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Finally something without AI: Luxury’s Holiday Campaigns of 2026
Every November, the big luxury houses stage the same exercise: persuade us, in ninety seconds or a few photographs, that this is the year gifts matter more than ever. The surprise of 2026 is how many of them have reached for the same props. Pencils, plush animals, grand buildings full of people arriving for a…
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The Queen of Christmas Checks Into Gucci: Butterflies, Crystals and a Very Sparkly Bet
Gucci, the Florentine house now designed by Demna and owned by Kering, has handed its holiday season to the one person whose name has become shorthand for Christmas. Mariah Carey stars in the 2026 Gucci Gift campaign, a short film directed by Harmony Korine, the filmmaker behind Spring Breakers, and set to her own “All…
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Mandarin Oriental Is Collecting Houses (Some of Them Monasteries)
Mandarin Oriental, the Hong Kong hotel group with a fan as its emblem, has been quietly building a collection of private homes it vets, services and rents out as if they were rooms in one of its hotels. This autumn it added another dozen, which takes the Exceptional Homes collection to 44 villas, castles, farmhouses…
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The Vineyard as Destination: What The 50 Best Vineyards Really Rewards
Wine quality gets you through the gate. Architecture, a table, a bed and a story get you on the list. On November 18, in Santiago, a new “best vineyard in the world” will be crowned. The 2026 list is not public yet, so the clearest guide to why vineyards win is the 2025 edition, plus…
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Luxury Homes Lift a Flat US Housing Market
The luxury market has found a way to be simultaneously booming and invisible in the national average. It is the quiet kind of prosperity. The national housing market is nearly flat. The top of it is not. When a national price index moves by a quarter of a percent, it is tempting to call it…
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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…