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part of the problem, creating a magazine that (we hope) you want to read each month. So we apologise for taking up even more of your precious time. So in that spirit, here’s what’s on offer in our December issue. If there
was ever a city that sucks in its visitors, it is Vienna. And its most famous son is Mozart, himself no slouch when it came to creating an atmosphere. Kerry Christiani follows in the maestro’s footsteps around the Austrian capital. Brand guru and Time columnist Martin Lindstrom looks at the hidden motives of why we buy. Think synapses, genetics and other subconscious reasoning. It’s fascinating stuff, if a little bit scary. Just remember not to take those waist sizes for granted. It is not just humans that consume – nature does it too. And rarely has the beauty of the earth’s remote edges been captured so vividly as in Garry Simpson’s portraits. From eerie lakes in Texas to Finland’s frozen north, his work is stunning. Enjoy the issue.
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CONTENTS
DECEMBER ���� OUR MAN IN EDMONTON GIVES US THE LOW�DOWN ON THIS REMOTE CANADIAN BOOMTOWN (P39)... WE TAKE A LOOK AT
HOLLYWOOD’S BEST FITNESS CLUBS VIA OUR TWITTER PITCH (P43)... MOSCOW GETS MAPPED THIS MONTH AS WE EXPLORE THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL (P46)... BRAZILIAN DRUM & BASS LEGEND, DJ MARKY REVEALS HIS TOP TEN TUNES (P52)... COPENHAGEN’S COOLEST GET THE STREET PEEPER TREATMENT (P60)... AMSTERDAM’S RESTAURANT INDUSTRY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED COURTESY OF A FORMER NIGHTCLUB (P64)... WE CHECK OUT SOME OF THE WORLD’S BEST MAGAZINES IN BOOTY (P66)... KERRY CHRISTIANI GOES ON THE MOZART TRAIL IN VIENNA, ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES (P72)... GARETH REES EXAMINES THE MICHELIN GUIDE PHENOMENON AND WONDERS IF ITS STAR IS ON THE WANE (P94)... BRANDING GURU THOMAS LINDSTROM EXAMINES THE GENETICS OF SHOPPING AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND WHY WE BUY (P106)... GARRY
SIMPSON’S HAUNTING PICTURES CAPTURE OTHERWORLDLY LANDSCAPES ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM TEXAS TO ICELAND (P118)... 33
CONTRIBUTORS
DJ MARKY: One of South America’s most successful musical exports, this Brazilian drum & bass DJ has pioneered the genre in his home country. Both his DJ sets and production work have gained plaudits from fans around the world. MARTIN LINDSTROM: A columnist for Fast Company and Time magazine, Lindstrom is a best-selling author of numerous books on marketing. He was also featured in the Morgan Spurlock documentary, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.
GARRY SIMPSON: One of the UK’s best photographers, Simpson’s cinematic take on landscapes and people have gained him a worldwide following. His shots of some of the planet’s most distant locations are particularly haunting. KERRY CHRISTIANI: A travel writer based in Germany who has written for Lonely Planet, BBC Olive and Frommer’s, as well as authored 20 books. She currently lives in The Black Forest with her photographer husband. NINA SIEGAL: Nina is the editor of Time Out Amsterdam and has written for publications such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, W. Magazine and Bloomberg News. Her debut novel, A Little Trouble With The Facts, was published in 2008. 35
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OUR MAN IN
EDMONTON CANADA’S OIL CAPITAL IS ONE OF ITS MOST PARADOXICAL CITIES
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ou can tell a lot about a place from its traffic – and the capital city of Canada’s second westernmost province is no exception. On any given Friday night, Jasper Avenue – Edmonton’s main nightlife artery – is choked with brand-new pickup trucks driven by newly well-to-do blue collar men in their early 20s. Some are there for the weekend or on holiday from the northern oil and gas boomtown of Fort McMurray. Others work downstream from the oil sands in ‘Refinery Row’ in the eastern suburb of Sherwood Park. All, however, have come to symbolise the ever-growing affluence of Canada’s ‘Oil Capital’ – a laissez-faire city where just about anything goes, provided you don’t criticise the oil sands. Alberta’s oil sands (also known pejoratively as the ‘Tar Sands’) are a formidable presence in every sense. Physically, the bitumen deposits situated under Alberta’s northern boreal forests are enormous, occupying a land mass roughly the size of Bangladesh and containing the world’s largest proven oil reserves after Saudi Arabia. In
economic terms they have turned Canada into a veritable oil and gas superpower and given Alberta a per-capita GDP higher than all 50 US states. Unsurprisingly, international criticism of the province’s energy industry has become a decidedly sensitive matter. And nowhere is this truer than in Edmonton, a city whose mercurial economic fortunes have paralleled those of Alberta’s oil industry, and whose growing stature has in large part been made possible by the scarred, oil-rich real estate to the north of the city. Alberta’s capital city is a paradoxical place. Founded in 1795 as a northern fur trading post, Edmonton emerged as a transportation gateway to northern Canada in the early 20th century, first to the diamond mines of the North-west Territories and later to Alberta’s burgeoning energy industry. To this day, Edmonton is seen more as a transit point than a destination, overshadowed at every turn by its flashier twin, Calgary, the province’s corporate and tourism hub. And yet the city surprises. Nestled around a leafy bend in the
Saskatchewan River, Edmonton is home to 40 different arts and culture festivals, including its worldrenowned Fringe and Folk Festivals. Its population is increasingly diverse, with a recent influx of immigrants from Africa and the country’s fastest growing Aboriginal population giving this oncepredominantly European city an increasingly multicultural flavour. Tolerance extends only so far however. Controversy erupted earlier this year when it transpired that a documentary that criticised the exploitation of the oil sands had been funded in part by the Alberta government, leading the city’s normally mild mannered journalists and citizenry to cry blue murder. Renowned Canadian humourist and Calgary native Will Ferguson once described his fellow Albertans as “a hospitable bunch as long as you don’t push your luck.” Nowhere does this better apply than to Edmonton – an oddly high-brow yet fundamentally blue collar metropolis where a live-and-let-live spirit prevails, so long as the city’s sacred economic cow is accorded its due respect.
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es, this is a memoir, a book about this writer’s troubled life. But A Fan’s Notes is touched by a mad genius that sets it apart from almost every other book in the genre. Exley is a magical writer. Some of his sentences take the breath away and his narrative pulses along manically. The book chronicles Exley’s decent into mental illness, shock therapy and alcoholism as he tries – and fails – to capture the American dream. Parallel to Exley’s tribulations runs his obsession with New York Giants star, Frank Gifford. In Exley’s zero sum world, life is divided between the misfits (himself) and the conformists (Gifford). He travels in a world of sallow-faced deadbeats, of chronic drunks, of the insane, each step forward met with five steps back. Yet Exley is touched with genius; he writes like an angel; his portrayals are vivid, sharp, and hilarious; sucker punch portraits of the conmen, rubes and mad men he lives, works and drinks with. Those expecting a happy ending will be disappointed, but this is not a book that disappoints in any other way. The best book you have never heard of. Harper & Row, 1968
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Doha is not the most exciting city in the region, despite its cultural ambitions, and the Grand Hyatt fits in a little too well here. The property itself is fine, but no more than that – the grounds are what you would expect, and the private beach is only usable four months of the year. Its location does not help; a good 30 minutes from the airport and most of the city’s attractions. There are pluses: the breakfast buffet is delicious; the service impeccable. The rooms were nice without being mind-blowing and overall it is what you would expect – a decent hotel. One element worth mentioning is Isaan, which serves some of the best Thai food we have tasted in the region. Unfortunately though, this is the lone bright spot in what is ultimately a very average hotel,
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MAPPED MOSCOW
Money makes the world go round and this is no more true than in Moscow; brimming with highspending oligarchs who punish their plastic in the city’s designer stores, stylish restaurants and cool clubs, it can be hard for mere mortals to keep up. Tremayne Carew Pole explores the frenetic Russian capital. WWW.HG2.COM
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HOTELS 1. Ararat Park Hyatt
2. Hotel National
3. Mamaison All-Suites Spa Hotel Pokrovka
4. Golden Apple
RESTAURANTS �. Café Pushkin
6. Galereya
7. Kvartira 44
8. CDL Restaurant
BARS / CLUBS 9. City Space Bar and Lounge GALLERIES 13. Tretyakov Gallery
10. Club Che
14. Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery
11. Garage
15. Diehl + Gallery One
12. Soho Rooms
16. Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture
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HOTELS 1 ARARAT PARK HYATT
Its prime location and impeccable service makes this five-star hotel an easy favourite. Despite its marbled pillars and grand exterior, its 216 rooms are ultra-contemporary and extremely spacious.
2 HOTEL NATIONAL
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Built in 1903 and now restored to its prerevolution glory, the National is an eclectic mix of classical and stylemoderne. Expect high ceilings, fine dining, and a great view of the Kremlin.
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4 GOLDEN APPLE
Kitschy and fun, this boutique hotel boasts a 19th-century façade but a modern and minimalist interior. The staff are dressed in designer black to juxtapose the hotel’s colour-coded floors.
SPA HOTEL POKROVKA This glamorous boutique hotel features Art Deco interiors and sleek furnishings. And let’s not forget the spa facilities – the sauna, Turkish baths and pool are legendary.
RESTAURANTS 5 CAFÉ PUSHKIN
Feel like a Russian aristocrat circa 1825 at Moscow’s most legendary literary café. Open 24 hours a day, it attracts hipsters and businessmen alike. The dessert platter is not to be missed.
6 GALEREYA
The most exclusive restaurant in town. The rich and famous can be found feasting on an eclectic menu of European fusion. Don’t even bother showing up without a reservation.
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KVARTIRA 44 Chilled by day and crowded by night, this cosy ex-apartment is popular with trendy Muscovites. Café fare and home-style Russian food is served with live music on during the weekends.
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CDL RESTAURANT Adorned with crystal chandeliers and fireplaces, this mansion is the grandest dining room in Moscow. Its menu offers Russian classics such as pelmeni, fish stew and rabbit stroganoff.
BARS/CLUBS 9 CITY SPACE BAR
AND LOUNGE Perched on top of the Swissôtel, this bar offers breathtaking 360-degree views. Enjoy a cocktail menu of Russian classics and mixology creations amidst pumping music.
10 CLUB CHE
A club as legendary as its namesake, this lively bar/ club/restaurant serves arguably what is the best mojito in the city. Tequila girls, salsa music and a small dance floor makes for a crazy night out.
11 GARAGE
Open 24/7, the carthemed Garage is where you’ll find revellers partying through the night, every night. Its R&B parties and ‘fight club’ nights make for a truly decadent weekend.
12 SOHO ROOMS
Beautiful people, great music and a strict door policy – this exclusive venue has it all. The restaurant is known for haute cuisine, but it’s the rooftop pool that attracts Moscow’s elite.
GALLERIES 13 TRETYAKOV GALLERY
This castle houses the world’s best repository of Russian art. Allow at least half a day to soak in masterpieces such as Ilya Repin’s Ivan the Terrible, and Rublyov’s revered Holy Trinity.
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14 ZURAB TSERETELI
ART GALLERY Preserves the genius of Zurab Tsereteli, a Russian contemporary artist. Massive bronze sculptures, enamel panels and graphic paintings vie for space throughout.
15 DIEHL + GALLERY ONE
Owned by respected Berlin-based dealer Volker Diehl, contemporary Russian and Asian artists feature in this small but succinct collection of paintings and sculptures with an international twist.
16 GARAGE CENTER FOR
CONTEMPORARY CULTURE The brainchild of Russian socialite Dasha Zhukova, this ex-bus depot has become a hub of modern Soviet constructivism. Regular workshops, talks and performances are held here.
FLICK CELLULOID DISSECTED
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e tend to think of the movie industry as a hotbed of capitalist consumerism, existing purely to wring vast profits from the general populace in return for a few hours of entertainment. Indeed, we appear happy to put up with this as long as it remains an open and acknowledged truism – we throw down the cash, they serve us our regular fix of whizzbang escapism. Fine. At least we’re all on the same page here, right? Well, maybe. We certainly used to be: during Hollywood’s early golden age of the 1930s to 1940s, government censorship and the rigid studio system held down by the ‘big five’ (Paramount, Warner Bros, RKO, 50
Fox, MGM) meant that any silver screen subversion of the West’s push towards a consumer-driven utopia could be easily quashed. However, skip forward a few decades and the movie landscape looks very different. Since the mid-1970s, anti-capitalist themes have reoccurred not only in the independent film sector; bizarrely, mainstream Hollywood is increasingly tolerant of them. Why? Ironically, it turns out they’re an excellent way to spin a big fat profit. There have always been films whose central premise condemned rampant greed as immoral (It’s
A Wonderful Life being a prime early example). With the frenzied spending boom of the 1980s,
resentment towards corporatefronted runaway consumerism in less binary forms began to surface more regularly. Sometimes these sentiments were the clear basis for an entire movie (Fight Club, Erin Brockovich, American Beauty), while others opted for more subtle comment, pitched at audiences who may not spot the subtext (Dawn Of The Dead, WALL-E). Among the more recent blockbusters, Avatar provides a particularly fascinating case study. Upon its release, director James Cameron was accused of having made a film that was anti-corporate, anti-military, and even antiAmerican. This wasn’t a particularly radical reading of it, either:
FIGHT CLUB HOLLYWOOD’ AND THE MYTH OF THE CONSUMER BY MARK POWELL
Cameron’s tale of unscrupulous humans destroying the native Na’vi culture to mine precious minerals on far-flung Pandora was clearly and unapologetically analogous to numerous recent global conflicts, many of which are widely cited as driving the interests of shady multinational corporations. And yet, talking of big business, Avatar quickly became the first film ever to take more than $2 billion at the box office. It’s been clear for years that Western cinema audiences have developed a taste for anti-capitalist sentiment in the movies – what Avatar made even clearer is that we’ll gladly line the coffers of an already spectacularly rich and powerful industry in order to get our fix.
In other words, it starts to look as though we’re getting our dual roles as movie consumers and social critics very muddled indeed. So what’s really happening here? Is it as simple as saying Hollywood has noticed our addiction to anti-consumerist dogma and called our bluff by selling it back to us at a premium? There is surely an element of kneejerk opportunism underpinning this. However, a more intriguing (if also more depressing) theory claims that even our most overtly ‘anticonsumerist’ films might not be doing at all what we think they are. Rather, by openly critiquing capitalist-driven models of society while failing to offer any viable alternative, they instead send us scurrying for the
next best option: a conscious effort to consume in a way that disassociates us from the herd. In other words, by functioning more as critiques of mass society than of consumerism, these films are in fact sowing the seeds of competitive consumerism. This theory states that it doesn’t matter which end of the consumer scale we align ourselves with; that the choices we make will become mainstream, and when they do, we go in search of the next thing. If the concept of ‘rebellious’ consumerism serves corporate interests as effectively as mass conformity, perhaps the first rule of
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M AKING THE CHOICE AWARENESS OF HOW AND WHY WE CONSUME IS THE FIRST STEP TO A BETTER LIFE SAYS WAEL AL SAYEGH
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he word ‘consume’ derives from the Latin consumere, with the literal meaning ‘to take completely’. Nowadays an immediate association is made with malls and high streets full of shops and their contents, but there are other aspects of consumption that are worthy of attention. Not least of these are the effects that different kinds of consumption can produce, and the difference between active consumption and being ‘consumed’ by the things we own and the emotions we experience. Over-consumption of food, combined with a lack of physical exercise, creates the prominent modern-day problem of obesity in the world’s better-off regions. For example, it’s not uncommon in Dubai, where it’s cheap to eat out but often too hot to do much walking, to see physically fit newcomers gain a ‘Dubai Pound’ or two in weight.
Whether their consumption is of high-fat, fast food or rich gourmet repasts, too much indulgence results in a loss of fitness. A side effect of obesity is that it can also impair mental agility. Exercise leading to oxygenation of the brain has been shown to improve clear thinking. And, of course, in Dubai one can ‘consume’ the services offered by the many gyms, dance studios, yoga classes and other activities to counteract the effects of over-indulgence. The notion of consumption also describes less tangible things. TV programmes are ‘consumed’, often mindlessly, and they are grist to the mill of how we feel and think about the world. Endless consumption of news channels, for example, can lead to a cynical view that sees only suffering, corruption, starvation, rioting or war. Whereas watching nothing but game shows and other 55
easily digested offerings might dull the mind’s critical faculties, or numb it to the very real problems there are in the world. Then again, programmes with a theme of discovery and intellectual quest, or an uplifting story, real or fictional, can provoke a desire in their audiences to seek a better way of living, and all for the price of a movie theatre ticket or a satellite TV subscription fee. We live in a time where remote controls and digital dials can be as powerful as tanks and warplanes. The music we
listen to has a noticeable influence on mood and emotions, consciously and subconsciously. In an exercise class, an upbeat melody and rhythm encourage vigorous activity. Relaxation, on the other hand, demands something cooler, calmer, and soothing. Some claim that listening to music with lyrics glorifying violence, alcohol and drug abuse can pull the listener unwittingly into a milieu they did not plan to be involved with. Music with certain rhythms and beats mixed with
empowering words can have a huge motivational effect. It’s sometimes used to treat depression, getting people’s hands pumping the air with the excitement of new potential. Our possessions can occupy a large part of our consciousness. The cars, houses, jewellery, clothes, shoes, watches, the holidays we take, and the general desire to ‘keep up’ in the consumption stakes, obtaining the latest trade-marked clothes or the newest gadgets, provide short-term joy and satisfaction.
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Millionaire ‘Gilded Age’ entrepreneur and American glutton extraordinaire Diamond Jim Brady made his millions from the railway business, but made headlines for his massive appetite. Apparently fond of multl-course steak and fish breakfasts, after his death doctors discovered a stomach six times larger than a normal human’s.
Fatty Arbuckle was the highest paid actor in the world at one time, and also had a fondness for food, women and, er, more food. Named ‘Baloonatic’ by his fans, he died of a heart attack at 46, plagued by scandals.
Once Hollywood’s most celebrated leading man, Marlon Brando was eating peanut butter by the jarful as early as 1950 (when he was only 26). He would go on crash diets before his movies, but as he got older, even these measures stopped working and his weight ballooned. A giant of the cinema in more ways than one.
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But this conspicuous consumption may also lead to disillusionment, dissatisfaction, and even to longerterm despair, particularly if these things are purchased with credit beyond the means to repay. Strong emotions can be all consuming. Love, hate, anger, fear, disappointment, these skew our behaviour and, left uncontrolled, distort our relations with the world and with those we love. Experts in ‘emotional intelligence’ believe that the states of love and happiness stem
not from an absence of negative emotions, but from harnessing the force of positive ones to take us on a powerful journey where we are in control of events rather than being controlled by our emotions. Obsession with the past or with the future can also consume the mind and emotions. Constant preoccupation with what has occurred in the past, or becoming lost in anticipation of the future, leaves us at odds with the here and now. Too much concern for a perceived
‘better’ past removes value from people and events in the present. Too much regret for past mistakes burdens us with a guilt that can prevent us from learning by them and moving on. Worry about the future can also stultify progress in the here and now. The American self-help guru Anthony Robbins says that “a compelling future is the food on which our souls thrive.” Focusing on the possible negatives in the future eats up our time and energy. Awareness is where it all starts.
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Probably the most famous glutton of all, Elvis Presley got through at least 10,000 calories per day; some of his favourite ‘snacks’ including barbecued spaghetti, peanut butter and deep-fried white bread. He died sitting on the toilet.
Japanese nutjob Takeru Kobayashi travels the world eating as much as he can, as fast as he can. Despite his small size, he can put away 69 hot dogs in ten minutes and is the best ‘competitive eater’ in the world. His mother must be proud.
Michael Phelps is a swimming legend. He is also a legend of gluttony; typically eating more than 12,000 calories per day, including chocolate-chip pancakes, a five-egg omelette, French toast and two cups of coffee (and that’s just for breakfast). Of course, he gets away with this due to his six-hour a day workouts. Don’t try this at home kids.
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MOzart trail in vienna Mozart found freedom, love and success in Vienna. Kerry Christiani follows in his footsteps to opulent Hapsburg palaces, coffee houses and concert halls where – more than 250 years since his death – his music and legacy live on
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o other Austrian composer has captured the world’s imagination like Mozart. In his prolific 35-year life, Amadeus rocked the musical world with some 600 compositions, spanning every major genre from symphonies to opera, concertos to chamber music. He gave new meaning to the 18th-century Classical style and dazzled the world with his creative genius. Born in a cramped apartment in Salzburg’s old town in 1756, Mozart was the ultimate wunderkind. He identified a pig’s squeal as G sharp aged two, could play the clavier by the age of three and was composing minor works by the age of five. His father Leopold, a concertmaster at the archiepiscopal court, was quick to spot and promote little Wolfgang’s talents. At the tender age of six Mozart performed for an enraptured Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna and, before long, every palace in Europe was talking about the “prodigy from Salzburg”. Back then, fame didn’t automatically mean fortune. In 1772 Mozart was appointed a court musician in Salzburg for the humble sum of 150 florins a year. He felt stifled and undervalued there, and yearned to escape the clutches of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo, a tyrannical philistine who he hated “to the point of madness”. Receiving a farewell “kick up the arse” from the Salzburg court in 1781, Mozart found his spiritual home in Vienna and became his own master. The 10 years he spent there were his happiest and most creative. Though he frequently performed for royalty and was celebrated for operas like 74
The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, Mozart and his family often struggled to make ends meet. His pleasures were, therefore, simple ones – dancing, beating Haydn at billiards and teaching his pet starling to whistle the odd piano concerto. Mozart died suddenly in 1791, leaving his famous Requiem unfinished, and was buried in an unmarked grave in St Mark’s Cemetery, Vienna. Speculations of murder and dodgy pork chops aside, the probable cause of his death was rheumatic fever.
Morning Your morning begins tracing Mozart’s six-year-old footsteps back to 1762 and his first-ever public appearance at Schönbrunn Palace, a short U-Bahn ride southwest of the city centre. Walking through the manicured French gardens that sweep up to the former Hapsburg summer palace, you can imagine how daunting this debut must have been for little Wolfgang, dressed in his finery and best powdered wig. Of the palace’s 1441 sumptuous rooms, 40 are now open to the public,
The ten years Mozart spent in Vienna were his happiest and his most productive
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Mozart married Constanze in 1782, where his sons Karl Thomas and Franz Xaver were christened, and where his funeral was held in 1791. It’s worth the dizzying 343-step climb to the South Tower’s viewpoint to see this city of graceful domes and spires spread out before you. Close by is Graben, Vienna’s smartest shopping street, which retains an old-world feel with its ornate facades and horse-drawn Fiaker. Mozart lived briefly at No. 17 - now Pension Nossek - where he composed The Abduction from the
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including the Versailles-like Hall of Mirrors where Mozart won the favour of Empress Maria Theresa and her family. After the performance, an unabashed “Wolferl leapt onto Her Majesty’s lap, threw his arms around her neck and planted kisses on her face,” wrote his father. Not content with kissing the empress, he then proposed to a seven-year-old Marie Antoinette, future queen of France, when she comforted him after he fell on the palace’s slippery marble floors. A stroll through the sculpturestrewn grounds brings you to the
Orangery where, some 24 years later, Mozart did musical battle against Antonio Salieri by command of Franz Josef II – sadly losing out to his rival. The baroque building is now a characterful backdrop for concerts of Mozart’s music, performed in 18thcentury costume at 8.30pm daily. Mozart lived at a dozen different addresses in Vienna’s historic centre or Innere Stadt. Rising above the labyrinth of narrow streets is Gothic St Stephen’s Cathedral. Nicknamed “Steffl” (“little Stephen”) by the Viennese, the cathedral is where
Seraglio. Not far off is Milchgasse No. 1, next to St Peter’s Church, where romance blossomed between Mozart and Constanze Weber in 1781, after her sister Aloysia rejected his advances. Never one to mince his words, Mozart described Constanze as “not ugly, but also far from beautiful”. Looks aside, she made Mozart a fine wife and their marriage was happy, despite financial struggles and bouts of ill-health. From here it’s a short walk to the House of the Teutonic Order on Singerstrasse, where the courtyard bears a marble plaque noting the composer’s brief stay in 1781. Tired of being treated like a “lackey”, this is where Mozart informed PrinceArchbishop Colloredo that he wouldn’t be returning to Salzburg, and was unceremoniously ejected by the 75
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chamberlain “with a kick up the arse”.
Afternoon By now you’ll have worked up an appetite and it’s just a few minutes’ walk along Rauhensteingasse to Café Frauenhuber. On the way you’ll pass Steffl department store, built on the site of Mozart’s deathplace, which commemorates the genius with a plaque and bust. Entering Café Frauenhuber is like stepping back in time. Opened in 1824, this is Vienna’s oldest coffee house and one of its most authentic, with vaulting and worn red velvet lending it an air of faded grandeur. Mozart gave concertos at the café-restaurant that once stood here, and this is also where Graham Greene wrote the script for The Third Man. Such history is served today over strong coffee, decadent
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cakes and Viennese classics like wiener schnitzel. Heading back towards the cathedral and down the cobbled Domgasse you reach the Mozarthaus, where the Mozarts lived from 1784 to 1787. The interactive three-floor museum, opened in 2006 as part of Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations, offers a wonderful insight into the man and his music. Mozart may have been in debt on his deathbed, but his lovingly restored first-floor apartment recalls
flusher times, and it was here that he wrote some of his most brilliant works like comic opera The Marriage of Figaro. Several blocks south on Seilerstätte, the Haus der Musik takes a hands-on approach in spotlighting Austria’s famous composers. The highlight – which would surely have tickled Mozart’s childish sense of humour – is virtually conducting the Vienna Philharmonic through Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. The knack is getting the rhythm right - swing your electronic baton too fast or too slow and the orchestra storms out in a rage. Bear in mind Mozart’s words: “Music should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.” Nearby is the stately Burggarten, offering shady respite on summer days. The park’s centrepiece is a dashing Mozart statue. Set high on a pedestal and surrounded by musicmaking cherubs, the composer is more imposing here than he would have been in real life at just five foot four. From spring to autumn, a treble-clef-shaped flower bed blooms at his feet. Turn the corner and you are confronted with the pomp and splendour of the Imperial Palace, where the Hapsburgs ruled Austria for 640 years. Already a household name aged 12, Mozart was granted a two-hour audience here in 1768. During his Vienna years, the 18thcentury socialite was a regular in the palace’s Redoutensaal, a gilded baroque fantasy of a ballroom. Here he attended masked balls where he networked, danced and, presumably, flirted. “If I had married everyone I 77
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On any given night the opportunities to hear Mozart’s music in Vienna are boundless
jested with, I would have well over 200 wives,” he quipped. The hall is now the setting for somewhat touristy Mozart-meets-Strauss concerts.
Evening If Vienna looks historic by day, it is by night that its history comes to
life. In Innere Stadt alleyways where lanterns cast a soft, almost nostalgic, glow on the cobbles, and the warmth of jovial chatter and chinking glasses fill cosy Beisl taverns, you could be easily back in Mozart’s day. One of his favourite haunts was Griechenbeisl on the Fleischmarkt. Since opening in 1447, Vienna’s oldest tavern has entertained Mozart and other musical legends like Strauss and Schubert, whose signatures grace the ceiling in the Twain Room. Though firmly on the tourist trail, the warren of vaulted rooms is a highly atmospheric place to tuck into hearty fare like venison with black pudding and drink spicy Burgenland wines.
On any given night, the opportunities to hear Mozart’s music in Vienna are boundless. At the world-famous State Opera, performances are as lavish today as they were back in 1869 when the opera house opened with Don Giovanni. Always meticulous about his appearance, Mozart would have been suitably impressed by the well-dressed crowds who gather to listen to his music here and further along the Ringstrasse at the neo-Classical Musikverein, home to the Vienna Philharmonic. Southwest of town near the foodie Naschmarkt is Theater an der Wien, built in 1801 by Emanuel Schikaneder, the librettist of the Magic Flute and the first-ever Papageno. Following a 79
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The sound of his symphonies is as every bit Viennese as the mighty Danube
mammoth overhaul, this is once again a superb venue to appreciate Mozart’s operas and chamber music. And so it is through music that Mozart lives on today; the sound of his uplifting symphonies drifting from concert halls is every bit as Viennese as the mighty Danube and the chime of St Stephen’s Cathedral. And you don’t need to be rich to enjoy his music either – take the lead of the man himself, who would have been just as at ease in the cheap seats as the royal box. Kerry Christiani is a German-based writer. She has written for Lonely Planet and AA.
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ão Paulo is a gritty, sprawling metropolis of more than 11 million people. It’s the largest city in South America and Brazil’s economic powerhouse. It’s also a place where, a few years ago, something very strange happened. In 2007, São Paulo became the first major city outside of the communist world to put into law a radical, nearcomplete ban on outdoor advertising. The idea was the brainchild of the mayor, Gilberto Kassab, who declared the proliferation of outdoor advertising to be “visual pollution”. At the time, advertising and marketing executives feared the ban would be an insurmountable blow, and quietly hoped the law would not be fully enforced. Industry representatives protested that the ban would limit freedom of speech, kill jobs and badly damage their sector. Unfortunately for them, the ban was enforced – but not without a struggle. Border, the Brazilian Association of Advertisers, was up in arms over the move. In a statement released on October 2, the date on which law PL 379/06 was formally approved by the city council, Border called the new laws “unreal, ineffective and fascist”. It pointed to the tens of thousands of small businesses that would have to bear the burden of altering their shopfronts under regulations “unknown in their virulence in any other city in the world”. A prediction of US$133 million in lost advertising revenue for the city surfaced in the press, while the São Paulo outdoor media owners’ association, Sepex, warned that 20,000 people would lose their jobs. Others predicted that the city 84
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would look even worse with the ads removed, a bland concrete jungle replacing the chaos of the present. North Korea and communist Eastern Europe were cited as indicative of what was to come. “I think this city will become a sadder, duller place,” Dalton Silvano, the only city councillor to vote against the laws and (not entirely coincidentally) an ad executive, was quoted as saying in the International Herald Tribune. “Advertising is both an art form and, when you’re in your car, or alone on foot, a form of entertainment that helps relieve solitude and boredom,” he claimed. The move was welcomed by the public. The law was formally introduced in January 2007 with a 90-day compliance period, 86
Without its billboards the city felt like a battlefield, strewn with blank marquees and painted over storefronts
supposedly giving everyone time to take down any posters or signs that did not meet the new regulations or face a fine of up to $4,500 per day. Throughout that period, the city’s workmen were busy dismantling around 100 sites per day, occasionally supervised personally by Kassab, a man with an obvious eye for a photo opportunity. He set up telephone hotlines where
citizens could report instances of advertisers breaking the law. “Some days, we had 3,000 calls on those lines,” he says contentedly. Kassab says that São Paulo’s lead is being followed by Buenos Aires, and some European cities – but not London – have sent missions to have a look at his city’s experience. Regina Monteiro, a colleague, says: “The ads filled our eyes with nothing.” Billboards, outdoor video screens and ads on buses and taxis were quickly removed across the city after the law took effect. Even pamphleteering in public spaces was made illegal, and strict new regulations drastically diminished the allowable size of storefront signage. Without its 15,000 billboards, the city felt like
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a battlefield, strewn with blank marquees, partially torn-down frames and hastily painted-over storefront fascias. São Paolo’s ads were often the size of the entire skyscrapers to which they were affixed. The law was hailed by writer Roberto Pompeu de Toledo as “a rare victory by the public interest over private, of order over disorder, aesthetics over ugliness, of cleanliness over trash and for once, all that is accustomed to coming out on top in Brazil has lost.” Five years after the law came in, it is extremely difficult to find outdoor advertising in the city – no billboards, no ads on buses or taxis or in shop windows. But equally remarkable is how quickly big advertisers and the industry itself have adapted and, in fact, thrived. In an interview with the FT, Marcio Oliveira, vice-president of operations at Lew Lara\TBWA admitted he was not happy with the law before it came in. “We thought, ‘OK, this is gonna screw up all our business. In the first instance, everybody, including the advertisers, loved this – to see their
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city without this visual pollution we had in the past.” As shocking to some as the law itself was the speed in which it was set up. “Usually in Brazil it takes a little time for laws to get set up,”
It’s better this way. We can see the city now. And Sao Paulo is our city and we need to take care of it
says Marcello Queiroz, an editor at Propaganda and Marketing newspaper in São Paulo, talking to the FT. “It was really dramatic how quick things changed. Big companies had to change their focus and strategies.” Marketing directors had to find a place to spend the money they previously put into billboards. The result, they say, was a creative flowering of new and alternative methods – including
indoor innovations such as elevator and bathroom ads – but primarily in digital media. The internet was the really big winner,” says Oliveira. In 2007, there was already a move towards the internet, digital media and social networking marketing worldwide, but the advertising law gave Brazilians an extra push, he told the FT. The most obvious benefit was visual, however. Surveys conducted by São Paolo’s local media indicate the measure is extremely popular with the city’s residents, with more than 70 per cent approval. Maíra Machado, a student at the University of São Paolo, is a strong supporter of the law. “I like it this way,” she says. “We can really see the city.” According to Machado, São Paolo’s physical beauty was hidden behind big signs and billboards. And now that more than [five years] has passed since the ad ban went into effect, she says landowners have beautified storefronts, fixed buildings and improved how the city looks. “There’s already advertising in so many
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places,” she says. “The city is ours and we need to take care of it.” One embittered player in the battle was U.S. multinational Clear Channel Communications. The corporation entered the Brazilian market in 1999, purchasing a Brazilian subsidiary as well as the rights to a large share of the city’s billboard market. Clear Channel sponsored a countercampaign in support of billboards that did not resonate with the masses. Other businesses got more resourceful. In an NPR On the Media interview, Vinicius Galvao, a reporter for Folha de São Paulo, Brazil’s largest newspaper, mentions that, “Big
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The result of the ban was a creative flowering of new and alternative media, particularly digital media
banks, like Citibank, and big stores, like Dolce & Gabbana, they started painting themselves with very strong colours, like yellow, red, deep blue, and creating like visual patterns to associate the brand to that pattern or to that colour”.
“For example, Citibank’s colour is blue,” he says. “They’re painting the building in very strong blue so people can see that from far away and they can make an association with that deep blue and Citibank.” In the years since the ban, businesses have got more and more creative, with the result that the city has some of the most interesting branding in the world. For now then, the scheme has worked, but with Kassab’s term ending next year (he won re-election in 2008 with 69 per cent of the vote), and with the World Cup due to arrive in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016,
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When the hoardings were removed, many locals were shocked at the state of the buildings and houses
it remains to be seen whether this ban will remain. For now though the mayor can be congratulated on an initiative that worked. And brought with it some unforseen advantages. When the hoardings were removed, many locals were shocked at the state of the buildings and houses. Renovation work has increased, and there is a greater sense of pride. This will continue unabated as the country enters the spotlight in the next five years. Whether the city can continue to resist the lure of advertsing dollars remains to be seen. 92
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aulieu. A small town in the
life-long goal, winning his third Michelin
immediately began to circulate that
region of Burgundy in eastern
star. Loiseau became a star himself.
Michelin had informed Loiseau that
France. Population roughly 2,500 people. Fairly innocuous,
it boasts just a handful of famous sons, one of whom, chef Bernard Loiseau,
He wrote books, launched a line of
his La Côte D’Or was going to lose its
frozen food and was even traded on the
precious third star. Newspaper stories
stock exchange.
followed. A man was dead, and the
Then, on the evening of February
celebrated restaurant guide with more
made it famous. Saulieu has not often
24, 2003, after a hard day’s slog in his
than 100 years of history behind it was
been the setting for high drama or the
kitchen, the chef put the cold metal of a
to blame. The food world was ablaze
source of international news, but any
with speculation. Fellow three-star chef
food lover worth his or her salt will
Jacques Lameloise revealed that Loiseau
know the name, or at least the tragic story, of Bernard Loiseau. Born in Chamalieres in central France, Loiseau trained at legendary French restaurant La Maison Troisgros with brothers Jean and Pierre Troisgros,
How does a mere restaurant guide amass enough power to drive a man to suicide? What is the power of the star?
had once confided in him, “If I lose a star, I’ll kill myself”. Lauded Le Figaro critic Francois Simon has since stated that La Côte D’Or was “living on borrowed time”, and many believe Loiseau’s fear that
before moving on to work for chef
Michelin would take away his hard won
Claude Verger, and gaining the attention
third star was at least partly to blame for
of the Gault Millau guide as one of the
his death.
leading exponents of nouvelle cuisine.
hunting rifle in his mouth, over the palate
In 1975, Verger put the young chef in
that had helped make his name, and
charge of La Côte d’Or in Saulieu. In
pulled the trigger.
1982 Loiseau bought the restaurant from his mentor and in 1991 he achieved his
Why did such a successful chef choose to end his life? Rumour
Michelin has said that Loiseau had been informed that he would keep his third star prior to his death, and it has since been revealed that he was deeply in dept and suffering from
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The guide was launched in 1900 to help motorists travel more easily and therefore to sell more tyres
says the guide’s rating doesn’t spark fear in him, but winning his first star for London’s L’Oranger was, “probably the biggest shock of my life and the most memorable day I’ve ever had.” “The Michelin Guide is perhaps the longest running, it’s the father figure of restaurant accolades,” he adds. “It’s a link to our past, and I don’t think that should be forgotten.” Chef and patron of two Michelin starred restaurants in London, Gary Rhodes agrees that a Michelin star is the highest achievement for a chef. “For me, Michelin is the ultimate accolade, and if any chefs have told you otherwise, it’s probably because they’ve never had one,” he says. “Cooking is a fashion world, you see, and the one thing Michelin is not driven by is fashion.” What Michelin, quite openly, is driven FRENCH INDUSTRIALIST ANDRE MICHELIN IN THE LATE 1920S
by is tyre sales. An article in the The
Financial Times recently referenced a study by Michelin that estimated that in clinical depression. But it sounds like madness, doesn’t
distributed free to French motorists, the
countries where the guide is published,
Michelin Guide began awarding one
the company sees a three per cent
it? How does a mere restaurant guide
or two stars to outstanding restaurants
increase in sales. “The Michelin Guide is
amass enough power to drive a man to
in 1926, adding the three-star rating in
a big boost for the Michelin brand,” the
suicide? Or at least for people to accept
1930. As of 2011, Michelin publishes
company says. “That was the idea when
it as a possibility. Well, in Michelin’s
guides across Europe, as well as the
the Michelin brothers launched the
own words: “the guide’s well-established
USA, Hong Kong and Japan. But does
guide in 1900 – to help motorists travel
credibility is underpinned by the
its distinguished history and reputation
more easily and thus use more tires.”
expertise it has acquired over more
make its approval worth dying for?
than a century.” First published in 1900 by tyre manufacturer Andre Michelin and 98
British chef Marcus Wareing, whose
Now the acceptance of this view of the Michelin Guide as a simple
eponymous restaurant at The Berkley
marketing tool for tyres may seem
in London holds two Michelin stars,
disingenuous, but it could have been
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a contributory factor in the French
million guides a year worldwide.”
company’s decision to expand and
So the books are published in 23
be awarded three Michelin stars in Great Britain – famously handing them back
publish the famous guide outside of
countries and 13 cities, and people
to Michelin when he retired in 1999 –
its native Europe. In 2005, the guide
seem to be buying them, but the
puts it a little less delicately.
embarked on its first sortie across the
standing of the guide is a different
“Michelin in America is Mickey
Atlantic, publishing its first New York
matter altogether. And it’s not hard
Mouse,” he says. “Michelin’s whole
edition, which was quickly followed by
to find detractors when it comes to
philosophy was that you had to prove
San Francisco in 2006, Tokyo in 2007,
Michelin’s potentially dangerous
yourself over a period of time, prove
Hong Kong and Macau in 2008 and
decision to move beyond Europe.
consistency so the guide could believe
Kyoto and Osaka and Chicago in 2010. “The fifth edition of the Michelin Guide
“Michelin lost its lustre by expanding
in you. You earn your stars, going from
into countries where they had scant
zero, to one, to two and finally to three.
Tokyo was recently released, a clear
knowledge,” says London Evening
That didn’t happen in New York”
indication that it’s been popular with
Standard critic, Fay Maschler. “This was
the Japanese public,” argues Michelin.
true of the Italian and Spanish guides.”
“We don’t reveal detailed sales figures, but what we can say is that we sell one
Marco Pierre White, a man who at the age of 33 became the youngest chef to
American food writer and GQ columnist Alan Richman agrees that Michelin had a rocky start when it launched in New York in 2005. “A lot of people thought some of the
BERNARD LOISEAU AT HIS RESTAURANT IN BURGUNDY IN 1998
stars it awarded were very predictable – let’s give out three stars to all the restaurants that are based on French cuisine, and the others we’ll hand out in a way that seems rather irrational,” he says. Richman adds that he’s not impressed with the guide unless he’s in France and the same can be said of the majority of American food lovers. “It doesn’t have the same aura to the American consumer that it does to Europeans, because we’ve seen that the choices are so odd here and so many restaurants we revere do not do well and so many we don’t think much of win stars.” So the American public doesn’t seem to be any more enamoured by the guide than Richman, but the US restaurant industry is just as obsessed as anywhere in Europe. “I know it’s taken very seriously by restaurateurs, and certainly they love to get a Michelin star,” says Richman. “The greatest element of the Michelin
Guide in the United States is prestige and business from Europe, because it’s revered by Europeans.” One of those Europeans who harbours a profound respect for 101
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the Michelin Guide is Wareing, but
he says. “The interesting question is
just two restaurants and can be found
even he concedes that to achieve
not whether the whole celebrity chef
more often than not in his two Michelin
the same status across the Atlantic
bandwagon has hit the skids, it is
star kitchen at The Berkeley.
the guide is going to have to be
whether it is going to take the Michelin
very patient.
madness with it.”
“The guide is still going through a
Strangely enough, the man who
But Gordon Ramsay, the name that comes up most when the accusation of ‘you scratch our back we’ll scratch
bedding in period outside of Europe,”
Harden singles out as Britain’s first
yours’ arises, refused an interview, and
he admits. “The New York Times has
celebrity chef, Pierre White, concurs
Michelin itself offers up a pretty flimsy
more credibility in New York because
that Michelin doesn’t have the same
defence, stating categorically that, “there
of its history. That gives it a level of
standing or importance anymore – for
is no favouritism.”
kudos. People still see the Michelin
the very same reason.
Guide as a European guide rather
“When they start giving stars to chefs
Other than its history, the reason for the long-standing reputation of
who aren’t in their kitchens, you’ve got
the guide is its method of rating
to question the integrity of the guide,”
restaurants. Most importantly, the
might possess the reverential attitude
he says. “If you look at Andre Michelin’s
infamous Michelin inspector.
towards the guide that Richman
criteria, to achieve two or three stars
than a global guide.” Chefs like Wareing and Rhodes
Until John Colapinto of The New
believes all Europeans do, but not
Yorker managed to secure an interview
everyone in Europe has the same
with one of the guide’s inspectors in
respect for it.
2009, no journalist had ever spoken
Richard Harden, publisher of
Michelin rival Harden’s, which rates restaurants based on consumer surveys rather than inspections, even questions his
The guide makes and then rewards celebrity chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, because it benefits both parties
to one of these secretive culinary authorities on the record. Chefs, critics and the general public still have no idea who these “invisible strangers”, as Wareing calls them, are. That is perhaps the most powerful ingredient in
competitor’s historical credentials. “Michelin was really a little-
Michelin’s pantry.
known entity in the UK until about
“Most of us believe in the myth of the
Michelin inspector,” agrees Richman.
20 years ago,” he argues. “Its popularity was really all tied up in
you had to be proprietor, you had to be
“But the anonymity works both ways,
the celebrity chef phenomenon. The
behind your stove, but the game has
we see it as very professional but we
chef builds up the guide and the
changed now.
also think ‘who are these people making
guide builds up the chef.” It is Marco Pierre White and
“Let’s give out the stars to these important chefs who control and have a
these very off choices?’” For Wareing, “They are the general
Gordon Ramsay who Harden
large percentage of the limelight
public, and they are judging the restaurant
singles out as the first celebrity
and they’ll be our supporters and
as a member of the general public.”
chefs to take advantage of their
our ambassadors. It’s like they’re buying
Michelin credentials to bolster
chefs now.”
But that may be a little misleading.
Michelin inspectors famously fill
their brands and their businesses.
Maschler agrees: “The guide makes
But with Pierre White retired and
and then rewards celebrity chefs such
out reports on each restaurant they visit, basing their appraisal on five
Ramsay on the decline, the question
as Alain Ducasse and Joël Robuchon,
criteria: product quality, preparation
of whether we are seeing the demise
and in the UK Gordon Ramsay, because
and flavours, the chef’s personality
of the celebrity chef is, for Harden,
it benefits both parties in getting
as revealed through his cuisine, value
vital to Michelin’s future.
coverage.” It’s hard to tar all chefs with
for money, and consistency over time
the same brush; Wareing, for example,
across the entire menu. Is that how you
phenomenon is, if not dead, then
has published cook books and done
judge a restaurant?
certainly dying – and good riddance,”
some television, but he is proprietor of
“The whole celebrity chef
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cooking in France is not what it used to be. So for the customer, it is far less relevant,” he says. “French restaurants live on what the bloggers say, and they have a much more casual approach to eating and drinking.” Even Wareing, a staunch believer in the importance of the Michelin Guide, acknowledges it is going to face stiff competition as the digital age taps and clicks its way forward into the future. “The Michelin Guide, most guides, come out once a year, journalism 24 to 48 hours, maybe four or five days later. With social networks, it’s a matter of minutes. You can’t beat that,” he says.
Michelin recently appointed a new CHEFS SUCH AS MARCO PIERRE WHITE HAVE QUESTIONED THE INTEGRITY OF THE GUIDE
international director, Michael Ellis, but he refuses to comment on future strategy until next year.
frequently when talking to chefs about
Michelin comes out once a year. With social networks it’s a matter of minutes. You cannot beat that box rating system worked for Michelin
The company does, though, appear
the guide, but Maschler argues it is
to be making an effort to move with the
less important today than it was in the
times. It has a website, viamichelin.com,
halcyon days of fine dining.
and an iPhone app, and in its most recent
“Quite rightly, consistency is valued
promotional literature it highlights the
by a guide published once a year,
601 Bib Gourmand restaurants, offering
but it is almost an irrelevance in a
“good value for money for a three-course
volatile restaurant culture as we have
meal”, featured in the 2011 French
in London now, where exciting eating
guide – a nod to the more casual attitude
may literally ‘pop up’.”
Lander believes is becoming prevalent
when it was solely concerned with the
The FT’s restaurant correspondent,
grand French tradition of cooking, but
Nicholas Lander, is certain that people
has proved woefully inadequate when
are beginning to question the guide’s
Michelin can no longer rely solely on its
applied to other cuisines in Europe, Asia
authority. “Once they come to England
history to keep it from becoming ‘just
and America.
and start doing pubs, you think wait,
another restaurant guide’.
in France. But, as it moves into its 112th year,
hang on, that’s not quite right. Why do
With the methods of its inspectors
with great French cuisine because it’s
I need a French team to tell me about
being questioned, difficulty dispelling
fairly prescriptive, but everyone says
pubs in England? You start to question
accusations of favouritism and
that Michelin completely loses its
the whole thing.”
a constant struggle to bolster its
“You can judge restaurants like that
bearings when it tries to judge any other
Lander is likely referring to the
reputation outside of Europe, it is
type of cuisine, and that is of course
star – its second – Michelin recently
looking like Michelin itself is living on
right, because you can’t possibly be an
bestowed on The Hand & Flowers in
borrowed time. And only time will tell
expert in all the world’s cuisines.”
Marlow, Buckinghamshire – the first
if it succumbs to a similar fate as the
pub to be awarded two Michelin stars.
unfortunate Bernard Loiseau.
Maschler also believes that Michelin’s methods are outdated. It is the word consistency that pops up most
“Michelin is seen as the custodian of French cooking and many accept that
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ow often have you sorted through the neglected clothes in your wardrobe only to realise that many of your old jeans or shirts are back in fashion? The thin tie, the slim-fit jeans, the Hawaiian shirts have suddenly become cool again. Yet, in the face of knowing that everything old will almost certainly become new again, you continue to shop. And despite the fact that the fake Rolex you bought in Bangkok’s street market works like, well clockwork, and not a single soul has questioned its authenticity, you still hanker after the real deal. The same can be said for the Prada sunglasses you picked up on the same trip. ‘Number one’ copies or not, they’re still copies. You have been brandwashed. Consider this. 85 per cent of all decisions we make are made in our subconscious mind – only 15 per cent are made in our rational mind. Think about how irrational we actually are. Do you find yourself ‘touching wood’ to keep the evil eye at bay? What do you do if there’s no wood within reach? Do you settle for knocking on your head? How about the magazine pile? Do you always reach for the one that’s second from the top? This may sound odd, but the fact is 92 per cent of all Europeans who buy magazines never take the one at the top of the pile. Should the consumer decide not to buy it, they usually return it to its rightful place – one from the top. So, in the end everyone lands up with the same thumbed-through periodical. Similarly, women usually choose the second stall in a public toilet based on the assumption that everyone uses the first. Since in this situation the majority of women think alike, only 2
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per cent use the first stall with the second toilet getting the bulk of the traffic. Of all the industries that vie for our consumer dollar, the fashion industry has managed to reach our inner psyche more successfully than any other. We buy more clothes than we need, we buy them with not that much deliberation, and what’s more, we influence those around us to do the same – over and over again. In a study conducted in Cologne, Germany, a crowd of 200 people were gathered together in a large circle that was numbered like a clock. Researchers then handed out slips of paper to 10 ‘informed individuals’. The instructions read, “Go to 9 o’clock, but do not leave the group.” For a while, the group seemed to mix and mingle fairly randomly. But soon enough, the ‘informed individuals’ had led everybody else to the designated 9 o’clock point.
But there’s more to it. Over the years, the fashion industry has managed to tap into our deepest drivers – our aspirations, our dreams and our fears. Who would have imagined that the finest year for perfume would be 2010? The global financial crisis was at its peak, and people went out and spent their money on of all things, perfume. One can only wonder why, but the simple explanation is we are hardwired to seek out things that will make us feel better when we find ourselves in a miasma of unpleasantness. It seems that the bestselling perfumes were those whose labels placed them in Paris, Milan, London, New York and Tokyo. We are perfectly aware that these perfume factories are not within a scented whiff of the Eiffel Tower, but all we’re really looking for is an express ticket to dream land. And for the grand sum of $125, perfume can take us there. So, what is it about fashion that makes it so irresistible? Why are we
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so eager to over-extend our finances to pay for something that we know is being produced by cheap labour in a factory somewhere in Asia? Imagine yourself browsing the shelves in a retail store. Suddenly a pair of jeans catches your eye. You have to try them on. You head to the fitting room, and they’re perfect, as if they were tailor-made just for you. To your surprise, you see that they’re the same size as the pants you wore a good seven years ago. Oh, wow, you’re thinking, I’ve lost weight – a lot of weight. You find yourself feeling a whole lot better about yourself. Then as you leave the fitting room, you see a poster of a totally gorgeous model wearing the very same pants you’re considering buying. Needless to say, she’s glamorous, sexy, and she’s surrounded by a group of similarly stunning ‘friends’. As you stand there holding the jeans, the urge to buy them hits you like a rush. You know you it will hurt your credit card, and you know you probably shouldn’t do it, but… you do. You head to the counter, 110
sign for the purchase, and head home with your package. Let’s stop here for a minute and take time to examine what went on in your brain as you made the decision to buy. For starters, let’s be clear. You have not lost weight. It’s more likely you’ve fallen victim to ‘vanity sizing’, a devious ploy by which stores make clothes bigger so we think we can fit into a smaller size. Retailers have been doing this with women’s clothes for years, and the tactic is now being applied to men’s clothes as well. When Esquire magazine sent reporter Abram Sauer into various stores with a tape measure, he found that pairs of men’s pants with so-called 36-inch waists actually ranged in size from 37 inches (H&M) to 38.5 inches (Calvin Klein) to 39 inches (Gap, Haggar and Dockers) to 41 inches (Old Navy). It used to be that men didn’t care what the size of his waistband was, but today experts know full well that both genders will be more likely to buy a product that makes them feel trim and svelte. There’s a whole lot more to this story. As you saw the poster on the
wall, something else happened in your brain – your mirror neurons were activated. Mirror neurons were discovered in 1989 when Dr. Giacomo Rizzolatti noticed what he originally termed ‘monkey see, monkey do’. In other words, if we someone doing something like yawning, scratching or even dancing, we identify with the action, and our brain behaves similarly. It’s a form of empathy, where we put ourselves in another’s shoes thereby feeling a stronger sense of engagement. So, back to our shopping experience. As we watch people walking down the hallway in a really cool pair of jeans, or maybe see them standing amidst a sophisticated crowd, our brain relates to the situation and leads us to believe that we could be that very person. Even though we know we can’t ever look that way – our very genes prohibit it – in that moment we don’t see the model, we are the model. Our neurons have taken control and they convince us that if we buy the jeans we will be just as cool and just as popular as the image on the poster. All this activity helps trigger dopamine, a chemical in your brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps create the irresistible urge to buy the jeans. It’s no coincidence that dopamine is the very same chemical
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that’s released in our brains when we take feel-good drugs. It can be addictive. The term ‘Shopaholic’ is more than the invention of a skilled copywriter. Rather it should be seen for what it is – a description of a disease that currently affects close to 10% of all American women. Fashion is the epicentre of irrational behaviour, and even though we’re conscious of it, the chances are that we’re unlikely to change. There are several ingredients that help create the aura of attraction that keeps the multibillion-dollar industry alive. One of the cornerstones of this phenomenon is our fascination with celebrity. We
want to know how they live, who they love, and of course what they wear. If you’ve ever had the good fortune to chance upon one of the rich and famous, you’ve undoubtedly dined out on the story at many a social gathering. You might even have managed to take a quick pic on your phone. No need for any embarrassment, your reaction is quite natural. It’s yet another behaviour that stems from our basic primate tendencies. You might consider that I’m drawing a fairly broad bow here, but in truth gossip is linked to our survival instincts. It was once a way of securing food. Sure, the Paris
Hiltons and Lindsey Lohans of the world are a fairly recent phenomenon, but back in simpler times, survival depended on where to find the best food, the whereabouts of unsafe territory, and which path is best taken to cross the raging river. Those who were better informed were far more likely to survive the hardships of everyday life. Obviously things have changed dramatically since then, however our need to gossip is still very much a feature of life in the 21st century. Similarly, we remain drawn to the leaders. Kings and queens are by and large just figureheads, we’re more than jaded with our current crop of politicians, and so what do we have left? Celebrities! They have their fingers on the pulse. They wear the latest fashions, are seen at the hippest venues, and mingle with the most attractive, most popular and most interesting people of the era. The fashion industry knows this well. Giorgio Armani was the leader in this particular pack. He was the first fashion designer not only to understand it, but also to systematize it. He opened his West Hollywood store way before any other designers gained 113
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a foothold, displayed his clothes and surprisingly, gave away choice items to any celebrity willing to wear them. It didn’t take long before A-list celebrities began wearing Armani. Funnily enough, as soon as one successful celebrity was seen wearing the latest and greatest Armani outfit at the Oscars, so it created a need among other A-listers. Armani managed to tap into the essence of fashion, aspiration and desire – and almost half a century later, this zeitgeist is still defining the industry. It’s quite common for a fashion brand to contract celebrities to show up at casual gatherings wearing their outfits. These days Angelina Jolie is never photographed without her Luis Vuitton tote. Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley is almost exclusively dressed by Burberry. Paris Hilton demands $100,000 to engage in a few short hours of cocktail chitchat, whilst Kylie Minogue has an enduring relationship with Dolce & Gabbana. She wears their clothes, carries their handbags and dons their sunglasses, and the same skilled and stylish duo design all her stage costumes too.
So does celebrity endorsement work? I confess - a few years ago I was sceptical when told that celebrity endorsement was the single most important factor in building a fashion brand. I set out to discover if this was true by initiating the world’s largest word-of-mouth experiment, which resulted in my new book, Brandwashed (Crown). The inspiration behind this experiment was The Joneses, a Hollywood movie starring Demi Moore. In it she plays the leader of a stealth marketing team. The movie featured a fake home, with a fake family, whose job it was to promote brands to unsuspecting friends, family and colleagues. The family was generous with their recommendations, promoting everything from cars to chocolates. The Brandwashed experiment began in early 2010. We started by scouring the US, looking for a ‘perfect’ family. We finally found the Morgansons, a picture-perfect family living in Laguna Beach, California. Gina and Eric Morganson are a wholesome couple in their early forties. They have
We are genetically programmed to follow each other. Fashion knows this and taps into it in myriad ways
three handsome sons who resemble Justin Bieber in varying degrees. Under the direction of one of Hollywood’s top producers, 35 cameras were hidden inside their home. Microphones were tucked inside plants, placed under tables, and hidden behind couches. A crew of 12 professionals monitored the experiment. The object of the experiment was to understand the true power of word of mouth. Let’s fast forward. No dialogue was scripted and we ended up with 2,000 hours of footage. So, what did we discover? I was shocked to discover that word-of-mouth is probably one of the most powerful marketing tools I’ve ever encountered. Those who entered the family’s sphere purchased 90% of the brands recommended by the Morgansons even the producer couldn’t resist the recommended shampoo, and he only got the information from behind the observational mirror. Recent research 115
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showed that people are more likely to believe advertising in the Economist than they are on the Huffington Post. In other words, context has an indirect effect on the message. In our experiment, the Morgansons were the ‘channel’. Every recommendation they made, seemed to come along with a certificate of endorsement that was powerfully stamped with the invisible message: ‘You can trust this. Buy it.’ The subtext of the recommendation was, “If the Morgansons like it, so will I”. The endorsement continued way past the initial recommendation. We tracked the effects via mobile devices and control groups, and the initial recommendations were equally effective as the word-of-mouth spread to the second, the third, and even the fourth circle beyond the family’s sphere. What does this mean for brands and
fashion? A lot. Firstly, we need to be mindful of the ethical implications. Are we going to see hundreds if not thousands of Morgansons popping up as sleeper cells in the future? Probably. However, what’s particularly interesting is that our experiment showed that even though our control family (indirectly competing with the Morgansons) openly declared their mission, they did even better than the Morgansons. So, it seems, that if the consumer is aware that this is part of a marketing scheme, they are even quicker to embrace it. And all this brings me back to the world of fashion. Whether we care to admit it or not, we are genetically programmed to follow one another. More than any other industry, fashion knows this and taps into it in ways you’ve never even thought
about. The fact is that most of the clothes we wear, regardless of their price tag, are made in some poorly lit and inadequately ventilated factory somewhere in the heart of China. Even though most designers would find it hard to admit, the same production lines produce a range of items for a number of competing brands. In the morning, Gucci glasses are assembled, in the afternoon the factory hands switch to Versace. We rarely even glimpse this side of the story. We’re only exposed to the other side – the fashion, the glamour, and the sensual delights we’re all so magnetically drawn to. We’ve been brandwashed.Not only that, we’re all brandwashing one another. And what’s more, we’re loving it. Martin Lindstrom is the best-selling author of Buyology and Brandwashed. 117
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