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Hey Santa: The Allude Christmas wish list 2015

"What do you want?" A question that ranks right after "And what are you doing for New Year's Eve?" in the popularity scale. To answer this, it helps to think about what makes a package under the C...

Sinfully delicious: The Allude Florentines (recipe)

Cookies are a girl's best friend , right? That's why we send out a small number of wonderfully nostalgic preserving jars every year during Advent, filled to the brim with what the recipients sa...

Really cozy design Alm: The Wiesergut in Hinterglemm

Sometimes it just has to be snow! Especially at the end of an exciting, demanding, sometimes breathless (fashion) year, stopping and enjoying nature is definitely the new black . Or white . It's...

Scents of the Season: Our favorite scented candles

Scented candles are actually a wonderfully fleeting room accessory all year round. It may be due to the cozy glow of the flame that it is only in autumn and winter that we really get the taste - ...

Playlist: Writings on the Wall by Sam Smith

"If I risk it all Could you break my fall?" Sam Smith's Bond ballad "Writings on the Wall" became the number one hit as the first theme song of the legendary Agent film series. And the Allude team...

Allude's Hong Kong: Travel tips from Andrea Karg and team

F or Andrea Karg , Founder and Creative Director of Allude, Hong Kong was more like love at second sight. But one that lasts to this day! “When I first came to Hong Kong in the early 1980s, I was ...

Movie Night: The Divas Documentary "Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words"

"I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!" T his quote from Ingrid Bergman already makes it clear what an extraordinary woman the actress, who w...

IT'S ME TIME – TIPS FOR DATE WITH YOURSELF

Business meetings, get-togethers with friends, a birthday party here, a family outing there... Who doesn't know it?!

XMAS-READY: THE ALLUDE GIFT GUIDE FOR MEN

What do you give someone who says they have everything? Finding the perfect Christmas present for your dad, brother, boyfriend or husband can often feel like a Mission Impossible . But like ever...

Paris Fashion Week S/S 2016

In October 2015, Creative Director Andrea Karg presented the spring/summer 2016 collection "The Rise of the Imperfection" at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris during Paris Fash...

Allude & Friends: Sabine Gripp, Agency Schumacher & Kubanek

T he most beautiful cashmere fashion remains a treasure in the designer's studio if nobody takes care of placing it in boutiques, high-quality multi-label and concept stores. Sabine Gripp and her ...

Oktoberfest Cathedrals: photo series by Michael von Hassel

They look like the holy halls of a cathedral or the dance halls of baroque castles, the festival tents of the famous Oktoberfest. At least in the impressive pictures of the photo artist Michael ...

Allude & Friends: Jennifer Dixon, fashion director of InStyle

A s fashion director of the magazine "InStyle", Jennifer Dixon not only knows every look from the catwalk very well, but also the style of Hollywood stars, it girls and pop celebrities. High ti...

Playlist: Little by Little by Groove Armada

"Today, today If you believe that there is no other way Trying living, today, today Little by little in your own way" - Groove Armada, "Little by Little" G roove Armada have been an integ...

Andrea Karg on … fashion hype and havens of peace

“For decades, the fashion world has had the reputation of being a colorful fair of vanities. Stand out at all costs, just don't miss out on the Wahrhol's 15 Minutes of Fame . Of course, anyone w...

Andrea Karg on … teamwork

“If there is one important rule for founders, it is this: Without employees – and the right ones at that – nothing works. Therefore, every leader should take her seriously and appreciate her va...

Andrea Karg on … milestones

“Bringing cashmere of the highest quality to the catwalk in an original and innovative way was one of our most important statements in 2009 – and certainly still is today. Subtle, feminine, luxuri...

Cashmere - The Book: Interview with co-author Berit Grosswendt

A ctually, it's still a little early... in the year to start thinking about Christmas presents. But we would like to recommend something very special to you and the cashmere fans in your life: On ...

Big voices, fine sounds: Munich Opera Festival

Fashion and opera have a lot in common. In both art disciplines, wardrobe is more than just clothing, it is an expression of one's personality or defines characters in the action more closely. ...

Andrea Karg on … inspiration

“I am very often asked where I get my inspiration from and how exactly the creative process works. For example, whether I see an exotic shell on the beach while on vacation and then it becomes ...