“One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.” “Tequila: a Spanish word meaning ‘I don’t remember doing that…’” What do you think of when you hear the word ‘tequila’? Shots? Slammers? Seriously debilitating hangovers? If so, time to reconsider a) how you think and b) how you drink, because at the top end at least, tequila
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Toni & Guy: A cut above at London Fashion Week
I have survived my second tour of duty at London Fashion Week (LFW) unscathed (unless you count a case of serious, possibly incurable, shoe envy). You may remember that my debut visit to the event, last September, proved somewhat draining – I just about managed to recover in time for Cannes. Nonetheless I jumped at
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All fired up for the real Dragons’ Den
Nid wy’n gofyn bywyd moethus, Aur y byd na’i berlau mân: Gofyn rwyf am galon hapus, Calon onest, calon lân. Calon lân yn llawn daioni, Tecach yw na’r lili dlos: Dim ond calon lân all ganu Canu’r dydd a chanu’r nos. Tomorrow my autumn sporting odyssey continues, and I am (literally) back on familiar ground.
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A fabulous Highland Fling with Glenmorangie Dornoch
After a week in Cannes, the body – especially the liver – craves rest. Plain fare. No alcohol. Early nights. Well, scratch THAT. The Moodie Report had barely unpacked from the Riviera before heading to the Highlands for a whisky launch, courtesy of LVMH and World Duty Free Group (WDFG). Out went the stilettos and
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Bowled over at Lord’s with Hardys
Over the years, through the course of my work, I have been fortunate enough to attend many great sporting events. The invitations, and corresponding hospitality, have included horse-racing at Ascot, arena polo at Hickstead, tennis at Wimbledon and several rugby union matches, among them the nerve-shredding 1999 Five Nations (as was) game in Paris, which
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Hairing around London Fashion Week with Toni & Guy
I used to think Cannes was tough – but that was before I did London Fashion Week. Reader, after just three days racing around the whole of south east London, beset by serious hair and outfit angst, suddenly the prospect of five days on the Riviera is looking positively restful. It’s taken me a fortnight
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Travel Retail Consortium conjures up Animal Magic
There are plenty of party animals in travel retail and, I daresay, the occasional spot of monkey business, so the choice of venue for the Travel Retail Consortium’s (TRC) annual Business Lunch last week – London Zoo – was nothing short of inspired. London Zoo was an inspired venue for the TRC 2014 Business Lunch
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
“Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused – in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened – by the recurrence of Christmas.” Charles Dickens Reader, I am that Mann. Christmas just doesn’t do it for me. I basically don’t have the
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Love Story signals a new chapter for Chloé
Last week I limped to Paris to report on the reveal of the new pillar fragrance from the house of Chloé, called Love Story. Sadly, thanks to a nasty calf strain sustained in the gym the night before I left (reinforcing my view that the only acceptable form of exercise is shopping), the trip for
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Moody Blooms for the Moodie team
We get to see a lot of different products at Moodie HQ, and we try our very best not to have favourites. But for obvious reasons, MAC’s latest launch, Moody Blooms, is sorely testing our resolve to remain impartial. Les Fleurs du Mal, MAC-style And it’s not just the name. MAC is showcasing its sinister
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All that glitters…is Eau My Gold!
The Moodie Report’s Rebecca Mann goes for gold in Paris On 3 April I was invited to Paris for the launch of Lady Million Eau My Gold!, the latest feminine fragrance from Paco Rabanne’s blockbuster ‘Million’ masterbrand. Having been fortunate enough to attend the launch of the original Lady Million – which featured vintage Paco
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Brown-Forman makes a splash with its Bourbon Immersion
March has been a mighty busy month. I am slowly recovering from my ten-flights-in-ten-days US odyssey, which began with a cracking time in California (courtesy of Wonderful Pistachios); continued with a transfer to Orlando to attend this year’s IAADFS Duty Free Show of the Americas; and concluded with a “Bourbon Immersion” in Kentucky, hosted in
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A cracking time in California with Wonderful Pistachios
My sanity has been questioned many times over the years – not least, on occasion, by myself – so the nut job jokes came thick and fast when I accepted an invitation from Wonderful Pistachios to visit (via private jet!) parent company Paramount Farms’ plantation and processing facility in Lost Hills, California, prior to this