Lifting the Spirits: Hôtel Chais Monnet
A former warehouse in the heart of the town of Cognac is set to reopen this year as a luxury hotel. Emma Love gets an exclusive preview of the dramatic Hôtel Chais Monnet It’s no secret that cognac has become cool. Where once the French brandy – determined as such by...
Hero and Anti-hero: Street artist Alec Monopoly
Street artist Alec Monopoly’s distinctive creations are a blend of subversive graffiti culture and post-pop colour. And he has now been tasked with rejuvenating the culture at watch brand TAG Heuer. Nathalie Breitschwerdt catches up with the elusive – and anonymous –...
6 reasons to buy a Richard Mille McLaren watch
It costs as much as a McLaren 570S and will turn just as many heads. We love the RM 11-03 McLaren Automatic Flyback Chronograph with a desire that is almost unhinged – this is why you will too. 1. It feels like a supercar. Unlike many high-end watch-car...
Magical Mountain Touring in Andermatt
The St Gotthard, Oberalp and Furka are three of the most spectacular mountain passes in Europe. And the new Holiday Village Andermatt Reuss is the perfect base from which to explore them, discovers Emma Love Anyone who has watched the car chase scene in the James Bond...
Winner takes it all: the 2018 LVMH prize
The LVMH prize is the most prestigious and desirable award for any emerging designer. Lauren Cochrane reports from Paris on the mix of established and new and the ideas bubbling around a competition aimed at discovering the next John Galliano or Alexander McQueen This...
Meet Mister Manhattan: Gennady Perepada, real estate broker and fixer
Gennady Perepada is New York’s go-to real estate broker who curates lavish lifestyles for his elite, high-net worth clients. LUX Editor-at-Large Gauhar Kapparova finds out how he does it Two years ago luxury real estate broker Gennady Perepada organised a surprise on...
My Paris: Moynat’s Artistic Director, Ramesh Nair
Ramesh Nair worked under Martin Margiela and Jean Paul Gaultier at Hermès until luxury titan Bernard Arnault came calling in 2011,with his personal brand Moynat. The artistic director of the Paris-based luggage house tells LUX why Paris is his inspiration – and why...
Gaggenau: the art and architecture of appliances
Kitchens were once the utilitarian core of the house. Now, leading manufacturers of kitchen appliances are more about architecture and design than just practicality, meaning they can enhance a home’s aesthetic. Emma Love meets the designer of German high-end...
Global businessman Johnny Hon on promoting global exchange
Johnny Hon, founder of venture capital and investment company Global Group, is on a mission to lower cultural and trade barriers between east and west to encourage commerce, charity and cultural exchange. The entrepreneur and philanthropist, based in London and Hong...