Get in bed with Giorgio

No sooner does one fashion week end, so another begins. We’ve hit New York and London and this week it’s off to bella Milano we go. You can drink with Donatella, fawn over Ferragamo, but you’ll find a string of beauties getting into bed with Giorgio at the new Armani Hotel Milano. With 95 sophisti-chic rooms and suites in his signature less-is-more beige and bronze aesthetic, plus soothing spa, complete with pool, all in the middle of designer retail land, it’s the ideal shop and flop spot this season.

Via Manzoni 31, Milan. T: +39 02 8883 8888. W: milan.armanihotels.com

The whole sea-bang at J. Sheekey

The leggy lovelies have arrived across the pond, strutting up a storm with non-stop fashion action at London’s Somerset House. When you need respite from the parade of new faces and willowy figures, there’s nothing quite like a glass of champagne and a half dozen oysters at nearby J. Sheekey Oyster Bar, a stiletto’s toss from the tents. It’s the perfect waistline-friendly pitstop to recharge between shows, and has proved season after season to be the chicest star on the circuit.

28-34 St. Martin’s Court, Covent Garden, London. T: +44 020 7240 2565. W: jsheekeyoysterbar.co.uk

Spa-tacular city views

Welcome back to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. This week, a fashion show on ice, Mexico City’s best street food, and a rooftop thermal bath overlooking Zurich. Get clickin’, chickens!

Once a brewery, now a Zurich boutique hotel with an 11,000 square-foot spa and rooftop thermal bath. [Urban Daddy]

Why the Moncler Grenoble show was one of our New York Fashion Week favourites [Style Bubble]

A photo tour of the many delicacies at Noryangjin Fish Market in Seoul [Seoul Eats]

Zip-lining, jet-skiing, and good ol’ sunbathing at these 10 South American getaways [Huffington Post]

From tacos and nopales to Japanese shabu shabu, seven must-hit eateries in Mexico City [Eater]

Fillet de Sole Daumont from the first Next menu: Paris 1906

Missed your chance to try now-defunct El Bulli’s molecular marvels? Well, star Chicago chef Grant Achatz begins his tribute menu now until May 27 at Next. Yes, it sold out yonks ago, but up to 10 seats will be made available each day, on the day via their Facebook page, so good luck. For the rest of us, the teaser video is here. Drool…

Fashion crème de la crème lie just beyond the velvet rope

New York’s loveliest and leggiest will soon strut off the Big Apple’s runways for autumn/winter 2012, but the fashiony fun has only just begun with our European faves London, Milan and Paris next on the map. If you’re in the city that never sleeps however, cosy up to a supermodel for a chance to get into Chinatown hotspot Le Baron, where André Saraiva (ex-The Beatrice Inn and Kenmare) has brought Paris’ most fashionable party to NYC. Although photography is strictly forbidden, know that good times await inside this louche 70s-style Saigon lounge, just remember kittens – dress to kill.

32 Mulberry Street, New York, USA. W: clublebaron.com

Welcome to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. In our inaugural week, we bring you food porn, a light festival, and an outer-space themed hotel room. Get clickin’, chickens!

A peek inside the heavenly home of NYC-based jewellery maestro Eddie Borgo [The Coveteur]

The five best restaurants in Amsterdam, according to a Dutch foodie [Dutch Grub]

A fiber-optic ceiling of stars, a.k.a. the outer-space themed room at Singapore’s Wanderlust Hotel [Hotel Chatter]

LED cathedral in Belgium made from 55,000 lights is divine indeed. [Huffington Post]

Bourbon cheese balls, black truffle onigiri, and Dungeness crab arancini. Need we continue? [Foodspotting]

What’s in your little Black box? Ours is full of surprises and we let you decide!

To help you plan your mini break or major vacation, we’ve put together five hotels guaranteed to light your beloved’s fire, from palm-fringed hideaway to Venetian palazzo. And it couldn’t be easier, just a few clicks away online at the LUXE City Guides Hotel & Villa Booking Site.

Residenza Napoleone, Rome

To call the Residenza Napoleone a luxury apartment would be like calling Versailles a house. This extraordinary palazzo was once home to Emperor Napoleon III, and the three rooms are drenched with sumptuous fabrics, tapestries and oil paintings, plus scented candles lit at turn-down time, fresh flowers and log fires in winter. Just add amore.

A recipe for amore…

Kahanda Kanda, Sri Lanka

A wonderfully secluded retreat set in a 10-acre tea plantation just outside of Galle. There are snuggly four-poster beds, huge verandahs overlooking the treetops, and many have double alfresco showers for back-to-nature ablutions for two. Sauce.

Play ‘Tarzan and Jane’ in this boutique jungle bolt-hole

Six Senses Hideaway Yao Noi, Phuket

Six Senses resorts are renowned for embracing barefoot luxury, and this rustic-chic island getaway for grown ups fits the bill perfectly, with its sublime spa and oodles of isolation and peace. Make sure to choose a sea view villa, with the aquamarine sea and dramatic limestone karsts in the bay as backdrops to seduction.

If hubby doesn’t instantly ravage you in this seductive seafront villa, check his pulse – he’s probably dead

Gramercy Park Hotel, New York

Ensconce yourself in dark, plush boudoirs decked out in a rich Renaissance palette of royal blue, sage green and rose red velvet. There are hand-tufted rugs on top of original oakwood floors, plus designer lighting and funky photography, and if you manage to drag yourself out of your room, the hotel’s private rooftop terrace twinkles and sparkles light the lights in lovers’ eyes.

Twinkly city lights and cocoon-like environs

Ca’Sagredo, Venice

If you’ve ever fantasised about throwing open the shutters of your 13th century palazzo to be dazzled by the sights and sounds of the gorgeous Grand Canal, then check in quicksticks into this romantic 42-room boutique beauty, right opposite the Rialto market.

Venice + gondola = rrrrr-romance!

With LUXE guides in hand and hotels booked, the rest is up to you, naughty kittens.

Cambodia joins the international luxury resort circuit

Hello young (and old) lovers, wherever you are! Looking for a far-flung island retreat to celebrate V-day (and beyond) in style? Well, you’re in luck, just look to the new Song Saa Private Island, Cambodia’s first five-star luxury island getaway, spread across two previously untouched isles in the Koh Rong archipelago, just a half-hour boat ride from the coastal town of Sihanoukville. White sand, blue sky, crystal clear waters, plentiful marine life, and with Song Saa meaning ‘sweethearts’ in Khmer, it’s your ticket to some serious spoon ‘n’ cocoon time.

It's a tough life, but someone has to do it

The islets lie side by side connected by a wooden footbridge over a marine reserve, with a total of 27 plush villas ranging from 115 to 308 square metres scattered across the resort – hilltop jungle, beach, and overwater, all built using sustainable materials. Life as a castaway doesn’t mean skimping on home comforts though, inside each villa you’ll find a host of mod cons including comp WiFi, iPod dock, Bose sound system, satellite TV and espresso machine.

Wine, dine and a real fine time

You can do as much or as little as you want. The active can go sailing, sea kayaking and snorkelling, or on nature safaris and mangrove tours. Song Saa’s guest-based conservation program also offers guests insight into Cambodian culture and village life. After an intense day trip, unwind with some yoga and stretching, or simply do nothing at all, except laze poolside, indulge in spa treatments and drink at the bar.

A feast for eyes and tummies

End the day by tantalising your taste buds with contempo Khmer cuisine prepared by Executive Chef Neil Wager, of North Island, Seychelles fame. Either order a BBQ and champagne in-villa on your private verandah while watching the sunset, or take your pick of secluded spots on the sand to set up table and feast on fresh seafood and locally picked ingredients under the stars.

White sand, crystal clear water

Such exclusivity and luxury comes at a price, but think of what you get. Rates are all-inclusive of villa accommodation, meals, house wines and spirits, non-alcoholic drinks, laundry, speedboat transfers, internet and international phone calls and tours and activities. Spa treatments and premium spirits, wines and champagnes are extra, but hey, spoil yourself, sweetheart.

Koh Ouen, Sihanoukville, Cambodia. T: +855 (0) 236 860 360 W: songsaa.com

To find more fantastic places to stay in Cambodia, check out our LUXE Cambodia & Laos guide.

See you at the bottom for a hot choccy

If you’ve been huddling under the duvet trying to beat the winter blues, you may not have heard. LUXE has teamed up with Singapore Airlines to bring you a fab monthly column on their new silverkris.com website, as well as in their inflight mag, where we tell you the LUXE-iest way to spend 24 hours in some of our favourite destinations.

This month, we hit the slopes of Japan’s Niseko. This skier’s paradise has everything a snow bunny could want – excellent on and off-piste tracks, luxurious accommodation, delicious local cuisine, soothing natural hot springs, and snowfall that seriously puts the POW in powder.

Don’t forget, silverkris.com readers can score two guides for the price of one with the LUXE Tokyo & Niseko App, as well as 15% off all LUXE City Guides and Box Sets. We are also giving away 5 fabulous nights at Niseko’s premier property, Suiboku. So get your boots on and get registered.

Dear hearts, if you’re in Hong Kong over Chinese New Year, you just lucked out. Traditionally, the holiday is a time for families to gather at home to eat, drink, and eat some more, which means the usually frantic city is gloriously peaceful, and all yours to explore. What’s more, this year’s zodiac is the prime symbol of good fortune, so what better fortuity could befall you than to be in Hong Kong to meet that Dragon? As ever, we love to share our faves with you Leggy Lovelies, so here are some top tips on what to see, do and eat in the Fragrant Harbour, compiled for Mandarin Oriental’s Destination MO magazine by the man behind LUXE City Guides, Grant Thatcher. Kung hei fat choi, darlings!

Want more fab tips on Hong Kong? Check out the LUXE Hong Kong guide, or download the handy app with maps.