Category: Art
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How the World’s Wealthiest Are Rewriting the Meaning of Luxury in 2026
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in Art, Automotive, Aviation, Beauty, Business, Cigars & Spirits, Design, DRIVE, ESCAPE, Fashion, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, LUST, Pets, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|Jewelry, YachtsFrom dinosaur bones to private jets, vintage couture to curated high streets — Knight Frank’s landmark 20th Wealth Report takes a long, unflinching look at what truly wealthy people want right now. Spoiler: it’s not what you think. There’s a question that luxury brands, property developers, auction houses, and yacht builders have all been quietly…
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Why Tod’s Group Just Spent 16 Months Pampering a 16th-Century Masterpiece
There is a specific kind of magic that happens when Italian industrial titans decide to play guardian angel to history. This week, the scaffolding finally came down in the heart of Milan, revealing a Palazzo Marino that looks less like a dusty administrative seat and more like the architectural marvel Galeazzo Alessi intended back in…
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Champagne Meets Opera: Perrier‑Jouët Partners with the Met Opera
Two icons of elegance — one Champagne house and one legendary opera stage — have officially joined forces. Here’s everything you need to know about the partnership, and why it matters more than you might think. Imagine this: the house lights dim at Lincoln Center, the orchestra tunes up, and before the first aria fills…
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Sorry Dalí, Roseberry Did It Better: The Surrealist Schiaparelli Show Lands in Knightsbridge
London has officially turned “Shocking Pink.” In a spectacular fusion of Parisian wit and British grandeur, the House of Schiaparelli has descended upon Harrods, transforming the legendary department store into a living, breathing gallery of the avant-garde. This isn’t just a pop-up; it’s a full-scale invasion of the imagination, proving that while Elsa Schiaparelli may…
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The Luxury Dispatch: Your Fortnightly Briefing on the High-End Horizon
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in Art, Automotive, Aviation, Beauty, Design, DRIVE, ESCAPE, Fashion, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, LUST, Real Estate, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|Jewelry, YachtsIf the luxury world had a mood this fortnight, it would be restless elegance. Boardrooms are reshuffling, creative directors are bowing out, iconic brands are chasing new identities, and the markets are sending mixed signals. From a royal Burberry capsule to Porsche’s worst year in over a decade, from Kering’s painful surgery to Dubai’s bulletproof…
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The Haute Couture Suite that thinks like Isabelle Huppert
There are hotel suites that impress, and there are hotel suites that say something. The Haute Couture Suite by Isabelle Huppert, on the sixth floor of the Mandarin Oriental Lutetia in Paris, belongs firmly to the second category — and with its latest additions, it has grown considerably more articulate. This is not a suite…