Shanghai, Sexy & Chic When designer Han Feng visited the Shile spa in her native city, she found wellness with a brand-new style.
The New Rotary Club Helicopters are the latest must-have accessory. Getting your hands on one is easier said than done, reports Evan McGlinn.
Vinotherapy It started in Bordeaux in the nineties but only recently moved to northern California. Ann Marie Gardner reports on how five savvy Napa Valley resorts turned vineyards into spas.
Where the Wild Boars Are For Italians, boar hunting is an ancient sport that’s rich with tradition and central to their cultural identity. Each autumn and winter, across the woods and hills of Tuscany, they go in search of the legendary cinghiale. This season Michael Hainey joins the hunt.
Consuming Passions
A Royal Retreat at Sea Canyon Ranch on the Queen Mary 2 has given the term “spa cruising” a whole new meaning.
Buy Shirts, Get Shiatsu Hidden away under Anne Fontaine’s flagship store on Paris’s chic Rue St.-Honoré is the latest venture of the white-shirt empress.
Kids Stay in the Picture Nearly four million U.S. teenagers have been to a spa, a stat not lost on a host of luxe properties around the world that now offer special menus and skin-saving solutions for underage aficionados.
Neo-Adonis Rapidly changing cultural mores have influenced the popularity of cosmetic surgery among men.
Up for the Count At a sleek Manhattan studio, boxing becomes a knockout affair.
Culture Watch
Surviving Picasso Three volumes into his opus on the modern art colossus, John Richardson reflects on the work, the women, and his relationship with the mercurial master.
Dispatch
Dispatch: Winvian, CT Just a two-hour drive from New York City is the ultimate in country-spa chic
Dress Code
The Cover-up Through daring color choices and with the help of some very refined Mongolian goats, Denis Colomb perfects the art of the cashmere wrap.
Why I Wear What I Wear: David Biscaye The creative force behind the architectural design firm Biscaye Freres brings the same rigorous modernism to his dress as he does to his work.
Natural Selection A Brazilian-born florist creates a magical kingdom—populated by New Zealand peonies, porcelain plums, and swan-shaped garden seats—in the middle of Manhattan.
Where Old Is Neue Again The Neue Galerie brings to life the modern Werke of Austria and Germany. Its Design Shop lets you bring a piece home with you.
Black Book
A Cook’s Tour of Paris Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, of New York City restaurants Town and Country, visits the French capital several times a year with his wife, Margaret. Together they eat, drink, and shop their way through the always rich and evolving culinary scene. Here they share their four-day itinerary for an ideal—and utterly satiating—adventure in one of their favorite cities. It begins with a Thursday evening flight that arrives in Paris the next morning.
Checking In: Boston Boston believes in honoring its history (sometimes, in fact, slavishly so). Given that, it comes as no surprise that two “new” hotels in the city both have captivating backstories. The just-opened Liberty and the recently christened Taj offer guests distinct—but equally chic—experiences, each celebrating a cherished past in present-day style.
Mastering the Art of the Bagel Reggie Nadelson stops by the Lower East Side institution Russ & Daughters for the best bagels, lox, and cream cheese on planet Earth.
Top Notes Paris correspondent Elisabeth Franck-Dumas speaks one-on-one with Hermès’s parfumeur-in-residence Jean-Claude Ellena, the man behind the Hermèssence fragrance line. Here he talks about his seventh creation, Brin de Réglisse.
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