Life à la MF

Is there anything more annoying than having dinner, with family and friends, at home or at the restaurant, and one of your dinner companion, spends his entire evening on the  'phone'… I have attended dinner parties, when each and every guest has spent more time texting… then talking to each other. Why is that ? When the cell phone did not exist, and that was not so long ago, did we actually sit down for dinner, and speak to each other? Yes. ( if there were no TV in the dining room, yes.) I have taken this beautiful cigar box, and have converted it to a 'telephone' box. I will have each guest deposit their mobile phones into my box, before... Read More

How to wear the sarong/caftan:  wear the sarong over swim suit with jewellery at the neck or lots of bangles for a boho chic look / wear the caftan over the swim suit or with a long cami to avoid any transparency. Barefoot Chic: to walk across the pool area, to the bar, out to the beach: wear a sarong with big piece of jewelry/ or a sheer caftan with bathing suit bustier. Working girl in very hot weather outside/ very cold inside : wear a printed long cami dress with dark grey Havana flip flops, a big hat to keep away from blazing sun/ a long drapy cardigan to wear over long cami, highest sandals to give an instant chic... Read More

I bought ‘50 shades of grey’ at the Miami airport to read on my way to LA. I am a black and white person, and my favourite colour is grey. I was attracted by the book cover, and the title of the book . ( yes, I know, this is quite pathetic ) I did not expect what I was about to read. The 5 hour plane ride went so fast ! I think everyone this summer, and everyone’s sister and brother, has read '50 shades of grey'! This is l’Histoire d’ 'O', 40 years later ( the movie ‘Story of O ‘came out in the 70’s, it originated from the French erotic novel published in the 50’s about love,... Read More

One morning in March, out of the blue, I received an email from Vogue...Preetma was requesting swimsuits for a photo shoot for Editor Tonne Goodman and photographer Mario Testino..how did Preetma find us, who is Preetma..? we had only recently launched our brand. I met with Preetma in New York on my following, trip, and asked her. Thru the internet.( thank you Preetma/thank you internet!!) Preetma has her own blog’ the working girl(esq) , you can see how great she looks in our silver python dress! See how great we look ! Read More

I  have just completed my first coffee table book entitled R.S.V.P (Simple Sophistication. Effortless Entertaining) with Thames & Hudson's which will be launched this October. The idea of the book came from my good friend Raphael who is CEO of Shanghai Tang. An improvised, last minute dinner on a deserted white sand beach in Thailand, convinced Raphael that I should share these moments with friends and others. I had created a simple decor, black grey plastic dishes, grey disposable linen napkins ( from Merci in Paris )  fresh flowers in great plastic vases (from Ikea) and gorgeous plastic Bordeaux wine glasses ( from Wine Enthusiast online shopping ) Later that year, I was most flattered when Raphael asked me to work on... Read More