Visits: 29 The house’s creative director says the case’s sculpted form has “a kind of complexity in its simplicity.” It was shape that drove the development of the Cut, the women’s wristwatch recently introduced by Hermès. “The transformation and the …
Watch Fair Opens in a Time of Uncertainty
Visits: 22 Brands hope the new models unveiled at Watches and Wonders Geneva will attract buyers despite the tough retail climate. Just what sort of shape is the luxury watch industry in? Globally, the sector has been stuttering as political …
A Maverick Watch Magazine Lends Some Edge to Sotheby’s
Visits: 25 Heist-out, a feisty publication that debuted last year, is working with the auction house on an “underground” sale (scheduled in a wine cellar). Frustration is often the impetus for starting a business, and that’s exactly what produced heist-out, …
The Hunt for a Retirement Keepsake
Visits: 26 On a family trip to Switzerland, Joseph Barreto fell in love with an Omega Constellation. In 2022, several months after Joseph Barreto retired as a high school guidance counselor in East Harlem, he got a keepsake gift: a …
Roberto Cavalli, a Life Out Loud
Visits: 28 Roberto Cavalli, the Italian designer who made a name for himself as the couturier to the rock ‘n roll St. Tropez set and who died this week at age 83, lived as he designed: in his own Wild …
Discovering an Omani Paradise
Visits: 27 Muscat, the capital, offers opulent culture, but it is the mountains and the sea that bedazzle. High in the mountains of Oman and along its pounding shoreline, I stumbled onto an unexpected slice of heaven thanks to a …
Lisbon Museum Houses a René Lalique Collection
Visits: 20 A wealthy businessman’s acquisitions include a gem-studded diadem and large dragonfly brooch. Mention Lisbon and people tend to think of colorful tiles, delicious egg custard tarts and emotional fado songs. But the Portuguese capital also is home to …
Has Fashion Canceled Canceling?
Visits: 30 The recent history of John Galliano, Dolce & Gabbana and even Ye suggests the answer may be yes. ““High & Low: John Galliano,” the feature-length documentary about the former Dior designer’s fall from grace after a drunken antisemitic …
Is Humanity Out of Fashion?
Visits: 34 Designer change at Valentino and Dries Van Noten raises the question. Ever since news broke last week that Pierpaolo Piccioli, the designer of Valentino, was leaving the brand, paeans to his talent have been flowing on both social …
Hotel Stationery Becomes the Canvas for Scenes From the Road
Visits: 29 Michael McGregor uses letterhead to sketch places and things from his life as a traveler. In 2016, Michael McGregor was in his early 30s, living in Mexico City and hanging out with a group of local architects and …