About The Velvet Runway
About Julia
Hi and Welcome to The Velvet Runway, “Where dreams take flight”.
I’m Julia. I was born in the UK but I have lived in France for the last thirty years, so I guess I’ve acquired the “French touch”. I love fashion and travelling whenever and wherever I can.
I am the owner and founder of The Velvet Runway and the Senior Managing Editor for The Code of Style magazine.
I am also a qualified Personal Stylist and Life Coach, and you can find out more about my services at Julia Rees Coaching.
About The Velvet Runway
We provide travel inspiration at every point of your journey, from fun trip ideas to travel guides and hotel and resort reviews.
You will find fun suggestions for trips (such as five of the best European Christmas Markets), travel guides to small towns (such as Evian-les-Bains), big cities (such as Seville) and areas ( such as the Alentejo area of Portugal. You can also find hotel and resorts inspiration, such as these features on Minos Beach Hotel in Greece, the Hotel La Ponche in Saint-Tropez and the Hideaway Beach Resort in the Maldives.
Whether you love the city, the mountains, the lakes, the beach, hiking in national parks, road trips or relaxing by the pool in luxury hotels, there is something here to appeal.
And because our overall aim is to inspire you to live your dream life, we also feature style and beauty inspiration and ways to enjoy your life at home too.
So, you will also find lifestyle features (such as home decor tips), beauty tips (such as seven steps to prep for summer) and style inspiration (such as How to look elegant on a budget)
However you found our site, I hope you will take a little time to browse and that you will leave feeling inspired and dreaming about your next trip.
Features
This covers newsworthy events (such as the unveiling of the Uncommon James new collection), interviews (such as this interview with Zack Hurley), hotel and restaurant openings, book reviews, gift guides (such as the Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide) and more.
Inspiring Women
This section covers all our interviews with inspiring women, who share their journey, their challenges, their triumphs, their tips and their hope for the future.
Some of the women we have interviewed include Jasika Nicole (star of “the Good Doctor”), Hannah Tan (singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality) , Brooke Lewis Bellas (star of the drama, “The Mourning”, Autumn Krause (author) Stacey Keller (female entrepreneur) and Minan Wong (fashion designer and founder of “Minan Wong”) to name just a few!
Style
This section covers all our style tips, styling advice and fashion trends.
Your style is sending messages to the world before you even open your mouth. These tips will make sure you look and feel your very best and that your style reflects who you are.
Have a browse of a few of our posts, such as top secrets of Stylish Women, drop a dress size without dieting, ten ways to wear a belt, ten tips to get French Chic and much more!
Lifestyle
This section covers all our lifestyle tips, decor advice and more.
Your surroundings have a big impact on your mindset, and the environment you create through the things that you surround yourself with will affect how you think and feel daily, so make sure you are surrounding yourself with things that lift you up and inspire you.
Here you will find our lifestyle tips, such as home decor, products (such as this luxury volcanic water from Socosani), restaurant reviews, and health care tips (such as this review of the DexaScan Body Scan).
Beauty
This section covers all our beauty tips and product reviews (such as this review of Natura Siberica Creams)
Your grooming is an essential part of how you present yourself and our beauty tips will make sure you look and feel your very best every day.
Have a browse of a few of our posts, such as ways to fight the anti-aging battle, seven steps to prep your skin for summer, review of Natura Siberica products and much more!
Mindset
This section covers all our mindset tips to help you design your dream life.
Our mindset tips will help you become the best version of yourself and live your life to your true potential
Here you will find tips, such as how to deal with overwhelm, why you should create a vision board and how to spring clean your life.
Travel Tips
This section covers all our travel inspiration and travelling tips.
If you need some inspiration for a big trip, and/or the latest on travel news, travel deals and discounts or safety tips this section is for you!
You can find features such as the most romantic destinations for Valentine’s Day, the Spookiest Halloween Destinations and tips such as Safety Trips for Solo Travel.
Travel Destinations
This section covers our city guides, such as what to see in Madrid, ideas for what to see and do, where to stay and also our area guides, such as this guide to South West Germany.
To make it easier for you to navigate we have organised this by continent and by country.
If you would like some help and advice planning your next trip, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Hotels and Resorts
This section covers the best hotels and resorts to make the most of your travels.
You can find features such as Luxury Villa Living in Croatia, “home from home” stays in Paris, a luxury spa getaway in Los Angeles and the Baron Palms Resort in Sinai, and much more!
Digital Travel Guides
This section covers all our digital travel guides.
All our travel guides are now available on MagCloud in print and digital format or to download as PDF at a small charge to cover costs. You can also just click the “Read Now” button to read for free directly on your screen – no email sign up required.
