The V&A has gone full rococo with Marie Antoinette: Style. Stepping into the galleries feels a bit like tumbling down a gilded rabbit hole. Feathered wigs, silk brocades, diamond-encrusted everything—it’s Versailles turned inside out. But behind the froth and finery,…
Read More Losing Her Head, Keeping Her Style: Marie Antoinette at the V&A
When France dreamed up the “Palace distinction” in 2010, it was basically admitting: Some hotels are just too fabulous for ordinary five stars. And where do you find the crème de la crème? Paris, naturellement. The City of Light has…
Read More Palace Hotels: Where Luxury and Legends Sleep Together
London is a city that wears its history like a well-tailored coat—classic, elegant, but not afraid of a little edge. The Rosewood London fits right in. Set in a restored Edwardian mansion just steps from Covent Garden, this hotel oozes…
Planes are efficient, yachts are flashy, and road trips are… well, they involve gas station snacks. Nothing beats the deliciously old-school glamour of a luxury train journey. Luxury train journeys aren’t about speed or efficiency (that’s what budget airlines are…
Read More Riding the Rails in Ridiculous Style: 5 Luxury Train Journeys
Built in 1958, Hotel das Cataratas is a pastel-pink Portuguese-colonial mansion which has played host to presidents, rock stars, and more than a few film crews who needed a suitably glamorous backdrop for jungle drama. Belmond took over in 2010,…
Read More best bed: Hotel das Cataratas, Iguassu Falls, Brazil
Ah Rio…(de Janeiro)…but you knew that…not for nothing is it nicknamed Cidade Maravilhosa…the marvelous city. When Napoleon invaded Portugal, the reigning king packed up his court and moved it all here…making Rio the capital of one of Europe’s largest Kingdoms…they…
