We recently pulled together a bespoke shopping style guide for one seriously cashed up Singaporean fashionista. From 5 days of unlimited-line-of-credit she reports these 10 stores as her favs:

Tess and Carlos
20 Brattle Street, Cambridge 617 864 8377
A fashion connoisseurs dream – expensive, well stocked ivy league territory. Prada to Collette Dinnigan.

Diesel
116 Newbury Street 617 437 7344
Sleek menswear, because Diesel does it better for men. Bold and in your face for Boston.

Edge
115 Kingston Street 617 482 0459
Geoffrey B. Small’s designer concept store

Flat of the Hill
60 Charles Street 617 619 9977
One of those to die for gift shops – expect to shell plenty of cash. Expect cute and quirky individual designs.

Gretta Luxe
94 Central Street - Wellesley or Westin Hotel/ Copley Place at 10 Huntington Avenue 781 237 7010
Gretchen Monahan has luxury beauty and fashion boutiques in theBoston area. The Grettacole Day Spa and Salon provides head to toe make-overs using top-end products.

Twentieth Century Limited
73 Charles Street 617 742 1031
This shop is a stylists dream. Its vintage with history. (and it doesn’t smell)

Wish
49 Charles Street 617 227 0170
This is a pretty girl closet – a little fru-fru, but if you like the little girl act – go!

Louis Boston
234 Berkeley Street 617 262 6100
Shall we just say – the opitome of good dressing for the man and his woman New England style x Paul Smith

Jasmine/Sola
333 Newbury Street 617 536 6697
Very Fresh – plenty of New York – expect street to high fashion

Koo de Kir
65 Chestnut Street 617 723 8111
This is an interesting home shop. Things in here probably fill many editorial pages

Style Clinic by Astin Brown Inc,  is introducing tailor-made shopping experiences to the ‘ready-set-go’ city of Shanghai, China. A relatively new shopping mecca and style destination, this pulse racing city, is one of 7 global cities to which Style Clinic by Astin Brown Inc arranges highly personalised custom-made experiences for shoppers who addicted to buying fashion and home design. We have unique insider connections with urban dwellers, shopping scouts and own personal stylists who open the doors to shopping, style and luxuries beyond the mass market. We weave in conversations and guided journeys with culture experts to provide a balance between acquisition and gaining a deeper insight into the soul of a city.

 All inclusive shopping experiences to
Shanghai begin at $ US 2285 ($AUD 28940, $SNG 3,500). Per person for 6 nights, 5 days - twin share luxury 5 Star accommodation many inclusions. Add international airfare.

Itinerary highlights and options include:

Daily Style Clinics are held in readiness for pounding the pavement. Astin Brown Incs personal and interior stylists are on hand for personal shopping and style advice. Each day’s clinic is a themed experience that will keep individuals resourceful about making the right choices and wise spending. These sessions are conducted after breakfast, well before the stores open.

Fast and heady shopping at coveted secret shopping locations. Precision bespoke fashion from untamed knock-off tailors. Beyond the luxe and super-brand showcase malls to tiny shop-lots overflowing with glamour for the home and fashionista/o. Wandering around troves of flea market treasures, and having fun buying from stretches of peddlers & concept stores. Attentive stylists plan for individual shopping needs and preferences to maximize precious shopping time. When its time to go-it-alone style guides are pulled from the Astin Brown Inc Tote Bag for more focused power-shopping.

Spend a morning unraveling some of the fascinating history of Shanghai with celebrity speaker from

Shanghai who will share the history of historical buildings. Discover the influences of the European occupancy of the city, in the French, American and English concessions formed circa 1840’s will be.  Be lead on an excursion through Art Deco apartment buildings tucked amongst the sky scrapers that make up the city.
Ponder the brochure www.styleclinicab.com

For enquiries or to make reservations, please contact: info@styleclinicab.com

 New York Fashion Week has finally wrapped, and while the temperature dipped well below freezing, the cold helped to keep TREND CENTRAL excited about next season’s chilly weather trends. There were no drastic changes from the past few seasons, with many of the trends sticking around, or slightly evolving

Here is a breakdown of the strongest trends from last week:

AZRA by Stephanie Sinclair

Wardrobe Mayhem – a fundraiser event in support of the campaign “Stopping Violence Against Women, in Pakistan” 

What we did in 2006

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Paul Johnson of ‘A Luxury Travel Blog’ interviews Tahnya Butterfield.

A Luxury Travel blog is a brilliant resource for the most spectacular accomodation and global travel splurges. Definately one of our prized resources. Thx Paul xx

www.aluxurytravelblog.com