Mandolyna Theodoracopulos, Author at Taki's Magazine - Taki's Magazine

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos runs Taki's Magazine from London. She also works full-time as an interior designer.

Relationships

¡Viva Holy Matrimony!

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

People have a lot of hang-ups about marriage. People tell you how hard marriage is for th...

Commerce

Keeping Up With the Diamonds

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Diamonds, diamonds, diamonds! Girls love them. Jewelers love them. Warlords love the...

Afternoon Delight

You Are Where You Eat

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

I never much thought about ordering regional specialties until an American friend of mine ...

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Vile Bodies

Club Life

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Are you a clubman? Have you ever been a member or do you intend to apply for membership to...

Politics

It’s My Party and I”ll Leave if I Want To

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

I have never voted for a Republican Party candidate despite being a registered member of t...

Vile Bodies

The Perv Behind the Badge

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Being at the mercy of a person in uniform can drive a reasonable person to madness. But if...

Commerce

Scrubbing Your Way to the Top

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Fortunately I am not one of the newly unemployed. But if I found myself jobless and needin...

Immigration

The Inmates are Running the Asylum-Seekers

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

During the summer of 2008 I spent several days on the Greek island of Patmos. Every mornin...

Fashion

Valentino: The Sartorial Superstar

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Long before a well-known French shoe designer immortalized women’s feet with red soles, ...

Multiculturalism

Vive la Confederation Helvetique!

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

The human urge to migrate seems as strong as ever. People have been trekking out of Africa...

Home Front

Happy Holidays?

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Ho Ho Ho…Merry Christmas! At least it’s usually merry for those of us who love Chr...

Prince Jefri of Brunei

Beau Monde

Vive les Nouveaux Pauvres!

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Luxury is thought to mean having what one wants. Luxury is living opulently in a grand hou...

Southampton Beach

Beau Monde

My Cures for the Summertime Blues

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

When I was growing up we used to go to Southampton on Long Island during the summer. We al...

Liberace

Uncategorized

A Manners Guide for the Nouveau Riche, Part Deux

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

In Part One of this guide, I encouraged the newly rich not to wear white. Many people, pos...

A Manners Guide for the Nouveau Riche

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Last week I found myself in Ibiza, where the car of choice is an economical mini-class SEA...

Jesus

Under the White Flag

Too Sensitive For Our Own Good

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

What kind of society touts free speech and then shuns dissenters who dare to speak about "...

Under the White Flag

Kill or Be Killed?

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

When bad guys are taken out in real life like they are in the movies, I am reminded that d...

Queen Elizabeth II

Royal Watch

Back on With Their Heads, Please

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

The Queen of England announced she was "absolutely delighted." The Prince of Wales...

Bitch, Please!

Go Away Perez Hilton, and Take Your Purse With You

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

So you"re here and you"re queer. Get over it. You"ve made your point and shove...

High Society

Paris Hilton is a Naughty Girl, and Other Felonies

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

They say she's an heiress, but I say she's more like trailer trash. She wears a lot of Pep...

Lit Crit

Plimpton, Me, and the Night

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

The afternoon has gently passed me by The evening spreads it’s sail against the sky ...

Travel

Greece My Love

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

The idea of being cooped up on a boat with nowhere to go, at the mercy of a princess, an a...

Feminism

We Haven”t Waited This Long for Olivia Munn

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Sometimes being a woman in a man's world gives you the advantage. Yet even in the so-calle...

The Banier-Bettencourt Brouhaha

High Society

The Banier-Bettencourt Brouhaha

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Until recently, I had never heard of Liliane Bettencourt, the sole heiress to the L"Or...

Poor Little Lindsay Lohan

Hollywood

Poor Little Lindsay Lohan

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

In a way, Lindsay Lohan reminds me of myself and some of the kids I grew up with in New Yo...

The Big Deep Garbage Heap

Environmental Snafus

The Big Deep Garbage Heap

Mandolyna Theodoracopulos

Like most people, I love the sea. Though I often fear what lies beneath"more so now th...

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