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She was close enough to touch. Her skin, a rich, purplish black looked soft, almost velvety and as she drifted beneath me, her eyes swivelled back, watching what I was doing. She wasn’t alone. All around me, her companions swam. Some were as wide as a dining table, others even larger. I…
Belle Époque in design yet thoroughly modern in spirit, San Sebastián rose to fame when Queen Isabella II sought the cold Atlantic's cure. The aristocracy followed, and its allure has never faded.
Just because something is really amazing doesn’t mean it’s perfect. But there’s a place in the middle of the Indian Ocean that comes pretty close. The turquoise water is crystal clear, the sand is sugary white and the air is so pure and clean that by the time it makes it across the wate…
Inflation, salaries, property maintenance, upgrades, introducing new curricula, let’s be honest, running an institute of higher education is very expensive. You can turn to tuition fees and alumni associations, revenues from intellectual properties and, if you have a healthcare arm, hos…
Launched seven years ago by French designer Alexandre Matiussi, Ami is suddenly everywhere you look. From Bergdof Goodman to Mr. Porter, on the cover of American GQ – as worn by Stranger Things’ Joe Keery, and on Jay-Z and Beyoncé in between, the French label is spreading like wildfire.…
If redefining what’s cool is the key to success, then Valérie Messika, the founder and creative director of Messika, is certainly on a roll. She first re-wrote the diamond codes just over a decade ago when she launched Move, a collection of fine jewellery featuring diamonds that slid ba…
Tapping into a universal desire for comfortable, worn in and great fitting jeans, Re/Done has come up with a flawless formula. The clincher? They’re recycled. Don’t let the concept fool you, though. These are designer jeans with the price tag to prove it. Sure, they may be made from vin…
Twenty years after Gianni's murder, Donatella staged the tribute to end them all at Milan Fashion Week, summoning the original supermodels and resurrecting his greatest hits before a new generation.
It took more than 50 years of the wrong idea to get it oh-so right. The new rear-engined, two-wheel drive Porsche 911 GT2 RS applies 700 horsepower to the 325-wide Michelins and laughs at the rules, snickers at suspicion and dismisses doubt around the outside of turn 15 at Algarve Inter…
Perched in Beit Mery with soaring views over Beirut and the Mediterranean, Al Bustan commands a national affection far beyond any five-star label. Begun by Emile Bustani, it was completed by his widow Laura in 1963.
The transparent Haute Grandeur Awards, judged solely on paying guests' feedback, gathered in Bangkok to crown the Rosewood Beijing its overall winner. We tour a handful of the platform's most beguiling honourees.
Heesen’s 50-metre Home takes innovation and fuel economy to a whole new level. She is the first fast all-aluminium displacement build that can also be labelled as a hybrid. In fact, Home is the sixth incarnation of Heesen Yachts Fast Displacement Hull Form, but unlike her predecessors, …