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He’s also got another secret that he’s not too willing to share just yet – read all about it on page 16. ON THE COVER Our regular fashion stylist Nicholas Sirot puts the spotlight on this season’s fashion trends; and anyone who follows the advice in our fitness column by personal trainer Patti Bruns will be sure to fit into the clothes. Another regular is relationship counsellor Suzette Reed – those among our readers who are waving au revoir to offspring headed for university could do no better than read what she has to say about Empty Nest Syndrome. The magazine is jam-packed with inspiration about where to go and what to eat and drink, with suggestions from our travel writers for destinations Cover photograph of both near and far. Find more news and entertainment Katie Holmes in the regular updates on our website, and look by Featurefish; out for the next issue of Together in November portrait above when we’ll be going inside the world of jewellery © Bobbi Brown and watches. avid DDavid McGowan PUBLISHER Cape Cod watch in steel, automatic movement. /togethermagazine @Together_Mag www.info-fulltime.be togethermag.eu 7 Hermès_HQ • Visual: Cape Cod Auto Institutional (FW12) • Magazine: Together magazine (BE) Language: English • Issue: 1.9.2012 • Doc size: 165 x 230 mm • Calitho #: 08-12-77433 • AOS #: HER_00337 FOUNDER Jérôme Stéfanski PUBLISHER David Mc Gowan [email protected] EDITOR 63 68 Patricia Kelly [email protected] ART DIREctOR Jennifer Barteluk Contents [email protected] OCTOBER 2012 CONTRIBUTORS 7 Publisher’s letter Paul Ames; Julia Brandon; Sandy Braz; 8 Contributors Patti Bruns; Laura Cohn; Ann Cordell; Emma Portier Davis; Chantal de Gaudio; 13 Starring in Belgium Philippe Geluck; David Haworth; Colin Moors; Suzette Reed; Dianna Rienstra; Nicholas Sirot; PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Klara Slovo; Delphine Stefens 16 Interview: Jean-Pol Piron of Aquamass 21 Relationships: Empty Nest Syndrome PHOTOGRapHERS/ILLUstRatORS Kathleen Blake; Vatali Brusinski; 23 Fitness: new trends Mark Cant; Helga Esteb; Fred Fokkelman; Peter Kirillov; Jos L Knaepen; 27 Self-help: dress for success Colette Kotula; Elina Leonova; Standa Riha; 31 Money: invest in the High Street Luis Santos; Gage Skidmore; Krzyssztof Slusarczyk; Aylen Torres 35 Politics: Euroscepticism ONLINE EDITOR AUTUMN Look Nigel Griffiths 40 Fashion: a choice of new looks [email protected] 50 Interview: Katie Holmes and Bobbi Brown KEY AccOUNT DIREctOR 55 Beauty News: new products for autumn Renaud Philippart 57 Must Haves: feel the texture [email protected] 58 Art: artistic spirits +32 (0)494 64 67 93 63 Jewellery: Valerie Messika’s designs For advertising sales rates please consult www.togethermag.eu LIFE OF LEISURE 68 Travel: the Caribbean island of Nevis Together Media 73 Travel: discover fit Lisbon Boulevard St Michel, 47 77 Day out: Calais B-1040 Brussels +32 (0)2 400 00 24 83 Entertainment: culture at the cinema [email protected] 85 Eating out: the best pizza in town www.togethermag.eu 87 By the glass: organic wine labels 91 Charity: Human Rights Watch Nothing in this magazine may be reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher. 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Belgique on YOUR SEAT IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. WIFI*, meals served at your Tickets from October 14. seat, international press, individual sockets… experience fi rst class €42.50. Tickets €49. made in Thalys. Thanks to our on–board services, your journey might www.livenation.be www.livenation.be even seem too short. Photograph: Mika © Mark Cant *Service provided by 21Net and activated by Nokia Siemens Networks, subject to availability. togethermag.eu 13 TALY_1205172_MultiServ_165x230.indd 1 21/05/12 18:13 PERSONAL DEVELopMENT Autumn in the Ardennes © Fred Fokkelman PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT LEFT: JEAN-poL PIRON BELOW: BATHTUBS BY AQUAMASS ean-Pol Piron has a secret, restaurant owner. A bad car accident in but can’t help dropping 1975 led to a spell of treatment at a tantalizing clues: he has thalassotherapy centre in Brittany; this, Jcommissioned a well-known combined with a subsequent trip to sculptress – he won’t say who – to California where Piron was introduced to design a bathtub for his company’s the Jacuzzi, gave him the idea of 35th anniversary next year. combining water therapy with the joys of “It’s a genuine challenge,” says the a having a relaxing bath, leading to the founder and Managing Director of creation of Aquamass in 1978. Aquamass, a leading manufacturer of As do many businessmen, Piron designer baths. Piron says the sculptured complains that the past four years have tub will be an oeuvre d’art available in a been bad for business, but nevertheless limited edition of eight numbered pieces. has a turnover of €4 million with 20 Needless to say, owning one of them will people on the books and exports cost a small fortune, but Piron is counting for 40 percent of the business. confident that there is a market among Just over half the business is based on the world’s art collectors for such an design, the rest on wellness and object, and anyway it is something he hydro-massage. Aquamass enjoys a says he has wanted to do for years. reputation both in Belgium and beyond its BELGIUM’S Piron is the man reputed for taking the borders much bigger than the size of the bath out of the bathroom, introducing the company might suggest. Piron says he first free-standing bath in Europe as well plans to export more and is toying with as introducing the concept of ‘wellness’ the idea of expanding to Brazil: “It’s the BATHTub to Belgium.