Renowned for its impressive imperial majesty, Vienna is, more accurately, an amalgam of contemporary design and cultural heritage. During the past decade, Vienna has been consistently voted the world’s most livable city, an honor that has coincided with the Austrian … Read More
Falling in love with a fragrance can be as treacherous as the real thing—and particularly if said fragrance suddenly disappears. Who knows why one fragrance mesmerizes the masses while another, equally seductive, becomes obsolete? Originally from India by way of … Read More
Back in the late 1970s at a bar called the Spike in New York, Durk Dehner glimpsed a small drawing of a man in leather that spoke to him with such compelling intensity that he sought out the artist and … Read More
If the holidays and all their attendant mayhem have you feeling like Marie Antoinette about to lose your head, then it might be more prudent to pause and inhale deeply – and light your home like Versailles with a candle … Read More
Between the years 1871 and 1919, the population of Berlin quadrupled as people from around the world found themselves drawn to the glittering, burgeoning metropolis in the heart of Europe. The political center of Germany, Berlin was also considered the … Read More
For the better part of its nearly 80-year history, Palm Springs has been a fashionable desert resort: a retreat and a refuge, as acclaimed for its relaxed lifestyle as for its natural beauty. An oasis of modernist architecture, Palm Springs … Read More
Los Angeles owes much to European émigrés – and particularly to those in the arts. Rudolph Schindler arrived in the States in 1914 with a fervent desire to meet and work with Frank Lloyd Wright. The young architect settled first … Read More
For many people, The Frick Collection, located on the Upper East Side in the erstwhile Beaux-Arts mansion of 19th-century tycoon Henry Clay Frick, has long been their “idealized” home away from home: a sanctuary of gracious rooms to which they … Read More
