Hanging loose isn't exactly the picture of luxury, but lately, with VIPs like Gisele and Justin Timberlake shredding it around the world, surfing has hit a wave of popularity with affluent athletes and travelers. And one man, Australian surf coach Ross Phillips, is at the forefront of the sport's ... More

The fact that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg decreed September 4 to be Elie Tahari Day at the brand's Midtown pop-up shop last week gives the designer good reason to celebrate. The road to success for Tahari is a classic story of hard work and gumption: In 1971, he was ... More

Have we entered a new golden age for jewel thieves? In May, $1.4 million worth of Chopard gems were stolen from a hotel just off the Croisette during the Cannes Film Festival. Within a week, a necklace valued at $2.6 million vanished from a party at the Hotel ... More

Robert De Niro wants to know where I live. Or, more precisely, where I used to live. We are talking about the New York City neighborhood where De Niro was born and raised, Greenwich Village, and, specifically, the public pool that runs nearly a block from St. Luke's Place to Clarkson ... More

If you bought a pair of frames from the Brooklyn Flea in 2010, you might have met Andrew Lipovsky. He was there selling six styles of eyewear in only two colors—a prudent selection, but with a purpose: Lipovsky was treating the Flea go-ers as a focus group for his new ... More

The first thing you notice about Carla Bruni is… her smile. It’s an open, knowing grin, one that’s captivated fashion designers, photographers, rock stars, filmmakers, even world leaders. But as soon as she begins to speak, you notice something equally beguiling: her voice. Earlier this year, the Italian-born Bruni released her ... More

The first thing you notice about Carla Bruni is… her smile. It’s an open, knowing grin, one that’s captivated fashion designers, photographers, rock stars, filmmakers, even world leaders. But as soon as she begins to speak, you notice something equally beguiling: her voice. Earlier this year, the Italian-born Bruni released her ... More

We're only about halfway through lunch when Julianne Moore says something, quite casually, that upends the story I'd been planning to write about her. We were discussing her current film, What Maisie Knew, in which she plays a self-obsessed musician, and we'd already spent some time talking ... More

Victoria Hesketh, who performs as Little Boots, has had a long four years. Since the release of her debut album, Hands, in 2009, the pop singer has left Atlantic Records (which released her first album), started her own label, traveled the world as a ... More

As NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art prepares to unveil PUNK: Chaos to Couture—a multimedia exhibition celebrating the anti-establishment aesthetics of the punk movement and its lasting influence on fashion—Deborah Harry, the original punk-rock fashionista, shared some of her favorite looks with DuJour.  With her signature platinum fringe, darker than ... More