Tucked away in a discreet penthouse on Melrose Place is Violet Grey—a studio and inspiration lab where beauty insiders come together to exchange ideas and create and test products. Together with editors Robin Black and Jessica Joffe, cofounders Cassandra Grey and Dany Levy have teamed with experts—in everything from ... More

In 1973, two years after Moët & Chandon merged with Hennessy Cognac, the fabled French winery put down roots in Napa Valley with the establishment of Domaine Chandon. Nearly three decades later, in 2001, LVMH (the parent company of Moët Hennessy) bought Newton Vineyard, a producer of well-received and highly ... More

Las Vegas is a city of strangers, so I wanted to see how strange it could get if I didn’t actually experience the city at all. Thus began a three-day, self-imposed “lockdown” inside the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Resort, the pride of hotelier Steve Wynn. The ... More

When Sophia Friendly opened the door to her killer, she was dressed for dinner. It was October 12, 1978. In Palm Springs, California, a resort-home destination for presidents and entertainers—where Elvis and Priscilla honeymooned, where everyone from Frank Sinatra to Liberace held court—dressing for dinner was the protocol ... More

The sky was gray and gusts of wind had women clutching their straw sunhats, but most of the ship's 450 passengers were too preoccupied clinking glasses to mind the weather. We'd just set sail off the southern coast of Greece on Seabourn Quest—the newest ship from the luxury ... More

Travelers who consider Santiago little more than a place to fly in and out of while en route to more exotic locations would be missing out. Both the capital city and its nearby destinations are worth figuring into your itinerary. Below, how to make the most of your visit to ... More

Avid globetrotter, innovative restaurant owner and daring entrepreneur Ryan Chetiyawardana—known as Mr. Lyan—has just been named the International Bartender of the Year. And the honor is well deserved. At his first bar, London's White Lyan, he concocted an ingenious cocktail menu using his own handcrafted, in-house drinks with absolutely no perishables—which ... More

Imagine a flight that knocks out all coach and first class seating, leaving room only for business class tickets. That's exactly the basis of La Compagnie, which serves daily flights from the Newark, New Jersey airport to London's Luton and Paris' Charles De Gaulle airports. 74 lie-flat seats fill out ... More

From Shakespeare to Sinatra, the moon has found itself playing the unwitting foil in all kinds of human dramas, but next year, it will be getting a much more literal delivery of our emotional baggage. To help fund the first privately financed mission to the moon, Pittsburgh-based logistics company Astrobotic ... More

Lately you can’t shake a stick without hitting a boutique hotel promising Egyptian cotton linens, Kiehl’s products and flat-screen televisions. But there’s more to luxury than a well-appointed suite. That is why the proprietors at a string of new properties are turning their attention to common areas. More