East coast ski season started with a bang at the Stifel Killington Cup in Killington, Vermont, which over Thanksgiving weekend hosted the world’s best ski racers vying to upset world champ Mikaela Shiffrin. Spoiler alert: They didn’t. At 30, Shiffrin is still the world’s best ... More

Diptyque Paris has opened a new flagship on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. “With this transformation, we bring Diptyque’s brand journey to life, and confirm our commitment to providing exceptional client experiences,” says the brand's CEO Fabienne Mauny. “We’ve enhanced the beauty ... More

There are some hotels so comfortable and cozy that you just want to leave everything behind and move right in. The 44-room Milestone, opposite Kensington Palace and Gardens, is one of those places. The hotel itself resides in a landmark Grade II-listed Victorian building dating back to 1883. ... More

Chef Andrew Carmellini (The Dutch, Locanda Verde and Lafayette, to name a few) has opened a new Italian and French restaurant, Café Carmellini, in NoMad inside the new Fifth Avenue Hotel. Dish highlights include lobster cannelloni, osetra and red snapper meunière, rabbit cacciatore and duck ... More

Owned and operated by Harwood International, the Dallas-based real estate firm, Hôtel Swexan has opened in the Harwood District. Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the property features 134 well-appointed guest rooms and eight suites in a modern 22-story tower, boasting sweeping views of the skyline. A ... More

Talk about making an entrance! On Monday, November 6, CFDA Fashion Icon award winner and long-time Lincoln ambassador Serena Williams showed up to the gala in a custom-wrapped Lincoln Navigator matching her black sequined Thom Browne dress. Williams was the first-ever athlete honored with the ... More

Hollywood is not necessarily a town known for everlasting friendships. Still, somehow, the actors Ian Somerhalder, 44, and Paul Wesley, 41, made it through eight seasons of bloodsucking on The Vampire Diaries and they still want to hang out every day. What’s more, they now work even longer hours every ... More

For over 20 years, the French/American baroque heritage preservation society Les Arts Florissants has hosted Le Jardin des Voix, a vocal academy intensive culminating in an international tour, intended to cultivate the next generation of baroque singers. For the 2023 edition, nearly 170 candidates from around the ... More

The building that holds the NoMad London, the brand’s first European outpost directly across from the Royal Opera House, was famously a Magistrates’ court and police station. So there’s lots of history here, so much so that Oscar Wilde appeared in front of the magistrate in ... More

Chloé has unveiled its ready-to-wear womenswear collection from its upcoming collaboration with creative collective Atelier Jolie (founded by actress, filmmaker and humanitarian Angelina Jolie) developed in the Chloé atelier by former creative director Gabriela Hearst. Incorporating deadstock and natural fabrics–such as organic silk, organic ... More