Coveted concierge secrets revealed in a new book

The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Reveals Coveted Concierge Secrets for New Assouline Book, Certified Indigenous. A new limited edition tome by by ASSOULINE for The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resort shares secret shops, culinary tips and captivating stories that bring to life The Luxury Collection mantra, “Life is a collection of experiences. Let us … Read more

Eatable & floral ZegnArt @ EXPO Milano 2015: Ermenegildo Zegna’s Fabulae Naturae by Lucy + Jorge Orta

On occasion of EXPO MILANO 2015, the Zegna Group presented a new  episode in the ZegnArt Special Project. ZegnArt’s Fabulous Nature: Fabulae Naturae by Lucy + Jorge Orta. In conjunction with EXPO Milano 2015, Ermenegildo Zegna hosted Fabulae Naturae, a new performance by Lucy + Jorge Orta in collaboration with chef Davide Oldani and commissioned … Read more

Rem Koolhaas crafts a spectacular ‘city of art’ for Prada in Milan

A new Roman Polanski film is being shown, Jeff Koons and Donald Judd artworks are strewn about, and Wes Anderson’s designed the kitsch cafe … in a scruffy industrial corner of Milan, Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada have made a dazzling art space, so vast it’s practically a city. Oliver Wainwright is in awe

The truth is never as obvious as what it might appear to be: a revelation for luxury brand through the lens of Gabrielle Chanel

This study is not a biography of Gabrielle Chanel, whose life story everyone has probably read about in different places. Rather, it is an account of how an intuitive brand manager brilliantly wielded the resources at her disposal in line with the social, cultural, ideological,and philosophical norms at that particular time, whether intentionally or not, … Read more

Beyond the bling: the most pointless luxuries ever

A bubble-bath necklace? A DNA vending machine? An unwearable gold hat that took 12 years to weave? Through a collection of priceless, pointless and surprising objects, the V&A’s new exhibition asks: what is luxury?

Cannes 2015: 30 films we’d like to see

The first films for this year’s festival are being announced: ahead of the deluge, here’s a selection of likely titles we predict will be screening