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Reintroducing

The global standard of luxury in home textiles for 125 years.

KATE SHAND

Bed & Bath

“I’m attracted to things where I can feel the work of the human hand”

A WELSPUN SIGHTS AND

DEBBIE HARRY, QTN IN TWO ACTS

ARTIST BRADLEY HART

STRANGELOVE PERFUME OILS

TYPEWRITER SHOP

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As much as we approach any long-haul travel with a heightened sense of organization and even zeal (the best airline travel

the fact remains that there are so many indignities when getting from in the more forward

# everyone’sdoingit

Above: Designer Thom Browne’s incredible fall 2024 runway show featured formerly lowly muslin, designed here to dazzle.

Below: Asya Kozina’s white paper wearable art hats and headdresses. Opposite page: The Nimbus Series by Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde literally the outside, inside.

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Tom Daley and some of the knitting and crocheting projects that captivated us at the recent Olympic games. Opposite page, clockwise from top: Icelandic textile artist Yrurari creates woolen pizzas from industry waste as a statement of creativity and sustainability; Cake Picnic, a “cake as craft” experiment that is going global.

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starring role. In The Wizard of Oz

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Down by the Old Mill Stream

Above: Dorothy’s dress in The Wizard of Oz evokes nostalgia and wholesomeness, and may be the most iconic use of gingham in pop culture. Below: U.K.-based Piglet in Bed considers gingham a new neutral, offering it in a range of colors. Opposite page: Ariana Grande in the custom Thom Browne gingham cocktail dress she wore to the LA premiere of Wicked.

Opposite page: The glass and steel dome ceiling at Galleries Lafayette. Above, Bon Marche Rive Gauche just screams CHIC, and its La Grande Epicerie Paris market concept, below center, had made many a mouth water. Bottom, for the true VIP shopping experience, book “L’Appartement,” the private shopping lounge at La Samaritaine.

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Clockwise from top: Turkish Airlines’ Istanbul biz class lounge offers every manner of luxury; PS is the newest player in the luxury airport lounge experience,

members, like chauffeured transport to the plane and private suites or shared social lounges (photos courtesy of PS).

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make a statement is some gorgeous grit, pure and simple.

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At the 2024 Met Gala, themed “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” Tyla wore a Balmain dress made of natural colored sculpted sand — her take on “stopping the hands of time” while

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Silent Disco has become an international pastime, and in the U.K. and Down Under, an organization called “Silent Discos in Incredible Places” has brought the quiet rave scene to some of the most famous

Clockwise from top, a scene from the newest Time Out Market in Bahrain in Saudi Arabia, Time Out Market as date night in Dubai, and Time Out Market Lisbon showing off the local goodness.

Clockwise from top, a potent pour over at Markthalle Neum in Berlin, NYC’s Tin Building with a nod frites courtesy of Foodhallen in Amsterdam.

The Dawn of the

Even the name of the article made us catch our breath. “The Dawn of the Dumb House,” a fascinating piece that ran in Town & Country, by Kristen Bateman, featured the gorgeous stylings of designer Ken Fulk, with photography by Douglas Friedman. Dumb us down, we say! We were intrigued to learn that during his new client “intake,” superstar designer Fulk begins with a “Fulkfessional,” a Q&A that is intended to reveal what takes top priority at home, and apparently, among Fulk’s favorite questions is, “Dumb house or smart house?” The story showcases philanthropist Christine Schantz’s Marin County, California, circa-1925 home and, according to Bateman’s writeup, one of Schantz’s goals was to create a residence that could last at least three decades with no further renovations. Naturally, that meant that all of the “smart” features that seem to captivate most people were not options for Schantz. As Bateman wrote, Schantz wanted a family retreat, not a command center. Per Fulk, artisanal millwork, detailed plaster, light switches that look like old fashioned brass toggles, a REAL knickknacks, and family photographs make this dumb house a welcoming, warm home (naturally, no TVs in the bedrooms!). While smart houses have been extolled in pop culture for decades—the Jetsons, anyone?—in this AI age, less tech means fewer eyes, and more privacy. In speaking with WelSpotted about her T&C piece, Bateman shared a not-so-surprising fact when it comes to QTN, “I learned that the people working most closely with tech want to be the furthest away from it in their homes. The biggest luxury is moving away from overcomplicated machines and going back to simplicity.”

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Photos by Douglas Friedman

a former editor at large for Vogue India

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Rohit Bal was a visionary whose creativity and mastery over color palettes left an indelible mark on the fashion world. His ability to blend boldness while celebrating the richness of Indian will continue to inspire generations to come.”

— DIPALI GOENKA, CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, WELSPUN LIVING LIMITED IN MUMBAI.

At the 2018 fashion event, "Khadi - Transcending Boundaries,” presented by Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) in New Delhi, models wore some of gorgeously embroidered and beaded designs of Rohit Bal, a legend who died last year at 63.