Kristen Shirley is the founder of La Patiala, the ultimate luxury resource. Founded in 2022, La Patiala empowers readers to travel, shop and collect with confidence. Kristen created La Patiala to take the fear out of luxury and to empower readers to travel, shop, and collect with confidence. 

La Patiala is a luxury encyclopedia that covers travel, food, wine, spirits, style, beauty, watches, jewelry, and lifestyle. It provides the essential information on what and who you should know for each topic. This includes a brief overview of the subject, an explanation of key terms, what to look for in terms of quality and price, names to know, and recommended brands or places. 

La Patiala’s features take readers behind the scenes at the most exclusive brands, products, and destinations. It also does deep dives on the most popular topics if readers want to learn more. Additionally, La Patiala delves into the history of the world’s most prestigious brands, so readers will know what makes them so covetable and iconic. 

Each category is organized like an encyclopedia. This way, the most important information and stories are always front and center, not lost in the archives. There’s also an A-Z section, which functions as a table of contents. This allows readers to quickly find what they are looking for or peruse new topics.