From Koolhaas to Your House The must-have accessory for today's ambitious fashion designers? A high-profile architect to build their flagship store.
Consuming Passions
Luxury Real Estate 101 It's the hottest trend in the high-end housing market today. But what are fractionals anyway, and how are they changing the way we buy property? Eric Levin explains.
Culture Watch
Drawing Resurfaces A generation of artists has reclaimed the tradition of drawing as its medium—and galleries, museums, and savvy collectors are following close behind.
How To Buy a Masterpiece: Imperial Modern China's Song dynasty ceramics look absolutely contemporary—one reason the rare vessels are currently among the most coveted collectibles in the world.
Dress Code
Clothes Encounters of the Appropriate Kind Other mothers may be happy to dress their kids in trendy getups à la Britney Spears, but not Annemarie Iverson, who searches the world for something different.
Globetrotter Couture In a tiny space in a nondescript New York building, Cathryn Collins houses handpicked treasures from around the world and raises one-stop shopping to an art.
Zoran Packs The designer who inspires a near-cultish devotion in clients dictates the contents of your next suitcase (and divulges his never before published phone number).
Health
Your Own Private Doctor Responding to the frustrations of managed care, a growing number of doctors now offer clients "concierge" service. But does it work? asks Mary Duenwald.
Home Front
Interior Moves A guide to the next generation of interior designers
In Profile
The Fixers Who says you have to decorate your own Christmas tree? A new class of specialists is ready to tackle every task—big, small, and unheard of.
Travel
Tokyo Now Japan's capital is dazzling, frenetic, and undeniably daunting. The secret to a perfect visit, writes Hanya Yanagihara, is to know exactly what to see and where to go.
Valley Girls What happens when a die-hard Brooklynite and her daughter leave the city for the pristine slopes of Sun Valley, Idaho? Tama Janowitz reports.
Trend
The Trend Report 2004 Meet Sally, the Prada key chain with a waiting list, and 30 other bags, bowls, and worldwide phenomena.
Wine & Spirits
Crystal Made Clear The quest for the perfect wineglass has become the oenophile's holy grail. Martin Filler searches out the best of today's top-of-the-line stemware.
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