London
British design legend Paul Smith's flagship store on the corner of Albemarle and Stafford Streets has been significantly extended and now offers one-off pieces along with men’s and women’s clothing and furniture. Now occupying a...
London
Melbourne cosmetics firm Aesop has opened its sixth London store in Covent Garden; in homage to the area's Italianate piazza, Parisian architects Ciguë chose a floor of engraved green cement and an indoor window box of creeping vegetation that ties...
Melbourne
As anyone who has folded themselves into an aeroplane seat for a flight from Europe or the States to Australia will tell you, it's a bloody long way away. Not the ideal place to live if you like European and American fashion brands and prefer to...
Berlin
NO WÓDKA is a showcase of Polish art and design that aims to break through some stereotypes about the country, starting with the name. Don't let the lack of booze put you off though, as the Berlin pop-up concept store has got plenty of other...
Hamburg
Memo to all metrosexuals of Hamburg. We understand shopping for manbags can be a bit tiring - finding the perfect satchel isn't a process to be rushed, and checking your angles in front of the mirror with all those torso twists can really take it...
Manchester
Now don't get us wrong, we're sure your house is quite lovely. The kind of house that draws compliments and gasps of admiration from all who visit. A “well smart gaff”. But be honest, is it really as lovely as it could be? Couldn't it be just...
Los Angeles
You know how it is when you want to go shopping for a new handbag or a bit of art but you can't face the prospect of elbowing through a crowd of plebs, so you have to send your head of security into the boutique first to clear everyone out and give...
Madrid
It's all about relationships at Mama Campo, an unusual restaurant-store combo in Madrid which prides itself on the provenance of its ingredients. When they say the eggs come from their supplier Mikel's “happy hens”, you believe it, likewise the...
Antwerp
The exterior of Graanmarkt 13 is so fresh, white and deliciously clean it makes me want to lick it. Is that weird? It sounds a bit weird when I say it out loud. Let's gloss over it. The lovely old house is in Antwerp, Belgium, and it's a house in...
Beirut
In a city as vibrant, multifaceted and hectic as Beirut, it’s important to sneak in moments of solitude where you can, mainly to prevent your over-stimulated mind from imploding. That’s why when we were tipped off about local cafe-cum-bookshop...
Berlin
"It don't matter if you're black or white" sang our favourite disgraced pop weirdo in his 1991 ditty, seems Wacko would've approved with whatever you put on the plastic at sleek Kreuzberg fashion outlet SIMON&ME. Mix it up, and Karl Lagerfeld would...
New York City
There’s so much to love about French menswear label Études it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact ingredient that makes their collections so killer. Their work wear-inspired, androgynous cuts make anyone look good, man/woman, shaped like an...
City Notes
Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
City Notes
The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
City Notes
TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
City Notes
Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
Dispatches
You're looking at kratom gummies online or in a store, and they all claim to be high quality. Premium ingredients, potent extract, laboratory tested, maximum strength. Everyone says their gummies are the best. How do you actually separate quality...
Dispatches
Human hair extensions have quietly become one of the defining materials of contemporary self-presentation. Once confined to salon makeovers and celebrity transformations, they now sit at the intersection of personal branding, performance, and...
Dispatches
In most modern history, all these years, “doing more” usually meant “hiring more”. Growth was believed to be directly proportional to headcount because the work was manual. More customers created more tickets (issues), more orders created...
Dispatches
The story of how a billion-dollar casino hotel that reinvents itself while guests sleep, and why precision documentation is the invisible foundation of every great renovation. At 3am on a Tuesday, while high rollers chase fortunes on the casino...