Geode Catch

The people behind Kutir are opening a new Mediterranean / Asian grill restaurant on Beachamp Place  From Amalfi to Asia… While it sounds like the tagline for a new series of The Trip, it’s actually the “culinary journey” promised by Geode, a new restaurant from Arrow Hospitality, whose portfolio also incudes Kutir and Manthan. As…
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Preferred F0.0twear

Allbirds’ M0.0NSHOT is the world’s first net zero carbon shoe We don’t often talk fashion at Lusso Towers but there is something of an addiction to Allbirds. Maybe it’s a sign of getting older – or simply more confident in who we are? – but we’re all about the comfort and, well, Allbirds tick that…
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The Title’s In The Bag

Well, when you’re on a world tour every year, you need a luggage sponsor Take one world-leading luggage brand and one world-beating tennis player and what do you get? Samsonite X Casper Ruud. And, frankly, we should get a medal for avoiding all the Ruud puns. Seriously, remember this day. It’s when we may have…
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Ready. Pret. Go

The new season Prêt-à-Portea has arrived First served in 2005 The Berkeley’s fashion-themed tea has had a longer career than most models. Hell, a couple more and it’ll be too old for Leonardo DiCaprio. The London hotel’s playful couture cakes take inspiration from the world’s leading designers, and it’s become a favourite of fashion-lovers and…
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Smells Like A Good Idea

Thanks to Charabanc, “new car” may not be the most desirable motoring smell… In his definitive book ‘Nose Dive (A field guide to the world’s smells)’ the author Harold McGee analyses different categories of fragrance: animals, land plants, the land itself, water life, along with cooked and fermented foods. He stops off along the way…
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Let’s (Not) Get Wasted

London’s first zero-waste experiential bar opens in Notting Hill Multi-award winning Markus Thesleff has opened Viajante87, a new, innovative and experiential cocktail bar. The intimate, high-energy hideaway will thread the Baja-Nihon energy of its sister Los Mochis – it says here – through all elements including cocktail, design, and bar bites. So, er, that’s nice.…
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Starry, Starry Night

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester has held three Michelin stars for a remarkable 15 years. Julian de Féral discovers the decision is entirely justified. Just across the road from the whirling chaos of Winter Wonderland, The Dorchester in all its resplendence remains uncharacteristically quiet for this time of the year. The main entrance is temporarily…
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Prêt Project

There are afternoon teas… and then there’s The Berkeley’s Prêt-à-Portea London is home to many an iconic afternoon tea but there’s only one that’s truly “in fashion”. Ho ho. The Berkeley, on Wilton Place, has been home to the celebrated Prêt-à-Portea for some time and, as befits a fashion-themed afternoon tea – a surprisingly calorific…
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Over Ice & Over Here

We still can’t get to America but this may be the next best thing… The American Bar at The Savoy is reopening its doors today (4th October 2021). London drinkers, you can breathe that sigh of relief. The oldest surviving cocktail bar in Britain, the American Bar is also arguably the most iconic, from the…
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Trons The Road Again

With the e-Tron range, Audi reveal their first forays into electric vehicles…. And they’re good. After so many years of petrolheaded fun, even Lusso has to grudgingly admit that things have to change. Improvements in fuel consumption were the start, hybrids the second step – anything that helped extend the mileage your average gallon of…
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