By Isabelle Brigout on Sunday 22 September 2019, 12:41 - Ethical shopping
Based in South-Africa, Mambu Design is a company of artists and craftsmen who makes jewellery from broken ostrich egg shells. Each piece is unique and highlights the African creativity through the art of upcycling.
By Isabelle Brigout on Wednesday 10 July 2019, 12:32 - Ethical shopping
Until July 17, 2019, Sotheby's proposes the auction of the gold perpetual calendar flyback chronograph pilot's watch "Le Petit Prince" by IWC Schaffhausen: the unique piece will be sold to the benefit of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Foundation, to support education.
By Isabelle Brigout on Friday 10 May 2019, 09:31 - Concierge
Fashion designer Alphadi is organizing the 12th edition of the International Fashion Festival in Africa on the theme of "Creativity and Industry". He foresees the opening of the High School of Fashion and Arts in Niamey in Niger, in 2021.
By Isabelle Brigout on Friday 15 March 2019, 10:35 - Around sustainable luxury
It is in Los Angeles that Rolex will open the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, by the architect Renzo Piano to preserve the film heritage for its transmission to future generations. Simultaneously, the Swiss watch brand is committed with sientists to protecting the oceans.
By Isabelle Brigout on Friday 8 March 2019, 11:00 - Around sustainable luxury
Chopard co-president and creative director Caroline Scheufele has been honoured with the Designer of the Year award. The ceremony was hosted by the ethical fashion retailer’s founders Hassan Pierre and Amanda Hearst of Maison-de-Mode.
By Isabelle Brigout on Thursday 7 March 2019, 10:59 - Ethical shopping
Tiziana Redavid is an architect. At the age of ten, she visited an industrial springs factory belonging to her father's friend: she picked up a spring and put it around her wrist. During her studies, she began creating jewelry.
By Isabelle Brigout on Thursday 28 February 2019, 10:34 - Ethical shopping
Karuna Balloo is a textile horticulturist: she creates natural silk flowers and embellishes them with vintage pistils of the first half of the 20th Century, that she finds in the flea markets.
