Located near René Lalique’s original workshop on the Place Vendôme in Paris, the new two-level Lalique boutique on the rue de la Paix celebrates its founder’s first passion: jewelry. In celebration of the new store, the French luxury-goods house has unveiled a brand-new jewelry collection, Soleil de Gaïa.

Before delving into glassmaking in the early 20th century, Lalique’s founder specialized in designing art nouveau jewelry and accessories, including necklaces and hair combs. Several of these original piec…

A new addition to the two-decade-old Cat’s Eye line of women’s wristwatches, the Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Power Reserve sports an entirely new dial design that exudes elegance. Available in black or silver and starting at $14,550, the watch’s sophisticated oval dial is decorated with guilloche engravings that appear to radiate from the subdial that indicates seconds. Eight brilliant-cut diamonds serve as hour indices between the 3, 6, 9, and 12 o’clock positions, and an additional 64 diamonds are set into th…

In the last few years, gel manicures have gained popularity for their durable, chip-resistant finish, but a study published in April by JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association has highlighted the potential health hazards associated with repeated exposure to ultraviolet (UV) lights, which are used to dry the polish.
In the study, doctors from the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University tested the amount of UVA light emitted by lamps in 16 different U.S. salons and concluded that …

As Seen in Robb Report’s Ultimate Gift Guide Robb Report readers have an unprecedented opportunity to enter one of Italy’s most storied textile mills, select rare and custom fabrics, and then commission a new bespoke wardrobe to be handmade and tailored by one of Kiton’s master tailors in Naples. The Lani­ cio Carlo Barbera textile mill in Piedmont is a throwback to an era when textiles were still made on wooden looms (occasionally they still are). When Kiton acquired the legendary mill a few years ago, th…