The holidays are all about the grand gesture, right? This is, after all a season when you regularly see a commercial where a woman swoons because she’s just stepped out her front door to take in the improbable sight of a luxury car topped by a huge red bow. (Or at least I’m somewhat sure [...]

“I wanted to share my collection with others so they could get a glimpse of the joys, the thrills, and the pure happiness that these beautiful creations have given me,” Elizabeth Taylor once said. It’s a line that now covers one of the purple walls at Christie’s New York, where the Hollywood legend’s jewels, clothes, [...]

“How far would you go for love?” That’s the question Cartier is posing with its new series of videos—how far for love and, by extension, how far for its iconic Love bracelets. Last night, the jeweler debuted the first flick, Painted Love, with a screening and party at New York’s Thompson L.E.S. hotel.Music video veteran [...]

Kate MIddleton was married to Prince William today in a white gown by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. According to a release from Clarence House:“The lace applique for the bodice and skirt was handmade by the Royal School of Needlework, with individual flowers hand-cut from lace (in shapes of roses, thistle, daffodils and shamrocks). The [...]

“The best design,” Cartier’s director of image, style, and heritage, Pierre Rainero, said last night at dinner at the Lion in New York, “requires no explanation.” That’s the beauty of the brand’s Love collection, which was founded in the seventies by designer Aldo Cipullo’s now-iconic Love Bracelet. Its closure system is legendary: A tiny screw [...]

Jewelry? Of course. Watches? For sure. But as far as I’m concerned, most people overlook one of Cartier’s chicest categories: leather goods. That could change, though, with the launch of the house’s new Marcello de Cartier saddle bag. It comes in three sizes and all the usual colors (black, brown, and camel). My favorite is [...]

What is modern gentry? The short answer to that question is: The Modern Gentry is a pop-up shop that opened on Monday in London, at one end of Savile Row. Lodger, maker of bespoke footwear, tailors E. Tautz, and jewelry designer Hannah Martin have come together to open a three-story boutique retailing their ultra-high-end menswear [...]

Fluorescent bikini- and Lucite heel-clad party people of Miami, get ready: The gallerinas, collectors, and jet-setters are descending upon you in T minus 48 hours for Art Basel Miami Beach. (I’ve always been amused by the combination, but the social ecosystem seems to support it—for a few days, at least.) The fair doesn’t officially open [...]

My personal obsession with all things leopard-print is well documented. Just this month, I fell in love with a rabbit-fur leopard coat at Joseph. But a savvy commenter pointed out that the real fur didn’t necessarily gel with my animal love. To wear or not to wear fur is a choice every girl’s gotta make, [...]

Tilda Swinton + Ryan McGinley + Pringle of Scotland = Most unexpected campaign collaboration ever. Since McGinley basically only shoots models without their tops on, the chance of Swinton showing some skin, while unlikely, is not improbable. [Vogue U.K.]France’s trouble with jewelry heists shows no signs of abating. Yesterday, three men in Hawaiian shirts hit [...]