Fresheye Magazine. October Edition 2025

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Coco edition

l Dior Men

l Ferrari

l Armani

l Louis Vuitton

l iPhone

l Lodge Living

l iPhone 17 A view into Apple’s development window.

l New vision A want for positivity.

l Armani Man S/S 2026 new season

l Country lodging Rural luxury experience.

l LV chocolate Confectionary fashion.

l Chanel Couture 2022-2026 evolution.

l Dior Man S/S 2026 new season.

A new vision horizon...

It’s time to combat the doom and gloom! Life has been incredibly hard for all the past few years, but finally there seems to be more positivity, optimism and gratitude for life as it is. A sense of normality has returned, and we have grasped it with both hands!

With travel taken off pause, loved ones have been jetting off to far-flung corners of the earth to experience handfuls of rich culture, adventure and entertainment once again. It’s an aspect of our lives which many of us missed, and now it’s our reality to enjoy again! Of course, there are always obstacles to face when it comes to getting back into the swing of things, but it seems we are less prepared to dwell on these somewhat minor aspects now, after all that has played out across the globe in recent years.

The film and theatre industry has risen from its knees and is back to entertaining and playing out stories for us all to unwind to after a long day or heavy working week. A stark contrast to the time when we were all confined to our houses for months at a time.

Live music is another joy which has

See the horizon more clearly...

returned with abundance! With festivals, shows and stadium tours now back and bigger than ever! It feels good to be enjoying each other’s company again and soaking up the atmosphere of all that is around us.

One hot ticket this summer was for Coldplay and their Music of The Spheres World Tour. I was lucky enough to bag a golden ticket to one of their London shows, and I must say they didn’t disappoint! The band that all ages has grown to know and love

A retrospective from 2023 to inspire a new vision.

by Sophie Fitzjohn.

created an experience we could all only dream off a short time ago.

The evening in a nutshell was one of pure joy, wholesomeness and somewhat disbelief - a stadium full of 75,000 people engulfed in celebration; It was a ‘had to be there’ moment.

The whole arena was lit with glowing multicolored wristbands amongst the backdrop of a mid-summers’ sunset, surrounded by thousands of people consumed by Coldplay’s most loved songs, which echoed around the jumping stadium – it was an epic moment of pure happiness and realization of what we’d all been missing.

It’s been a summer of resetting our wellbeing in any which way we feel important to us. Whether that be at a concert, the theatre, spending time with the people we love or alone, travelling, celebrating or just appreciating the small things. It’s a somewhat refreshing perspective to have. Even with so many things continuously interrupting our attention and day to day lives, a new vision has been formed from all we have lost and learnt throughout a very turbulent period of time, and now it’s ours for the taking!

Sophie says.....

“Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.”

Nelson Mandela

Armani Man

New season Italian fashion, by Dennis Sterne.

Our beloved Giorgio Armani 1934 -2025 was an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Armani luxury fashion house. Widely regarded as among the most influential designers in contemporary fashion, Armani initially gained recognition for his work with fashion house Cerruti 1881, before founding his own label in 1975.

Handwriting

Emporio Armani’s SS26 show cracked open the desert floor and let something soulful spill out. It opened with a fast-footed crew of models storming down a terracotta-toned runway in futuristic marathon gear. From there, the mood shifted into something older and richer, welcoming a lush, roving wardrobe that pulled threads from North

Africa, Central Asia and all the heat-hazed realms in between.

Vibe

There were feathered tunics, rattan hats with trailing ponytails, smock tops printed with safari sketches and enough plissé to pleat the Sahara. Woven in were nods to Moroccan mosaics, Berber textiles and tattooed smock stitching. Soft tailoring – Armani’s bread and butter – held its ground in textured linens and cold-dyed cottons while beads, charms, silk embroidery and metal amulets swung from necks like portable relics. Adding to the desert-raider feel, the palette told a sun-baked story: scorched earth, saffron sand and desaturated red, all tinged with the melancholy blues of steppe shadows.

www.armani.com

Emporio Armani Spring Summer 2026

Imagination was clearlyoff-road, sun-drenched and utterly unbothered by borders.

Armani charted a course through culture, craft and the kind of quiet glamour only he can conjure.

Purbeck Lodging

Experience nature with a luxurious lodge to retire to. Dorest living is best at an abode in the forest. Hot tub, outside bbq and on suite bathrooms all for your piece of mind.

Burnbake lodges - Sanford Burnbake Forest Luxury Lodges are hidden in a wildlife haven oasis, where rabbits hop at your feet. Enjoy birdsong as you unwind over an alfresco lunch or BBQ supper on your fully furnished decked terrace complete with your own private bubbling hot tub. Move inside and you will find a spacious, open plan living space, top styling, oak furniture, cosy sofas, flat screen television and a wood burning stove for toasting toes during the winter months. And, yes, there’s free WiFi!

Photography: Dennis Sterne. i-phone 11

Burnbake is a magical, woodland oasis surrounded by dramatic coastlines, blue flag beaches, coves, ridges and valleys at the gateway to the World Heritage Jurassic coastline.

Kitchen: The kitchen has everything you could possibly need to cook up a feast, glasses for indoor and outdoor use, a dishwasher for afterwards and little essentials such as dish clothes, washing up liquid and tea towels. Big name supermarkets can deliver* right to your door and they have a small shop on site which opens from April to October. A small selection of basics are stocked in Reception during the winter.

Living

With a choice of two or three bedrooms, each Luxury Lodge has a master bedroom with a sumptuous king-size bed, two robes, slippers and a full size en-suite bathroom. The other bedrooms are arranged as twins but one can be made into a double on request.

Dog note: Burnbake Lodge understand that your dog is a big part of your family and would love to join you on your Burnbake break. And with dog friendly Knoll Beach close by, miles of fabulous walks and local pubs who welcome your pooch pals, naturally they will not want to be left at home.

Award winning contemporary, stylish, architect designed Luxury Lodges in Dorset. Perfect for an intimate holiday retreat.

Living

Executive note: For something extra special, Burnbake Executive Lodges are more spacious yet with large open planned living spaces on the ground floor and a larger decking area. Set in their own woodland glade for greater seclusion, they are equipped with an even higher level of furnishings, and an additional flat screen TV in the master bedroom.

Award amongst many: Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice 2020. Tripadvisor gives a Travellers’ Choice award to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers and are ranked within the top 10% of properties on Tripadvisor.

Burnbake Lodges feature a steaming hot tub for magical moments under-the-stars,

Coco Love

Pastry Chef Maxime Frédéric presents a selection of chocolate creations inspired by Louis Vuitton codes, elegantly packaged in the House’s emblematic boxes. All online orders are available for Click & Collect and can be picked up at 26 Quai de la Mégisserie, 75001 Paris.

There is chocolate, and there is Louis Vuitton chocolate.

Now, “the best” is available for a taste in the form of first-class chocolate at the newly opened Le Chocolat Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton in Singapore, inspired by Maison’s art of travel.

The launch marks the international debut of Le Chocolat Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton, with previous chocolateries open in Paris and in Courchevel for the winter.

Located in Marina Bay Sands near the brand’s flagship, the world’s only floating LV boutique housed in a spectacular Crystal Pavilion on the waters of Marina Bay.

Frédéric, the award-winning Chef Pâtissier of Cheval Blanc Paris, is famous for his craftsmanship and attention to detail.

A native of Normandy and a grandson of a dairy farmer, he owes his knowledge of raw materials and selection of products of exceptional quality to his heritage.

Made with premium natural ingredients sourced directly from Frédéric’s family farm, Louis Vuitton chocolate is a good indulgence for your body and mind.

One common trait between Frédéric and the Maison is the exceptional craftsmanship. Frédéric’s desserts take inspiration from some of Louis Vuitton’s iconic motifs and creations.

The chocolaterie is the perfect destination whenever you want to indulge in a dainty to sweeten up your life.

If you find yourself in Singapore, enjoying what Marina Bay Sands has to offer, this door to heaven Le Chocolat Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton is not to be missed.

The pièce de résistance emerges in the form of Vivienne Mascot. This exquisite creation, a nod to the enchanting Vivienne music box, unveils a spellbinding spectacle: set in motion by the twist of a chocolate keygracefully.

Le Chocolat Maxime Frédéric at Louis Vuitton is a place where love, artistic elegance, luxury, and pleasure are celebrated all year round.

Note: The idea of the Parisienne as a fashion ideal has a rich history. One of the reasons couture continues is, in a sense, to keep history alive, to retain manners and means of creation that would otherwise have been erased.

Chanel Couture from 2022/2026

CHANEL Couture - a study of French allure.

Born in Saumur, France in 1883, Coco Chanel grew from an inauspicious start to found one of the world’s most famous fashion brands. Now a global powerhouse with a business comprising haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, beauty and fragrance, its 110-year history is a lesson in reading the zeitgeist, responding to the mood of the moment and capitalising on a designer’s personal instincts and style.

Highlight S/S 2024

Spring-Summer 2024 Haute Couture collection imagined by Virginie Viard takes the button, an object as utilitarian as ornamental, into the world of ballet and dance. An expression of grace, freedom and precision in every movement, the pink and white aquarelle-dominated collection reveals the finesse of savoir-faire. Long dresses, short straight skirts, jumpsuits, tulle, pleats, lace,

flowers and bows give rise to an ethereal and feminine collection, worn over white ballet leotards and tights, and infused with references to contemporary culture.

A/W 2025/2026

Held in the Salon d’Honneur at the Grand Palais, the CHANEL Fall-Winter 2025/26 Haute Couture show stages the imagination of a place: 31 rue Cambon in Paris.

In a setting inspired by the first Haute Couture salons of the House where Gabrielle Chanel had initiated a return to simplicity the silhouettes come in natural shades of ecru, ivory, brown, green and black. A symbol of abundance dear to the couturière, wheat ears run through the collection as jewelled buttons or embroideries highlighting the savoir-faire of the Haute Couture ateliers.

www.chanel.com

Spring Summer new season 2026

A reconstruction of formality, Donegal tweeds and regimental neckties.

Initiating the recoding according to the view of Creative Director Jonathan Anderson – inside a room modeled on the velvet-lined interiors of Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie – is a programmatic act that speaks a language of understatement and poise. On the walls hang two modest yet beautiful paintings by Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779). At a time when art was often concerned with excess and spectacle, Chardin revered the everyday, trading grandeur for sincerity and empathy. A museum is a public space where conversations happen and history becomes part of the everyday. Museum rooms, occasionally, also host breathless, liberating and joyful runs amidst masterpieces.

The Vibe

The direct parallels are Anderson’s appropriations of 18th- and 19th-century

French menswear. “They are incredibly rare, but we found a collection of original waistcoats,” he explained. “For me, and for all my generation, Margiela was God. So I thought, Let’s make them replicas.” It was his route into showing the elevated patrimony of Dior’s haute couture ateliers: the flower embroidery, the latticed gold buttons, the exact color of a mauve moiré silk waistcoat. The closeness of the presentation meant one could gasp at the exquisite French quality of a pink faille waistcoat and practically sense the refinement of a silk evening scarf as it swished by. But Anderson wants to land all of that in reality too: He’d thought about the idea of boys discovering those pieces “in a trunk and just pulling them on.” That worked, paced out as the show was with a long inventory of Frenchpreppy items (including colorful cable-knit sweaters and normal summery jeans).

Jonathan Anderson says “Key pieces from the new collection exemplify the House’s savoirfaire, a creative dialogue between tradition and innovation.”

Key pieces from the new collection exemplify the House’s savoir-faire, a creative dialogue between tradition and innovation.

Dior Man

Foot note Anderson teased the show on social media and outdoor ads with Andy Warhol’s Polaroids of Lee Radziwill and JeanMichel Basquiat. The images telegraphed more than an idea of style: riffing on Dior’s obsession with the 18th century, the Irish designer also conceived the collection as a commentary on class.

Anderson’s choice of Chardin, a prestigious but fairly obscure 18th-century painter, stood in contrast to his predecessor Kim Jones’ splashy men’s debut.

Faces that hold meaning

What’s behind a face?

Regardless of mass media driven celebrity, famous faces can evoke what it is to dream and be driven.

Above all, a face is a key reminder of the essence of humanity.

Face recognition

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor. Known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent films, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American filmmaker, actor, film critic and author. His films are characterized by frequent references to popular culture and film history, nonlinear storylines, dark humor, stylized violence, extended dialogue, pervasive use of profanity, cameos and ensemble casts.

Madonna - American singer, songwriter and actress.

The definitive singles artist of the video age and a pop icon, one of the most commercially successful artists in music history.

Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.

Elvis Presley also know as ‘The King’. A music and film icon whose natural blend of country, pop, and R&B sold millions and became the cornerstone of rock & roll.

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019

Donald John Trump is an American politican who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Mick Jagger Strutting, charismatic frontman of the Rolling Stones; the definitive rock star and half of one of rock’s finest songwriting duos.

Lady Gaga - American singer, songwriter, and actress. A thoroughly modern diva whose theatrical performances, outrageous attire, and anthemic dance-pop songwriting earned both wide acclaim and chart hits.

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of President Bill Clinton.

Music Royalty Jay-Z And Beyoncé Named #1 On Billboard’s 2014 Power 100. By redefining the music industry, they received the highest honor on Billboard’s annual Power 100 list.

Queen Elizabeth II Monarch of sixteen sovereign states, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations is Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York.

1926- 2022

Awe Amalfi

Ferrari Amalfi replaces the Roma as the company’s entry-level GT. The exterior design of the Ferrari Amalfi is inspired by a sleek, monolithic speedform that gives it a strong and dynamic identity.

The new Ferrari Amalfi is a sports car that evolves the Grand Tourer concept, capable of combining extremely high performance with great everyday versatility. 640 cv turbo V8 engine with trackderived technologies and unmistakable sound.

Super drive

The new Ferrari Amalfi, a front-mid-engine V8 2+ coupé that replaces the Ferrari Roma in the Prancing Horse line-up. The Ferrari Amalfi redefines the concept of contemporary sportiness, combining high performance, versatility, and refined aesthetics. Designed for those who want to enjoy sporty driving without sacrificing comfort and style, the Ferrari Amalfi stands out for its unprecedented balance between adrenaline and everyday usability.

Inside, the cabin adopts a dual-cockpit layout, with a new steering wheel featuring physical buttons and the return of the iconic start button.

At the rear, the integrated active spoiler contributes to high-speed stability, while forged wheels and carbon fibre details complete a sporty and sophisticated aesthetic.

Highten your evening mood

Enjoy a festive evening at Manetta’s Bar.

Tucked away inside Flemings in the heart of Mayfair is Manetta’s Bar, one of the best hidden gems in the city. The decor in this chic luxury townhouse hotel is nothing less than plush. Red velvet, velour sofas and black leather bar stools, help set the scene back in time to the 1930s.

Manetta’s was said to be the original hangout for spies back then and who knows, maybe it still is today. The cocktail list is drool worthy and one which is fascinatingly inspired by drawings of artists including Agatha Christie and James Joyce. As one of the oldest of its kind in London, part of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the award-winning hotel offers unrivalled luxury accommodation in one of London’s most prestigious neighbourhoods. 7-12 Half Moon Street, Mayfair, London W1J 7BH. www.flemings-mayfair.co.uk

Guests can reach Flemings Mayfair from London City airport within 20 minutes’ drive.

No.17

Second to none. iPhone is known for its iconic design and advanced materials - like iPhone 17 Pro, which has a heat-forged aluminium unibody, and is built to deliver exceptional performance. And the thinnest iPhone ever, iPhone Air. Hardware and software are designed in tandem - like Dynamic Island, Camera Control and the Action button.

fresh eye Apple

iPhone 17 noteAn all-new square sensor enables zoom and rotate options, for more flexible ways to frame selfies and videos. And it gets everyone in a group shot - automatically.

Last phone standing. iPhone is protected by Ceramic Shield, which is tougher than any smartphone glass or glass ceramic. Our latest iPhone models have Ceramic Shield 2 on the front, with 3x better scratch resistance.

Ease of use - Designed hardware and software together for a seamless experience. Want to share your contact info? Hold your iPhone close to theirs. New AirPods? It’s a one-tap setup. And regular iOS updates keep your iPhone feeling new for years to come.

iPhone and Mac - With iPhone Mirroring, you can view your iPhone screen on your Mac and control it without picking up your phone. Continuity features also let you answer calls or messages on your Mac. You can even copy images, video or text from your iPhone and paste it all into a different app on your Mac. And with iCloud, you can access your files from either device.

Apple

Even more delightful. Even more durable. Meet the new iPhone 17. Designed with contoured edges, thinner borders, and durable materials like Ceramic Shield 2 on the front, it looks — and stays — beautiful. You can see and do more of everything you love on a 6.3-inch Super Retina XDR display.4 And enjoy smoother scrolling and more immersive gaming with ProMotion, with an adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz. Take it for a spin.

iPhone 17

iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air also have Ceramic Shield on the back for added durability. Little spill? No biggieiPhone stands up to splashes from everyday liquids like water, coffee and juice.

18MP Center Stage front camera. It’s a total frame changer.