Zeynep Kartal Honors Flapper Girls & 15th July Martyrs at LFW

For her ninth season, Turkish designer Zeynep Kartal took her show from the usual residence Freemason’s Hall to the Turkish Embassy. With her ‘Constance’ collection, inspired by the legendary 1920s florist Constance Spry, Kartal conjures…

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From Africa with Love: A New Kind of Romance with Ankara Press

“I can’t believe you are reading Mills and Boon,” chuckled Hubby giving the little Ankara Press book in my hand a side eye as we lay in bed one night last year. “It’s not Mills…

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Strong Stomach? Then you must binge on the Santa Clarita Diet

I am not one for binge-watching, but between seeing an Instagram ad of Drew Barrymore chomping on human flesh, this morning to belly full of laughs this evening, I have binge watched the whole series…

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Time to Swatch – Spring 2017 Collection Press Day

End of January is the time for spring collection press days, and when the collection in question is Swatch spring collection, it is fun times of course. Held at the magical Dalloway Terrace at the…

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Can Snowfall White out and do over the first week of 2017?

Turkey almost came to a standstill on Friday night when the snowstorm which had been forecast for a week finally arrived. On what was meant to be my last evening home, we were glued to…

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