I travel for the Stuff

Out with the New, In with the Old

SAN FRANCISCO – As enticing as a cornflower-blue floor-length robe with an embroidered peacock is for my "personal collection," I have to focus on the task at hand: finding inspiration for my clients. 

How Locals Spend a Sunday: Paris

PARIS – What do you mean all of the stores and restaurants are closed?! Your day is not lost: Here's a quietly lovely day. Food, shopping, and culture included. 

Little Black Book: A Beauty Junkie Shops

LOS ANGELES – The author of soon-to-be-released City of Style knows a thing or two about fashion and beauty in LA. She shares the city's secrets to looking good. 

Fathom Questionnaire: Elise Loehnen

If it's a vacation vacation, I'm happy to do nothing at all, save reapplying my sunscreen religiously. If it's a city I'll likely only visit once, I like to pack it in. There's no room in my carry-on for regret!

Europe's Most Expensive Hotel Room

FLORENCE, Italy – It's a baroque explosion of vaulted ceilings, endless rooms, and gilding galore. You'd be forgiven for thinking you were a long-lost Medici in this stunning perch.

New Shop: Rome

ROME – Can't get to Piazza di Spagna in time for an afternoon gelato? Live la dolce vita wherever you are — even if that means an ice cream on your neighbor's stoop. 

Got a Yen to Spend

TOKYO – On a shopping trip in Japan, a stylist finds a little something from a little store forgotten on a block of fashion giants.

Just Back From: Tokyo

TOKYO – You can get anything you want here, but  the local specialty is taking a common concept — rice balls, coffee, macarons, whatever — and elevating it to an art form.