Cabin Treats
Text Robyn Hodson
There isn’t a single person I know who can get off a long-haul flight without looking like the crypt-keeper. Not even Victoria Beckham, who is so constantly papparazi’d behind sunglasses of such a staggering size, it’s glaringly obvious she didn’t pack her Jo Malone.
The Jo Malone In-Flight Travel Bag has everything you need to melt away that decade you appear to acquire overnight, even in first class. We love the line-up: Ginseng Day Moisturising Cream 7ml; Green Tea & Honey Eye Cream 3ml; Protein Skin Serum 5ml; Rosemary & Lavender Skin Tonic 30ml; Avocado Cleansing Milk 30ml; Vitamin E Gel 3ml; Lime Basil & Mandarin Body Lotion 30ml; Grapefruit Cologne 9ml.
Packed neatly into a compact cream or black travel bag and with everything the correct size for security check-in, this luscious little travel companion is the perfect accoutrement to go with your Gaultier travel stockings, Chanel eye mask and essence of khakibos travel pillow…
www.jomalone.co.uk
TAKE NOTE
Text Mandy
Allen
All design-savvy travellers list Moleskine notebooks and
diaries among the objects that they’d never leave home without.
New to the collection are Moleskine City Notebooks – compact guidebooks
with a special coloured section listing sights, tips for getting around,
street, zone and metro maps and everything else visitors – or locals
for that matter – might need for navigating the city with ease.
Blank pages allow you to record your thoughts, adhesive labels and a
tabbed archive allow you to customise the notebook to your specifications
and, rather ingeniously, twelve translucent sticky sheets have been incorporated
so you can trace your route as you go. At the moment twelve European
cities are covered including London, Paris, Rome and Dublin,
with several North American cities (including New York, San Francisco,
Montreal and Seattle) joining the club in early 2007.
www.moleskine.it
THE GOOD BOOK
Text Mandy
Allen
The StyleCity series from publishers Thames & Hudson
has revolutionized the travel guide and this is the ultimate, beautifully
designed companion to the world’s most exciting cities. The books
provide an altogether more stylish option for those in search of the
hotels, shopping, eating, cultural and social highlights of their chosen
destinations, plus discreet hideaways and information for getting around.
Look out for the words ‘New Edition’ on the spine of specific
titles so you know you’re getting up-to-the-minute information.
Leave it on your coffee table on your return for a chic reminder of the
trip.
www.thamesandhudson.com
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Moleskine to Schiphol
AIRPORT BUZZ
Text Mandy
Allen
If there’s one airport we don’t mind being delayed at it’s
Schiphol. The well-stocked newsagents have a brilliant selection of international
magazines and the delis and duty free outlets provide excellent
shopping opportunities (you’ll find brands from Oilily
to Prada). Must-haves on your shopping list: clogs (so kitsch they’re
cool); tulips from Amsterdam (the bulbs have the official stamp of approval
so you won’t encounter hassles from customs); Miffy merchandise
(illustrator Dick Bruna’s famous little white cartoon rabbit is
to the Netherlands what Mickey Mouse is to the Americans, but eminently
more stylish); stroopwaffels (waffle-style biscuits) and drops
(liquorice) – snacks simply don’t get more Dutch than this.
Also visit the Rijksmuseum Schiphol. Entry is free and the space has
ten permanent works by the Dutch masters of the Golden Age from the Rijksmuseum’s
collection. There are also ongoing temporary exhibitions that change
several times a year. A shop sells art-related souvenirs. Finally, use
your last few Euros to have a massage from one of several wellness points
located throughout the airport.
www.schiphol.com
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