Held in the stunning setting of the historic former Shanghai Club at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Shanghai’s Bund, the event was co-sponsored by KOTUR and my friend, the fabulous image consultant, Kim Robinson. I donned my Roland Mouret and piled on my Gem Palace indian vintage jewels to join the brightest and best of Chinese …

From my earliest memory, my family has spent each summer by an idyllic lake in the Connecticut countryside, where we neighbor the Childs family – model/dancer Michelle and her husband, Star, a Yale forestry grad and environmental consultant. Michelle Stevens Childs still looks the part of the 70’s Supermodel she once was, her VOGUE cover …

Friends and fans turned out in force to help celebrate the 5th anniversary of KOTUR at Harvey Nichols Hong Kong. The red carpet themed cocktail party also launched the new Holiday 2011 collection in store and was held in the super-chic new Pacific Place location. Guests all went home with personalized snakeskin coin purses and …

My great friends Lauren duPont, Ann Caruso, Gigi Mortimer, along with Tom Mora, Head of Women’s design at J.Crew, and my sister, Alexandra Kotur, all hosted a fabulous launch party for the KOTUR FOR J.CREW collection in New York last week. Thanks so much to you all, and to friends who came to toast and …

Muse not only to me, but to many – those who blog, buy and behold her covetable, preppy-chic style. As a follower of jcrew.com’s monthly “Jenna’s Picks”, I am one of the many, inspired by her styling and her creative spirit. Jenna’s own trademark insouciant style takes a little from the boys, a dab from …

Thank you to the MASARI boutique in Jakarta for your gracious hospitality during my visit–beautiful event and dinner. And thank you for introducing me to so many new friends, all so chic, and all carrying KOTUR! I cannot wait to visit you all again… Thank you thank you, Fiona xxx

Yana Peel‘s statuesque Slavic beauty and innate sense of statement style complement the brilliance brewing beneath. To know Yana is to adore her – and to be in awe of her, quite frankly. Yana Peel has a brilliant ability to gather people together around interesting ideas, hence Intelligence Squared Asia (IQ2) – her own interpretation …

I reconnected with Cornelia this summer in New York, over spritzers at my apartment where we caught up and talked shop – my fellow handbag maven is launching her own line of chic, vegan accessories at Bloomingdale’s this fall. We were first introduced over supper one Easter at our mutual friend John Dempsey’s New York …

With my focus on natural beauty for KOTUR’s summer collection, I scoured the Orient for new materials, from tribal straws to unusually-colored shells. And when my quest led me to another kind of natural beauty, those of the fresh-smelling, soothing and chemical-free variety, I became a convert and have not looked back. Here are my …