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The circuit Previewing catwalks in Auckland, november 2004 New York, San Francisco, Stockholm and Helen Melbourne Talbot The creative spirit of the New Zealand designer The Brushing Maldives Six senses in up on beauty Good foundations paradise That girl at Getting Ti\any’s scent-sual New season, Lightly she goes new scents Red hot Tahiti From hair to Win a trip accessories in this issue and everything in between true style 1 1 GST The global fashion magazine | www.lucire.com incl. http://lucire.com 1175-7515 1 $9·45 NZ ISSN 9 7 7 1 1 7 5 7 5 1 0 0 4 THIS MONTH THIS Volante travel now | feature Greater causes We’ve reviewed family vacations and we examined self-indul- gence. Still feeling empty? How about helping the planet? Our allies at the unep have just the programme compiled by Jack Yan far left: “Earthdiving” among the turtles. left: Fish swimming in coral. below far left: Sunset over Angkor Wat galleries. below left: The west entrance of Angkor Wat. United Nations Environment Programme Lucire is the UNEP’s first Fashion Industry Partner his month, Diving, Auckland, structure covering 500 acres. It represents a you can enjoy trav- New Zealand. Hindu conception of the universe, with 400 m elling our world while helping the planet. Half the membership fees go to marine hallways and a central tower over 200 m tall. Chris Long, the man behind Run the conservation projects. Members sign an inter- The structure features thousands of bas relief World—a mass event in 1986 to help national petition, demanding action to protect sculptures. Africa through its famine—has created a the oceans, which will be delivered to the un Within walking distance is the former city of new initiative, Earthdive. The idea: pro- in 2005. Angkor Thom, which rivalled ancient Rome Tfessional and amateur divers are being encour- in size and population. Inside is the Bayon, with aged to help monitor the marine environment, way angkor For years, the ruins at Ang- its many towers featuring more than 200 huge including coral reefs and mangrove swamps. kor have not been readily accessible due to faces of what are believed to be the god–king ‘Earthdive wants people with an interest in Cambodia’s less than safe political situation. Jayavarman, rendered as Boddhisatva. CIRCLEOFASIA diving to understand that what they see under These days, these ninth- to thirteenth-century Circle of Asia can supply packages including the oceans is not just beautiful, it also sustains temples are now safe to travel to, reiterates a budget tour for eight days and seven nights, human life, and they can help to preserve it by Bangkok’s Circle of Asia travel agency gen- via www.circleofasia.com. simply recording what they see,’ he said. eral manager, Chankit Yongpiyakul. If you feel two- and three-star hotels are Member divers can record their findings It seems a shame to miss the ruins for those really slumming it, then the Raffles Grand at www.earthdive.com, contributing data on travelling to Thailand. The city of Siem Reap is Hotel d’Angkor is about as good as it gets key indicator species to build a Global Dive an hour’s flight from Bangkok and has a large in town. Built some 75 years ago, this is part Log, sponsored by P&O. You’d be sustaining selection of hotels that range from backpack- of the Raffles group, and has been lovingly fashion, too: there’s a trade in black coral, turtle ers’ guest houses to five-star. There’s still plenty restored. Inside are eight restaurants and bars, shells and cowries that really shouldn’t happen. of French food—a hangover from its colonial a business centre, treatment rooms, a gym, Some of the top diving locations for Earth- days—and pleasant tree-lined boulevards. Plus sauna, Jacuzzi and steam bath facilities. See dive projects are Nassau, Bahamas, Canouan it’s only four miles from the main ruins. www.raffles.com or call 855 63 963-888. This Island in the West Indies, and, with Polaris The Angkor Wat is a massive square is proper five-star. • Jack Yan is founding publisher of Lucire. DIVER PHOTO BY BURT JONES AND MAURINE SHIMLOCK/SECRET SEA; CORAL CAY CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION, ANDMAURINESHIMLOCK/SECRET JONES BURT BY SEA; CORALDIVER PHOTO CAY WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO WILL ROGOWSKI/UNEP–WCMC; ANGKOR: WILL ROGOWSKI/UNEP–WCMC; ANGKOR: TO WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 98 lucire november 2004 BAC9702_Rashied_235x335_Lucire 30/8/04 3:36 PM Page 1 McCANN9702 THE BOMBAY SAPPHIRE MARTINI. AS REVOLUTIONISED BY KARIM RASHID. TEN BOTANICALS + UNIQUE DISTILLATION METHOD = GIN, ONLY BETTER. http://lucire.com 99 VOLANTE FEATURE left: Room service, Soneva Gili style. below left: Drinks by the pool side. below: Sun lounging in one of the Resort’s suites. opposite page, clockwise from top: The Crusoe Residences. The villa suite by night. The Soneva Gili bar delivers a drink. Six senses in paradise Paradises still exist, as Nicola Brockie writes, with the Soneva Gili Resort in the Maldives fulfilling at least one of her fantasies Nicola Brockie is editor-in-chief of Lucire. n today’s troubled world one could not be blamed for wanting sand beaches and crystal to stop the world and get off at some point in time—if only for a brief turquoise seas cloaked in taste of that most luxurious of necessities—doing absolutely nothing. lush palm groves provid- I am sure at some stage we have all wished we could fulfil a desert ing the ultimate in island island fantasy whether it be of the Gilligan’s Island variety or more hideaways. Some are so Brooke Shields à la Blue Lagoon. To be castaway with nothing but all small they can be circum- pleasures horizontal to be achieved through the long, languid days in navigated in less than Ithe sun—from snorkelling in turquoise waters to sun-bedding away with a eight minutes. Here there banana daiquiri and a gritty novel. are no hawkers, no traffic I have found this fantasy—I ticked noise, no crime and no it off on my fantasises fulfilled list pollution. And whilst this (no, you can’t see what I still have is a fabulous place, you outstanding!). Save your pennies, will also outlay fabulous pack your bags and leave your amounts of money, so be Manolos at home because it’s sure to come prepared and time for some barefoot luxury with a healthy wallet ready in what I have come to know as to spend. This is one place one of the most beautiful spots on earth which delivers OPPOSITE ; on earth. what it promises in the Sprawling over 800 km and set glossy brochures and, in like precious gems on the vast fact, surpasses all expectations in real life. aquamarine canvas painted by the My Maldivian escape was to be at none other than Soneva Gili Resort Indian Ocean, 400 nautical miles and Six Senses Spa, the first-ever all-over-water resort in the Maldives, southwest of the southern tip of which opened its doors in May 2002 with the intention of providing a India and Sri Lanka, this group luxurious back-to-nature experience, Robinson Crusoe-style. The resort is comprising some 1,190 isles a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World chain and is set on the are the peaks of a sunken land private tropical island of Lankanfushi—a tiny coral island in a sparkling lagoon straddling the equator named with jetties threading out across the water to spacious stilted villas (44 in VICHIT& YANTAPANIT KIATTIPONGPANCHEE ; the Maldives. One hundred and total). Located 15 minutes from the capital of the Maldives, Male, Soneva ninety-nine of these low lying Gili is easily accessible by speedboat from Male International Airport. Believe atolls are inhabited with 87 resorts me, you won’t want to wait any longer than 15 minutes to get there! surrounded by a halo of sugar- Before setting one bare foot on Lankanfushi, the people at Soneva Gili PAGE AND INSET: ULLI SCHONART. COURTESY SONEVA GILI SONEVA COURTESY ULLISCHONART. ANDINSET: PAGE TOP PHOTO: CARL PENDLE CARL PHOTO: TOP 100 lucire november 2004 All of your wishes will be arranged so that when you step into your villa, your choice of music will be playing, your chosen pillow type will await your weary head on your rose-petal-scattered bed and your favourite drink will be chilling nicely in the cooler will know you—before your departure, all of your wishes and whims will ing the fragile environment. When Soneva Gili was developed, it was done be arranged via email so when you step into your villa, your prearranged with a comprehensive environmental infrastructure in place to ensure the choice of music will be playing, your chosen pillow type will await your preservation of the natural vegetation and the beauty of the island. weary head on your rose-petal-scattered bed and your favourite drink will Guests are briefed on arrival on environmental issues including energy be chilling nicely in the cooler. Pinch yourself—it’s all real although it won’t and waste conservation, passive solar heating is used in all buildings, clever feel that way at first. architecture has allowed for good cross-ventilation to reduce the need for On arrival your shoes will be whisked away (there is a no-shoes policy air-conditioning and there is a desalination plant to convert seawater to us- so you can feel the powdery sand underfoot), you will be inducted to your able water for the resort.