Are you a dedicated follower of fashionable travel?

The most fashionable cities in the world? Sorry, you/we don't live there, according to a survey condicted by VeryFirstToCom. on behalf of A2B, a manufacturer of electric bikes. But Australia's biggest city, Sydney (shown above in an MCT photo by Tom Uhlenbrock), did.

Here are the results, according to the press release:

1. Paris

Hotel: Four Seasons George V. Restaurants: Le Meurice Alain Ducasse and Taillevent. Nightlife: Hotel Costes, Silencio. Shopping: Rue St Honoré. Culture: Le Marais.

2. New York

Hotel: Loews Regency. Restaurants: Le Bernardin and Per Se. Nightlife: VIP Room. Shopping: Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, Soho. Culture: Guggenheim, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

3. Milan, Italy

Hotel: Hotel Armani. Restaurant: Dolce & Gabbana Gold. Nightlife: Cavalli Club. Shopping: Quadrilatero d’Oro ("golden quadrilateral").

4.  London

Hotel: Rosewood. Restaurant: Le Gavroche. Nightife: Connaught Bar. Culture: The Tate, Southbank.

5. Barcelona, Spain

Hotel: W. Restaurant: ABaC. Nightlife: Eclipse Bar (W) and Boujis. Culture: Picasso Museum. Shopping: Passeig De Gracià.

6. Rome

Hotel: JK Place. Restaurants: Aroma and Metamorfosi. Nightlife: Bar della Pace, La Cabala.

7. Tokyo

Hotel: Peninsula. Restaurants: Joel Robuchon and Narisawa. Nightlife: New York Bar (Park Hyatt) and Velours. Culture: Ueno Koen, Mori Arts Center.

8. Los Angeles

Hotel: Bel-Air Restaurants: Mr. Chow, Chateau Marmont and Providence. Nightlife: Couture, Teddy’s Skybar. Shopping: Rodeo Drive, West Hollywood.

9. Amsterdam

Hotel: Dylan. Restaurants: Bord'eau and Vinkeles. Nightlife: Freddy's, Supper Club Bungalow 8 and A Bar (Intercontinental).

10. Istanbul

Hotel: Shangri-La, Bosphorus. Restaurants: Zuma and Cipriani. Nightlife: GQ Bar and 360 Bar.

11. Berlin

Hotel: Hotel De Rome. Restaurants: Tim Raue and Les Solistes. Nightlife: The Liberate, Paris Bar and Lang Bar.

12. Sydney

 Hotel: QT. Restaurants Marque and Tetsuyas. Nightlife: Blu Bar. Shop

ping: Surrey Hills & Darlinghurst.

All press release are sent by a firm, organization or cause wanting something. A2B is offering monthlong  package trips to all these, electric bikes included, for $134,000 per person, through the British travel company Colletts Travel (www.collettscollection.com).

Nobody ever said fashion was cheap.

In our area, A2B electric bikes are sold by Charlotte Energy Solutions, whose website  (www.charlotteenergysolutions.com), prices A2B's Ultra Motor model at $2,699.

You could just buy one and take a tour of exotic Stallings.