Timeless Magazine: Issue 06

FINNIES THE JEWELLER TIMELESS

The hospitality industry is constantly on its toes, reinventing, changing, PODS
innovating, evolving in a relentless bid to keep up with the times.
But time is fickle and so is fashion – all too quickly yesterday’s must-have We are all up to speed on the fashion for glamping, for posh yurts,
becomes tomorrow’s faux pas, even in the hotel world. Who would have thought sexy cabins and glamorous treehouses – but the ‘pod’ is something
that the luxury of excess would give way so rapidly to the luxury of less being a little bit different and not always entirely easy to define.
more? Who would have predicted that the craving for state-of-the-art technology New Zealand’s interpretation, for example, at PurePods is a glass
would revert to a desire for old-fashioned simplicity? Who would have envisaged box – the sides are glass, of course, but so are the floor and ceiling,
that design and experience would become so closely intertwined? Trends, it seems, allowing total immersion in nature and the night sky.
can be both ephemeral and everlasting: a flash in the pan or with a staying power
that lasts for decades. Whitepod, in the pristine Swiss mountains near Les Cerniers,
was a ground-breaking eco-hotel when it opened its 15 tented
UPCYCLING pods some 12 years ago, and has been the inspiration for others
that have followed in its wake, most notably The Highlands
We’re not talking recycling here – though this is also a significant in Tanzania which launched in 2016. The eight pods at The
trend given that it’s neither wise nor cool these days for hotels Highlands follow the same hi-tech, geodesic design (ie domes
to ignore the environmental lobby. We’re talking upcycling – comprised of triangular panels) and share the same sustainable
the idea of turning something with a previous function into ethos of combining external wilderness with interior luxury.
something with a new function. So in-room wood-burning stoves, kingsize beds, ensuite bathrooms
and private decks are par for the course. While both fully embrace
There are numerous examples to cite: the brilliant cowboy saddles their natural surroundings, there is something breathlessly
reinvented as bar stools at the Ranch at Rock Creek in Montana, spectacular about The Highlands’ location, set on the forested
or the old leather trunks at Casa Uxua in Trancoso, Brazil, which edge of the Olmoti volcano within the Ngorongoro Conservation
open to reveal 90cm flatscreen TVs, to name but two. But the Area and at an altitude of 2,660m (300m higher than Europe’s
past-masters of upcycling are to be found on British shores. highest ski resort). For one to watch, Wild Coast Tented Lodge
Dynamite duo Justin Salisbury and Charlotte Newey are at the in Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park opens imminently, its crazily
forefront of young hoteliers delivering great (and inspirational) brilliant ‘cocoons’ taking the whole pod concept to another level.
design. Their small chain of hotels, The Artist Residence, has
recently expanded from properties in Penzance, Brighton and “ HOTELS ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE
London’s Pimlico, to a pub in Oxfordshire. Upcycling is integral to LO OK-OUT FOR WAYS TO DIVERSIFY, TO
the ‘look’ they create, refashioning glass bottles as lamps, packing ADD THAT LITTLE EXTRA SOMETHING
cases as bedside tables and, in the Loft at the Pimlico address, WHICH MIGHT SET THEM APART FROM
an old gate as a headboard. THEIR RIVALS”

Queen of the shabby chic, rustic glamour look, however, is Judy BOATS
Hutson who, with her husband Robin, has created the interiors at
all five of The Pigs – currently the most successful and celebrated Hotels are constantly on the look-out for ways to diversify,
small group of hotels in the UK. At The Pig at Combe, which to add that little extra something which might set them apart
opened in the summer of 2016 in a handsome Elizabethan manor from their rivals. Hence the hotel boat, by which I don’t mean
house in a picturesque Devon valley, examples of clever upcycling the day-tripper yacht or the sunset cruise dhow, but the proper
are everywhere. On a small scale are the banisters-turned-lamp- floating hotel which can be chartered for a few days or more.
bases, the silk-saris-turned-lampshades, the milk-churns-turned- Recognised hotel chains to have led the way are Four Seasons
umbrella-stands, and the potato-crates-turned-coffee-tables; with its three-deck luxury catamaran Four Seasons Explorer
on a bigger scale is the former boiler cunningly converted to a operating in the Maldives; Alila which operates the picturesque
smoker for the smokehouse, and the Horsebox, one of the hotel’s Alila Purnama, a traditional phinisi sailing yacht, in Indonesia;
signature suites, where the original stable stalls act as partitions and, most recently Six Senses, which early in 2017 launched
between the bedroom, bathroom and sitting room. Even the Dhahab, a classic Omani dhow developed for Arabian voyages
horses’ names remain on the doors. at Zighy Bay.

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But there are single, standalone hotels which have dipped their
toes in the water, too. Claus and Jeanette Thottrup created one
of Tuscany’s loveliest hotel retreats, Borgo Santo Pietro, back
in 2008 since when they have been nurturing and expanding its
beautiful gardens, opening a handful more rooms (there are now
20 in total), fine-tuning the food (the restaurant is Michelin-
starred) and... building a boat. In 2017 they launched Satori,
a 41.5m wooden sailing yacht, designed by Claus and built by an
expert team of master boat builders in Bodrum. She is a state-
of-the-art beauty: on the one hand, traditionally liveried in teak
and heavily-lacquered mahogany; on the other, equipped with an
on-deck, open-view kitchen, an ingenious under-stair wine cellar,
marble bathrooms and all the toys, including electric bicycles for
onshore excursions. Designed to be an extension of the hotel, with
staff and chefs drafted in from Borgo Santo Pietro on a rotational
basis, Satori promises a little bit of Tuscany at sea.

COUTURE POOLS

The bright blue, rectangular pool slipped out of fashion in the
hotel world a long time ago. Since then, we’ve witnessed the birth
of the ‘statement’ pool – the pool that cuts a dash whether in
terms of shape, size, material, colour or, most recently, pattern.
As with anything patterned, it’s not always easy to get it right
and patterned pools are no different, particularly where pattern
and colour are combined. Gorgeous little Alavya hotel, however,
in the Turkish village of Alacati, shows how this combination can
be done stylishly, where a blend of blue, purple and green stripes
serves not only to elongate the pool visually but to resonate with
the colourful, quirky design of the hotel as whole.

When it comes to stripes, though, Bill Bensley – one of the most
eminent hotel designers of recent years, with the likes of Aman
and Four Seasons under his belt – is the master of monochrome.
His stunning pool at The Siam hotel in Bangkok was clearly
the precursor for his latest pool design at the refurbished (and
renamed) Shinta Mani Shack in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The water
adds a blue tinge, but the pool base at both hotels is black-and-
white, Hollywood chic.

Similarly monochrome is the exquisite marble-lined pool at
Bujera Fort in Rajasthan where a distinctly geometric theme of
squares and rhombuses is echoed in floor patterns throughout
the hotel. It’s hard to tell that this little fortress, brainchild of
British owner and interior designer Richard Hanlon, was built
from scratch: though barely two years old, the pink cloisters,
hand-carved stone columns and Mughal-style gardens look like
they’ve been there for ever.

HOTEL BOATS:
above left, Alila’s
picturesque Purnama is a
traditional phinisi that sails
in Indonesia

STATEMENT POOLS:
left, include one at Alavya
hotel in the Turkish village
of Alacati, where blue,
purple and green stripes
elongate the pool visually
and resonate with the
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PHOTOGRAPHY

RICHARD GRASSIE

STYLING

MICHELLE KELLY

LOS ANGELES

TIMES

FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF SILENT MOVIES, WHEN THE AUSTRALIAN
SWIMMER ANNETTE KELLERMAN WENT TO HOLLYWOOD TO

STAR IN ‘VENUS OF THE SOUTH SEAS’, TO THE POSTWAR ERA WHEN
SWIMMING AND SHOWBIZ CAME TOGETHER IN THE SHAPELY

FORM OF ESTHER WILLIAMS, THE TURBANISTA IN A BATHING SUIT
HAS ALWAYS CAUSED RIPPLES. TODAY IT’S AN INSPIRED RETRO

PARTY LOOK, FOR A TOUCH OF OLD HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR AND
VINTAGE BEAUTY, POOLSIDE

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PREVIOUS PAGE: black turban by Missoni, at Missoni.com; black-and-white cover-up by Emma Pake; black swimsuit by Emma Pake; both at Emmapake.com.
Tahitian pearl long necklace with 0.27ct diamond catch, £3,723; 18ct white gold necklace with 3.35ct diamonds, £9,575; diamond & pearl necklace on 14ct white
gold chain, £3,750; 18ct white gold & 5.02ct diamond bangle, £9,900; 18ct white gold, pearl & 1.03ct diamond ring, £4,795; 18ct white gold diamond-set earrings
with two pearl drops, £1,240; black ceramic J12 watch with diamond bezel, by Chanel, £10,250
OPPOSITE: swimsuit by Elizabeth Hurley, at Elizabethhurley.com; sunglasses by Tom Davies, at Tdtomdavies.com. 18ct rose gold & 1.45ct diamond bangle,
£7,130; 18ct rose gold, diamond & morganite ring, £2,995; morganite & diamond pendant on 9ct rose gold chain, £7,870; 18ct rose gold, morganite & diamond
earrings, £11,000
THIS PAGE: dress by Mango, at shop.mango.com. Chopard Happy Hearts 18ct rose gold, diamond & agate bangle, £2,230; Chopard Happy Hearts 18ct rose gold,
diamond & agate necklace, £6,740; Chopard Happy Hearts 18ct rose gold, diamond & agate earrings, £2,510; Chopard Happy Diamonds Icon watch, £16,430

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THIS PAGE: graphic print swimsuit by Emma Pake, at Emmapake.com. 18ct white gold & 1.04ct diamond earrings, £3,350; 18ct white gold & 1.81ct
diamond heart ring, £18,000; 18ct white gold & 4.52ct diamond necklace, £18,000; BR S Novarosa watch, by Bell & Ross, £5,300

OPPOSITE: dress by Tara Jarmon, at Tarajarmon.com; turban by Zara, at Zara.com. 18ct white gold, diamond & ruby necklace, £24,000; 18ct white gold,
diamond & ruby earrings, £4,400; 18ct white gold, diamond & ruby cluster ring (0.90ct), £7,200; 18ct white gold, diamond & ruby bracelet, £23,000

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THIS PAGE: dress by Kelly Simpkin, at Kellysimpkin.com; cover-up by Unconditional, at Unconditional.uk.com. 18ct white gold, diamond & multicoloured sapphire earrings,
£12,000; 18ct white gold & multicoloured sapphire bracelet, £18,000; 18ct white gold & multicoloured sapphire pendant on 18ct white gold necklet, £4,700
OPPOSITE: orange cape by MSGM, at msgm.it; swimsuit by Ashley Isham, at Ashleyisham.co.uk. Chopard Happy Diamonds 18ct white gold & 0.74ct diamond ring, £7,140;
Chopard 18ct white gold & 4.16ct diamond pendant with chain, £32,600; Chopard Happy Diamonds 18ct white gold & 1.93ct diamond earrings, £13,870; 18ct white gold &
5.02ct diamond bangle, £9,900
All jewellery from the collection at Finnies the Jeweller, 219-223 George Street, Aberdeen (01224 636 632) Finnies.com

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BEHIND THE SCENES

TO CREATE OUR STYLISH, BEVERLY HILLS, POOLSIDE VIBE, WE CHOSE A CHIC,
PRIVATELY-OWNED PROPERTY WITH AN EXOTIC, AUTHENTIC MOROCCAN POOL HOUSE,

IMPORTED PIECE BY PIECE FROM MARRAKECH WITH TRUE HOLLYWOOD PANACHE.
OUR AUSTRALIAN MODEL, MATILDA, WALTZED ALL THE WAY FROM SYDNEY TO

CHANNEL THE SPIRIT OF AN EARLIER AUSTRALIAN HEROINE – THE SWIMMER AND
SWIMWEAR DESIGNER ANNETTE KELLERMAN, DUBBED ‘THE PERFECT WOMAN’ IN 1908

AND LATER THE SUBJECT OF ESTHER WILLIAMS'S FILM, MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID.
WE THINK MATILDA MADE AN EXCELLENT MERMAID, IN AND OUT OF THE POOL.

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1

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2017/18

1. 1
Platinum Asscher-cut halo ring 2
2.98ct
£21,350
2.
18ct white gold pear-shape diamond
ring 5.28ct
£10,995
3.
18ct white gold fancy diamond
collarette 7ct
£16,995
4.
18ct white gold fancy-cut diamond
drop earrings 2.70ct
£6,995
5.
18ct white gold fancy-cut diamond
bracelet 5.91ct
£10,995

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3
5

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4 1. £4395
5 2. £5995
3. £8875
4. £2340
5. £1425
6. £2125
7. £1950
8. £3995
9. £2860
10. £10,995
11. £3750
12. £3125
13. £3350

1 3
2

6

“Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.”

AUDREY HEPBURN

7 10 11 13
8 12

9

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15 17
14
18
16

19

22 23 24 26

20
21

25

31 32
30

33

27 14. £1590
28 15. £1010
29 16. £2940
17. £225
35 36 18. £2250
34 19. £600
20. £1755
21. £2315
22. £6470
23. £5950
24. £4930
25. £9995
26. £27,000
27. £3899
28. £1965
29. £2760
30. £7599
31. £1299
32. £3895
33. £1975
34. £1330
35. £10,550
36. £2550

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1

3 4 56 7

8

9 10 11 14

13
12

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15 16 17

“ You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” 1. £2660
2. £1090
EDITH HEAD 3. £860
4. £3095
18 5. £3080
6. £6975
7. £2450
8. £345
9. £6264
10. £495
11. £2200
12. £2825
13. £2330
14. £275
15. £1840
16. £6780
17. £1165
18. £5650

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1 4
5
68

6 10 COLLECTIONS
7 8
1. £1310
9 2. £1750
3. £480
4. £2300
5. £1930
6. £7275
7. £1340
8. £2999
9. £375
10. £6999
11. £10,695
12. £1365

11

12

“ I adore wearing gems but not because they are mine.
You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it.”

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

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13 4
2

1. £1595 5
2. £275
3. £1825
4. £1320
5. £7275
6. £6650
7. £350
8. £370
9. £1130
10. £3500
11. £610
12. £2760
13. £585
14. £1040

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6 7 89

“ Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.”

JEAN COCTEAU

12
10
11 14

13

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12 3

1. £1150 45 67
2. £1225
3. £405
4. £2290
5. £1840
6. £1015
7. £2230
8. £1290
9. £2966
10. £510
11. £440
12. £615
13. £1620
14. £505
15. £2550
16. £2710

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8 10
9
73
12
13

11

“ True friends are like diamonds –
bright, beautiful, valuable and always in style.”

NICOLE RICHIE

14 15

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1

2

“ Buy less. Choose well.” VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

3 4 5

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1. £270
2. £2999
3. £3280
4. £3175
5. £2925
6. £370
7. £1770
8. £3530
9. £500
10. £3525

8 9 10

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6
2
1

3

“ Create your own style… let it be unique
for yourself and yet identifiable for others.”

ANNA WINTOUR

7

8 9
10
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COLLECTIONS

13 14
12 15

11 16

1. £755 17 77
2. £305
3. £1670
4. £455
5. £815
6. £200
7. £185
8. £400
9. £225
10. £350
11. £156
12. £240
13. £450
14. £1090
15. £210
16. £210
17. £1170

COLLECTIONS

1 23

4 5

6 “ The most courageous act is still
to think for yourself. Aloud.”
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7

COLLECTIONS

9 10 11

13 14
12

1. £100

2. £409

3. £1249

4. £1325

15 5. £1240
6. £425

7. £600

8. £230

9. £1700

10. £265

11. £1537

12. £1052

13. £1080

14. £55

16. £330

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7 8
1 35
2 9

4

11 12
13
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14 15 16 17

1. £2150 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
2. £420
3. £2215 “ People will stare. Make it worth their while.”
4. £1365
5. £1220 HARRY WINSTON
6. £300
7. £1290 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
8. £5350
9. £5995
10. £8625
11. £4950
12. £1450
13. £2990
14. £5425
15. £2400
16. £295
17. £1830
18. £3120
19. £900
20. £1799
21. £2299
22. £5250
23. £875
24. £2350
25. £420
26. £505
27. £655
28. £6875
29. £19,650
30. £10,450
31. £13,599
32. £2785

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12 34

5 1. £905
2. £520
82 3. £875
4. £375
5. £1357
6. £4600
7. £7665
8. £1400
9. £650
10. £720
11. £905
12. £675
13. £1115
14. £5995
15. £895
16. £2950
17. £3150

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9
10

12

11

“ You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get
up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it, you’re nobody.”

DIANA VREELAND

13 14 15 16 17

83

COLLECTIONS 1. £880
2. £405
1 3. £2075
4. £1750
5. £625
6. £780
7. £420
8. £1299
9. £355
10. £310
11. £1250
12. £1765
13. £535
14. £1155
2 3 15. £750
16. £1210
17. £840
18. £1080
19. £255
20. £1660

45 67 8

9 10 11

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12 13 14
15
16

“ Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.”

RACHEL ZOE

19

17 20
18
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1

4 9
6
7
5 8

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13
10

11
14
15

12

“ I want everyone to wear what they want and
mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.”

KARL LAGERFELD

16 17 18

1. £50
2. £42
3. £55
4. £42
5. £45
6. £70
7. £110
8. £150
9. £56
10. £75
11. £35
12. £77
13. £51
14. £55
15. £48
16. £215
17. £75
18. £245

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1

1. £280 4
2. £51 5
3. £155
4. £399 6
5. £77
6. £240

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“ Be daring, be different, be impractical,
be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and

imaginative vision against the play-it-safers...”

CECIL BEATON

1

23 45

6

7
8

11 1. £395
2. £115
10 3. £195
9 4. £235
5. £550
6. £1975
7. £550
8. £895
9. £1695
10. £275
11. £265

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1

“ Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you
but decide what you are, what you want to express by the way
you dress and the way you live.”

GIANNI VERSACE

4 56 7 8

90

9 COLLECTIONS
10
1. £9810
11 2. £3315
3. £6010
12 4. £9605
5. £2195
6. £4535
7. £4545
8. £510
9. £1505
10. £2605
11. £1585
12. £10,030
13. £9590

13

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“ Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by
designers – and style is what you choose.”

LAUREN HUTTON

1

2

34 5

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67 8

9 10 11

12 13 1. £265
2. £320
3. £795
4. £1500
5. £285
6. £1110
7. £155
8. £410
9. £490
10. £965
11. £1100
12. £1460
13. £140

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1 23

“ One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art.”

OSCAR WILDE

8

1. £1300 7
2. £5500
3. £8000
4. £1860
5. £4600
6. £2230
7. £1280
8. £1310
9. £1220

5 6

9

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street, fashion has to do with ideas,
the way we live, what is happening.” 3

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12

5 6
4 7

1. £800 30cm
2. £1200 20cm
3. £580 10cm
4. £610
5. £710 dimensions
6. £610
7. £1100

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1

45

1. £1750
2. £4160
3. £620
4. £21,950
5. £2000
6. £229
7. £18,700
8. £5520
9. £6720
10. £590
11. £3260

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9 10 11

“ Behind the perfection of a man’s style must lie the passion of a man’s soul.”

OSCAR WILDE

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“ Pure, intense emotions. It’s not about design.
It’s about feelings.”

ALBER ELBAZ

2

1

1. £61
2. £1470
3. £25
4. £80 (set of 2)
5. £120
6. £255

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