In an attempt to establish a signature style that can encapsulate the everyday (and not so everyday) lives of men and women, fashion designers create a lot more than clothes these days. So it’s no surprise that, for the past decade, the epitome of a designer’s design aesthetic can be seen not on a runway, but in [...]

“It’s not bling-bling,” says Jean-Christophe Stoerkel about his hotel 6 Mandel . Well, that may be, but could there be a bigger status symbol than your own hotel? That’s right, 6 Mandel is a townhouse in Paris’ 16th Arrondissement where you are the one and only guest. A private suite decorated by Philippe David, cooking classes (in the French or Japanese styles), maid [...]