The Style Traveller

A fashion editor's guide to the worlds most stylish places

Sri Lanka

 Sri Lanka View from the Golden Temple, Dambulla Where? Sri Lanka – An Island in the Indian Ocean, off the Southern coast of India, formerly known as Ceylon. Exactly? Columbo (the capital), Dambulla (for the temples), Sigiriya (for the rock fortress), Kandy (tooth temple and world heritage sight), Nuwara Eliya (the hill stations and tea plantations) and Galle and Kalutara (for the beach). Reason for trip? Annual family trip to Asia (normally we

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Sri Lanka Sight Seeing

Sri Lanka Sight Seeing Golden Temple Caves entrance at the foot of the hill, Dambulla Sightseeing – what to see and do in Sri Lanka The route? There are several options of tours you can take. To get a real taste of this incredible country the minimum I would recommend you stay is about 10 days, to make sure you’ve ticked off all the key places of interest. The easiest

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Sri Lanka Sleeping and Hotels

Sri Lanka Sleeping and Hotels Amaya Lake Hotel, Dambulla Where I stayed in Sri Lanka Columbo On arrival into Columbo the chances are you’ll be in need of sleep after a long haul flight. The best hotel in Columbo, which is soon to undergo renovation is The Taj Samudra. Facing the Galle Face Green which used to be a race course during the Raj period, with lovely views over the ocean,

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Istanbul – What to wear when you’re there

  Where? Istanbul, Turkey Exactly? House Hotel Nisantasi Why? Press trip with Transitions Eyewear to test the new day to night opticals. Companions? Marcus from thechicgeek.co.uk, Basma from ES Magazine, Mikey from Sunday Times Style, David from The Times and 40 other international journalists.     Me (left) and Basma (ES Magazine) on a night out in Istanbul What to Wear When You’re There – Istanbul Istanbul is Turkey’s second

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Istanbul – After Dark, Eating, Drinking & Partying

  360 East bar and restaurant Istanbul is famed for its night life, If anyone recommends a bar or restaurant to you the chances are its a rooftop venue with amazing views over the city or a sunset spot by the Bosphoros River. The other chic evening alterative is Bebek. This is Istanbul’s trendy party area, filled with bars and restaurants. Here is The Style Travellers choice of the best

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Istanbul Shopping and Sightseeing

Istanbul Shopping and Sightseeing The courtyard at The Blue Mosque Shopping – Istanbul The Grand Bazaar With over 60 streets housing 5000 shops, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar is one of the largest covered markets in the world. Famed for traditional Turkish carpets, glass ware and crafts, it’s also well known for its counterfeit hand bags and luxury goods. The choice and range is impressive, but obviously I’m not condoning that sort of

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Copenhagen Street Style and Packing

Copenhagen Street Style and Packing Show at Copenhagen Fashion Week Where? Copenhagen, Denmark Exactly? The Kong Arthur Hotel and Skt Petri Hotel When? AW 2012 Why? Copenhagen Fashion Week Companions? The Fashion Posse – Hayley Betts, Will Woodhams, Theo, Georgie, Jodie & Eric. (Sounds like an Enid Blyton cast!) What I packed? Clockwise from left to right: Silk shirt – Zara, Black vest – T by Alexander Wang, I-pad – Apple, I-pad case – Clare Vivier, Phone

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Copenhagen Eating, Drinking and After Dark

Copenhagen Eating, Drinking and After Dark   Getting Slaughtered in Meat Packing If you want to party with Copenhagen’s hipster crowd, head to Meat Packing aka Vesterbro in the South West of the city. Once the city’s red light district, don’t think of Meat Packing in the upmarket New York sort of way, Copenhagen’s version is much edgier. Best time to arrive is around 10pm, pitch your spot amongst the throngs

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Copenhagen Shopping, Sightseeing and Sleeping

Copenhagen Shopping, Sightseeing and Sleeping Copenhagen – Shopping Norrebro There are two main shopping areas in Copenhagen, the main city centre, filled with high street and designer stores, which is easy enough to find and navigate yourself. And to the North East of the city is the up and coming area of Norrebro, similar to London’s Shoreditch. This area has recently under gone gentrification and with the additions of the Acne Archive

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Central London W1 What to Wear When You’re There

Central London W1 What to Wear When You’re There Photographers at London Fashion Week Me at London Fashion Week Where? London Exactly? Central, W1, Zone 1 When? October 2012 Why? London Fashion Week and it’s the city I live in! How? As Central London is such a huge section i’ve split it into five parts, What to Wear When You’re There & Street Style below, Eating,  Shopping,  After Dark and The Map.  Enjoy London! What

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Central London W1 Eating and Restaurants

Central London W1 Eating and Restaurants The deceptive entrance to Soho’s restaurant of the moment, La Bodega Negra Central London – Where to Eat – Day There are literally thousands of places to eat and drink in central London. It was a very tricky task dwindling the choice down to just a few restaurants. So bearing this in mind here is TheStyleTraveller’s choice of the best London fashion hotspots to

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Central London W1 Shopping

Central London W1 Shopping  Dover Street Market London Shopping Renowned as one of the world’s fashion capitals, London boasts a plethora of shopping experiences. The choice is endless from high street to high end, vintage boutiques, street markets, flagship luxury department stores to obscure pop up shops. There are just too many options to write about each one so, if you are only in London for a long weekend this is

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Central London W1 After Dark and Sleeping

Central London W1 After Dark and Sleeping If you can’t find the door you’re not coming in! ECC – The Experimental Cocktail Club Central London W1 – Where to Party – Bars and Clubs There are thousands of bars and clubs in central London, to get full listings check out Time Out London. But as you may not have time, here is an edit of my favourite London party places

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Santorini Greek Islands

Santorini Greek Islands   Where? Santorini, Greece Exactly? The Grace in Imerovigli and                 Mystique in Oia When? August 2012 Why? Greek summer holiday   Santorini – What to wear when you’re there   Me wearing 2nd Day blue dress Packing Style in Santorini is chic and minimal, just like the architecture of this stunning Cycladic Island. What to pack? Flat sandals are a must! The streets and

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Santorini Sunbathing, Sightseeing and Eating

Santorini Sunbathing, Sightseeing and Eating One of the Cycladic Islands off the south-east coast of Greece, Santorini is largely regarded as one of the most picturesque of all the Greek Islands. It’s small so you won’t need more than a few days to see the sights. A great way to get around is to hire a car as the road routes are easy to navigate. I went for a week which

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Santorini Sleeping

Santorini Sleeping The infinity pool at The Grace (I loved it so much, I made it the banner for my blog!) Hotels and Where to Stay in Santorini The main areas to stay in Santorini are – Thira (the capital) – Oia and Imerovigli, small villages made up of buildings carved into the sides of cliffs – Megalochori, a tiny rural village surrounded by vineyards is also a lovely (less hilly)

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Secret Garden Party What to Wear to a Festival

Secret Garden Party What to Wear to a Festival I heart Secret Garden Party! Where? Secret Garden Party Exactly? Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Near Cambridgeshire. When? July 2012. Why? Why not! Secret Garden Party is a chic boutique festival with the loads of fun acts, music, performances, ‘stylish’ festival goers and of course, boutique camping! Companions? Lian. the girls & Mr Style Traveller popped in on Sunday to play drums at the crossroads stage. Special

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Secret Garden Party Festival Where to Party

Secret Garden Party Festival Where to Party ‘The Pagoda’ playing Ibiza style house had people queueing round the block to get in. It also has the best views at sunset. Secret Garden – Where to Party? This Year the Secret Garden Festival celebrated its tenth birthday and was bigger and louder than ever before! There was such a huge variety of sound stages, bars, random activities and places to hang out,

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Italian Wedding in Petritoli

 Italian Wedding in Petritoli Where? Palazzo Mannocchi, Petritoli. Exactly? Le Marche region, Italy, nearest airport – Ancona. When? June 2012. Why? The wedding of my old school friend Sui Chung to his beautiful bride Liz Mundy. Companions? 80 guests plus Miss and Mr Style Traveller. Special Thanks to wedding photographer Steve Shipman for letting me use some of his beautiful images, credited with an SS in the caption.   A Summer Wedding in Italy I was lucky enough

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Italian Wedding What to Wear When You’re There

Italian Wedding What to Wear When You’re There What to wear for a summer wedding in Italy…   ss Tips on dressing for a summer wedding abroad  Deciding what to wear to a wedding abroad is tricky, here are a few tips and pointers to get you started! For the girls… First thing to do is check the weather? If it’s going to be hot, stick to natural fibres like

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