Joelle Lifestyle - The World at Home

David and Alice Van Buuren art patrons and philanthropists, used funds from the fortune that David made in the financial services industry to build a magnificent Art Deco house and outfit it with exquisite gardens and valuable works of art. Check it out.

I received the unique opportunity to visit more than fifty interiors of buildings in Brussels gems from the inter-war years, many of which remain relatively unknown. Architectural establishments, splendid private mansions, schools,modest houses, public and industrial buildings, hotels and shops several of which have become part of the ‘UNESCO World Heritage List’ in 2000.

It all started in New York, when a friend insisted I spent a few days in Israel for Passover with his family.

… As I turn myself around and around I can’t stop relating to these images. They are strange, extremely disturbing yet at the same time they are constantly talking to my deranged soul.

Because of my profession, the decision to rush to the Delhi Craft Museum on the last day of my stay was made very conscientiously. I knew it was a must but had no idea that place, together with its shops, would turn out to be one of my favorites in the world, due to a great concept of its own.

The day those towers fell I was in a car, stuck in the heavy morning traffic of the Sao Paulo streets. I received a phone call from a friend saying, “A minute ago an aircraft hit one of the World Trade Center towers…” -This is strictly impossible, are you nuts? This is not South America, we are talking New York!”

Unless you’ve been living in a country sadly devoid of a fashion sense, it’ll come as no surprise to you to hear that the Boho look is dead. The term Foho, represents the origins and influence of the trend; it’s origins in the Boho look, and the heavy influence of folk culture.

The annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show kicked off on last week starring a host of angel-winged supermodels at the newly renovated Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Heidi Klum led the glamorous event and Adriana Lima wowed in a $5 million Black Diamond Fantasy Miracle Bra, encrusted with rubies and black and white diamonds – Check out all the glitz!

One of the most stylish fashion exhibitions has arrived in New York’s Central Park. Chanel Mobile Art, the multi-dimensional traveling exhibition conceived by Chanel’s artistic director, Karl Lagerfeld, is a futuristic pavilion created by Zaha Hadid featuring the works of 20 artists who have been inspired by the iconic bag. Check the opening photos!

Among the many interesting historical sites in Naples that I recommend visiting is the Archeological Museum. Here is a short list of my favorite collections with a special emphasis of the recently inaugurated “Gabinetto Segreto” (Secret Cabinet).Ancient Roman culture had no sense of a shameful nature for all sexuality, and viewed sexually explicit material very differently to most present-day cultures. And if you wish to take that special trip and go back in time…this is the right place to be in.