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Introducing a small selection of The Aficionados’ hotel matriarchs, interior gurus, fashion femmes, and women of effortless charm who make the world a better place. Ladies, who we feel, would become instant friends should we meet, - some already are.
Read on to meet the females moving mountains in their fields, whether that’s in the realms of architecture, innovative wellness, olfactory journeys or verdant-filled hotels. Entrepreneurs and disruptors, but full of buoyant charm, meet our favourite femmes of style.
Making sweet waves in the hotel business, three daughters and matriarch Heidi have created a gorgeous green idyll at VillaVerde – the perfect spot for wild swims, coffee & cake and seriously serene interiors. Come and be clasped into the family and enjoy a super chill stay.
We’re so glad that owner Dr. Elisabeth Brändle decided to renovate her grandmother Benedikta’s house, joining the dots between a stylish mountain idyll and the homeliness captured in her childhood memories. Without losing the character of mountain style, feel at home in this chalet remodelling.
Innovative entrepreneur and creative director Ana Penha e Costa brings her worldly outlook and easy-breezy surf style to a range of tees, hoodies and swimwear, crafted from 100% Portuguese-grown cotton, done well and sustainably. Look the part while also doing good.
With the hotel business in her DNA, Mar knows Mallorca like the back of her hand - and will take you around the island by bicycle stopping at only the nicest places for delicious Mallorcan food, wine tasting, epicurean picnic, secret beach spots and sunsets. This is your secret back route to Mallorca by bicycle.
Known to many around the parts of South Tyrol and beyond, Christina Biasi-von Berg is the woman to have on your side when you transform an old relic into the now: she knows how to capture the soul of a structure, whilst wrapping it in interactive, human design that’s full of comfort.
A pioneer in the way in which scent captures our emotional wellbeing, Lyn Harris aka Perfumier H relentlessly pursues unconventional fragrances to create olfactory journeys that bring exotic and unique nature into the everyday. Find your own unique scent with Perfumer H who also produces exquisite candles, hand wash and soap.
Conceiving of NOA as an ever-changing network of architects, interior designers, graphic talent to even psychologists and much more, NOA is able to incorporate a multitude of ideas and styles into its hotel projects.
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Genuizzi | Banal Architects studio based in Milano is synonymous with clear spatial design and a strong lineal aesthetic bound to the environment.
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Professor, architect and designer with an intense love of concrete and the alps, architect Othmar Barth (1927-2010) was considered futuristic, often misunderstood and a bit of a silent hero of the rural monumental.
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Ruth’s original manifesto to listen to what the house wanted to be has served her well. Reinvented for the curious traveller, Brücke 49 has been welcoming guests for nearly a decade.
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As the property neared finishing, Fabio took the decision to keep the garden wild and naturally indigenous – where the boundaries between garden and rural countryside were blurred.
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The master of reductive design, Belgium architect and interior designer Vincent Van Duysen is a behemoth legend of pared-back aesthetic and minimalist style over a spectrum of design disciplines, including furniture, textiles, and lighting.
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Reducing a 50 bedroom hotel to just seven suites has a distinctive design logic of architect and designer Martin Gruber - a structural genius who narrates a closeness to Alpine nature.
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Zaha Hadid Architect's coastal Salerno Maritime Terminal in Cilento, Italy carries her hallmark curves inspired by oysters and the waves, a coastal landmark.
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Behind some of Scotland's landmark conservation and restoration projects including the award-winning Kyle House, Hotel Lundies and Killiehuntly Farmhouse in the Highlands.
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Farms, hotels, residencies and offices - meet the charismatic Founder of AEDES - an Amsterdam-based property development company as we talk about his mission to create a legacy for the future - rewilding, restoring, preserving heritage and pushing the boundaries of research and science.
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Set up in the 1980s, by Drummond Shaw, the company began as a vintage salvage company, restoring old rolltop baths to a characterful beauty, perfect for upmarket interiors and of course, indulgent deep soaks.
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With an immersive sense of place, their structures merge perfectly into their environments, creating buildings with soul, that seem intrinsically linked to nature.
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