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Right, are we all done with Christmas now? As if last week’s all-American spa hotel round-up wasn’t enough, we’ve grilled the great and the good from luxury hotel spas near and far to ensure you’re the prettiest, perkiest and most polished partygoer from top to toes this New Year’s Eve.
Here’s our mammoth pick of [...]
Look at the States you’re in! Let our friends in luxury spa hotels sort out your pre- and post-holiday physique with their insider advice on top-to-toe perfection: we’ve grilled personnel from leading pampering parlours and spa stays across the Americas to bring you a healthful dose of detox and DIY tips just in time for [...]
In part 1 of our Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide 2010, we brought you a dazzling array of festive wonders and perfect present picks from some of Mr & Mrs Smith’s favourite style mavens, including designer Amanda Wakeley, gifts-galore store Pedlars, and wholesome homeware and clothes boutique Toast.
Today, we’re back with a whole new array of [...]
Ettinger of London is renowned for its stylish handcrafted travel accessories (we’ve got our eye on their beautiful bridle hide billfold purses, weekend bags and classic captive-top hip flasks for Christmas this year). But this luxury leather-goods label is less well-known for the dynamic adventurer, cross-country cyclist and former ski instructor at its helm. Who [...]
Adam Rugel is the micro-blogging guru who was there at the birth of Twitter and took nano-posting concept round the world – literally: his website Trazzler provides window shopping for web-surfing armchair travellers and mini-adventurers worldwide. Trazzler’s travel writing contests also provide a forum for frustrated travel writers and wandering wordsmiths.
Last time we met [...]
Like skydiving, coffee appreciation or Tetris, travel is one of those hobbies that sometimes borders on addiction, and there are more than a few addicts at Smith HQ. There should be some sort of jet-set rehab clinic. The closest thing we’ve found is The City Traveler, an online gathering of travel writers and global gadabouts [...]
Here at Smith HQ, when we’re not living, breathing and loving boutique hotels, we’re drooling over delectable dinners in London, long lunches in Languedoc, superior coffee in the capital and wine-tasting events – even wedding cakes made of cheese. (We take our ‘tastemaker’ title quite seriously, you see.) Typing is mainly practised one-handed, to enable [...]
Former fashionista Elizabeth Kiester gave up a crazy-glam-hectic New York lifestyle (complete with full Sex and the City trappings, requisite high heels and sashimi-platter lunch dates) to give something back to the Khmer people she’d fallen in love with on a trip to Cambodia.
She sold her apartment, packed her bags and [...]
With a look book that’s generally considered to be the last word in British bridal elegance, Amanda Wakeley (OBE, if you don’t mind) is renowned for her fashion finesse (not to mention after-dark attire, if Beyoncé’s recent Vegas clubwear and Florence & the Machine’s choice of performance get-up, below right, are anything to go by).
Since [...]
Here at Mr & Mrs Smith we love Immodesty Blaize – not just for her looks, but also her travel savvy. While the glamorous burlesque star may not be the most inconspicuous guest, she was the ideal person for us to send incognito to review Il Salviatino in Florence. For more fantastic luxury travel advice, [...]
