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Bora Bora: In love with the dream island

Bora Bora is the ultimate island of love. About 60 percent of visitors spend their honeymoon in the beautiful island paradise. Crystal clear ocean and soft sandy beach also make the hearts of the stars beat faster. Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Bieber enjoy togetherness and tranquility on Bora Bora. You can also use some love and romantic atmosphere? Find out more about the tropical island in our article.

• Bora Bora: Hotspot in the South Seas Paradise

Capri: Dolce Vita in Italy

Italian luxury boutiques, rocky cliffs and culinary specialties. Kylie Jenner, Beyoncé and Heidi Klum love the Italian dolce vita. The rich and famous relax on their opulent yachts on the Italian coast or explore the romantic alleys on foot. So catching a glimpse of a celebrity on your next Italian vacation isn’t all that unlikely.

• Capri: Dolce Vita in Italy

Ibiza: hippie and party lifestyle

Free spirits and hippies were yesterday. Today, the Balearic island of Ibiza is dotted with luxury hotels, golf courses and classy clubs. The hippie past makes itself felt in the colorful markets and cannabis cafes. Hollywood stars, world-famous soccer players, and stars and starlets from all over the world meet here to party and relax on the beach.

• Ibiza: party and luxury on the Balearic Islands

Lake Como: luxury villas and celebrities

The glamorous villas of famous Hollywood stars, designers and soccer players line the popular Lake Como in Italy. George Clooney is the proud owner of an $11 million estate. Fashion czar Donnatella Versace also spends her free hours in pure luxury at the 1,400-square-meter Villa Lago. In our article, you can learn more about Lake Como and get a behind-the-scenes look at the magnificent, impressive buildings.

• Lake Como: luxury villas and celebrities on the lake

Malibu: coastal city of celebrities

50 km long beach and pure Californian lifestyle. Malibu represents the refuge of the rich and beautiful away from the hustle and bustle of the big city of Los Angeles. Besides the high celebrity density, the city is known for surfers and beautiful sunsets. Malibu is the epitome of the Californian lifestyle. Miranda Keer, Lady Gaga, Orlando Bloom and many more stars and starlets can be found here. FIV-Magazine has selected important information about Malibu and its most famous residents for you. Read more here!

• Malibu: coastal city of celebrities

Maui: Luxury in tropical paradise

Rocky volcanic landscapes meet lush green rainforests and the impressive Pacific Ocean. Maui is part of the Hawaiian Islands, from the mainland California you need about 6 hours to the tropical paradise. The varied nature attracts celebrities to the volcanic island every year. In addition to Oprah Winfrey, who can call a residence in the middle of the lush meadows her own, it is among other things singer Britney Spears regularly to Maui. Find out more here:

• Maui: Luxury in tropical paradise

Mykonos: Hotspot of the super rich

Champagne, party and luxury – that’s the motto on the Greek island of Mykonos. With a view of white-blue villas, the bubbly tastes particularly good, while world-famous DJs in the clubs ensure a real party atmosphere. So it’s no wonder that model sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid are drawn to the Mediterranean island to enjoy the strong rays of the sun and delicious culinary specialties. Here you can find out which party destinations you should definitely head to, so that your vacation becomes a real luxury experience.

• Mykonos: Hotspot of the super rich

St. Tropez: jet set and exclusive clubs

This is where the international jet set meets. The special flair of the French Riviera is enjoyed with expensive champagne. The city of stars and starlets convinces not only with luxury and glamor. Azure water, narrow, winding streets and idyllic houses provide a very special flair. Celebrities like Paris Hilton and Kendall Jenner also love this. In this article you can learn more about this special place.

• St Tropez: jet set, exclusive clubs and pure luxury

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• Blog: Book on Luxury

FIV: Hi Naomi, you are a wonderful London-based luxury, travel, fashion and lifestyle founder. But how did you develop an interest in each of these categories?

Naomi: I’ve worked in travel and PR for over 20 years so it’s always been a part of me! I’m a very creative person who sewed and made things from a young age and like most people naturally have an interest in fashion and all things feminine, lifestyle and beauty like everyone else before Instagram flicking through the fashion magazines.

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How to build a meaningful social media?

FIV: In just a few short years, you’ve built sponsorships with luxury travel brands, traveled all over the world, and built a significant social media following. What’s your secret?

Naomi: It wasn’t just a few years ago. I started working with various Greek properties, Sailing Resorts and the Greek Tourism Board 10 years ago, mainly with Face Book Pages and writing blogs for the various outlets. I started the account on Instagram as soon as it opened to share that content, but at that point the focus was mainly on Facebook. I had already built a strong following on my Facebook page. I was lucky enough to get some advice from the owner of one of the biggest advertising agencies in Israel who suggested what I did, the name for me was a “social influencer”, this was about 5 years ago, and I should focus more on Instagram in the future. So I did….. Of course I was working full time for the Daily Mail and General Trust Group, so my travel was just within my annual leave, so my content up until 2017 was all about those trips and weekends and day trips or restaurants. I started exploring areas on my feed from my country and also shared other places I visited. Very quickly, hotels and tour operators and tourism boards contacted me to post on my feed. I wanted to share the world as I see it, I wanted each photo to make you feel like you could be the person standing there….

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FIV: If we were to sum up your feed universe in one word, it would be this: paradise. What’s your favorite of all your Instagram account posts? And where do you get your inspiration from?

Naomi: Of course like everyone I see on Instagram and Pinterest that give me inspo, but I stay away from recreating it. It’s hard not to take a photo in the same spot when it gives you the best vantage point, but you won’t find Mr. in the same dress and hairstyle completely imitating someone else. Honestly, when I arrive, I move around and take lots of photos, I see what works…. I know what areas a hotel wants to highlight, the room, the social spaces like the pool, the food in the spa, so I work to create content around those areas for food and stories. When you see the camera roll, you know that’s what I want to share with my audience.

Usually there has to be a centerpiece, whether it’s an amazing view, a beautiful platter of food, there has to be something that makes someone think I have to visit this place, it’s an experience for me!

Top most popular luxury travel destinations

FIV: You’re part of the Top 8 Luxury Travel Instagram Page of 2017, out of all the places you’ve been around the world, what are your top 5 favorite luxury travel destinations?

Naomi: For luxury;

• Santorini & Mýkonos in Greece
• Seychelles
• Maldives
• Dubai
• Abu Dhabi

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FIV: Naomi, you have more than 750,000 followers today. What is the biggest challenge for you to be an influencer?

Naomi: Working in travel is very short notice, my paid jobs can come in 1 week to 4 weeks before so it’s hard for me to plan anything outside of 4 weeks which is difficult when travel needs to be planned and trying to plan and chat with clients when you’re on a trip with another client can be exhausting (which is why many travel influencers only get a few hours of sleep a night when they’re on the job).

You can’t guarantee what income will come in each month unless you have a monthly brand ambassador partnership and if you get paid (brands withholding money for 6 months, agencies closing so they don’t get paid at all) it’s the same as anyone working independently, you don’t have a guaranteed income and all the work from negotiation, offers going on and producing the work, to finishing talking to your audience and then invoicing, it’s all on you!

The trolls are obviously something everyone just has to deal with, it’s part of the job! I’ve had times where it’s gotten so bad and some of them are professionals who know how to get into you, then they can contact anyone who sends emails to your customers who send a lot of spam to your account if you don’t give them a response. But after some time you have to try, I know it’s hard, but really try not to respond.

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Influencer tips: sponsored content, branded messaging, feed inspiration and followers.

FIV: As influencers and businesswomen, how do you decide which brands to work with and how do you make sure your followers are open to sponsored content?

Naomi: I promote Luxury Travel, so it’s all Luxury Travel, aside from the fact that it’s everything I use. You’ve probably heard every influencer say I only promote things that I think are authentic, and then you see 20 watches, 20 granola bars, different phone apps going down the list, on their page.

For me, there will be mote fashion collabs, anything that I wear and use obviously, like swimwear and travel products and of course all beauty and lifestyle products. The question you have to ask is if your only audience was your mother, would you sell this to her?

FIV: You have an unreadable feed! How do you make sure branded messaging is a good fit for your feed?

Naomi: I’ve always tried to do it my way! I lose a lot of paying jobs or get offered money if I change my image and I just say no. If it’s not a good fit for me, then we’re just not a good fit. Brand partnerships always work well when the brand lets the influencer share their take on how the product is presented and used. No one knows their audience better than the influencer, but the influencer and the brand also need to see if that audience is someone who wants to listen. This is where a brand should know that this is the wrong influencer for my product and also an influencer should not take the job because the product has no relevance to you or your audience.

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Must have list to go on a trip

FIV: As a traveler, how do you organize your trips? And what is your must have list to go on a trip?

Naomi: A lot of them are very short notice. Nowadays, most of my trips are because someone, a hotel, an airline, a travel PR, a tourism board has contacted me and they want to work with me and then it’s a standard negotiation of dates, services, itineraries and so on, which also coincides with all the other brand work that I have to shoot on location.

I take all the standard stuff like everyone else, all my gear, cameras, chargers, etc, all the name brand shooting products, toiletries, clothes, but outside of that I always take a huge blanket when I’m on the plane! I fly a lot, too much, and it’s just something to help me sleep (like a comfort blanket from home and I can use it to wrap up if you’re going to a destination where it’s hot, but then there are those cold nights, I’ve been on a lot of flights and even with the little blanket that gives you I was freezing, so I always have my warm blanket with me in my carry-on!

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• Blog: Book on Luxury

Taylor’s real estate paradise

Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift can proudly own eight remarkable properties. But with assets of around 360 million euros, she can also afford to do so. Allegedly, as much as 22% of her fortune flows into real estate in townhouses and penthouse apartments in Nashville, Beverly Hills, Rhode Island or New York. Let’s take a trip to the home of a Taylor Swift!

How it all began

“Home sweet home”, said little Taylor to her parents’ house in Pennsylvania, where she practiced guitar in a large, bright study – and probably also trained her eye and interest in beautiful interior design and architecture. In 2013, the former parental home, where the singer lived until she was 14 years old, was sold. After that she moved to Nashville, the place where she later bought two properties for herself.

The way to the numerous houses was through her millionfold sold songs, which are on everybody’s lips today. In the course of her career and her ever increasing fortune she bought several properties in several locations in the USA.

Nashville: Being close to the family

Taylor’s first property purchase was an industrial-style penthouse in Nashville. Nowadays a rather small establishment for the pop star. Although the 280-square-meter apartment doesn’t come close to its current luxury villas, floor-length windows make the apartment seem large and bright.

If you are a regular visitor to Taylor Swift’s Instagram site, you probably know her house on Rhode Island. She bought the famous beach house in 2013 for 17.7 million dollars. The property is the central location for parties with her celebrity friends the “girl squad”. A residence with eight bedrooms, eight fireplaces and a pool offer the perfect party location! The wonderful views of the sea and the extensive coastline give the property a great beach atmosphere.

In 2015, Taylor Swift decided to invest a full $25 million in the “Cinematic Grib” in Beverly Hills. As a memento of the late filmmaker Samuel Goldwyn, she restored the house to its original 1934 condition and in 2018 ensured that the property would be given Los Angeles landmark status. This protects it from major changes and demolition. The songwriter has an affinity for old furniture and furnishings from the last two centuries.

“Yes, I have a Granny interior style,” says Taylor Swift (source: Stylight)

Especially when it comes to seating furniture, she has her very own taste: classic standard armchairs don’t come into her house, she likes vintage individual pieces that embody something special.

The work of one year of restoration has paid off: Over 1,000 square meters of living space reappear in the old Hollywood glamour and include a library and a fitness studio.

Taylor: The Decoration Queen

Two raw materials that dominate the Residence are wood and glass. The large windows ensure that the wooden furniture does not look old-fashioned or out of fashion. On the contrary: despite the heavy wooden desk, the rooms appear light and in no way restrict creativity.

Although all rooms are painted in white, each room appears very individual and by no means monotonous. Many plants and hedges protect both privacy and make the property look very lively. Taylor is a person with a great love of detail. The whole house is teeming with decorative elements like vases, pictures or magazines. This is how she manages to bring even a large property like Cinematic Grib to life and give the house its very own charm.

The young singer has a remarkable six bedrooms and five bathrooms at her disposal. Love for abstract art and unique design can be seen in one of these bedrooms: The abstract painting on the wall harmonizes perfectly with the small stools at the end of the bed. But this bedroom is not the only room: in numerous rooms, paintings decorate the white walls of the house. Sometimes with abstract motives, sometimes with motives from nature. An atmospheric picture of a forest invites one to dream and relax and gives the room more space and a mental refuge in the deep nature.

The full entertainment and relaxation program

The Grammy winner can’t get bored on the estate: Both private cinema evenings through an own screening room and sports activities on the tennis court are possible.

The extensive garden with patio is definitely a feast for the eyes: On the terrace a large dining table offers the perfect basis for a cosy private barbecue evening. If Taylor needs a cool down in summer, her large pool in the garden is always at her disposal. Relaxing and sunbathing after a little dive? No problem, noble white sunbeds offer both comfort and a great view over the pool and the garden.

Not only at the pool and on the terrace you can enjoy the summer, the master suite with a sun deck overlooking Los Angeles invites you to dream every morning.

The downside of luxury

But owning such jewels also brings with it dangers: in 2019 a young man had tried to break into the mansion on Rhode Island. Swift was not there, attentive neighbors reported the man’s suspicious behavior. Unfortunately, this was not the first incident of this kind for the pop star: Before that, a stalker had broken into her New York apartment and even showered and slept there.

90s supermodels: the list

Walking the catwalk was the central element of being a model. Next to the catwalks, one could see their faces on advertising posters on the street or for campaigns on TV. No Instagram, no YouTube. Hard to imagine today. But they still know their faces today. Despite a new model generation with models like Cara Delevingne and Bella Hadid, the “old” supermodel generation has still not lost its shine and is still present in the fashion world and star world.

A style direction that developed in the 90s, especially through Kate Moss, was heroin chic. In contrast to this, the ungulity, curvy look by Claudia Schiffer.

Here you can see a list of the beauties that walked the catwalks of the big fashion brands in the 90s:

Kate Moss: the anti-supermodel

Unlike her former supermodel colleagues Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss is considered the “enfant terrible” of fashion. Even if her image is not flawless or flawless due to her years of drug and alcohol excesses, the 46-year-old made it to the top of the model business and is now considered a fashion icon and the second richest model in the world.

When you think of Kate Moss, you immediately think of her famous Calvin Klein campaign – today she runs her own talent agency.

• Kate Moss

Cindy Crawford: the supermodel with the mole

Cindy Crawford is one of the most famous and successful models in the world. But what is she capable of? Crawford didn’t just gain a foothold in the modeling industry – a cosmetics line, furniture brand, her own fitness video series and numerous films and series in which she has participated form the overall package of beauty. Today it is hard to imagine life without her and the 1.78m tall beauty is directly associated with her birthmark!

With Cindy Craword’s cosmetic line Meaningful Beauty you can also get a touch of Cindy Crawford at home.

• Cindy Crawford

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Claudia Schiffer: highlights from 50 years

The 90s model icon Claudia Schiffer has been an integral part of the fashion world for years. Her story shows that coincidence is possible and that you don’t need connections to make it big. The fact that Claudia is not only successful as a model, but has also tried out and done many other things in life shows how much she is in demand as a person. And that you can combine family and business. Here you can find out more about the Power Woman.

Today Claudia Schiffer makes fashion herself, “Claudia Schiffer Knitwear” is her own founded label.

• Claudia Schiffer

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Heidi Klum: Ex-Victorias Secret Angel with her own casting show

German top model Heidi Klum started her career at a young age, at the age of 18. Today she is not only known in Germany, but Heidi has also made a name for herself in America. Whether on ProSieben at Germany’s Next Topmodel, in the jury at DSDS or even in the American show America’s Got Talent; Heidi can be seen everywhere. And it all began with a competition in Thomas Gottschalk’s late night show in 1992.

Heidi is still regularly seen on TV today, be it in her successful, numerous shows or because of new updates in her love life.

• Heidi Klum

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Naomi Campbell: the multi-talent

She is known as one of the most successful, beautiful and talented supermodels in the world. She has been on more than 500 covers, and even at the age of 50 she is still very committed and successful in the fashion scene. Naomi Campbell thrilled the fashion industry with her beauty and already at the age of only 15 years. The “People Magazine” voted her among the “50 most beautiful people in the world”.

This year she founded “We Love Brazil”. She wanted to inject the continents in the fashion scene to her.

• Naomi Campbell

Eva Herzigová: Miss Wonderbra

Blue eyes, blonde hair and dream measurements spread over 1,80m. The talk is of supermodel Eva Herzigová. As the daughter of a competitive swimmer and a housewife, she learns discipline and self-optimization at an early age. the blonde with the nickname “The Cigarette”, never believed in her modeling career, the reason for this is her very slim figure. The Czech tries her luck nevertheless after successful model competition participation in Paris and fast the fashion labels and designers recognized her talent.

Anyone looking for a suitable beach outfit should take a look at her label for swimwear.

• Eva Herzigová

Helena Christensen: Miss Denmark with roots from Peru

One of the tallest of the supermodels is 1.77 meter tall Helena Christensen. In her life she has already been able to gather a lot of experience in the modeling universe. She has already been able to tick off fashion houses like Fendi, Chanel or Versace from her list – Christensen’s list of achievements is long and impressive. But she has not only proven herself as a model. The supermodel also has other interests. And she has shown that a move to Paris can certainly be worthwhile.

The model founded her own label called “Christensen & Sigersen” together with Leif Sigersen based in beautiful New York.

• Helena Christensen

Nadja Auermann: Miss Guinness World Records

The former model is best known for her long legs, with which she even got an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. The blonde was discovered in Berlin, after she had completed her high school diploma. But even like with German model Heidi Klum, love didn’t really work out. She also made headlines with her charges of tax evasion. Trademark: her 1.14 meter long legs.

Nadja is currently 49 years old and has been out of the model business for 17 years. In return she has fulfilled her life’s wish and is now a mother of four.

• Nadja Auermann

If you want to read something about the supermodels of today and tomorrow, here is an overview of the supermodels of the last decade and learn more about what our digital future looks like:

The supermodel generation of the 90s created their career with campaigns and cooperations with big fashion houses. How today’s models become known and what role virtual influencers will play in the future can be read here:

Virtual Influencer: Toplist