The Billionaire’s Loafer
What do David Zaslav, Larry Gagosian, and Bobby Kotick have in common? A fondness for a certain suede shoe from Loro Piana
Eye of the Beholder
What happens when the key ingredient of a blockbuster fragrance becomes scarce? For Thierry Wasser, the head perfumer of Guerlain, reworking recipes is a primary job responsibility. Along with reading Proust and traipsing through fields, naturally
Half-Pint Upstart
There are micro-breweries, there are nano-breweries, and then there is Macintosh Ales
Evangeline Lilly
The actress answers 50 of life’s most pressing questions
A Stylish Entrance
After a three-year hiatus, le Bal des Débutantes returns to the Shangri-La Paris hotel
The Things He Left Behind
The collection of the six-foot-six-inch fashion scholar, journalist, and man-about-town, André Leon Talley, goes up for auction at Christie’s next week
The Sun God
A sundial for the stars! The bike light that’s visible from a mile away! Headphones that even the hard of hearing can appreciate! And more …
Musical Chairs
Thierry Barbier-Mueller’s collection of more than 650 chairs, by designers including Ron Arad and André Dubreuil, is celebrated in a dazzling coffee-table book
