Fashion is fiercely personal. Style knows no limits and sets no expectations. It’s a feeling, a personal emotion and in some cases, a sense of security. If you are what you wear, and you are stylish, why not travel in style, too?
The designer hotel fad was originally kicked off by Donatella Versace, who opened the extravagant Palazzo Versace on Australia’s Gold Coast in 2000. Over the past few years, fashion has made an impression on hotels. Versace did it. Bulgari and Armani did it. Missoni and Diane von Furstenburg continue to do it. Bulgari followed suit when it hooked up with Marriott and slowly, more designers made their way into hotel rooms, this time for design purposes.
Diane von Furstenburg room at Claridge's, London
Whether you indulge in luxury threads or sway more bohemian in style, what you wear and how you wear it makes an impression. Like it or not, the threads on your back shape you – good, bad or otherwise – and the same logic holds true in the travel industry. Where will you stay next, and what will you wear? The options are endless, but forever stylish.
Read more and view photos from my column on The Huffington Post
