party at B&B Italia in London; but the night before, over in Florida, we celebrated our affair with Scope. [...]
Scope Art Show hits Miami 29 November–4 December, with 80 international galleries in Wynwood Arts District (last year featured Alexia Goethe, Catherine Clark and Flatland Gallery), flaunting contemporary works by the scene’s stars.
CHOKRA’s work (above) will be creating the opening-night performance
pictured: Al-Mtsaalh Haal photographed by Hronn Axelsdottir
To celebrate, we’ve secured best available rates [...]
Crafty Smiths in Sydney should pop along to the Powerhouse Museum this weekend for the launch of Love Lace (30 July 2011–April 2012), a quirky 130-strong exhibition of lace-inspired artworks, with nary a doily or wedding dress in sight (well, maybe just one or two). Curator Lindie Ward has stretched the definition of lace to [...]
This week, we’ve mainly been wishing we were interior designers, and had the house to prove it. In the meantime, we must make do with sourcing tips from trusted talent like Anouska Hempel and co, and bedding down in temples to grand design, such as Blakes Hotel – London’s first (and finest?) boutique hotel…
Style Orient [...]
With the State of Design Festival currently serving up a stylish smorgasbord of events in Melbourne until 31 July, we’re celebrating the best design stores in town. Our top tip for a one-stop shop is fast-gentrifying Gertrude Street in inner-city north’s grunge-cool Fitzroy, the ideal stamping ground for local or visiting design fans alike. You’ll [...]
This week, we’re delighted to bring you a guest post from Julia Reed – the shopping guru, travel addict and creative director of luxury lifestyle site Taigan and its online magazine, Fetch. She truffles through the best of Stateside cities’ boutiques, food halls and artisan markets to bring back super-stylish address tips (and sometimes further [...]
