The new 101 Secrets is built around a rather elegant refusal to show off the one thing a watch is supposed to show. Time, kept quietly. Jaeger-LeCoultre has been doing that for nearly a century, and it still does it better than most. We love it because, for once, the bracelet is the point and the watch is the reward.
What connects all of these estates isn't a single architectural language or a wine style. It's a shared conviction: that the place where wine is made and experienced should tell the same story as what ends up in the bottle. At the best ones, the building, the landscape, and the glass feel like three chapters of the same thing.
The Julius Prague is one of those rare hotels that works for everyone without feeling generic. The design crowd will appreciate Matteo Thun's interiors. The food traveller will find a kitchen that earns its reputation. Anyone staying longer than a few nights will be grateful for the apartment-style rooms, which make a real difference once you stop performing “hotel guest” and start actually settling in.
Conceived to meet the demands of contemporary watchmaking enthusiasts, Glashütte Original combines innovation with a quest for functional and aesthetic perfection. Let’s take a look to tell if they succeeded.
When the invitation arrived to visit the home of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars at Goodwood and be among the first to see the new Spectre Series II, we knew the trip would be special. What we did not expect was everything that came with it.
According to designer Francesca Lanzavecchia, who has worked with major brands like Zanotta and Hérmes, design doesn’t only improve lives, it saves them. Read our interview with her to learn more about her career and her values, including her stance on “designing for all”.
Milan is another city that we heartily recommend visiting at least once in a lifetime: the art, fashion and buildings are to die for, and the hotels, restaurants and bars complete the offer. If you are planning a trip, have a look at our selection of the best hotels in Milan.
The clamour for eco-friendly, sustainable materials is reaching an all-time high, and at the forefront of this movement is an innovative Mexican textile enterprise ready to disrupt the fashion industry. Immerse yourself in the inspiring tale of Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cazarez, the trailblazing geniuses behind Desserto.
Led by Mike Veale, the Global Conservation Force runs one of the most demanding ranger training programmes in the world. Four spots per year are open to non-Africans. I applied. I wasn’t sure I would make it.
Lardini’s story starts in 1978 in Filottrano, a small town near Ancona. Luigi, Andrea, and Lorena Lardini were barely out of their teens when they took over their father’s tailoring business and, step by step, shaped it into something of their own. It was a moment when Italian fashion was gaining global momentum, but their route didn’t begin on a catwalk. It began in the workroom.
Zimmermann is bigger now, more professional, more global. And yet the clothes never feel anonymous. Every dress still carries something of that Sydney garage within it, the pleasure of making things yourself, the view out toward the Pacific. Perhaps that's undoubtedly where the secret lies. Zimmermann doesn't design passing trends. It designs timeless summers, always new, always different, and always unmistakably itself.
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