stalwart five-star favourite

The team at Revlon called on Hermes card case bagphotographer Solve Sundsbo to shoot the campaign for ColourStay. Having shot fashion campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Gucci, Hermès and Armani he brought a fashion eye to the shots. Keeping with the fashion-y theme the brilliant red polish (pictured) is fittingly called Runway Red.Paul A Young is a man on a mission. After winning the award for the best new chocolate shop, for his first store in Islington, at the World Chocolate Awards in 2007, he’s gone on to open two more shops. One is on Threadneedle Street, the other in Soho. Every morning, he and the team make every single chocolate by hand in the stores’ kitchens, using only the freshest of ingredients. The rows and rows of exquisitely crafted treats are bound to melt the hearts Happy First Week of August! Welcome to the PurseForum Roundup, where we drop into the PurseForum and see what our members have been talking about during the week. This week, we visit Goyard and Louis Vuitton and spend some time in the Home and Garden. Thanks for joining us for all this and more!

Here’s Kristin Cavallari carrying her Hermes constance handbagbaby Camden and a Chanel Grand Shopping Tote (or the Chanel GST, for Chanel fans in the know) while heading to lunch in LA. This classic Chanel bag has been around forever You can sense the giddiness rising here in the office! This week at ELLE we’ve been planning the big fashion stories, so I’ve been looking at everything you’re going to want to buy (and editing them with the team) in advance. The fashion cupboards overflow…Despite its French name, Artisan du Chocolat is British through and through. Its founder Gerard Coleman trained first as a pastry chef in Dublin, London and New York and then as a chocolatier in Belgium before opening his first store. Back in 2000 he created tobacco chocolates for The Fat Duck before hitting fame, with his liquid salted caramels for Gordon Ramsey at Claridge's (they still get people heading in their droves for them).You’ve probably heard it before but as the Chateau Marmont is to LA, so the Hotel Martinez is to Cannes.

 It’s a stalwart five-star favourite where it’s all about tip-top service and perfect sea views. Everyone from Eva Longoria and Liz Hurley to Scarlett Johansson have checked-in to the  Louis Vuitton sobe bagArt Deco palace with its grand, sweeping staircase, slick spa, private beach, palm-fringed pool and fabulously fresh croissants.Ten minutes up the road is the similarly stylish Hotel Cezanne & Spa (40 Boulevard d'Alsace, 06400; tel: 04 92 59 41 00) combining creature comforts with a dose of 1950s Hollywood glamour, not to mention its own private beach to spot the A-list from. If you fancy getting away from the hustle and bustle? Tiara Yaktsa is just along the coast and has a pool with fabulous sea views to go with its ultra-stylish rooms, while slightly further afield, Le Mas Candille is a haven Pierre Herme brings a little slice of Paris to London with his delicious macaroon and chocolaterie that opened in Belgravia in 2010. Famed for his dark, passion fruit Venezuelan macaroons, he certainly likes to experiment with flavours. Over the years he’s come up with plenty of fruity combinations, as well as an intriguing dark chocolate with olive oil and black olives.