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Mezi Plutky Boutique Hotel in the Carpathian Mountain range of Beskydy offers cool design accommodation in the Moravian-Silesian region of the Czech Republic

HOTEL - Beskydy, Czechia

Mezi Plutky

Set against the forested Beskydy (Beskids) range in the Carpathian Mountains, this 200-year-old designer hideaway fosters modern Czech country living whilst giving heritage a hug, decked in whites, linens and twisted rafters.

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Le Kilt updates a symbolic Scottish garment for everyday wear

Samantha McCoach remembers her grandmother, a kilt maker in Scotland with 40-years’ experience, hand-making her a kilt not too long ago, and wearing it out and about in London.

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This travel edition is a wunderkammer of small beautiful guesthouses from the townhouse villa to the coastal mansions, from modern interpretations to the classic genre of the casa.

Switzerland

Grisons

The lush valley of Grisons (Graubünden) is some 1,250m above sea level and offers a rare taste of the traditional Walser culture - a people with their own language and customs with roots as deep as Switzerland’s existence.

Fabulous Penthouse Suite at The Greenwich Hotel, NYC by Axel Vervoordt

Hotel - New York, United States of America

The Greenwich Hotel

A combination of country house familiarity and urban chill. A designer orchestration of salvaged pieces, crafted textiles, aged ceramics and bespoke furnishings that are housed in a traditional red-brick new build – this new luxury kid on the block gives TriBeCa the unpretentious grand hotel it so craved.

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Stillfried Wien in TriBeCa NYC

The Trubrigs have a trained curatorial eye when it comes to sourcing both the established and the new-comers in design. The couples' strong bonds with creative talent and influential designers of the day have fostered the relationships to be always one step ahead of the curve.

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One Million Plants in the Bronx

New York Botanical Garden, or the NYBG as it’s affectionately known, is a whopping 250 acres, landscaped with one million living plants, and located in the Bronx.

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Skye Candles

A small, homegrown family company with high ethical standards produces a range of candles and diffusers which paint a picture of the largest Hebridean island.

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TriBeCa

Artists colonised this Lower Manhattan hood in the 70s and 80s, turning the once-neglected TriBeCa (triangle below Canal Street) into a boho hotbed of creativity, and with it came the restoration of its singular style of heritage architecture.

Yael Alkalay Founder of Red Flower | Natural Aromatherapeutic Beauty made in NYC

Skincare

Red Flower

Natural beauty guru Yael Alkalay founded Red Flower in NYC in 1999, an environmentally and socially responsible beauty product, infused with aromatherapy and botanicals.

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Helmut Lang: Austria’s fashion success story

Austria's most successful fashion designer, Helmut Lang, and his eponymous style.

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New York Design Guide

Set among the wide streets and historic buildings of downtown Manhattan, for decades Tribeca has been an understated artist haunt, a fusion of easy-going European charm and New York ambition.

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NY's Portside foodie Hub

Just a few blocks off Tribeca’s main pathways, Grand Banks is more than a restaurant--it’s a chance to step back into NYC’s maritime history. Nestled at the southwest edge of Pier 25, this award-winning oyster bar and restaurant dwells inside the iconic wooden schooner the Sherman Zwicker, the last original salt bank fishing vessel still in use.

Arquinesia Palma de Mallorca | Artisan Perfumes | The Aficionados

Fragrances

Arquinesia

Located in the heart of Mallorca’s old town in Palma, perfumier Arquinesia brings you on a journey through the Balearics with its evocative scents. One to take home with you.

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Perfumer H Opens New Flagship Store in London's Mayfair

Perfumer H is proud to introduce its new flagship on Clifford Street, Mayfair. In keeping with the street’s 18th-century heritage, the store has been designed to evoke Georgian London.

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Architect Frida Escobedo | Winner of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand 2024

Winner of the prestigious Le Prix Charlotte Perriand 2024, Mexican born architect Frida Escobedo is a global talent from London's Serpentine Gallery, the Yucatan Peninsula to the Oscar L Tang and HM Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Editor’s picks

HOTEL - Beskydy, Czechia

Mezi Plutky

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Le Kilt updates a symbolic Scottish garment for everyday wear

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Switzerland

Grisons

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Red Flower

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Helmut Lang: Austria’s fashion success story

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Perfumer H Opens New Flagship Store in London's Mayfair

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Architect Frida Escobedo | Winner of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand 2024

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