Legendary shopper Elton John likes to check into a suite here whenever he's in town and Gianni Versace used to dine at its swish Il Teatro restaurant.
"With John, just say, 'Oh, you must have loved your time up in Scotland playing for Celtic.' Then you've got a 10-minute answer.'" In the event, when I do meet the pundits in Aston Villa's curiously swish dressing room, Hartson brings up Celtic before I even get the chance to ask about it, so it all goes out of the window and we talk about punditry instead.
Then – in one 343km leap – I was in Bayonne, a shuttered, half-timbered, riverfront town within easy hitching distance along the coast of the swish resorts of Biarritz and St-Jean-de-Luz.
Maybe that's where my love of vintage came from … me parading around and trying on her things from the dressing-up box; and her on her way to a fondue party, coming into my bedroom to say goodnight, a waft of Charlie and a swish of maxi dress.
The town is a weekend retreat for residents of Buenos Aires, an hour away by an extremely swish catamaran.
They have a new swish electronic scoreboard here which reveals the names of the batsmen.
It arguably suffered, too, from its proximity to Warwick University – a 60s university with a swish campus and a burgeoning academic reputation.
Its swish design impresses, as does its call quality, but for now it's missing one big feature: video calls.
If it all gets too much, head inland to one of the island's hip agroturismos, where the island's cognoscenti will be hanging out at intimate DJ events and recharging their batteries at swish spas.
"We are proud to be Ch'tis," I was told by Aurélie, a business student at a swish reception held at the town hall to promote the magazine.
In a final swish of the olive branch, Mrs Albright expressed willingness to "develop with the Islamic Republic, when it is ready, a road map leading to normal relations".So when exactly will Iran be ready?
