He greets a succession of visitors warmly – upcoming R&B band the Strypes, who out of their stage uniforms look less like musicians than a group of fifth formers unaccountably separated from the rest of their school trip; and Chic's Nile Rodgers, who regales him with tales of his battle against prostate cancer, a topic he seems to have turned into something approaching a standup routine.
Plus, grunge was about looking like a total slob, not the cultivated metal chic that required multiple trips to the mall for refinement.
"All that snakeskin and satin," she said, seemed to her the pinnacle of chic, suitably glamorous for a trip abroad.
The results were abstract heads with period hairdos all shaped out of black leather — chic if somewhat unsettling, an S-and-M trip to "Downton Abbey".
Rugged rocky bluffs border Praia de Adraga, a 45-minute trip from Lisbon, while Comporta is a chic resort town reminiscent of the Hamptons.
There is now a set of Chinese-language Lonely Planet books, and it is chic to set off in ones or twos for a trip.
If you are over 70 years old, why not try a hairstyle that doesn't require trips to the hairdresser, maybe a short and chic wash and wear style, especially if you have naturally wavy hair, it works great.
A chic lunch was a kebab at the Baku restaurant on Gorky street; a trip to Pizza Hut was a big day out.
We finished our trip with four days by the Ria Formosa wetlands at a chic new guesthouse, Casa Modesta (doubles from €180 B&B).
Or make a trip to Flinders Lane and Swanton Street, both of which house chic venues filled with Australian designer labels and fanciful accessories.
