The Five-Star Personal Shopping Experience in London with The Milestone Hotel

London is a shopper's paradise, and leave it to The Milestone Hotel-- voted No. 1 British Hotel on the Conde Nast Traveler Gold List-- to help their guests get the most out of their London retail therapy. The hotel has teamed up with Y shop, the personal shopping and styling company, so that you can you have the ultimate personal shopping experience. Stylist Camilla Yonge and her team will advise and style you in a consultation of your wardrobe, sense of style, and coloring, before guiding you to the world-renowned department stores and hidden boutiques where you can find the best outfits to suit your taste. You'll get the inside scoop on the London shopping scene and a fabulous wardrobe, to boot. Available until January 31, 2010 and priced from £1303 for two nights, the 5-star personal shopping experience package includes:

* Welcome glass of bubbly on arrival

* Full Afternoon Tea and color consultation with your personal shopping assistant

* Full English Breakfast, followed by a wardrobe consultation with your personal stylist

* Half day shopping spree to carefully selected stores and boutiques with your personal shopping assistant

Capella Under the Stars: Three-Day Long New Year’s Celebration at Capella Singapore

Check into Singapore's gorgeous Capella Resort for a lavish three-day New Year's celebration on the South China Sea. Enjoy excellent cuisine, personalized service, and ultra-luxurious accommodations on Sentosa Island, just minutes from the bustling city center. Here's what's in store: The two-night "Capella Under the Stars New Year Experience" begins on Thursday, December 31 with welcome champagne in the room upon arrival for all guests. In the evening, kick back at the New Year's Eve party held at The Knolls poolside restaurant, where the pool will be transformed into a floating stage for live entertainment, partaking in a five-course Mediterranean gourmet dinner, premium champagne and full open bar. Late night snacks will be served until 2 a.m. For the morning after, the Recovery Brunch on New Year's Day at The Knolls is just what the doctor ordered. At night, there will be a couture fashion extravaganza complete with a four-course dinner. For the third and final day of celebrations, relax with the Grill & Chill lunch on January 2. Package starts at S$4,500 (about $3,240 USD) for a Deluxe/Premier Room for two people.

Eco-Design and Eco-Couture at Fashion Week in Portland Oregon

Fashion week is on in Portland, and it's gone green for the second year in a row. Featuring eco-couture, urban casual, street- and active-wear from all over North America and the globe, Portland Fashion Week is "the world's only comprehensively eco-sustainable production of a fashion week." Oregon Live reports that "even the venue -- the 14 Square building -- incorporates sustainable materials."  The runway? Made of recyclable materials, of course. Running until October 11, the week features many independent designers whose work was produced with minimal environmenal impact. Along with these hot fashions, the models will be wearing ecological cosmetics.

Looking for a place to shack up in Portland? Five Star Alliance recommends the Hotel Monaco (filled with original art from Pacific Northwest artists), the Heathman Hotel, The Nines from the Starwood Luxury Collection and The Allison in Oregon's wine country.

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Parisian Style Shopping in Montreal with Hotel Le St-James

Experience a slice of France close to home with a quick jaunt to Montreal. In the heart of the old city, the landmark Hotel Le St-James offers a refined European ambiance and warm service. Housed in the formed Merchant's Bank building (dating from 1870), the hotel is also home to Restaurant Le XO, Montreal's highest-rated restaurant in 2009 (The Gazette). Hotel Le St-James has organized a special shopping excursion with a private concierge for guests to experience the Parisian life-- whether indulging in a new wardrobe, some fab accessories, or just one decadent pair of shoes. This package includes a night in the one and only Royal Suite, transport to and from the airport, a bottle of champagne and a floral bouquet in your Suite, lunch for two at Restaurant XO (alcohol not included), shopping at Holt Renfrew Montreal with private concierge (transfers included), and full breakfast for two served at Restaurant XO or through in-room dining. As always, complimentary Wi-Fi Internet and Molton Brown bath products are just two of the perks you'll enjoy with a stay at Hotel Le St-James.

W Hotels Now Offer Fashion Emergency Kits from Diane von Furstenberg

Fashion emergency? W Hotels has you covered. The hotel chain has just added another stylish amenity to the mix: a Diane von Furstenberg Fashion Emergency Kit. What's in the bag? A black DVF wrap dress, thong underwear and a garment bag. The TravelPost.com Insider has the skinny:

The offering goes hand-in-hand with W’s recently-launched Global Glam clothing line, announced earlier this month during New York fashion week. No word yet on which hotels will carry the collection, which will include apparel and accessories by such designers as Lauren Merkin, Foley & Corinna and Rachel Leigh.

Pictured: The beachfront oasis that *is* the W Hotel South Beach.

Businesselle: The New Online Mag for Fashionable Business Women

We just got the scoop about the launch of a new online magazine for the fashionable businesswoman. Businesselle, The Businesswoman Boutique, showcases stylish workwear, wardrobes and accessories. Straight from the horse's mouth:

Get the look of the most glamorous style icons, take a peek in the wardrobes of fashion's top business girls and be inspired with outfit recommendations for every date in your blackberry. It's the destination for la créme de la créme of style to take you from power lunches with clients to after-work cocktails with the girls.

Fashionistas in New York: Haute Lunch at The London NYC Hotel

Shopping on the brain? It's New York Fashion Week-- who can blame you? Even if you don't plan to hit the runway scene in Bryant Park's white tents, you can shop the latest haute fashions with a little help from The London NYC Hotel. (Designer David Collins created the interiors for this urban hideaway that opened in midtown Manhattan last year.) The hotel has designed a Haute Lunch package so that you can shop steady and then refuel with a civilized lunch of haute cuisine at Gordon Ramsay's MAZE restaurant, awarded two Michelin stars and named "Top New York City Newcomer" by Zagat's. Along with your accommodations in a luxuriously-appointed London Suite, you'll savor a three course culinary masterpiece with a flute of Champagne to start. You'll also get a a selection of bon bons to take away and enjoy in your suite. This package is available until April 20, 2010.

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Missoni Family Recipes for the New Hotel Missoni Edinburgh and Kuwait City

We've been starstruck by the new Hotel Missonis (in Edinburgh, and opening soon: Kuwait City). And now we've discovered Jen Murphy's fabulous article in Food & Wine that dishes on "Mama Missoni's Italian Table." Not only has the fashion house decorated the hotels in pure Missoni glam (designer furniture and colorful prints galore), but Missoni has also shared Italian family recipes with the restaurant chefs:

For Cucina Missoni, the hotel restaurant, Rosita sifted through her recipe box and selected her 20 family favorites. Then Giorgio Locatelli, the Michelin-starred chef behind London's Locanda Locatelli restaurant and the hotels' consulting chef, worked with her to update them. Both Rosita and Locatelli are from Northern Italy's Lombardy region and grew up eating versions of the classic dishes now on Cucina Missoni's menu: pan-fried scamorza (a provolone-like cheese) served with two pestos, for instance, and grilled eggplant involtini (rolls) topped with goat cheese vinaigrette.

For the full article-- including delectable recipes-- click here.

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The Buzz in London: The Berkeley’s Pret-A-Portea Delivery Service

Foodie fans of The Berkeley's afternoon tea will be delighted to learn they can now get scrumptious Prêt-à-Portea delicacies delivered to their doorstep. At the fashionista's afternoon tea, nibbles take their inspiration from the latest fashion season's catwalk designs. In London? Order your biscuits by delivery service and they'll arrive aboard a Vespa painted in the famous Prêt colors of pistachio green and pale pink. The take-away boxes? Designed as handbags "stowed in a much larger bespoke handbag carrier which perches itself on the back of the Vespa." Boxes of 10 biscuits are available for GBP 25 including delivery to the SW1 area.

Loews Hotels Offering all Fashionistas the Recessionista Respite Package

Times are tough, but just because you may be tightening your belt doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to enjoy luxury at a reasonable price. Loews Hotels are currently offering "Recessionista Respite" packages at participating locations, designed with the trendsetting fashion plate in mind. Book now through September 5th, and you can choose from some of the following options. At Loews Denver Hotel the Recessionista Package will include Villa Suite accommodations for one night, two $25 American Express gift checks to be used at the nearby Cherry Creek Shopping Center, home to over 400 shop-til-you-drop stores, personal bag concierge to deliver your bags to your room, complimentary valet parking, and post shopping cocktails at the hotel's T-Bar. Pricing starts at just $279 per night.

If shopping in the Big Apple is what you want, the Loews Regency Hotel's Recessionista Package will include 15% off "shopping day pass" at Bloomingdale's complete with a personal shopper, a gift with purchase, complimentary beauty makeover, cocktails for two at the hotel's Library Bar, and 20% off services at the hotel's Nico Salon. Prices start at just $180 per person.

Loews invites you to indulge but not over extend, and with these great offers, there is no guilt in shopping-til-you-drop!