Mark C. O'Flaherty
Journalist, copywriter and editor
I am a London-based editor and writer, writing for the Financial Times, Esquire, Telegraph and a long list of other international titles about design, travel and luxury lifestyle.
PROJECTS
The Telegraph
Blakes, the world's first boutique hotel, turns 40. It's not growing old gracefully
When Anouska Hempel’s overblown, opium-den aesthetic at Blakes debuted in 1978, it was like nothing anyone had seen before in hotels
The Financial Times
The radical chic of Rick Owens
Meet the visionary designer who has spun the avant-garde into gold, building a €100m-a-year brand
The Telegraph
Return of a modernist masterpiece: the welcome revival of Copenhagen's Radisson Royal
The Arne Jacobsen-designed Radisson Royal in Copenhagen, which blazed a design trail when it first opened in 1960 - is back after a much-needed refurb
The Financial Times
Katharine Hamnett's fashion comeback
After a long hiatus the 70-year-old designer is back, and she’s as bolshy as ever. She talks Brexit, British design and being an eco activist
How to Spend It
A seriously slick speakeasy in Manhattan’s Little Tokyo
Angel’s Share is a sophisticated spot that just happens to be hidden away behind an unmarked door in the corner of an upstairs Japanese izakaya
The Telegraph
Hotel Hit Squad: a Jazz Age makeover has put the bloom back in The Bloomsbury
I can predict a hotel’s future from its launch party …
The Telegraph
Hotel Hit Squad: Beaverbrook, Surrey - a big-budget vision of a fantasy England
What does “English” look like? In these tricky times for both question and possible answers, the latest chapter in the story of Beaverbrook – built as Cherkley Court in the late 19th century and, famously, the home of press baron and first Minister of Aircraft Production Lord Beaverbrook – offers a few feel-good suggestions.
The Financial Times
Boom and Basquiat
How fashion is turning paintings into products: The late artist’s images have appeared on everything from watches to trainers, but is it devaluing the work?
The Times
Aquazzura in Firenze | The fashion world’s most glamorous apartment
If Colombian-born Edgardo Osorio ever gave up designing shoes, there is little doubt that he’d shift gear, take a very obvious right turn, and focus on interior design.
prada.com
Copywriting: Prada Luna Rossa Carbon
Luna Rossa Carbon, the new fragrance for men from PRADA
How to Spend It
Exclusive shoot and interview: Yohji Yamamoto
There are few designers alive who have earned Yohji Yamamoto’s status in the fashion industry
The Telegraph
Travel: Hawaii | Kauai was made for the big screen
There are no dinosaurs, but plenty of pretty chickens
The Financial Times
Doubling down: the puffa is back and it's bolder than ever
The most visionary designers are using the practical feather-filled coat to make sculptural statements
The Financial Times
Ibiza and the business of bohemia
The island, famed for hedonism and haute hippies, is gaining commercial traction as luxury fashion brands join the party
How to Spend It
Casely-Hayford - Men's Fashion - Financial Times How To Spend It
Few British menswear designers sell London to the world better than Joe and Charlie Casely-Hayford. Mark C O’Flaherty talks to father and son about their unique street style-meets-tailor’s chalk aesthetic. Men's Fashion - FT How To Spend It