Thompson Hotel’s Belgraves Opens February 1st

Thompson Hotel’s Belgraves Opens February 1st

Belgravia nabs swellagant new hotel in London’s swinging-est nabe. While London’s not immune to Bohemia, it practically invented the word, Belgraves is getting a lot of buzz as being the next and best comfy-hip new spot to stay, drink and … Read More

Cecil Beaton

To Sir Cecil Beaton, with Love

The portraitist gets a bow with a new book and show featuring Queen Elizabeth II and Co. “He was like a five-course dinner with amazing friends by candlelight,” said the great fabulous-people photographer Mario Testino of the great royalty portraitist … Read More

Alessandra Rich

Alessandra Rich Divines the ‘Good Life’

The London-based designer may be the next queen of understated….understated, that is, like Babe Paley, not Sofia Coppola. She is England’s one to watch, far as we concerned, sister. Check out her 2012 lines here. They are certainly yar…. alessandrarich.com/collections/spring-summer-2012/

Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud Gets the Aptly Obese Send-Off

National Portrait Gallery does the fatty-folds master-stroker right. Running from February 9th through May 27th, “Lucian Freud: Portraits” awakens the genius of one of London’s and the world’s rawest painting greats. To us, he may be the last master (tell … Read More

Yayoi Kusama: Polka-Dotty

Yayoi Kusama: Polka-Dotty

The Manhattan art scene’s favorite London conceptual artist (with nutso hair) abides at the Tate Modern. Go. From February 9th through June 5th, Yayaoi Kusama’s self-titled retrospective runs at London’s Tate Modern. What a crazy kid! Marc Jacobs would die … Read More

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The Inimitable Paul Smith

The man who brought pizazz to our suit linings and perfect fit to our suits is celebrated in a refined new book by his-truly. The book to watch for in early spring is “Paul Smith,” by Paul Smith, with interviews … Read More

Tea Kettle

The Whistle Blowers

With the cold months upon us, here, a tray-load of artful tea kettles and pots that’ll warm you up while adding an unlikely aesthetic to your kitchen space.

Danny Clinch

Danny Clinch: Rock-God Photographer

Yippy-tie—ay! Deal-o-wheel-o on classic music prints. Danny Clinch, who’s famous for his indelible portraits and videos of Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Tom Waits, among others, is offering a winter discount on his prints. Buy any sized print, and Clinch … Read More