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Wet and Wild

Vacations in Italy usually mean carbs and Campari, not meditation and muesli. But Ischia’s Mezzatorre Hotel & Thermal Spa delivers the best of all worlds

Party People

AIR MAIL LOOK celebrated summer on the beach in East Hampton

Golden Girl

Better Off Med

Why do the freewheeling women of Italy, France, and Spain manage to do summer so much better than the rest of us? We sent a reporter to steal their secrets

Ready for Takeoff

Italians Do It Better

Is la dolce vita anything but a fantasy? Our American pilgrim immerses himself in pleasure, determined to find out—or die trying

Hollywood Ending

With drugs in the dressing room and paparazzi in the parking lot, Fred Segal–Ron Herman was the epicenter of California cool for decades. So who turned off the heat?

Release Me!

I went to the Golden Door spa expecting kale salads and aqua aerobics. Instead, I found something much deeper

Look’s Book: Paris

The insider’s guide to the best facials, massages, day spas, workouts, and health-conscious restaurants in the epicenter of gorgeousness

Picture Perfect

The Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc is a carefully constructed, obsessively tended dream. But it has a few secrets

Look’s Book: Paris

The insider’s guide to the best hairstylists, colorists, nail salons, and brow groomers in the epicenter of gorgeousness

Welcome to Fantasyland

With a ski slope, amusement park, and more than 350 shops, American Dream is the second-largest mall in America. It’s a little bit of a nightmare—and the key to understanding who we are now

The World’s Most Expensive Massage

Spoon-fed honey, a thwacking with oak leaves, and an oxygen mask are all part of the fun

Look’s Book

The insider’s guide to the best facialists, massages, day spas, nails, workouts, and health-conscious restaurants in New York

It’s Only a Grocery Store

And yet Erewhon has become the epicenter of Hollywood. See you at the salad bar?

Better Off Red

After mastering footwear and beauty, Christian Louboutin is turning down the sheets at Vermelho, his first hotel in Portugal

Look’s Book: New York

The insider’s guide to the best cuts, color, brows, and lashes in town

Eat, Drink, and Be Wary!

Wellness-obsessed jet-setters are flocking to Germany in search of better living. But is it all smoke and muesli?