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Nov/Dec-2011
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World's Most Thrilling Drives
Sometimes it’s all about the journey rather than the destination, particularly if you’re taking the trip in a luxurious automobile.
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Black Book
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Perfect Winter Vacations
Whether your winter vacation involves mountains or beaches, our guide will prepare you for the season.
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Charleston: An Insider’s Tour
A look at Charleston, South Carolina’s red-hot restaurants, boutiques and historic sites.
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Florence’s New Hot Spots
Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance has a new forward-looking state of mind. Here are the latest places to eat, stay and shop.
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A Wine Tour of Chile
The wineries, vintages, inns and restaurants that matter now in the nation’s prime valleys.
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Houston’s Top Shops
Texas tastemakers reveal the best shops in Houston.
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Lisbon’s Neighborhood for Nightlife
In Portugal’s capital, Príncipe Real is the place to be at night.
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What $500 Buys in Budapest
Budapest is known as the city of spas, and there’s perhaps no better time to visit its abundant steam baths than during the chilly winter months. In December, the famous Budapest Christmas Fair takes over Vörösmarty Square and is ...
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What $500 Buys in St. Barths
For a hotter scene, literally and figuratively, the chic island paradise of St. Barths is just entering its peak season. The main town of Gustavia is ready for another buzzy winter with new restaurants and lounges along its waterf...
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What $500 Buys in New Orleans
New Orleans continues to prove it is more than Mardi Gras and jazz, and this year it makes its mark as an art destination with its second art biennial, Prospect.2. With exhibits all around the city, it’s the largest biennial of in...
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Two New Bahamas Golf Courses
Most Caribbean settings are either too flat or too steep for building great golf courses. In the Out Islands, a pair of exclusive new golf clubs prove the exception.
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Art & Design
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Top New Coffee-Table Books
Curate your coffee table with this year’s top art book titles.
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Best Restaurant Art Collections
Eateries where brilliant art rivals outstanding food for the diner’s focus.
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Deconstructing Gary Cooper's Style
A new photo book explores how the screen legend lives on as a fashion icon.
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Shopping the Fall Art Auctions
The season’s blockbuster art sales are about to begin. A short list to navigating the sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips de Pury.
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Patrick Perrin’s Art and Commerce
Building on successes in Paris and London, gallerist Patrick Perrin brings his Pavillon des Arts et du Design to the States.
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Framer of Reference
When the fully restored American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens, framer Eli Wilner’s most high-profile project yet will be unveiled.
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Culture Watch
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London's Top Tastemakers
Behind the new boom-boom energy of London, these quiet revolutionaires are making names for themselves.
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The World of Assouline
Luxury publishers Martine and Prosper Assouline are curators of lifestyle, one page at a time.
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The Metropolitan Opera’s
Enchanted Island
The new production is a fractured fairy tale of centuries-old music and Shakespearean storytelling.
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Cultural Highlights: Fall 2011
Music, movies, dance and Meryl Streep on stage.
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Food
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World's Top Steaks
Gone is the era of the 45-day Porterhouse. From Rio to Austin and Buenos Aires to Paris, now restaurants are focusing on the life story of the cow.
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The Best Sicilian Desserts
In search of a mythical cake he once read about, the author crisscrosses the island of Sicily, tasting all manner of cannoli, biscotti, marzipan and more.
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San Sebastián: Basque Cuisine’s Hot Spot
Though El Bulli is closed, New Basque cuisine is as alive as ever in San Sebastián.
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Health
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Mary Ann Browning's Stay Fit Travel Kit
Stay healthy on the road with these fitness and health tips from a top New York personal trainer.
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Home Front
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Modern Wooden Furniture
Chairs, tables, totems and more.
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Hermès’s Second Life
With petit h, Hermès isn’t just thinking outside the orange box—it’s completely reimagining it.
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Chic Party Trays
Back in the day, entertaining on trays was de rigueur. Let’s bring it back!
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Technology & Gadgets
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Tesla Roadster Versus Fisker Karma
The electric Tesla Roadster was the car of choice for ecofriendly tech barons and Hollywood types. Until the hybrid Fisker Karma came along.
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The
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Modern Glossary November 2011
Words that define us now.
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Style
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Vintage Jewelry Shopping in Los Angeles
Diamonds may be forever, but among Los Angeles’s vintage fashion circles, the most coveted jewelry comes in bold Lucite, rhinestones, glass beads and enamel.
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How Gucci Got Its Groove Back
Few gave Gucci a fighting chance when Tom Ford left in 2004. But out of the ashes rose creative director Frida Giannini, who has silenced the naysayers by striking a balance between flashy extravagance and understated elegance.
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Giorgio Armani’s Jewelry
The designer has mastered fashion, home and even hotels. Now, Giorgio Armani is determined to do the same with jewelry.
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Max Mara’s Secret Weapon
Nicola Maramotti is the public and private face of the fashion house.
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The New Brooks Brothers Suit
A menswear classic takes a new path—the straight and narrow.
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Antique-Looking Modern Watches
Swiss Watchmaker Parmigiani Fleurier keeps up with the giants of Geneva with serious horology and a nod to fantastical antique timepieces.
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Pomellato’s Gold Classics
The jewelry company, which has long been a favorite of the European beau monde, is bringing everyday elegance to Los Angeles.
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Vicuña: The World’s Rarest Fabric
Kiton might just have the planet’s last bolt of creamy white vicuña.
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Diamond Jewelry as Art
As the evenings get longer, glittering white diamonds and pearls glow brighter than ever.
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Luxury Weekender Bags
Is there a Tom Ford in Your Future? Or a Prada, Louis Vuitton or another perfect bag? Decide for yourself, intrepid traveler…
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Luxury Clutch Purses
The clutch defines a new evening standard.
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Travel
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Top Fashion Designer Hotels and Suites
Fashion legends are putting their signatures on design-focused suites and hotels around the world.
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Hard-to-Find Travel Destinations
If you can locate them, unmarked buildings, abandoned railway tunnels and secret holes-in-the-wall often yield the most memorable travel experiences.
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Worldly Goods
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Great New Shopping Sites
An emerging trend in high-end e-tailing: forgoing mass in favor of handpicked, curated collections from all corners of the globe. These web entrepreneurs are leading the charge.
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Sport
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Rafael Nadal Gets a Haircut
For the past three years, Rafael Nadal has been a fixture at the U.S. Open finals—and at the salon of celebrity stylist Julien Farel. We sit center court to see how Farel gives the athlete his look.
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Wine & Spirits
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Cocktails for 2012
Ring in the New Year with these holiday drink recipes from top mixologists.
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Features
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Editor’s Letter | November/December 2011
Necessary Luxury
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Carolina Herrera’s Necessary Luxury
You Tell Us
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Letters Page | November/December 2011
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