L'exceLLence

A private quarterly for women of influence

The Current Issue

A luxury lifestyle, quietly kept.

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About L'exceLLence

L'exceLLence is a private quarterly for women already living the lives most magazines write about — fashion, travel, beauty, culture — written with the modern art of restraint.

@lexcellencemag

A private quarterly for women of influence across nine countries.

Not aspirational. Lived.

What we wore. Where we went. Who we read.

Distributed through a private network and email circles of HNI and UHNI women, curated events, and direct, relationship-driven referral — never newsstands, never algorithms.

Quarterly editorial format: Summer (June), Fall (September), Winter (December), Spring (March).

A publication built not for scale — but for significance.

The Masthead

Behind the Pages

Dr. Monica Garg
Founder · Visionary · Global Connector

Dr. Monica Garg

Founder of L'exceLLence, the International Council of Luxury and Excellence (ICLE), and ISOE Styling Academy.

Award-winning entrepreneur whose work brings together women shaping the global luxury space across fashion, design, hospitality, art, and craftsmanship.

Creator of the Influential Women of the World coffee table book series (2017), launched across India, Paris, Los Angeles, New York, and Shanghai.

Through IFIC, the International Federation of Influential Creators, and the Societal Grace Forum, she has built intimate global platforms where dialogue is valued as presence rather than performance.

Recently honoured by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Ms. Rekha Gupta, for her enduring contributions to women's leadership.

Tanya Aggarwal
Editor in Chief

Tanya Aggarwal

Editorial eye built the way the most worthwhile things are built — through lived experience.

Seasoned traveller with a genuine fluency in luxury; has stayed at the world's finest properties, attended private maison events, and moved through cultures across the globe.

Background in television production, with years working on spiritual content — an influence that runs quietly through her editorial philosophy.

Writes from personal experience, and believes true luxury is as much an inner state as an outward one — and brings that distinction to every page.

Aayushi Agarwal
Co-Founder & Partnerships

Aayushi Agarwal

Fashion Marketing graduate from Parsons School of Design, New York.

Certified Luxury Image Consultant and Etiquette Trainer from Switzerland.

Key driving force behind ISOE Finishing and Luxury Academy, and Vice President of IFIC, where she fosters global unity among women leaders.

As Co-Founder of ICLE and L'exceLLence, helps shape an exclusive forum for dialogue around luxury — its evolution, cultural significance, and future trajectory.

Contributions to women's empowerment were honoured by Mrs. Rekha Gupta, Chief Minister of Delhi.

The Archive

Issues

Inside the Issue

Features

Fashion
Edit

Fashion

The season's quiet rebellion in silk and tailoring.

Travel
Dispatch

Travel

Slow afternoons across the Mediterranean coastline.

Beauty
Ritual

Beauty

A study of scent, skin, and the language of restraint.

Culture
Essay

Culture

Conversations on legacy, art, and the long view.

Power Dressing
Portrait

Power Dressing

Wardrobes that speak before a single word is said.

Summer Living
Diary

Summer Living

Linen, stone fruit, and the slow pleasure of June.

Where to Find Us

The magazine is distributed across nine countries.

Available in private circulation across India, the UK, the United States, France, and five other markets.

By referral only
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