Mindfulness in the largest private garden in Amsterdam: Wellbeing is the new wellness

  Headspace x Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam In our busy lives, dominated by a permanent stream of stimuli, the possibility to escape for a moment is a luxury in itself. Research shows that people in higher income categories spend time, money and energy on their well-being and mindfulness. Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam is partnering with Headspace app, … Read more

How Zegna turned its founder’s intimate world into bottles of liquid memory

Zegna, the Italian luxury menswear house known for its exceptional fabrics and understated tailoring, has just launched its first major fragrance collection in years — and it is not what you might expect from a high-end menswear house. Memorie is a set of six eaux de parfum, each one built around a specific moment, place, … Read more

The Haute Couture Suite that thinks like Isabelle Huppert

There are hotel suites that impress, and there are hotel suites that say something. The Haute Couture Suite by Isabelle Huppert, on the sixth floor of the Mandarin Oriental Lutetia in Paris, belongs firmly to the second category — and with its latest additions, it has grown considerably more articulate. This is not a suite … Read more

The Butler Did It: St. Regis Finally Arrives in New Zealand — and Queenstown Will Never Be the Same

The world’s most storied luxury brand just signed its name on the Southern Alps. Here’s why the wait was worth it. **The news:** Marriott International has signed an agreement with PHC Queenstown Limited to bring St. Regis Hotels & Resorts to New Zealand for the first time. The property — a new-build, 145-room luxury hotel … Read more

Horology’s Cold Shower: The 2026 Wrist Dispatch

The Wrist Dispatch: Watches & Wonders 2026-LVMH-Richemont-The Independents-The Reckoning There is a peculiar ritual that plays out in April in Geneva at Watches & Wonders 2026. Men in navy blazers and women in silk scarves gather under the vaulted glass of Palexpo to collectively agree that mechanical watchmaking is, once again, having its greatest moment. … Read more