Chapman Freeborn Offers Seamless VIP Travel to One Authentic Properties

Chapman Freeborn has partnered with One Authentic Properties to offer private air travel directly to One’s collection of privately owned villas and chalets in the south of France. For a stay at any One property—which include locations at Courchevel 1850 and Les Remparts in Saint-Tropez—Chapman Freeborn and One Authentic Properties will arrange and manage all transit from door to door, including entrance to the airport’s VIP departure lounge, private jet travel, and either helicopter or limousine transfers…

Bespoke Global Boasts New Home Objects

The online retailer Bespoke Global, which enables clients to commission made-to-order items for the home, has rolled out a new series of nature-inspired decorative and contemporary furnishings. Among its top items is a collectible baseball bat by Jamey Rouch, who sources wood from his family’s farm in Three Rivers, Mich., to create tables, desks, and novelty items. The $350 bat features angular blocks of walnut, cherry, and maple woods that Rouch has cut, fused together, and laminated by hand. Additional highl…

Four Great NYC Bespoke Tailors

With bespoke tailoring operations opening all over New York City, it’s more important than ever to separate the pros from the pretenders. Here are a few of our favorites. They represent a mix of traditional and more progressive styles, but one thing holding them together is a focus on fine fabrics and quality craftsmanship.
Michael Andrews Bespoke: From a dark alley on the fringe of Greenwich Village, in a former art gallery, the tailor Michael Andrews offers uptown service and a dash of downtown style. Red-a…

New York Tailor Michael Andrews Offers Uptown Service and Downtown Style

Gated, narrow, and forever in shadow, Great Jones Alley separates two hulking old buildings on the fringe of New York’s Greenwich Village. Down the alley and up a clangy metal staircase is the entrance to Michael Andrews Bespoke, a made-to-measure tailor shop in a former art gallery, where red-and-gold brocade wallpaper, marble coffee tables, and a deep sofa create a clubby vibe that invites clients to linger long after their fittings are complete.
Andrews, a self-proclaimed “recovering M&A lawyer,” wore …

English Finery at Its Finest

The English clothier Turnbull & Asser—known for the superior shirting it has created for royalty, celebrities, and tastemakers since its inception—celebrated its 125th anniversary last year by opening a three-floor flagship store on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, where it provides a comprehensive custom shopping experience that goes well beyond shirts.
In the Bespoke Room, clients can work with designers to create everything from shirts, ties, and pocket squares to socks, gloves, and even umbrellas. Wh…

Holland & Sherry’s First Store Offers Everything Bespoke

For 185 years, the Scottish company Holland & Sherry has been making exquisite fabrics and supplying Savile Row tailors and their peers around the world. Fourteen years ago, the company branched out into interior fabrics and began selling its wares to designers looking to create wall coverings, drapes, and upholstery. If you weren’t working deep in those trades, though, you might not have come in contact with the company.
But now, the world’s first Holland & Sherry retail store is offering customers a…

New York Hotel News

From Midtown’s landmark hotels to Downtown’s chic boutiques, Manhattan has long been the epicenter of luxury travel. This fall, visitors to the Big Apple have even more reasons to check in, thanks to a range of new hotels offering innovative amenities and stylish accommodations. In the city that never sleeps, these newcomers are reason enough to stay the night.
Following two years of renovations, the former Buckingham Hotel will reopen in October as the Quin (from $450 per night). Situated two blocks from Cen…

Sneak Peek: The Ranch at Emerald Valley, Pike National Forest, Colorado

The Broadmoor opened a secluded sister property, the Ranch at Emerald Valley, less than 10 miles from its main grounds in the mountains of the Pike National Forest in Colorado. The property is open seasonally through October and will reopen for 2014 in May. It comprises a main lodge with a dining room, a bar, two lakeside hot tubs, and a wood-burning fire pit, as well as 10 cabins that sleep from two to 10 guests each (from $435 per person per night). Activities include horseback riding, mountain biking, fly-f…

The Broadmoor Hosts Colorado’s Top Tennis Camp for Fall

From September 6 through 8, the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs is welcoming 24 lucky guests to take over its award-winning tennis facilities, including six new courts, at its 5th Annual Wine and Culinary Tennis Camp. Each guest ($975 per person for couples, $1,275 for singles) will receive nine hours of instruction from former professional tennis players and tour coaches; lessons will cover stroke production, fast-paced drills, video analysis, and supervised match play.
Off the court, the resort’s sommelier wi…

Sneak Peek: Palacio del Inka, Cusco, Peru

Located near the Temple of the Sun, the Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection hotel in Cusco, Peru, will reopen on August 1 following an extensive refurbishment. The 203-room property, which is surrounded by Incan and colonial buildings, is designed in a combination of Spanish colonial and authentic Peruvian style, but with all the amenities of modern hotel. It is home to the Inti Raymi restaurant, which serves local and organic cuisine, and an expansive spa; it is also near the city’s major attractions. Rooms…

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