Category: Gifts
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Roll the Dice: Why Wine, Bourbon and Rimowa Are All Selling You a Game Night
Two-player games, two-figure price tags, and one very expensive dartboard: luxury has re-discovered the table. Hospitality brands have always sold what goes in the glass. This autumn they are selling what sits next to it: a board, a pair of dice, and a reason to put your phone face down. Meet the Boards Silver Oak,…
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Press Pause: Six Reasons Luxury Has Fallen Back in Love with the Analog
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in Art, Beauty, Cigars & Spirits, Design, Fashion, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, LUST, Pets, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|JewelryIn a world that can generate anything in seconds, the rarest luxury is something that cannot be rushed. In our piece on the Rimowa x Faber-Castell case we said luxury loves the analog. Here is the evidence. By “analog” we mean objects that work through hands, materials and mechanisms rather than screens: turntables, pens, film…
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A $3,100 Case for Colored Pencils: Why Rimowa Is Packing Hobbies, Not Just Holidays
The luggage maker that defined the airport has found a new destination: the studio desk. There are luxury items that carry your passport, and now there is one that carries your pencils. It is pencil-shaped nostalgia with a very adult price tag, and it is more strategic than it looks. Rimowa, the German luggage maker…
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This Crystal Decanter Thinks It’s a Laboratory — And Sommeliers Are Obsessed
Turns out the missing ingredient in your $400 Burgundy wasn’t the bottle. It was the thermostat. Every wine lover has been there: you pull the “good bottle” out for a special dinner, forget it’s been sitting in a warm kitchen for two hours, and serve a red that tastes more like jam than terroir. LACARAF…
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Forget the Destination — 2026’s Real Luxury Flex Is the Journey Itself
Forbes Travel Guide just told us where to go. More interestingly, they told us how to get there. For years, the luxury travel flex was simple: name-drop the hotel. The Aman. The Belmond. The Four Seasons. Job done, brunch conversation won. But Forbes Travel Guide’s second annual Edge List just quietly rewired the entire status…
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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…