Search results for: “art market”
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Louis Vuitton Just Proved Your Grandmother’s Design Instincts Were a Century Ahead
An armchair designed in 1923 for a Parisian couturier just became the star of Design Week. History has excellent taste. While most of the fashion industry spends September obsessing over runway looks, Louis Vuitton quietly opened the doors of a private Paris townhouse to show off something with no hemline, no season, and no model…
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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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$24 Million and No HOA: The Beachfront Deal That Says Everything About Ultra-Wealthy Taste
A house just broke its own sales record for the third time. That’s not a fluke — that’s a strategy. Most homes are lucky to set one record. Mont Blanc, a gulf-front estate on Scenic Highway 30A in Seagrove Beach, Florida, has now done it three times since 2020 — and this time, courtesy of…
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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…
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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…
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A 300-Year-Old Coachbuilder Just Woke Up From a Very Long Nap
Decoding the relaunch of Thrupp & Maberly — and why “no heritage replicas” is the most interesting phrase in the announcement. Every so often a name from the deep archive of British craftsmanship gets dusted off, and the immediate assumption is nostalgia: a retro relaunch, a heritage replica, a museum piece with a price tag.…