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Nov/Dec-2008
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Diane von Furstenburg: From Florence
Dispatch
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Club Jamaica
The glamour endures at Tryall, coconut plantation turned exclusive retreat, where members commune with colonial ghosts and Monday never comes.
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Black Book
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For Women Only: Sydney
The Alpine Agenda: Vail
Neighborhood Shopping: Sao Paulo
The Style Report: Miami
Art & Design
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The Annotated Apple
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about shopping for Apple
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Culture Watch
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Incredible India!
Paris designer India Mahdavi brings her distinctive brand of high-style whimsy to America.
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The Global Reader
Faces of Photography Now: Eight Under 40
A new generation of talent is pushing forward by looking back.
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Dress Code
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Earthly Delights
Haute joaillerie
is the jewelry world’s haute couture. Elisabeth Franck-Dumas chronicles the making of Van Cleef & Arpels’s latest garden-inspired collection, Les Jardins.
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The $165,000 Question
Designer Dennis Basso talks one conflicted shopper off the fur-lined ledge.
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Pure Formality
No matter how creative black tie gets, certain rules always apply. How daring can a white tuxedo shirt really be?
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Why I Wear What I Wear: Martial Vivot
With the opening of his eponymous men’s-only New York salon, the master barber waxes poetic on the rituals of grooming.
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A Rare Vintage
Was the ring he bought on impulse as special as the love he had waited a lifetime for? Carll Tucker wants the truth.
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Home Front
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Twelve Days of David
On the first day of Christmas...I have sung this holiday classic more times than I care to remember, without much thought to what any of it really meant. Turns out, each lyric is loaded with meaning. For me, the past is merely pro...
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Shake It Up
Cassoulet Style
How to cook that most classic of great dishes, and in what pot? Sylvie Bigar stirs up one of the great debates in French cooking.
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Golf
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The Perfect Putter
David Edel may have revolutionized the most important club in your bag.
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First Person
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Seeking Paris Rental: Must Have Kitchen
For Judith Jones, Paris will always be about the neighborhoods, the markets, and cooking. So when Julia Child’s longtime editor makes her yearly visit to the city, a hotel room will never do.
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Out There
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Baby, It’s Cold
Worldly Goods
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Message in a Bottle
French perfumer Jacques Guerlain created L’Heure Bleue after twilight walks in his garden. Nearly a century later, Jean Nathan finds magic in his bottle.
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The Evolution of the Cadillac
It’s been a while since they were the height of cool. But the new CTSs could change all that.
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Stretching the Euro
When Is a Macaron Really a Macaron?
Peripatetic food writer Charlotte Druckman decides to find that perfect Parisian confection of ground almonds, egg whites, and sugar.
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Wave of the Future
At $34 million, Luciano Benetton’s new yacht is not only one of the world’s most luxurious—it may also be the most eco-efficient.
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The Lights Fantastiques
In a tiny French village, one family creates the most beautiful chandeliers on earth.
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Consuming Passions
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The Trend Report: Social Studies
The Trend Report: An Icon Deconstructed
The Trend Report: Cult Hero | Jayson Woodbridge
With close-to-perfect Robert Parker ratings and up to a five-year waiting list for his Hundred Acre vintages, the maverick vintner of Napa Valley believes good wine is a birthright.
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The Trend Report: Past Perfect
The Trend Report
From diamond-studded earphones and one-of-a-kind black pansies to—yes!—apple pies from Costco, these are the things, people, and places that made us put down the BlackBerry, turn off the iPhone, and say “I want that.
Now
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The Trend Report: Fashionable Stay
The Trend Report: Sign of the Times
The Trend Report: Stocking Stuffer
The Trend Report: Athletic Endeavor
The Trend Report: The Fizz Buzz
The Trend Report: Caviar Emptor
The Trend Report: Cultural Circle
A 360-degree view of the artists, shows, books, and places on our radar this season. And there’s even something for the kiddies.
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The Trend Report: Modes of Transport
The Trend Report: Cheat Sheet
The Trend Report: Superfood
The Trend Report: The Rebirth?
The Trend Report: Game On
The Trend Report: Trivial Pursuits
The Trend Report: Foreign Import
The Trend Report: Flowers
The Trend Report: Public Art
The Trend Report: Thank-you Gift
The Trend Report: The Reservation
The Trend Report: Hot Seat
The Trend Report: Status Symbol
The Trend Report: First-class Postage
The Trend Report: Playing with Time
The Trend Report: High Spirits
Wine & Spirits
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Toujours Gamay
Many of us have encountered Beaujolais in its Nouveau form—and stopped there. But the region also produces some excellent vintages, and its signature grape, Gamay, is now being used to make first-rate wines from the Loire Valley ...
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The Philanthropist
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A Family’s Cause Takes Root
Vintner Garen Staglin explains to writer Aimee Lee Ball how his son’s illness led the family to create a music festival that’s raised more than $80 million for mental health research.
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The Peripatetic Gourmet
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Is This the Best Little Restaurant in Spain?
Chef Pepe Solla takes Galicia’s simple, rustic cooking to the next level.
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Features
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Capital Style
Design team Sills Huniford continues its revamp of the St. Regis. The latest stop? The Presidential Suite in Washington, D.C.
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Letter from the Editor
Updates from editor-in-chief Richard David Story
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Necessary Luxuries
Beth’s Wild Wild West
When collector and philanthropist Beth Rudin DeWoody bought property in West Palm Beach, they called her a pioneer. After they saw what she had done with it, “visionary” seemed more appropriate.
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Verbier on the Verge
Offering some of Europe’s best skiing—and better Backcountry than anywhere in the States—Verbier is no longer quite the secret it once was. Sophy Roberts navigates the ultimate winter resort.
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Eating Small in New York
Across Manhattan, matchbox-size restaurants are reshaping the city’s culinary landscape without pomp or theater. Roving epicure Alan Richman finds that small is the next big delicious thing.
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