Fashion and Style
Women Who Launch: Serra Türker Bayır, Founder of Misela
Meet Serra Türker Bayır, the founder of Misela. The Istanbul-founded luxury brand which has built a reputation for its exquisite, handcrafted bags and travel accessories
From evening clutches infused with understated glamour to capacious totes that make the ideal travel companion, there is a Misela bag for every occasion. Below Misela's founder, Serra Türker Bayır, tells The Sybarite how she honours her Turkish heritage in her every-expanding accessories brand and what it takes to be a female entrepreneur.
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The Valentines Day Gift Guide 2025
10th February 2025
Valentine's Day is around the corner and there are plenty of thoughtful gifts to show your appreciation, from small tokens of love, to grand gestures. Skincare obsessives will delight in the glow-inducing power of Dr Sebagh's iconic rose de vie serum, while Bufarma's Valentines Box will have skin nourished from top-to-toe. Style-concious Valentines will adore a Sézane cardigan in a delicate pink hue perfect for Spring days we are so yearning for, or a pair of painterly Desmond & Dempsey pyjamas to elevate every self-care Sunday. Meanwhile SAGE's wild bouquet of roses and a perfectly chilled bottle of Perrier-Jouët will strike an undeniable romantic note. Scroll for our full curation below. Happy shopping!
The Ultimate Valentines Day Gift List
9th February 2024
Valentine's Day is fast approaching and there are plenty of thoughtful gifts to show your appreciation, from small tokens of love, to grand gestures. Daylesford Organic's Good Morning Hamper is a good place to start, promising an indulgent breakfast in bed, made even more sumptuous when paired with a playful pair of CJW printed pyjamas. If you know they are a skincare obsessive, 111SKIN's golden limited edition eye masks or Dr Sebagh Rose de Vie serum will elevate every skincare regime. Style-concious Valentines will adore an AMADA two piece: the chic athleisure brand excels in superlative fits in timeless fabrics that will take you seamlessly from Pilates to brunch. You also cannot go wrong with a classic: Bloom's wild bouquet of roses and a perfectly chilled bottle of Billecart Rosé champagne will strike an undeniable romantic note. Scroll for our full curation below. Happy shopping!
New York Fashion Week 2024: The Ultimate Guide to Dates...
5th February 2024
Whether you're a fashion enthusiast or just curious about the buzz, NYFW 2024 is an exciting showcase of creativity and style. In this guide, we'll walk you through everything you need to know about New York Fashion Week 2024. From the essential dates and schedule to the insider scoop on booking tickets, the designers you can't miss, and what to expect from this year's extravaganza.
Diamonds [and Lab Diamonds] for Dummies
28th February 2023
It’s just like they say; Diamonds are a girl’s best friend - and one of the most coveted gemstones in the world. Prized for their beauty and rarity, the stones are formed within the Earth’s mantle [between the Earth’s crust and core] in a natural process when carbon deposits into the earth and is subject to a combination of heat and pressure. Though the exact measure of time isn’t available, it is thought to take millions of years, resulting in the high price of diamonds, depending on clarity and carat.
Featuring How the V&A explores Africa's global impact on the...
17th February 2023
Iconic African designers, such as Kofi Ansah and Alpahdi, have given the public the opportunity to explore never seen before designs amongst the array of garments and objects on display for the exhibition. I was absolutely blown away by the artistry that was on display, solidifying how much I will be supporting African designers moving forward. You have to visit to understand the magnitude of greatness when it comes to design. When asked what pieces evoked raw emotion, it was difficult to choose. Numerous parts of the exhibition evoked multitudes of sentiments which, to me, is the true aim of fashion. From extreme joy and pride to see such dimension, craft and skill, and at other times, sadness and disappointment to know that African designers aren't given the recognition and platform they deserve to be able to thrive as significantly as the designers we love today.
Blanca Padilla, the Spanish Model discovered on the...
20th February 2021
How are you? What impact has covid had in both your personal and professional life? A break like this is really uncomfortable and it stirs a lot of unrest in a society which is not used to not stopping for a second. I think it has affected all of us in one way or another, and it has taught us to put our lives in perspective. From the little day to day things, to the bigger picture of redirecting our focus and energy, to what we want to make of each day. And in the long term, it has helped us think - where are we going? What is our true purpose? What are the things that make us feel good? And on a larger scale, we have the chance to reflect on how our society works, the world we have created, how it has reacted to such a situation and how solutions are implemented and the long term traces that all this will leave... In my opinion, all discomfort and pain will leave its mark, but it can also bring very beneficial and necessary structural changes if we are brave enough.
Chopard’s Latest Unique Piece Perfect to Celebrate...
5th February 2021
February 12th 2021 marks the beginning of the Year of the Ox. An Earth sign, emblem of the twelfth lunar month, the ox represents a period conducive to both nature and agriculture. This generous animal ensures prosperity and is a symbol of strength of the coming year. To honor the occasion, each year since 2013, Chopard has created exceptional L.U.C Haute Horlogerie timepieces, with an artistic interpretation of the Chinese Zodiac. Faithful to the tradition, Chopard has consistently worked with the best Japanese lacquer artisans who craft dials using the historic Urushi lacquer technique. The result is an exquisite edition of 88 dials produced by the workshops of the century-old Yamada Heiando company and made by master lacquer artist Minori Koizumi. The unique craftsmanship of Maki-e technique is used and captured between the layers of lacquer drawn from the sap of the Toxicodendron vernicifluum tree, gold flakes illuminate a background that features a golden ox with straight horns and an abundant coat, harnessed to a wagon.
Ethical engagement rings by Lydia McCarthy-keen
14th February 2019
The stunning range includes 24 designs, including wedding bands in recycled gold, palladium or platinum and engagement rings, featuring lab-grown diamonds and lab-grown gem stones. Prices for Lydia McCarthy-Keen engagement rings range from £598, for the 0.17 carat Bijou Etoiles design to £10,900 for the Impressioner, a 2.08 carat ring with a 1.26 round brilliant diamond centre stone, surrounded by 12 lab-grown diamonds. Lydia McCarthy-Keen is launching the business to begin the end of the diamond mining industry, citing child labour and environmental damage associated with traditional diamond mining as reasons to source and supply an ethical alternative. Child labour is conducted in Republic of Angola, Republic of Sierra Leone, Republic of Liberia, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and Republic of Guinea. A popular labour in the diamond mining industry, children are cheap to use and are able to enter narrow cavities in mines and have better eyesight to locate diamonds.
Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams
4th February 2019
Across 11 theatrical sections, displays showcase the exquisite skill and craftsmanship of the Dior ateliers and the successive artistic directors of the house of Dior. Christian Dior’s admiration for British royalty and aristocracy is thoroughly explored; the house organised private shows for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, and the designer’s most notable clients included author Nancy Mitford and ballerina Margot Fonteyn. The stunning flower ceiling room displays Christian Dior’s love for florals and reflects his frequent visits to stately gardens and how this has dripped down through other creative directors of the house's works; creating their own vision of the brand but staying true to the ethos. Walking through to the final and most beautiful room of all; the couture lounge, projections are cast across the ceilings and walls, changing the space from an atelier’s Parisian townhouse to a renaissance mural, ending on a constellation as if visitors are transported through the stars among these divine creations.
Haute Couture SS18 highlights
20th February 2018
To echo Karl Lagerfeld’s impeccably terse thoughts, Haute Couture week is a time I personally most look forward to in the fashion calendar; where designers offer a sense of escapism amongst princess-pretty dresses and romantic scene-setting in the city of lights (and love), while the world is going to hell outside of the couture bubble. This can certainly be seen on the runway of Lagerfeld’s Chanel Garden and Giambatista Valli’s magnificent tulle creations. Elsewhere, Couture also takes on a revolutionary act, as Sarah Mower wrote for Vogue, “If there’s one thing that leads us in hopes to haute couture, it’s surely the longing to find something to look up to.” If fashion needs someone to look up to, then Couture would be the matriarch. This is ever-so apparent in the surrealist makings of Elsa Schiaparelli and Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior show, following on after last season’s ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ slogan, Spring/Summer ’18 channels Leonor Fini statements through body paint.
Featuring The best of the BAFTAs 2018
19th February 2018
Welcoming some of the biggest names in film, the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley introduced this year's BAFTAs with some incredible acrobatics from the company of Cirque du Soleil. “Power to the people.” - Frances McDonagh A glamorous ceremony and a night for celebrating cinema, with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri cleaning up five awards, including Best Film, Best British Film, Original Screenplay, Leading Actress (for Frances McDormand) and Supporting Actor (for Sam Rockwell). Meanwhile, stars showed their support for the Time's Up campaign by wearing black on the carpet, with Sam Rockwell, McDormand and Lee Unkrich using their winner's speeches to highlight issues of diversity and equality in the industry. Frances McDormand accepted her award for best leading actress in a dress, not totally in black, admitting to having a “little trouble with compliance”. Nevertheless, she said she stood in full solidarity with her sisters, “What I’m most proud of,” McDonagh told the audience, “especially in this Time’s Up year, is it is a film about a woman who refuses to take any more shit”.
Sotheby’s most exquisite diamonds perfect for anniversaries
15th February 2018
We pick out the top five pieces of jewellery your loved one will actually want. This year, skip the red roses. After all – “no pressure, no diamonds.” Nothing says “I love you” like this important pink diamond ring, centring an 18.01 carat Fancy Pink Brown radiant-cut diamond. Price on application. Celebrating a 10th anniversary with your one and only? Legend has it that a diamond represents the strength of a ten-year milestone. This Pink Diamond Flower Brooch ensures happiness and future prosperity, as the daffodil symbolises a decade of solidarity. Price on application. The Peach “Mignonne” Ring, French for “cute and charming,” is inspired by Pâte de Fruits, a brightly coloured French confection of crystalised sugar and jelly. The 3.46 carat round brilliant cut diamond with pavé-set rose cut diamonds and padparadscha sapphires is a perfect gift for your sweetie. $150,000. This 6.10 carat Fancy Yellow heart shaped diamond ring is the perfect accessory to match your Sweethearts. $180,000.
Ashley Roberts: We speak to the singer as she launches...
10th February 2017
Now, Roberts is turning her hand to designing, with the launch of her new footwear collection, ALLYN. We spoke to the celeb about the inspirations behind her collection, the future of the brand, and other projects she has planned. Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, Ashley Roberts has been in the limelight for over a decade, building a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Mainly known for being part of a successful girl group, Ashley longed for something of her very own. “I have always been passionate about footwear and wanted to create something that I own, from scratch,” the new entrepreneur said. Earlier this week, Ashley launched ALLYN, taking to Instagram to tell her 224K followers that she “screamed” when she saw her “very own shoe boxes,” for her beloved brand that had been “a year in the making”. The launch took place on the evening of Wednesday 8th February at Larizia in North London, with a host of celebrity friends in attendance, such as singer Ella Eyre and ex-PussyCat Dolls Melody Thornton and Kimberly Wyatt.
Event of the week for Sybarites: BRIT Awards 2016
25th February 2016
Best: Adele dedicates her award to Kesha in her battle against SONYAdele became the queen of the evening after picking up four awards - and joining the number of stars raising their voices to back Kesha. When receiving the first award, Best British Female Solo Artist, she first thanked her team for letting her embrace the fact that she is a woman then said 'I would like to take this moment to publicly support Kesha'. The speech was based on the fact that the New York Supreme Court denied Kesha to exit her contract with the record label, despite the allegations that she has been sexually assaulted by one of its producers. Worst (?): Justin Bieber forgets his lyricsThe performance itself was many viewers’ favourite. Though, the most dedicated Beliebers noticed and became outraged over the fact that the star got the words to his number one single "Sorry" mixed up. According to us at The Sybarite, Justin Bieber has nothing to be sorry about.
Event of the Week for Sybarites: Grammy Awards 2016
17th February 2016
Best: Taylor Swift putting Yeezy back in his placeCountry singer turned pop princess Taylor Swift had something to say when she picked up her award for Best Album, and it was very obviously directed at one man in particular, Mr Kayne West. In response to a rather arrogant lyric claiming he made Taylor ‘famous’, Taylor chose the moment of receiving her Grammy to correct any of those who were ill-informed by her fellow musician. Hell hath no fury and all that… Worst: Sir Paul McCartney“How VIP do we gotta get?” was the exact response from music legend and Beatles superstar Sir Paul McCartney. It appeared that at an after-party hosted by rapper Tyga, Sir Paul and his party were unduly turned away from the door, as the bouncers weren’t sure as to who they were. The American rapper seemed unfazed by the occurrence, claiming that it is was in fact all a ‘mix-up’ from the Beatles’ lead singer. One thing is for sure, if Sir Paul can’t gain access to a high-profile Grammy afterparty, if there any hope for the rest of us?
Event of the Week for Sybarites: amfAR New York Gala 2016
12th February 2016
This year's star-studded black-tie event took place at Cipriani Wall Street and 'everyone' was there. From actors such as Blake Lively and models like Adriana Lima to our very own brand ambassador Hofit Golan - take a look at what the striking attendees wore on the red carpet.
Sybarite Life: Hofit Golan frolics in the Maldives
2nd February 2016
She was joined with friend and model Mathilde Gøhler, designer and actor Mariano Di Vaio and composer Remee S. Jackman - we've seen her swimming in crystal clear water and leisurely strolling down the beach, looking fabulous in different bikini styles. Take a look for yourself.
Letitia Casta, Parisienne Par excellence for Cointreau
20th February 2015
Through history Cointreau has been close to women as they explore their creativity, embodying in many ways the free spirit of La Parisienne, the Parisian woman. As Creative Director of the House of Cointreau, Casta’s very first goal is to inspire women and dare them to be themselves, celebrating Cointreau’s signature art de vivre. For her first project Casta has chosen to celebrate Louisa Cointreau, due to her pivotal role for the House and her encouragement toward women to explore their creative side. “It’s the fragility of a women that touches me. Today we want to be too strong, today we want to be too perfect, and I think it’s completely wrong. We have to be in love with our femininity and this is the message I want to get across.” said Casta, whose project also involves selecting female artists from all over the world to share their own twist on life. This will happen both through a series of ‘webisodes’, each an opportunity to freely exchange ideas, but also creative evenings inspired by the Cointreau Cafe’ Society.
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