A trip to Spain’s major wine area, La Rioja: The ups and downs in a wine cellar and the enlightening of taste buds. Barbara Kingstone CuisineEuropeSpain January 18, 2011
Daniell’s Tavern – New Delhi’s Imperial Hotel Barbara Kingstone AsiaCuisineHotelsIndiaIndia February 8, 2012
It’s been years since fashion mavens have discovered the drama of the jungle. Destinations September 15, 2021
A Gem of Country. Sri Lanka Is like Their Sapphires, Rare And Sparkling. AsiaHotelsIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSri Lanka January 17, 2017
How can I say this without giggling, but Las Vegas has become a sophisticated, and funky destination. DestinationsHotelsLas VegasNorth AmericaShoppingUnited States December 25, 2015
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. EuropeIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSwitzerland October 2, 2015
Shopping in the mecca of great everything…Delhi, India won’t disappoint. AsiaIndiaShopping December 8, 2014
Sure there’s still over the top glitz and bling but Las Vegas now has a cultural side in the desert Barbara Kingstone HotelsNorth AmericaShoppingSpasUnited States December 8, 2011
Shoe lovers, this is for you… TORONTO’S BATA SHOE MUSEUM Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward November 28, 2022Each season, there are always a few fashion trends that stand out. The word de jour is sneakers (or as...
It’s been years since fashion mavens have discovered the drama of the jungle. Barbara Kingstone Destinations September 15, 2021There seems to be a never-ending quest for animal stripes and spots and this mode still has to speak. >In...
Everything old is new again…that is if you live long enough. Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward October 20, 2019For instance, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK. earlier this year the very first thing I noticed...
ORSA MAGGIORE … TRANSLATED IT IS THE BIG DIPPER Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward June 18, 2019I’ve become quite blasé about jewelry. There’s a sameness to many pieces or reinterpreted —the same old, same old. However,...
Heidi and Paddy and THE COAT Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward September 29, 2018In the 70s before the word fashionista was a mainstream word, my Kenzo Takada coat brought a new friend into...
Valentina Bruganetti’s Ageless Jewellery Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward September 22, 2018Strange things happen when you least expect it. Here I was in Jerusalem, interviewing the then manager of The American...
Could I Have Known that Colombia Would have Great Fashion Designers? Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward September 15, 2018My guide Lizette, had taken me to a block filled with boutiques in Bogota and from what I saw in...
Sri Lanka Barbara Kingstone Sri Lanka September 1, 2018The twenty seven hour trip from Toronto to Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, didn’t stop me from admiring the glorious sunrise...
Camilla Parker Bowles, Now Duchess of Cornwall, Found the Perfect Designer Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward August 25, 2018Camilla Parker Bowles, now Duchess of Cornwall, found the perfect designer. Several years ago, I mentioned to my London based-friend,...
CHANEL, THE LABEL THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward August 18, 2018One designer whose jackets, sweaters, coats, evening wear, shoes and jewellery, in fact all other offerings were, and still are,...