Friends with (O)mega benefits
What do an astronaut, an Oscar winner, an Olympic Gold medalist, and James Bond have in common? This question may seem like a set up for a terrible joke, if it weren’t for the fact that Buzz Aldrin, George...
Bespoke Luggage, bags to riches
Ryan Motley at Bespoke Luggage is, in the most literal sense, catering to a niche market. His Montana workshop creates hard and soft suitcases, briefcases, carrying cases, hat boxes, you name it, for the odd...
Is Vanity Fair’s descent into the world of bum-selfies the beginning or the end of modern culture?
The year is 2014, and thanks to technology’s relentless progress—which has lately brought into being, among other things, an app that tells you what song is playing, refrigerators with Wi-Fi, and...
Bordeaux enters the Year of the Horse with Cheval Blanc as its most sought-after wine
The Bordeaux harvest is a special time of year, especially at Cheval Blanc where Daniel Jeffreys went to pick grapes for two of Europe's richest men. Château Cheval Blanc by Atelier Christian de...
Nicolas Ghesquière’s debut collection for Louis Vuitton was inspired
With petite-malle bags and architectural dresses Nicolas Ghesquière created a new Louis Vuitton woman and swept away the Marc Jacobs' years. TFT's remarks in stories(below) last year on Nicolas...
Wild and delicate, Songtsam Shangri-la
The untamed areas of Yunnan province offer rich opportunities for travellers seeking a special kind of luxury. Chris Horton reports. James Hilton’s Lost Horizon, one of the earliest mass-produced...
Stephen Einhorn whips precious metals into erotic shape
No aspect of the human anatomy has been left unadorned since jeweller Stephen Einhorn left the ad, film and pop video industry in 1995 and started crafting bespoke pieces for private clients with discerning...
The lost emperor, Huang Yao
Huang Yao is not a widely-recognised name in the history of 20th Century Chinese art. This is an injustice due to the vicissitudes of history. Summer Cao found out what the recently established...
Saint Laurent gets a good rap
Hedi Slimane’s name became a pop culture staple last year when Kanye West unintentionally gave the designer free publicity by disclosing that he’d been banned from attending other fashion shows during...
Can J.W. Anderson transform Loewe’s fortunes?
Since September last year J. W. Anderson has been the latest addition to the list of designers assigned to Loewe by its owners, LVMH, the “luxury is always scalable” conglomerate created by Bernard...