the most elegant of our pick

fashion world in October 2010 Louis Vuitton azur canvasby announcing that it had built a 17.1% stake in Hermès through cash-settled equity swaps, enabling the larger company to raise its investment without being compelled to disclose the stake to regulators. Paul A Young is a man on a mission. After winning the award for the best new chocolate shop, for his first store in Islington, at the World Chocolate Awards in 2007, he’s gone on to open two more shops. One is on Threadneedle Street, the other in Soho pique the interests of consumers all over again. Let’s not even talk about the Dior Saddle Bag – I’m pretty sure Raf Simons doesn’t want to, either. According to Revlon it's the closest thing you will get to a gel manicure without the need for an LED lamp. The new polishes contain high molecular weight polymers that ensure great coverage in just one coat and a long-lasting chip-free mani - a whopping 11 days, in fact.

 That’s to say nothing of the host of Louis Vuitton suryapopular contemporary bags from the time period that would look like absolute monstrosities by 2013 standards. Somehow, though, the Botkier Trigger Bag, reissued as the Botkier Legacy Satchel, makes it work.Founded in 1983 by Chantal Coady, Rococo’s slogan ‘once bitten, truly smitten’ couldn’t be more true. In fact there’s not much that cheers us up more than being given a box of their organic milk chocolate sea salt wafers in their iconic graphic blue and white packaging. Beneath each beautifully wrapped bar lies some serious‘LVMH has no doubt that the inquiry will determine that the Hermès allegations are false and serve no other purpose than to slander and unlawfully undermine another Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine fame) was recently spotted rushing to catch a taxi in NYC with her snakeskin Dolce & Gabbana Miss Sicily Bag. As you can see, Florence has a pretty eclectic, vintage-infused personal style –

The prize for the most elegant of our pick of chocolate shops should probably go to Cocomaya. Each of its stores feels as well thought out as the chocolates they make: think stripped wooden floors, heavy wooden benches, glass lanterns and plenty of whimsical decorations. It’s particularly atmospheric around Christmas. Using the best quality Fair-trade, South American cacao beans, the team is always trying out new flavours, from sour cherry to lavender to ginger to cardamom. They’ve also expanded and added artisan bakeries to their sites, offering handmade cakes,Did you feel that? It’s all the remaining hot air draining out of this season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. For two episodes, E! has been playing up some intense Kris-Brody showdown, but that was almost completely hype. We saw a very short, tense exchange Cheap Chanel handbagslast week when Brody called Kris out for having all the wrong priorities This month Revlon has launched a new line of nail enamels called Colourstay. Excitingly it's the first time the brand has launched a new polish formula since founder Charles Revson launched the brand with a nail enamel way back in 1932.