Trig suits for dapper chappies
Seize Sur Vingt, Paul Stuart, Thom Browne, Barker Black – it’s a roll call of essential style addresses for the modern (and in the money) dandy. Well, we were trembling with excitement in our hand-stitched wingtips when we heard that Kirk Miller, who’d earned his stripes at the above mentioned establishments, has gone out on his own with Miller’s Oath tailor and menswear in downtown New York, inspired by and a tribute to Kirk’s great granddad’s store in South Dakota.
Lust and beauty from Adriano Zumbo
It’s that time of year again – carnations and baby’s breath, silver balloons and greeting cards, hearts won and hopes dashed. There’s no avoiding Valentine’s day, unless possibly you’re in Myanmar, or North Korea, but there’s no need to make it cheesier than a Roquefort cave. Here’s a quick whip round the world for luxe ways to give and celebrate that won’t always break the bank, but are a darn good bet for bedroom Olympics. Mwaah!
This article was first published by The New York Times T Magazine Blog ‘The Moment’.
Become a merry old soul at the King Cole Bar in New York
One of the many jobs charged unto the staff and city resident LUXE editors is to search out the perfect pre-prandial perch to enjoy this liquid divinity in each city that we cover. New York, the home of The Beautiful Drink, is chokka-blocked with great places – personally we are fond of the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis despite being more famed for its Bloody Mary, we love it for its dark atmos and quiet, but upbeat murmuring. But let’s not forget Death & Co and the always excellent Pegu Club or Milk & Honey. But where else around the world should you partake? Here’s a whizzbang round-up of a few other personal faves around the globe…
Cosy and quirky at Crosby St Hotel
The opening of the Crosby Street Hotel in the coolest part of Soho reaffirms what clued-in New Yorkers already knew, there’s the completely commercial open air mall that most of Soho has become, and then there’s Crosby St, lined with the area’s best independent stores and concentration of gorgeousity, seemingly separated by Broadway from the Starbucks and SUV crowd.
Mmmmmacarons from Pierre Hermé
Pink and yellow and green and blue, orange and purple and green, you can sing a macaron all you like but nothing beats pressing them against your lips and savouring every last crumb of the sweet little suckers. Here’s our pick of five pâtisseries around the globe that are giving us the most amazing sugar highs right now. Oh-oh-oooh!
Stained glass depiction of Saint Anthony getting in a pickle
We adore Central Park, but sometimes, it’s just too big, too busy and a tad too touristy. So where can you get away from it all, without actually having to leave Manhattan? Thank your lucky stars there’s an off-the-beaten track, truly spesh destination at the northern tip of the island, home to The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park, a branch of The Met museum dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, set within a park with magnificent Hudson River views, especially come sunset.
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