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  • This New 125-Foot Superyacht Is Small in Size but Big on Luxury

    This New 125-Foot Superyacht Is Small in Size but Big on Luxury

    «Principessa Capricciosa» is the first Atlantique 38 to leave Columbus Yachts. «Principessa Capricciosa» is the first Atlantique 38 to leave Columbus Yachts.

  • The Best Shopping in Paris: Fashion, Food, and Everything In Between

    The Best Shopping in Paris: Fashion, Food, and Everything In Between

    Whether you’re hunting for a Chanel handbag, the perfect vintage find, or enough cheese to test your luggage allowance, experts reckon these are the best places to shop in Paris.  As the birthplace of haute couture, the French capital is home to an unrivaled mix of luxury fashion houses and independent boutiques. Iconic names including…

  • What Makes a Luxury Hotel Bed So Good?

    What Makes a Luxury Hotel Bed So Good?

    An expert reveals the secrets to five-star hotel sleep.  Conventional wisdom has it that nobody sleeps particularly well in hotels. The pillow is too soft, the room too warm, the curtains never quite meet in the middle, and there’s always an overenthusiastic air-conditioning system determined to remind you it’s there (cue: a serious case of…

  • Can Billionaire Collections Keep the Art Market Alive? 

    Can Billionaire Collections Keep the Art Market Alive? 

    Record-breaking auction sales have revived the art market, but one-off sales are driving much of the growth. What happens when heirs choose not to sell?  It’s been a hot, joyous (well, maybe not if you’re Argentinian) start to the summer. Even the art market has found reasons to be optimistic.  Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips recorded…

  • Michael Jordan’s Former Agent Just Listed His Oceanfront Kiawah Island Retreat for $25 Million

    Michael Jordan’s Former Agent Just Listed His Oceanfront Kiawah Island Retreat for $25 Million

    David Falk’s maritime-themed home in South Carolina comes with a lighthouse-inspired central column and an inlaid marble compass. David Falk’s maritime-themed home in South Carolina comes with a lighthouse-inspired central column and an inlaid marble compass.

  • This $65 Million San Francisco Compound Was Built on the Site of an Old Elementary School

    This $65 Million San Francisco Compound Was Built on the Site of an Old Elementary School

    Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson built their multi-structure Pacific Heights estate on the site of a former elementary school.  Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson built their multi-structure Pacific Heights estate on the site of a former elementary school. 

  • Road Test: This New Lotus Emira Is Both the Calm and the Storm

    Road Test: This New Lotus Emira Is Both the Calm and the Storm

    We drove the Lotus Emira 420 Sport on the marque’s home testing grounds and found it an intriguing alternative to the Porsche 911 Carrera. We drove the Lotus Emira 420 Sport on the marque’s home testing grounds and found it an intriguing alternative to the Porsche 911 Carrera.

  • Meet the Designer Turning Offshore Supply Vessels Into Luxe Expedition Yachts

    Meet the Designer Turning Offshore Supply Vessels Into Luxe Expedition Yachts

    Stefano Pastrovich is giving Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) new lives as private explorers. Stefano Pastrovich is giving Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) new lives as private explorers.

  • Will the New Range Rover GT Land with Car Enthusiasts?

    Will the New Range Rover GT Land with Car Enthusiasts?

    The Range Rover GT is the most technologically sophisticated model ever created.  Following recent electric launches from Ferrari with the Luce and Rolls-Royce with the Spectre Series II, Range Rover has unveiled the GT – the brand’s first all-electric coupe. Built in the UK, the GT is the fifth model to join the Range Rover…

  • Tate Modern Serves Up Frida Kahlo In A New Exhibition-Cum-Dining Experience 

    Tate Modern Serves Up Frida Kahlo In A New Exhibition-Cum-Dining Experience 

    Tate Modern’s record-breaking exhibition and restaurant KOL have joined forces to offer their own interpretation of Frida Kahlo.  «Everyone grew up hearing about the love story between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera,» chef Santiago Lastra tells the room full of diners in the upstairs restaurant of London’s Tate Modern museum, who have just emerged from…