Luxury

Occupying a street within Milan’s most fashionable neighbourhood, the Four Seasons Hotel Milano is a comfortable, secret sanctuary with its discreet elegant entrance on Via Gesù, a mere 6 minute walk to the fashion capital’s lauded Paper Moon fine dining venue and 10 minutes away from Milan’s famed Duomo luxury boutiques and the awe-inspiring Duomo cathedral.

Image: Guillaume Plisson Lürssen has announced that it will display the 115m Ahpo at this year’s Monaco Yacht Show, where it’s expected to be the largest vessel on display. Featuring exterior and interior design by Italian studio Nuvolari Lenard, the former Project Enzo has an overall length of 115.1m (377ft 6in) and a beam of 18.3m (60ft).

Image: Maison Margiela For the last three centuries, high heels have been widely regarded as a women’s style. Seen everywhere from runways to daily work attire, adding a few inches to a woman’s height is often considered the key to tying an ensemble together. They’re beloved for their leg-lengthening effects, high-fashion implications and general elegance.

Image: Cadan Photography Understanding the relationship between past and present is fundamental to offering the many different experiences that architecture can provide. When trying to create a space that reflects the needs of today, ORA studio’s Giusi Mastro is able to draw the language of classicism to compose a design that merges timelessness, functionality and

Image: Yacht Harbour Wally has unveiled the new wallywind series of sailing boats, which range from 110ft to 150ft and “aim to completely redefine the possibilities for owners interested in blistering performance allied to long-range cruising comfort”, according to the Ferretti Group yard. Wallywind110 racing. Image: Wally Building has begun on the first unit of

Image: Glossier When beauty company Glossier launched in 2014, it was entirely new, both in its messaging — “be you, just dewier” — and its exclusively online sales strategy, which at the time was an unconventional way to sell beauty. The vertical business strategy, also known as the direct-to-consumer (DTC) approach allows brands to sell

Whether it’s respecting the architectural details of an old home or giving new life to a building, here are two spacious abodes that have undergone a significant metamorphosis for a modern comeback. We look at some modern architectural transformations for homes in Singapore. The Brutalist architecture of this bungalow designed by Czarl Architects. Image: Bai

Image: Bang & Olufsen It’s Friday night and you’re relaxing in the comforts of your own home after a long day. You turn on the speaker to listen to the track that always has the power to move you and just like that, your evening has been transformed. The right music can instantly elevate your

Image: Benetti Yachts Benetti has shared details and photos of the 65m Zazou, whose owner’s sporty lifestyle has been reflected in a spectacular 36m-long, 200sqm sun deck devoted to relaxing, entertaining, socialising — and sport. Sun Deck. Image: Benetti Yachts The sun deck includes a counter-current swimming pool in the bow and a gym area fitted

Image: Bell & Ross If you had to define Bell & Ross watches in a few words, it would be cool tool watches. The new BR 05 Artline challenges this long-dominant view of Bell & Ross, while furthering the promise of the BR 05, which leans heavily on bringing urban architecture to the wrist. We

We look at burgeoning young designers who are making their foray into the international furniture scene. Here are some of them and their intriguing creations. These young designers are part of 16 new talents from the SuperSalone fair of 2021 — The Lost Graduation Show to show at this year’s SuperSalone fair. With the emphasis

Students from the USA and other countries dream of excellent education. We will show you the top 10 schools and universities which might be called the most luxurious colleges in the world. There only the selected few can upgrade the bachelor title to something more tangible, and try an expensive program to boost their careers.

Lucy is the newest hull from the Tecnomar Evo 120 series. With its clients now including Conor McGregor, Tecnomar has been fighting hard in recent years to be front of mind when it comes to fast, sleek and stylish motor yachts. It has been working. The Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 — inspired by the Lamborghini

Image: Alex Webb, Magnum Photos for Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. The connection between fashion and photography is one of the most documented. Clothes and images have been a conduit for self-expression and each aims to tell a story. For Saint Laurent’s seventh instalment of its SELF project, creative director Anthony Vaccarello invited a group

The onlooker’s gaze is at the heart of every tourbillon timepiece. French for “whirlwind”, because it literally spins on itself, the twirling mechanism provides a true spectacle that is at once sensorial, aesthetic and always gratifying. But there are those whose eyes are bigger than their appetites. For these visual hedonists, Chanel ups the showiness

Cambodian property market. Image: B2B Realty Cambodia was the only country in Asia that skipped the Financial Crisis in the 1990s. It also avoided the tech bubble of the early 2000s and even ducked the 2008 Financial Crisis. So why is this country so lucky? It’s because the country is a frontier market and is

Image: Gucci Though not obvious, fine dining and luxury fashion are parallel industries with a lot in common. They share everything from seasonality and trendiness, to reinvention and exclusivity. It only makes sense for the two industries to collide; revolutionising what it means to shop and eat. Luxury fashion has always been far more than

Pershing has revealed more details of its upcoming GTX116, the first model in a new range that “stakes a claim to represent the future of the sport utility yacht category”. The model is the result of collaboration between the design firm headed by Fulvio De Simoni, the Ferretti Group’s Strategic Product Committee led by Piero Ferrari

Wars, famines and civil unrest are some of the reasons why people are displaced from their motherland and take refuge in other countries. To honour the sacrifices of refugees around the globe, the United Nations has designated 20 June as World Refugee Day. More than just a stark reminder of the atrocities these people face,

Image: Jasper Yu Overlooking the city skylines, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands Singapore plays host to high-end luxury retail shoppes, fashion giant Dior included. After a sweeping revamp, the ravishing space at Dior echoes the house’s eternalised elegance and timeless modernity. Image: Jasper Yu Image: Jasper Yu Image: Jasper Yu Image: Jasper Yu Nestled

Discover many furniture and decor creations. FIND — Design Fair Asia. At the upcoming FIND — Design Fair Asia taking place from 22 to 24 September 2022, part of the attraction is about the new and emerging young Asian talents showcasing their works at the first edition of EMERGE @ FIND. Suzy Annetta, the founding

Image: Mezcal Machetazo Your background is in chemical engineering. How were you first introduced to mezcal? Mezcal is something I have always been familiar with. It was ever-present in my rural town upbringing. I grew up in Guerrero, which is one of the states in Mexico that produces mezcal. My memories of mezcal are associated

Carmen Lau, Senior Advisor, Camper & Nicholsons. A little over two years ago, going from a meeting in Hong Kong to a shipyard in Italy with a stop-off at Camper & Nicholsons’ London office could be organised on your phone in the taxi on the way to the airport. Back then, business travellers used to

Ongoing from now to 8 July, artist BODHI (Ho Chung Kwang) is staging an exhibition with Singapore’s Gallery 1819 as part of its showcase called, “Sonata Allegro”. Artworks from his Astrochemistry Series will be on display and it aims to feature BODHI’s interests in EDM. Using psychoacoustic methods where different moods and themes from a

Image: Miu Miu The sun shone down in Saint-Tropez as luxury fashion brand, Miu Miu, takes over for the launch of their faux Tennis Club on the 16th of July. The one-day event showcased sets from their Fall Winter 2022 collection and acts as a day for friends of the house to indulge in Miu’s

The best furniture brands are those that specialise in one key material or expertise. Here are five brands that showcase their artisanal craftsmanship and devote millions of dollars to research and development. When it comes to the best of the best, these furniture brands are the ones to note. Arflex Marenco sofa designed by Mario

Image: One&Only Desaru Coast One of the joys of living in Singapore is its close proximity to multiple countries in Southeast Asia. From hopping on a quick flight to Bangkok, Thailand, to a short drive up to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, there are several ways to satisfy that sudden urge to wanderlust. While these two modes

Image: Azimut Azimut has shared photos and details of its new Magellano 66, which debuted at this year’s Venice Boat Show and features in-house exterior and interior design along with a double-chine Dual Mode hull developed with P.L.A.N.A. (Pierluigi Ausonio Naval Architecture). The Magellano 66 follows this year’s launch of the series-flagship 30 Metri, the

Image: Norhendra Ruslan You are one of Singapore’s most iconic jazz musicians. Tell us about your first steps as a musician. I started learning Classical piano since I was six years old in 1966. I started to get interested in jazz when I turned 14 in 1974. My dad was a Mobil oil executive but

Image: Hermès In his aptly named poem “The Voyage”, Charles Baudelaire wrote that “For the child, in love with maps and prints, the universe has the measure of his vast appetite.” Indeed, worldtimers have the uncanny ability to inspire an insatiable wanderlust. Just look at them. Highly sophisticated and sought-after, their distinctive ring of cities