At Wolfgang Puck's recent New York city debut restaurant CUT, prime steaks and tipples at the bar are paired to seductively dramatic interiors, courtesy of French designer Jacques Garcia.
After restoring the Edwardian Villa Laetitia in Rome as a boutique hotel, clan matriarch Anna Fendi has turned her flair for design to chic porcelain and Murano glassware.
Scheduled to welcome its first guests in December, DUKES DUBAI promises to marry British tradition with Emirati grandeur. Afternoon teas, a gentleman’s cigar lounge and delectable martinis, made famous by the property’s London counterpart, await.
On display at Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, Munich, artist Damien Hirst's latest work Myth and Legend: a 2-piece collaboration with the Manufaktur that took 2 years of development to achieve.
Pictured: The winged horse 'Legend', of Hirst's Myth and Legend piece
A notable newcomer to London’s restaurant scene, in the form of Margot: a stylish Italian helmed by the pair of equally stylish proprietors, Paulo de Tarso and Nicolas Jaouën.
Ethical brand Maiyet opens a three-month pop-up in London's Mayfair featuring their sustainable clothing and Fairtrade jewellery – plus Jasmine Hemsley café, Tom Dixon candles and flowers by Tuk Tuk.
Chopard L.U.C. chooses London, at Phillips auctioneers, to celebrate twenty years of in-house movements and launch the newest -handsome, user-friendly world timers and GMTs. Steel or platinum; rose gold soon.
Come 1 December, Queenstown icon Eichardt's Private Hotel will open reservations for the Penthouse at Eichardt's – an exclusive retreat boasting Alp-facing terrace, spa, 24/7 butler and much more.
The proverbial cherry atop Melbourne's newest hotel digs – the QT Melbourne – is the recently unveiled The Rooftop at QT, an 11th-floor indoor/outdoor bar set to stunning city views.
Swiss watch marque F.P. Journe has launched Patrimoine, a service dedicated to buying up its own rare out-of-production timepieces, restoring and then offering them afresh from select boutiques (upon request).
In Paris, one half of Valentino's successful design team, Maria Grazia Chiuri, goes it alone as first woman at Dior. Feminist and feminine agenda - athletic, tough, balletic and tender. A good start.
Sited on the outskirts of Seoul, South Korea, Rolls-Royce's new Studio – the marque's second after its home base of Goodwood – will offer a brand first in its closed-course test drives. Opening 1 November.
