Liquid Gold, Honest Labels: Tequila’s New Luxury Battlefield

When one tequila house sells you sculpture and the other sells you the truth, which one is the real flex? Two of the biggest names in agave spirits made headlines the same week, and — deliciously — they went in opposite directions. One is selling you art. The other is selling you honesty. Welcome to … Read more

Checkmate Has Never Cost This Much

Decoding Chanel’s world-first Haute Horlogerie chessboard — and why the watch industry is suddenly obsessed with games. Somewhere in a Swiss workshop, a team of artisans spent thousands of hours doing something that, on paper, sounds almost absurdly simple: building a chess set. Except this isn’t the chess set gathering dust in your parents’ living … Read more

Why a Paris courtroom just told the upcycling industry to put down the scissors

Your Grandmother’s Chanel Buttons Just Got a Restraining Order There’s a particular kind of person who spends a Sunday afternoon prying vintage CC buttons off a thrifted tweed jacket, gluing them onto a chain, and calling it “reworked couture.” As of this season, that person has a legal problem. On May 21, 2026, the Paris … Read more

Meet the New Money: Inside the $26 Trillion Question Nobody Asked You

Somewhere between your morning coffee and your inbox, the world quietly minted more ultra-rich people than at almost any point in the last decade. Altrata’s World Ultra Wealth Report 2026 just dropped, and buried under its very serious spreadsheets is a story that reads less like finance and more like a soap opera: self-made fortunes, … Read more

The New Rules of Wealth: What The 2026 Wealth Report Tells Us About the World’s Money — and Where It’s All Going

A deep dive into the landmark 20th edition of The Wealth Report, and why its findings matter to anyone who cares about the future of luxury, property, and private capital. Every year, Knight Frank — one of the world’s most respected independent property consultancies — drops its Wealth Report like a stone into still water, … Read more

How the World’s Wealthiest Are Rewriting the Meaning of Luxury in 2026

From 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 … Read more