Carol Smith
A high profile collaboration between Carine Roitfeld and Harper’s Bazaar, ICONS is an ambitious look at the visionaries of today. Publisher Carol Smith sets the precedent.
Bronson Van Wyck
Bronson van Wyck was forced to cultivate hospitality and entertainment skills from a young age in his Arkansas childhood farm. We discover what it’s really like working with your mother and your sister and why it’s so important to stay invisible as a party planner.
Marion Boucard
There is one woman that the biggest event producers and brands call on to add a certain je ne sais quoi to their proceedings. Her name is Marion Boucard. She lends her unique sense of drama to the performances she creates for parties that are designed to bring joy to guests. With her company Brand Contente, Boucard is la reine of contemporary event entertainment.
Michael Fragoso
Michael Fragoso is an NYC-based event planner, obsessed with cultural strategy and keeping his pulse on what's next. A true millennial multi-hyphenate, Michael has worked everywhere from Prada to Surface Magazine, PR agencies to experiential marketing firms, expanding his network to cross continents—no small feat for someone still under the age of 30.
Jessica Fels
Jessica Fels has over 20 years of experience as an events and marketing professional spanning a number of industries including luxury and contemporary fashion, entertainment and publishing. She spoke with us about her creative style, sustainability and taking risks.
Olivier Cheng
We chat with Olivier Cheng, founder of one of the most respected premium caterers in New York, and find out what it’s like working with the biggest brands, pushing the envelope on our plates and telling a new story through food.
Kate Beavan
Kate Beavan is Formula One royalty and when she offers you the keys to the kingdom you jump at the chance. So, we bombed down to the principality to watch her in action and enjoy the exclusive privileges and perks at the F1 Paddock Club.
Andy Boose
Andy Boose is a very busy man. As one of the world’s most successful event producers, he stages galas and good old-fashioned knees-ups across the globe.
Raúl Àvila
Cutting his teeth with the great Robert Isabell, the event producer's event producer, Raul Avila has worked his way to the top of the industry and now creates meticulous floral spectacles and interior design for the world's greatest events. When the Tony Awards need a wall of white roses or Anna Wintour requires a dramatic backdrop of lush greenery for one of her speeches, it's Raúl Àvila who gets the call.
Gherardo Felloni
There is a fashion designer that all other fashion designers have been talking about. Gherardo Felloni’s appointment as creative director of the revered French accessories house Roger Vivier in March 2018 was seen as a stroke of genius by the industry.
Hiroshi Fujiwara
Some call him the godfather of streetwear, Hiroshi Fujiwara is Japan’s most famous youth culture influencer. As musician, producer and designer, Fujiwara launched Fragment Design, a label that has collaborated with Nike, Supreme, Converse, Takashi Murakami and even designed a guitar for Eric Clapton.
Sara Fitzmaurice
Art world events guru Sara Fitzmaurice founded Fitz & Co just before the dawn of the internet age in 1995. With the sudden emergence of social media in recent years, we discuss how technology has altered our experience of both art and events and why being goal-oriented is so important for success today.
Jordana Blitz
Jordana Blitz has spent her entire career catering to the cognoscenti. Having worked in the high power, high stress movie industry before moving to one of the US’s best loved brands, Blitz opened the Little Gem catering and events company in 2016.
Yves Boschmans
A man following his dreams, Yves Boschmans has built one of the most successful floral decoration companies by designing scenography for some of the world's best events. We caught up with him at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Alessandro Maria Ferreri
With a CV that runs like a Who’s Who of fashion, Alessandro Maria Ferreri knows a thing or two about the industry. After working at the UN during university he joined Alberta Ferretti and Aeffe. Ferrero now runs a powerhouse consultancy in Milan.
Philippe Perd
The unflappable Philippe Perd has been the GM and then MD at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc for 18 years. He was responsible for inviting amfAR, which is now a highlight in its annual calendar. He regales us of its impact on the region.
Silvia Negri Firman
There is one name that big fashion brands, world class mariners and spiritual leaders trust for their PR and communications. Silvia Negri Firman is something of a Milanese miracle worker and she welcomed us into her sun-filled office for a chat about the joys of work.
Sebastien Bascle
Instantly recognisable for his laid-back attitude, unflustered approach and bald head and beard, Parisian men’s hair stylist Sebastien Bascle can be found jetting from show to show and styling up editorials for most Vogues, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire with some of the world’s biggest photographers.
Sergio Zambon
A longtime Moncler collaborator, Sergio Zambon, has been responsible for the 2 Moncler 1952 collection since its conception. He is lauded for his adaptability and fluid approach, something he attributes to growing up in a wandering, multicultural environment.