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PHOTOGRAPHED BY SEPTEMBER 2017 karl lagerfeld C R U I S E CONTROL The 2018 Resort collections didn’t just make us want to buy everything on the runway, they made us long to pack our bags and head of in search of adventure overseas

Words ALEXANDRIA GOUVEIA

TRADITIONALLY, RESORT COLLECTIONS are all about filling your vacation wardrobe with fantastic mid-season must-haves; beautiful creations that beg to be taken to a suitably stunning location. But as the setting for these collections becomes increasingly extravagant, you’ll not only find covetable items on the runway, but some serious travel inspiration in the backdrop.

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to America’s West, the collection itself ofered up another travel option: the Lascaux Caves in southwest France, which feature 17 000-year- old paintings that were something of an inspiration to Christian Dior himself. Much of his 1951 Ovale collection was based on the paintings and Chiuri dug it out of the archives to infuence her collection of prints, silky dresses and embroidered accessories. DIOR If you are really looking to Destination: Utah, US truly experience the American outback, head to the stunning Dior’s creative director, Maria beauty of the Utah desert. Grazia Chiuri, admitted that Amangiri (top lef) at Canyon May’s excursion into the beautiful Point is a beautiful minimalist Upper Las Virgenes Canyon hotel set against sand dunes Open Space Preserve in California and mountain ridges. Try the wasn’t actually her idea – it had been Navajo treatments at the spa to planned before her arrival at the house achieve full-on desert bliss. Aman.com – but does it matter when the show can If you’d rather head somewhere with look as good as this? a little more hustle, then the Waldorf Only half an hour from LA, the Astoria Park City is the perfect stop, mountaintop setting ofered the perfect whether you’re skiing or hitting the contrast of stark backdrop and dirt runway, mountain trails. Waldorfastoriaparkcity.com versus the tents set up for the show and the Tere’s also the small matter of the airy, light silhouettes of the collection. And Sundance Film Festival in January, so book as the sun sank behind the Calabasas Hills early to be in town with Robert Redford. Not in the background, the warm red glow was that celebrity sightings are a once-a-year thing punctuated by hot air balloons that swayed in Utah. Italian Valter Nassi is one of Salt Lake gently in the early evening breeze – all neatly City’s favorite sons, and his modern take on a branded Dior Sauvage, of course. Tuscan granary is the most sought-afer table Not content with making a case for a trip in town. Va l t e r s o s t e r i a . c o m

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ASIAN PERSUASION LOUIS VUITTON’S CRUISE 2018 SHOW TOOK OVER THE MIHO MUSEUM IN KYOTO

and enjoy a part of the country that has inspired poets. Once a retreat for the aristocracy, you’ll fnd beautiful Karakami paper furnishings beftting a building that’s more than a century old. Its tranquil gardens are also the perfect setting to enjoy the cherry blossoms. While difcult to predict, the once-a-year fowering of the Japanese cherry tree is a major happening, so aim to be in Kyoto around the frst week in April to catch it. What to pack Hoshinoyakyoto.jp Tis is a nation that takes its food seriously – Tokyo restaurants have more ZADIG & Michelin stars between DIOR DIORSKIN VOLTAIRE them than any city on earth. FOREVER PERFECT JUMPER Kyoto has a few of them, CUSHION FOUNDATION too, and you’ll fnd one of the fnest examples of kaiseki-ryōri – multi-course LOUIS VUITTON Japanese haute cuisine – in the country. A visit Destination: Kyoto, Japan to the 200-year-old Kyo-ryori Nakamura is an experience in itself, with four private tatami While Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas rooms, quaint Japanese garden views and, Ghesquière’s fandom for Japanese culture was more importantly, three very well-deserved already frmly on record, his Resort collection Michelin stars. Kyoryori-nakamura.com was essentially a love letter to the nation. But While Tokyo might only be a three-and- when you set a show to the backdrop of the a-half-hour journey on the bullet train, get a I.M. Pei designed Miho Museum in Kyoto, you more immediate shopping fx by heading to ACNE STUDIOS can forgive the indulgence. Pei, the man behind Downtown Kyoto. It’s small, so you can easily SUNGLASSES the Louvre’s iconic glass pyramids, designed explore it in one afernoon, but make a new the Miho as a representation of Shangri-la, base in Kyomachiya Suite Rikyu – a traditional and there it lies, like some futuristic temple just Japanese machiya townhouse that you can waiting to be discovered among the foliage. privately rent. Once out in the city, grab some Te collection itself ofered touches of sustenance at the fantastic Nishiki food market WANDER BEAUTY ON-THE-GLOW BLUSH IN samurai armor, traditional Japanese prints and before heading out onto Shijo-Dori Street BERRY WHISPER/NUDE GLOW Kabuki makeup, all coming together in one of and, perhaps, a visit to its Louis Vuitton store. the most out-there Louis Vuitton collections Kyomachiya-suite-rikyu.com STELLA for some time. It’s that kind of bold spirit that If you’re still looking for that hit of Japanese MCCARTNEY should serve to intensify a desire to explore your culture back in the UAE, then a sweet shot can PLATFORM SHOES surroundings further. be found at Yoku Moku. Te famed Japanese Being a former imperial capital city, Kyoto confectioner now has stores in both Te Dubai is the traditional Japan you might miss while Mall and on City Walk, and their classic “cigar”

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as “le roi du pantalon,” the king of pants. SISLEY AGE Te Myconian MINIMIZING Ambassador Relais AFTER-SUN & Chateaux (top and CARE bottom right) is a fne place to be based while on the CHANEL island. Renovated in 2015 Destination: Mykonos, Greece by Lebanese designer Galal Mahmoud – himself a regular Only Karl Lagerfeld can transport us from a to the hotel throughout Fall line beamed out of a Chanel space station his childhood – the building to a Resort collection found among the ruins marries the white spaces you of ancient Greece, all in the space of just a few would expect from a property in this part of months, and both in the same venue. the world with traditional Cycladic elements. ORIBE While Chanel has taken us to Dubai, Seoul, Myconianambassador.gr GOLD LUST NOURISHING and Havana in recent years, the La Modernité Or head to the Myconian Imperial Resort CULT GAIA BAG HAIR OIL de l’Antiquité collection brought Greece direct on the foothills of Ella bay. Quirky design to the Grand Palais in Paris. A ruin based on the meets classic Grecian white in a luxury resort Parthenon as well as the Temple of Poseidon on that also features the world-class Talasso Spa Cape Sounio, it featured crumbling columns Center. Myconianimperial.gr and olive trees set into a rocky outcrop, all to If you ever tire of island life and make moves the (fake) backdrop of the sparkling Aegean. towards Athens, two restaurants should be Te collection itself turned myth and legend locked in your schedule. Spondi could well be into reality, with tunic silhouettes, delicate the fnest restaurant in all of Greece. Apostolos headbands, and gladiator heels. Trastelis’ French fne-dining spot has had Te reality of the location mattered little. awards thrown at it since opening in 1996, Yes, it was all under the gray skies of Paris, but including the small matter of two Michelin by borrowing from the philosophy of Lagerfeld stars. Spondi.gr If you’d rather eat Greek but himself (“Reality is of no interest to me. I use still retain the sense of Michelin importance, what I like. My Greece is an idea”), the urge then head to Psiri, one of Athens’ oldest to explore Hellas was undoubtedly planted in districts and home to the two-starred Hytra. more than a few in the front row. A modern take on Greek heritage food, it’ll A well-kept secret until the celebrity yachts only reafrm your love for the Hellenic region. arrived in the 1960s, the island of Mykonos Hytra.gr Tankfully, you can maintain the ofers the reality of Chanel’s Grecian dream. passion when back in Dubai by making a trip to Once a regular summer stop for the likes of Elia in the Majestic Hotel Tower. Tis Greek Grace Kelly and Marlon Brando, Jackie Onassis fne-dining restaurant has been a frm favorite even lauded Josef Salachas – the town’s tailor – for years. Dubaimajestic.com ☐

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