Louise Kennedy's travel secrets - Telegraph One of Ireland's most successful fashion designers, she has dressed political figures ranging from Mary Robinson, the former Irish president, to the First Lady of Chile and members of the Jordanian royal family. For a quick fix, I'll head to Italy - Menaggio, the most beautiful location in the world, overlooking Lake Como and the mountains - or to St Tropez. Both are easy to get to from London, so they're ideal if you want three or four days away. For a long holiday, I'm a convert to Western Australia . On our last trip, we stayed in East Fremantle , by the harbour, where there is a real buzz, particularly around George Street , which felt like Nantucket or the Hamptons: quaint, upmarket, with great little shops and incredible restaurants. As a foodie, I was blown away by Western Australian cuisine: it's not just the way they cook and the mix of Asian influences, but the quality of the ingredients - especially the seafood. One of my favourite restaurants is Barque (barquerestaurant.com.au), set in a colonial house and serving wonderful Asian cuisine. The staff have a genuine warmth. I also love The Wine Store (thewinestore.com.au), where the wine bar has an impressive list and the food is excellent. At Margaret River, we loved Cape Lodge (capelodge.com.au) in Yallingup , which felt like our own little private property, in beautiful grounds, but with people there in minutes if you needed anything. Everything was of the finest quality: the bedlinen, the towels, the porcelain in the dining room. We didn't want to leave. When we did, we drove, with not another car on the road, along a fantastic stretch of coast to Quay West (mirvachotels.com) in a place called Bunker Bay: it's a contemporary resort on a beautiful beach. If I close my eyes, I can still see it: the delicate rock formations, the varied blues of the sea. Afterwards, we went to a wine estate called Single File (singlefilewines.com), so named because among the vines are ducks that roam around in single file, and another called Matilda's Estate (matildasestate.com), where there's a delightful restaurant called Pepper & Salt , run by the talented chef Silas Masih . One dish he made I will never forget: a mix of raw fish and beetroot and edible flowers. It was just perfect, like nothing else I have ever eaten." louisekennedy.com