The art of staying new
At The Mark Hotel, timelessness is not a look. It is a discipline: the ability to remain unmistakably itself while allowing the world to keep moving through it. On the Upper East Side, where New York can still feel composed, The Mark has never confused permanence with stillness. Its identity is built on continuity, but […]
Open Doors
After living across countries and cultures, it was on Harbour Island, in the Bahamas, that India Hicks came to understand the difference between inhabiting a beautiful place and truly feeling at home. The daughter of designer David Hicks, she grew up in a world where interiors, porcelain, textiles, books and rituals around the table were […]
Climates of desire
An orange tree in northern Europe was once a demonstration of power. Owning it was not enough. It had to survive winter, travel in a large wooden box, and inhabit a building capable of preserving the climate it had left behind. Before glass took command of the view, architecture began by trying to save a […]
Objects of Desire
There was a time when a table could reveal almost everything about the evening ahead. The placement of the silverware, the porcelain selected for dinner, the glasses waiting to be filled, even the distance between one setting and the next belonged to a language understood by host and guest alike. Long before anyone sat down, […]
A Hand in the Room
I first understood de Gournay through sensation rather than technique. While working on a story about Le Bristol Paris, I entered one of the hotel’s suites and found my attention drifting beyond the furniture, silks and precisely composed grandeur of the room toward the landscape covering its walls. It seemed to respond to that particular […]
In her own name
In Ilkyaz Özel’s memories, the Turkish Mediterranean comes back in intense sunlight, the scent of jasmine, tobacco, and sunscreen, cicadas in the background, and figs and olives on the table. Around her were women with striking personalities and an unmistakable femininity. One of the earliest was her grandmother, almost regal in presence, who combined dresses, […]
Luxury, lived in
Walking into Laura Gonzalez’s gallery on Franklin Street feels less like entering a conventional showroom than arriving at the home of someone with an unusually cultivated eye. Natural light moves across enameled surfaces, patterned fabrics, wood, ceramic, bronze, and glass. A sculptural lamp sits beside a generous armchair; furniture and art coexist without the rigid […]
The Craft of Looking
Will Strafford, Deputy Chairman and Senior International Specialist in Christie’s European Furniture and Decorative Arts department, spends part of his working life lying on warehouse floors, looking beneath furniture, pulling out drawers, and taking apart ornaments to understand how a piece was made. Far from the auctioneer’s rostrum and the crowded saleroom, this is where […]
Architecture of Restraint
The most difficult problem in a renovation may be ensuring that nobody thinks first about the renovation. At the Frick Collection, where paintings, furniture, and sculpture remain surrounded by the atmosphere of a residence, any conspicuous gesture risked altering the museum’s rarest quality: intimacy. When the institution reopened on Fifth Avenue in April 2025, much […]
The pearl exchange
Some invitations vanish once the party is over; others enter the private archive of a life. I still have the one Cartier sent me in 2016, its embossed illustration of the Fifth Avenue Mansion recalling an evening that marked my early years in New York. After a tour of the restored house, the unmistakable Cartier […]
FALLING for brown
Antonio Marras mixes masculine suiting with feminine bustier and corset details, a contrast Selena Gindi sees as one of the collection’s most compelling ideas. It comes through clearly in the silk-wool bustier dress and returns in masculine high-waisted trousers with large cuffs, paired with short, boxy blazers. Her selection also reflects the richness of the […]
Brazil at the Heart of Naúba’s Formulas
Founded in Paris, the skin and hair care brand develops its products in Brazil, drawing on the country’s biodiversity and a signature scent inspired by memories of Minas Gerais. By Letícia Lima Laurino White flowers, passion fruit, fig, vetiver and palo santo set the scene at the Hotel Marignan Champs-Élysées on the evening of October […]
When a Design Fair Stops Being a Fair
Through studios, homes, and galleries, LA Design Week/end offered a different way to experience design, bringing visitors closer to objects, their makers, and the neighborhoods that shape them. By Letícia Lima Laurino At Ravenhill Studio, long yellow and pink strips hung down in hand-shaped forms. They hung from Waverly Linens’ textile pieces draped over Raina […]
Micromosaics and the Art of Bringing Rome Home
In tiny pieces of glass, Roman artisans recreated monuments, landscapes and paintings. Carried home by Grand Tour travelers, their work found its way into jewelry, interiors and art collections. By Letícia Lima Laurino On a tabletop from 1822, Aurora accompanies Apollo’s chariot. Around the scene, birds, flowers and leaves fill a circular surface. Gioacchino Barberi […]
Carol Toledo’s Evolving Classic Style
With enduring influences and increasingly expressive accessories, the content creator explores new possibilities within her personal style. By Letícia Lima Laurino “I’m taking a few more risks with my looks, without losing that classic foundation,” says Carol Toledo. Her current style brings classic and contemporary elements together, with boho influences and more maximalist choices. Accessories […]
Nas Rocas, Once Again
To reach Nas Rocas, you first have to leave Búzios behind. From Continental Lounge, a short crossing takes you to Ilha Rasa, about 700 meters from the mainland. The city gradually fades from view, the sea takes over the landscape, and a few minutes later, the island appears. Between September 25 and 27, this was […]
Peggy Guggenheim Before the Museum
In Venice, Peggy Guggenheim made her home a place where art and everyday life met. By Letícia Lima Laurino In 1958, Nino Migliori photographd Peggy Guggenheim at her Venetian home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni. The silver headboard created by Alexander Calder was part of her bed, alongside the sheets and the collector’s belongings. Recalling the […]
Painting the World Before It Changed
The British traveler crossed continents to paint plants where they grew, creating a visual archive of nineteenth-century landscapes now held at Kew Gardens. By Letícia Lima Laurino At the Marianne North Gallery in Kew Gardens, the walls disappear beneath hundreds of paintings displayed with barely any space between them. Forests, mountains, temples, rivers, birds among […]
Why Do We Still Want Objects We No Longer Need?
From letter openers to handbags and cases, objects that have lost their place in our daily routines continue to tell stories about how we work, travel, present ourselves, and choose to live. By Letícia Lima Laurino A letter opener rests on a desk. It may remain there for weeks before an envelope arrives. Tearing the […]
PatBO Brings Brasil Esplêndido to NYFW 2026
Patricia Bonaldi draws from nature, landscape design, and Brazil’s artisanal savoir-faire to shape a contemporary vision of the country. By Letícia Lima Laurino Brazilian nature serves as the starting point for PatBO’s latest collection. Presented on September 15 during New York Fashion Week, Brasil Esplêndido marks the brand’s Spring 2027 collection. Under the creative direction […]