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No one has her fingers wrapped quite so tightly around the London fashion pulse as Smith’s roving stylista Toni Jones. Here’s her latest despatch from the front line…
Barbed wire is the latest precious metal. The prickly sheep-snaggler synonymous with prison blocks and Pammy Anderson is an unlikely style hero, but Burberry’s new barbed-wire jewellery collection [...]
The summer tan has barely reached pale gold, but already retailers are already decking the halls and showing off their Christmas wares. It might seem a tad depressing to see fir trees and mince pies in July, but at least it means the Xmas shopping is sorted. This week Selfridges in London unveiled its most [...]
Much like Mr & Mrs Smith, Suzanne’s Files is a trusted online source of inspiring travel tips and information, compiled by travel-savvy style-spotter Suzanne Aaronson from her own experiences and those of her global contacts. Since we’re both obsessed with style, service and quality, and love uncovering the world’s best boutique hotels, luxury beach resorts [...]
Following on from her first post for the Smith Travel Blog on what to do in Rome with your kids, we’ve asked the lovely Debbie Dubrow of DeliciousBaby.com back to impart her motherly pearls of wisdom on family-friendly breaks in Barcelona. We know you’re all romantic-weekend fans at heart, but there’s no reason you can’t [...]
Adam Rugel is the travel-industry dynamo behind online portal Trazzler, where the Twitter world goes to share its real-experience-inspired travel microblogs (Mr & Mrs Smith have been known to post insights on their favourite away-from-home moments there, too). We spent a few minutes catching up with this globetrotting web guru, and quizzed him on travel [...]
This week, we bring you tidings from our newest co-blogger, Marrakech-based American abroad, Maryam Montague (right). Maryam is the self-confessed design junkie and boutique hotel addict behind the gorgeous to look at, lovely to read My Marrakesh blog. Here’s her first Smith postcard, with a great insider tip on a child-friendly activity in the usually [...]
Luxury lifestyle blogger Ronda Carman is a woman after our own hearts: her blog All the Best takes her on a tireless search dedicated to discovering the finest things in life, scouring the globe for everything from the world’s best hotel rooms, champagne and fashion photographers to hot new artists and interior-design trends. We caught [...]
Sometimes we’ve got to be pretty imaginative when visiting hotel rooms during the transitional golden hour of the hotel maid, but our most recent research trip to NYC was a lesson in a new kind of creative thinking. It’s safe to say that I had never thought of purchasing a personal hard-hat for hotel site [...]
Of all the fashion capitals, London is best known for its fashion-forward style, electric mix of influences and trendsetting fashionistas. It has a wealth of great shopping areas, with funky high streets, designer flagships and tucked-away boutiques and vintage stores. However, having so much choice can be overwhelming, even for hardened city dwellers, never mind [...]
Music-loving travel blogger and Ibiza insider Cila Warncke delivers Christmassy, yuletide greetings to all you Mr & Mrs Smiths from the balmy Balearic Island she calls home…
Christmas is a very special time in Ibiza. Local municipalities have gotten splendidly into the spirit, decking the main streets and town squares with fairy lights and fir trees. [...]
