If you love French luxury and fashion brands then get ready for the Colbert festival taking place this week at the Dubai Mall. The French luxury brand Comite Colbert partners with the Dubai Mall to deliver the city’s first ever Colbert Festival from October 29th through November 7th. The Comite Colbert is an association which comprises of 75 French luxury brands and 11 associate members from renowned French cultural associations and is famous for promoting the French Art de Vivre internationally.

The land of love, artistic inspiration and culinary heaven, for hundreds of years Italy has been a destination where the senses are greatly pleasured and the appetite is beyond satisfied. Theculinary landscape of any cosmopolitan city would not be complete without a few top Italian restaurants. With a wonderful selection of great international eateries there is certainly no shortage of Italian restaurants in Dubai. Below are our picks for the top five Italian restaurants in the City of Gold.

The artwork of Dubai-based artist Laila Masri examines issues concerning the social construction of the self in the context of contemporary events and gender politics. Her current exhibit “Scenes from Inside the Seraglio” at Bloomingdales in the Dubai Mal reveals the poetic nature of her work as she depicts the individual woman’s perpetual search for identity in modern society.

To get a full sense of the dynamic and bustling new city that is Dubai, it is best to get a view from above. You’ll marvel over the gorgeous skyline full of recently built towering buildings, beautiful marinas and beach fronts, and of course lots of desert sand and a few cranes which symbolize that Dubai is still very much expanding and developing. Check out these top places for a stunning view of Dubai.

With the holiday season soon approaching the period of gift shopping commences once again. We all love to give and receive, yet finding the right present, one which is unique as well as meaningful, is not always easy. London socialite Caroline Standbury has started a luxurious online gifting website called Gift-Library.com. The products proposed are the result of her travels around the world where she sources rare and unique items for the categories of Women, Men, Baby, Home, Beauty and Indulgence.

Max Girombelli of renowned Italian men’s tailor Duca Sartoria is now in Dubai at the city’s exclusive Capital Club. Don’t miss this unique occassion for a personalized custom made to measure fitting with Max.

Just a week away, Who’s Next in Premier Classe, the popular Parisian Trade Show showcasing some of the best brands on the market, returns to Dubai this time with a program aimed to entice and excite all fashion lovers. The event will be held from the 19th to 21st of October at its new venue in the Madinat Jumeirah and will feature a selection of over 2o0 international brands.

The Parisian brand Paule Ka has just opened their very first standalone store in the Middle East at the Dubai Mall. At the opening night this past Monday the Dubai fashion crowd walked down Fashion Avenue to witness the launch of the 110 square-foot store.

Looking for the right place to treat your man to one of the best haircuts in town? The following gentleman’s salons in Dubai offer executive haircuts and a variety of other grooming services for him to feel revitalized and back in tip top shape.