5 Sustainable Materials Greening the Glamour of Design
The textile industry is responsible for incredible beauty: eye-catching patterns, luxe fabrics, even the cozy cotton of your favourite hoodie. But creating these materials can have severe environmental impacts. Innovative scientists and start-ups are working to repair that damage by seeking alternat
Hidden Gems: Meet the Real Sydney, Australia
An image search for Sydney, Australia, will yield shots of the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and crowded Bondi Beach. But just because your search engine is a little uninspired, doesn’t mean you have to be. Australia’s oldest city is a web of fine dining, boutique shops, luxury spas and high-end a
Why These Forward-Thinking Cities Are Building For The Long Game
It’s widely recognized that mega-events, like the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, are a mixed proposition for the cities that host them. On the one hand, these events can attract billions in broadcast and tourism revenue; on the other hand, cities have to incurmassive costs to pull them off. Over
Saudi Arabia Planned To Build A Utopia In The Desert, They’ve Still Yet To Break Ground
In 2017, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamad Bin Salman stepped onstage at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh and sold his countrymen a dream. In the next 13 years, he said, the oil-dependent Gulf nation would diversify its economy away from natural gas and become a global leader in artifi
Fashion for Art’s Sake
Haute couture has typically been reserved for the runways—and the one per cent. But this summer, fine design and tailoring are exposing themselves to the masses, thanks to exhibits in some of the world’s most famous museums. Classic maisons of differing métiers as well as prolific visual artist
The Members’ Club is Dead. Long Live The Members’ Club
It was a mark of distinction when I first got my Soho House membership. I was in Patmos, Greece so the email came in at almost midnight, finding me several glasses of house white wine deep. The crowd at this hilltop village’s local cafe was uproarious, made up of mostly Londoners and Italians. Wit
The Art of Going Elsewhere
Instead of Thailand, try Vietnam In awe of Thailand’s pristine beach resorts and flavourful cuisine? Consider Da Nang and Hoi An, Vietnam. “Like Thailand, Vietnam boasts no shortage of luxury accommodations,” says Melissa DaSilva, interim CEO of luxury tour operator Luxury Gold. The real draw
The Vinyl Renaissance
“Rumours is a $20 [CAD] record.” So claimed a friend of mine some 15 years ago while selling records on the sidewalk up the street from my apartment in Toronto’s Kensington Market. Until then, I’d only known Fleetwood Mac’s best-selling album as a thrift store staple. What that price tag o
How Wellness is Transforming Travel at 30,000 feet
The luxury goods industry and travel have a long, intertwined relationship. From the cultural and historical significance of the iconic Louis Vuitton trunk (the original hero item and foundation of the titan of design’s mythos), indulgent in-flight accommodations, and curated designer amenity kits
Science Meets Sensitivity: How Plastic Surgeons Preserve Ethnic Integrity
When Dr. Jamil Asaria was studying to be a plastic surgeon in the early aughts, he was taught that the ideal eyelid is 10 mm high — a standard rooted in Western cosmetic textbooks. These generalizations were common at the time, like “ski jump” rhinoplasties that surgeons idolized well into t
