Shopping
The Art of Gentlemanliness
Thomas Pink rolls out a finishing school for grooms.
Sophisticated style takes more than tailored clothing. It’s about understanding everything from shirt and tie pairings to champagne pairings. And at no point in a man’s life is it more important to look and act sharp than at his wedding.
British... READ MORE
Bespoke Everything
Legendary luxury supplier Holland & Sherry opens its first-ever retail store—and nails it.
For 185 years, the Scottish company Holland & Sherry has been making exquisite fabrics and supplying Savile Row tailors and their peers around the world. Fourteen years ago, the company branched out into interior fabrics as well and began... READ MORE
New York’s Very Own Colette
With her new UES boutique Fivestory, Claire Distenfeld channels Paris’s perennial shopping hot spot. Here are her spring picks.
New York’s most inspired new boutique came to be not out of passion or a dream but, ironically, boredom. Following a five-year stint in the art world, Manhattan native Claire Distenfeld walked the city’s streets for three months contemplating her... READ MORE
Better Bitters
Yes, bitters is having a moment—and here are the city’s best places to explore the many flavors of the mysterious cocktail ingredient.
“It’s the equivalent of herbs or spices in the cocktail world,” says Avery Glasser. “Adding bitters brings flavors together, highlights nuances in other ingredients, and essentially completes the cocktail.” He would know. As co-founder of Bittermens... READ MORE
Acquire a Long-Lost Masterpiece
Christie’s and Sotheby’s shine the spotlight on mysterious long-missing works of art.
Here’s your chance to pick a rare masterwork for only a cool $15 million (or so). Two important pieces of art that were thought to have been lost for decades have suddenly resurfaced, and master art auctioneers Christie’s and Sotheby’s are bringing... READ MORE
New York’s Newest Hot Art Show
London’s successful Frieze Art Fair comes to Randall’s Island and brings along the world’s top contemporary dealers.
Blue-chip contemporary art galleries often choose to sit out the debut edition of an art fair, but Frieze New York is a rare exception. The 10-year-old Frieze Art Fair, held every October in London, is making its New York debut on May 4 in the... READ MORE
All the Shiny, Sparkly Baubles
Maison 24 brings some attitude to Park Avenue and opens a shop-in-shop from English eccentric Rory Dobner.
It’s not exactly the kind of design store you’d expect to find on Park Avenue. With its edgy, modern objets d’art—black leather chairs adorned with gold spikes, neon peace signs, Swarovski-bedazzled Moshi Moshi phone handsets—Maison 24 Park Avenue,... READ MORE
