Behind the wheel of the world’s most powerful supercars: part three
In the third and final of our supercar reviews, LUX sits at the cockpit of another super fast convertible: the Bentley Continental GTC W12 It used to be said that sitting in a Bentley was like sitting in the drawing room of a Downton Abbey-style British country house....
Behind the wheel of the world’s most powerful supercars: part two
In the second of our supercar reviews, we test drive a road-burning Italian sports car suitable for all the family: the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio One of the great conundrums for any current car enthusiast involves trying to work out why the country that produces...
Behind the wheel of the world’s most powerful supercars: part one
In the first of our supercar reviews, we take one of the world’s fastest convertibles for a spin: the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante What is the purpose of buying an expensive fast car? The manufacturers themselves have had plenty of focus-group...
Comme des Garçons protégé Kei Ninomiya’s cult fashion label Noir
The weird and the wonderful come together in the extravagant creations of fashion designer and Comme des Garçons protégé, Kei Ninomiya. Harriet Quick gets to the heart of the extraordinary imagination that produces such challenging yet enthralling designs First...
Photo Story: Finalists from EEA’s Photography Competition
Strawberry Greenhouses (above), is one of the finalists’ entries of the European Environment Agency’s latest photographic competition. Part of a series including the image below, it was photographed in Turkey by Leyla Emektar, an art photographer and visual arts...
High altitude luxury at Riffelalp Resort 2222m, Zermatt
Zermatt, in Switzerland, has mountain views and activities that are the stuff of legend. It also has the highest altitude luxury hotel in Europe. Darius Sanai checks in and is mesmerised We arrived for our stay in Riffelalp Resort 2222m by taking four trains from...
Film director Armando Iannucci on David Copperfield & Fleabag
Armando Iannucci is Hollywood’s most withering satirist. Here, the director of The Personal History of David Copperfield talks to Katie Mennis about British and American humour, Fleabag and The Death of Stalin LUX: Are you the hero of your own life, or is that station...
Knightsbridge’s newest dining spot: Maia by Flavio Briatore
Flavio Briatore has never stood still. From Formula One racing, to a nightclub empire, to high-end restaurants, he has transformed all the industries he has been involved with. At the heart of all his work is glamour and luxury, and his latest dining offering, Maia in...
French designer Philippe Starck’s vision of the future
Legendary French designer Philippe Starck gives Mark C. O’Flaherty his radical vision of the future: a time when designers won’t be needed – and maybe even chairs “I’m not interested in aesthetics anymore,” says Philippe Starck, sipping on a glass of mineral water in...
Founder of Nila House Lady Carole Bamford’s guide to Jaipur
Lady Carole Bamford, the founder of Daylesford Organic, beauty brand Bamford and numerous charitable foundations including Nila House gives us a guide to her spiritual home, Jaipur Where I hunt for treasures… I always look forward to visiting the government khadi...
Chaumet’s CEO Jean-Marc Mansvelt on historic innovations
The creations of quintessentially Parisian jewellery maker Chaumet may have been fit for an empress in the late 18th century when the company was founded. But the jeweller aspires to be equally at home with the modern woman around the world. CEO Jean-Marc Mansvelt...
Hôtel Chais Monnet & the beauty of southwest France
The recent opening of the spectacular Chais Monnet country hotel in Cognac has put southwest France on the touring map. Jenny Southan outlines the wonders of a region which stretches from Bordeaux to the idyllic Ile de Ré, with Cognac and its new luxury destination...
Inside The Garrison Club at Chelsea Barracks, Belgravia
Chelsea Barracks in Belgravia is one of the most spectacular luxury developments in the world. And at its heart is the semi-secret Garrison Club, a discreet private space where an all-star team of concierges look after their residents every need, as Anna Tyzack...
Sea2See recycles marine plastic to create fashionable eyewear
François van den Abeele had a dream – to turn discarded plastic fishing nets into high-fashion, hand-finished eyewear. People once laughed at him, but now, as he leads a swell of eco-entrepreneurs, his products are in increasing demand around the world. He tells LUX...
Frieze LA Special: Vik Muniz’s photography series for Ruinart
Brazilian photographer Vik Muniz has responded to Ruinart’s Carte Blanche commission by going back to the roots “A photograph marks a moment in time,” says Vik Muniz. We sit surrounded by his latest photographic series, ‘Shared Roots’, in the Ruinart champagne bar at...
Frieze LA Special: In conversation with Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat’s devastatingly striking art combines dream, reality and an undercurrent of anger and sadness. As a major retrospective of her work is held in Los Angeles, Millie Walton meets the artist at the launch of her collaboration with celebrated Italian...
Frieze LA Special: Four artists tackling themes of sustainability
Artists have long explored themes of environmental sustainability in Southern California, but a recent series of devastating wildfires has brought even greater resonance to their work. Evan Moffitt explores how four LA artists are changing the way we think about...
Frieze LA Special: Introducing the next generation of filmmakers
The inaugural Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award at 2020’s Frieze Los Angeles recognizes ten young filmmakers who have been nurtured by Ghetto Film School. Maisie Skidmore meets the storytellers behind the camera DEUTSCHE BANK WEALTH MANAGEMENT x LUX More...
Gaggenau’s head of design Sven Baacke on the meaning of luxury
Of all rooms in the house, kitchens demand the best design for function as well as looks. Cultural critic Stephen Bayley reveals their modernist origins and meets kitchen appliance-maker Gaggenau’s head of design Sven Baacke to talk about his design thinking, what...
How Galerie Maria Behnam-Bakhtiar aims to inspire change
Galerie Maria Behnam-Bakhtiar, a new gallery in the heart of Monaco, celebrates its opening with an exhibition of works by Iranian-American artist Farzad Kohan, but it is no ordinary commercial enterprise, as Rebecca Anne Proctor discovers A visit to Monte Carlo is...
Dining with Château Mouton Rothschild at the Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles hosted one of its most opulent evenings since the times of Louis XVI, as the owners of Château Mouton Rothschild invited guests, including royalty, winners of some very special auction wines and LUX, to an evening of music and cuisine catered...
How Adrian Cheng’s K11 MUSEA is changing Hong Kong’s cultural scene
Adrian Cheng has high hopes for the new K11 MUSEA in Hong Kong: to change the way retail, art and culture collide, says Darius Sanai When billionaire Hong Kong entrepreneur Adrian Cheng opened his K11 MUSEA development on Hong Kong’s Victoria Dockside late last year,...
Meet Russian style and fitness guru Polina Kitsenko
Russian style and fitness guru Polina Kitsenko wants it all. Co-founder of the biggest charity marathon in her home country and of a new sports club, she is obsessed with making health and fitness the heart of the luxury lifestyle. She takes time out to speak to LUX...
Audemars Piguet’s Olivia Giuntini on art and women’s watches
Olivia Giuntini is brand director at family-owned Swiss watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet, known for its thoughtful artistic collaborations. LUX travels to meet her at their HQ high in the Jura mountains to talk about art, fish and why women don’t just want diamonds...
Tailor to A-listers Nigel Curtiss on designing identity
Nigel Curtiss makes suits for A-listers, with cuts and fabrics that fuse the wearer’s own personal style with a timeless elegance. LUX’s Editor-at-Large, Gauhar Kapparova hears how he moved from being a model into design, about his time in Japan, and what makes the...
7 Questions: The Gstaad Guy
You’ll bump into The Gstaad Guy at the yacht club, the art fair and on the slopes; if you don’t know him already, you’re clearly in the wrong milieu.
Fine dining on the ski slopes of Andermatt, Switzerland
Two of Europe’s highest restaurants have opened amid contemporary chic architecture, high above Andermatt, Switzerland Hold onto your chopsticks. A pair of new high altitude dining outposts is open 2,300m above sea level, on top of a ski slope in the heart of...
Francis Alÿs receives Whitechapel Gallery’s Art Icon Prize 2020
This year, Francis Alÿs becomes the seventh artist to receive the Whitechapel Gallery’s prestigious annual Art Icon award in partnership with Swarovski. Previously won by the likes of Rachel Whiteread (2019) and Mona Hatoum (2018), the award celebrates what...