The internet loves a list—and with it, year-end bests and gift guides and all the merry rest. You understand. Lately I found myself rooting around for another means of categorization, one that dials down the fervor but still retains the punch. Color came to the fore, by way of the […]
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The Best Last-Minute Luxury Gifts from Amazon for Everyone on Your List
The search for the best luxury gifts of the season is on. For those who have yet to admit it, the holiday season is officially upon us. It’s time to get a real jump on that shopping and find the perfect gift—fast. Thanks to the robust offerings on Amazon Luxury […]
Aurora James on the Fifteen Percent Pledge’s First-Ever Holiday Pop-Up Shop, Right on Cue for Black Friday
In any other year, Aurora James would have already made a dent in her gift list. “Historically, I’ve shopped very early. As in, now I would start, or maybe even last month,” James says by phone from Los Angeles. Such is to be expected from a woman—Woman of the Year, […]
The Best Gifts for Sports Enthusiasts
Everything one needs to look chic in action, whether skiing the Swiss Alps, playing a round of golf, or chasing the perfect wave.
Laila Gohar Brings Her Subversive Sense of Beauty to a New Byredo Collaboration
White lace curtains, relics from Greece, hang in the storefront windows of Laila Gohar’s Lower East Side studio, as much a means of privacy as they are an understated calling card. Such old-world materials are a signature for the Cairo-born New Yorker, whose finely tuned food installations bring an off-kilter […]
18 Best Beauty & Makeup Advent Calendars in 2022: Diptyque, Net-a-Porter, Susanne Kaufmann & More
Why do the best beauty advent calendars make the internet swoon? One reason is the day-by-day reveal, with all the meted-out suspense of a durational unboxing video. Another is the elevated detailing at dollhouse proportions—perhaps what Julie Andrews’s Maria von Trapp, for all her love of humble wrapping, might have […]