In the gilded atlas of global affluence, 2025’s edition has a familiar hue: American blue. The World’s Wealthiest Cities Report 2025, compiled by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth, reads like a love letter to U.S. dominance—with a generous helping of digital-era optimism and a pinch of geopolitical reality. But beneath the sparkle of … Read more
In the ever-evolving landscape of luxury tequila, two brands have recently made waves in wildly different — yet equally compelling — ways. One chose the spotlight of the Premier League and cultural storytelling; the other quietly racked up more gold than a Roman emperor at a jewelry expo. Let’s start with the bold newcomer playing … Read more
What happens when one of America’s most audacious collectors decides to part with his wine? At Christie’s this June, we find out—and it promises to be nothing short of a Bacchic blockbuster. From June 12–14, Christie’s Wine New York presents The Cellar of William I. Koch: The Great American Collector, a once-in-a-generation auction that reads … Read more
Let’s be honest—Assouline has never been just about books. They’ve been about book moments. Those oversized tomes, immaculately printed and spine-tinglingly tactile, were always meant to do more than inform—they were meant to inhabit. Your coffee table. Your private jet. Your impossibly chic Parisian study. Now, Assouline is doubling down on that fantasy, launching The … Read more
What happens when you blend the boldest voice in modern couture with the rarest liquids in whisky’s sacred vault? Something wildly unexpected—or perhaps, exactly the kind of high-drama indulgence we’ve come to expect from both Johnnie Walker and Olivier Rousteing. Welcome to Couture Expression—a limited-edition, high-concept whisky capsule born from the vaults of heritage and … Read more
It was only a matter of time. The world’s most famously spoiled feline, Choupette Lagerfeld, has officially scratched her way into yet another corner of the luxury universe—this time not a velvet chaise or a couture runway, but a watch ad. Yes, Choupette is now the improbable face of Hublot’s 20th Anniversary Big Bang campaign, … Read more