Search results for: “crystal”
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Cabinets of Curiosity: A Lit-Up Bar and a €30,000 Trumeau
Two luxury Italian houses, two cabinets, one trick. In both, the pleasure comes at the moment of opening the door. Poltrona Frau is the Italian leather-and-furniture house founded in Turin in 1912 by Renzo Frau, famous for its full-grain Pelle Frau leather. Its Fidelio drinks cabinet, designed by the Pisa-born architect and designer Roberto Lazzeroni,…
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La Mer Teaches Its Serum to Think: The Concentrate and the Age of Skin Intelligence
The serum is smarter now, according to the luxury brand. The vocabulary, at least, has certainly been upgraded. Luxury skincare has run out of simple adjectives. “Radiant” and “youthful” have been joined by terms that sound like they belong on a lab door. La Mer’s latest launch is a fine specimen. The Launch in Brief…
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Checking In at Hotel Moynat: When the Sticker Becomes the Souvenir
A luxury Parisian trunk maker has turned the humble hotel label into leather, and Latin pop culture is the concierge. Anyone who has inherited an old suitcase knows the charm of its stickers: faded crests of grand hotels, a ship’s name, a city half remembered. Moynat has looked at that charm and asked a very…
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For the One Who Has Everything: Inside 2026 Fantasy Gifts
Seven invitations to moments money usually can’t schedule, and one very happy list of houses to be part of them. Every autumn, one date in the luxury calendar feels like opening a storybook. This year it is especially bright: Neiman Marcus, the Dallas-born luxury retailer, now part of Exemplar Luxury Group alongside Saks Fifth Avenue…
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When a $40,000 Watch Meets a €385 Price Tag: The Royal Pop Is Breaking Every Rule in Luxury
Pop Art, Pocket Watches & Pure Chaos: The AP x Swatch Drop the Watch World Didn’t See Coming @Audemars Piguet × Swatch ‘Royal PopThe much-debated Audemars Piguet × Swatch ‘Royal Pop’ — A new take on the pocket watch, and why this collaboration makes more sense than anyone wants to admit. There’s a moment in…
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The Best Hotel Isn’t a Hotel — It’s a Private Island Nobody Knew Existed
MSC Group just quietly added a secret Bahamian island to its portfolio. Sandy Cay opens in 2028, and it might be the most compelling argument yet for ditching the lobby entirely. Let’s set the scene quickly, because context matters here. MSC Group is, in the understated language of corporate bios, “the privately-owned world leader in…