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Although she’s only 20 years old, Zendaya must be familiar with the Angelina Jolie slit. At the 2012 Oscars, the actress boldly wore a velvet Atelier Versace dress cut up to there and made red carpet history, an iconic fashion moment that spans generations. But how does a young starlet rework the eyebrow-raising look for the millennial set? For Zendaya, it comes down to an innate understanding of good style. Yesterday in Madrid, Zendaya dropped by a Spider Man Homecoming photocall in a fun and flirty slip dress by Jonathan Simkhai. The asymmetric silhouette felt like a modern interpretation of the lingerie look, and twin slashes at the front and side gave a neat sense of movement. Zendaya struck a demure pose with one ankle strategically crossed over the other, calling attention to her sequined Rihanna x Manolo Blahnik shoes, instead of a single bared leg—elegant and elevated, in one easy step.
The clock is counting down to Father’s Day, but even if you haven’t gotten pops a gift yet, it doesn’t mean that you need to turn to a mundane tie or a trip to the golf course for a last-minute present. Hotels may just be your saving grace—especially if he’s a globetrotter. Now all you have to do is call up the resort, hand over that credit card number, and have them do the rest. Easy, no? Who says procrastination doesn’t pay off? So, whether the family plans on vacationing at one of these destinations soon or taking a little staycation, treat dear old dad to something special with an exceptional present from these 11 luxurious properties—and make sure you’re along for the fun, too.
The Most Epic European Road Trip in a Vintage Car via Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
There’s nothing quite like cruising down the sublime French Riviera or through the rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside in a vintage car—and you can do exactly that with help from the Four Seasons. Make your way between any combination of Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, Four Seasons Hotel Milan, and Four Seasons Hotel Firenze in a 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, 1958 Mercedes 190SL, or 1956 Porsche 356A. If none of those classics are to your liking (we can’t fathom how that’d be the case, but we’ll play devil’s advocate), there are a few more options provided by Joey Rent, the rental company with which the hospitality brand has partnered. Not only will dad have fun, but so will you.
A Trip Into the Sahara Desert With Royal Mansour
If you saw Chrissy Teigen’s Instagrams earlier this year, then you’ve already got all the inspiration you need to go to Morocco, but Royal Mansour is giving you another reason: The luxury hotel in Marrakech offers the ultimate Sahara excursion. Start off your day in a thrilling helicopter ride over the Atlas Mountains, stop for a lunch in the palm groves of Zagora with local Touareg residents, cap off your afternoon with a camel ride and a drive through the Ch’gaga dunes in an ATV, and end your night at a tented campsite in the desert. It’ll surely be a memorable adventure for the books.
A Bespoke Shirt at Cotton House Hotel, Autograph Collection
Arguably one of the best luxury hotels in Barcelona, Cotton House Hotel is located in a 19th-century factory that once served as the headquarters of the city’s Cotton Textile Foundation. Drawing from its history, the fluffy fiber can be seen throughout the hotel, a custom scent made from the plant is spritzed throughout, and a small salon just off the side of a handsome library filled with bolts of cotton and samples of collars is used by tailors to take measurements. Said room, now named L’Atelier, was once used for similar purposes, so it only seems right that a hotel drawing so much inspiration from its past refashion it for modern-day use. Hence its collaboration with Santa Eulalia, one of the top tailoring services in the Catalan capital, to provide its most dapper guests with access to expertly custom-made shirts. As a guest, you can request the service or book a package ahead of time.
Macallan Scotch Flights at Montage Beverly Hills
If dad’s a scotch drinker, then there’s no doubt he’s a fan of Macallan, and the handsome £10 lounge at Montage Beverly Hills has an extensive collection of rare vintages. You’ll find your fair share of Sherry Oak, Fine Oak, Old & Rare, and Highland Park—none younger than 15 years—and they even have Royal Marriage in stock. Phone the hotel for a reservation if you want to give your old man the most exquisite tasting he’ll remember for a lifetime. (And maybe even head out to the terrace and smoke a couple cigars while you’re at it.)
Hang Ten at Mukul Beach, Golf, & Spa
Water-loving fathers will thoroughly enjoy a private surf outing with one of Mukul’s expert TropicSurf coaches. Grab a board and head out into the emerald waters of Nicaragua and carve your way through some serious waves. And if he wants a little more time out at sea, the property also offers four- or seven-hour fishing expeditions, where you can catch anything from roosterfish to yellowfin tuna.
A High-End Barber Shop Visit With the Help of Hotel de Russie, a Rocco Forte Hotel
Perfectly located on Via del Babuino in Rome, a street home to the crème de la crème of fashion houses in the Eternal City, guests staying at one of Hotel de Russie’s suites have access to its complimentary “Avenue of Style” program, which gives both men and women backstage access to 11 renowned Italian brands. One of those experiences includes a visit to Acqua di Parma’s barbershop, just steps away from the hotel. Bring dad in for an expert grooming service, and mom might even thank you for the clean shave.
Channel His Inner Ninja With Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
Perhaps dad was a fan of classics like The Octagon or Duel to the Death, or found joy in the comedic 3 Ninjas series. Either way, help him unleash his inner ninja in Kyoto with the Four Seasons’s newest property in Japan. This experience will allow him to learn the proper breathing and meditation techniques before he gets down to the fun stuff: wielding a Kunai dagger or throwing Shuriken stars. (Bonus, although somewhat unrelated, the hotel can also arrange a visit to Aritsugu—a knife-making company founded in the 1560s that used to focus on the production of swords and was the Imperial House of Japan’s official supplier—where you can purchase high-quality kitchen knives and have your name engraved onto the blade.)
Tacos, Beer, and Tequila at Andaz Mayakoba Resort Riviera Maya
If you’re headed to Mexico, go toward Playa del Carmen, stay at the new Andaz Mayakoba, and sign up for the complimentary 45-minute taco-making class to learn about different types of tortillas, salsas, and stews. You can also sample Mexican craft beers for free, or for those who want something a little stronger, a tequila tasting ($45 fee) will do just the trick. Tacos, beer, and tequila—what could possibly go wrong?
A Custom Suit at Brown’s Hotel, a Rocco Forte Hotel
For those who plan on making the trip to London, book a suite at Brown’s Hotel and a Huntsman Savile Row head cutter will make his way to your room and devise the perfect suit while walking you through the entire bespoke process. Plus, if you’re staying at Brown’s in June or July, fathers who are ordering an ensemble will also receive a complimentary one for their son or daughter—a perfect twinning opportunity, no?
Live Music and Afternoon Tea at Kowloon Shangri-La
On Father’s Day, head over to Kowloon Shangri-La for a special afternoon tea buffet with a spread of savory and sweet bites (such as chicken cordon bleu, tournedos Rossini, and opera cake) accompanied by a live performance by the Hong Kong String Orchestra. Starting at 2:30 p.m., the talented musicians will take their seats at the hotel’s chandelier-clad Lobby Lounge for an unbelievable act. Dine in style as you enjoy their classical tunes.
Father’s Day is this weekend, leaving you little time to produce the perfect gift. Beyond the expected bottle of scotch or handsome new tie, why not give dad something in the way of a different indulgence: grooming. Whether shopping for a dapper gentleman or a rugged role model, here are the essentials that are sure to become indispensable in every man in your life’s Dopp kit. Perhaps he’ll appreciate the thoughtful upgrades to his shaving routine, such as Buly 1803’s shaving cream and Czech & Speake’s counter friendly razor and shaving soap set. Or maybe he’s long deserved a sleek leather carryall to keep it organized, like Valextra’s khaki pebble-grain wash bag. For the beau with no time to spare, may we suggest a streamlined hand cream and wash duo that’s bound to spruce up any basic bathroom routine? From old-school favorites (D.R. Harris’s mustache combs) to future classics (Frederic Malle’s aftershave balm) and everything in between, here are 10 picks for a successful Father’s Day.
Guests were seated on the floor of Florence’s Villa La Pietra for J.W.Anderson’s Spring 2018 menswear show at Pitti Uomo. There, in plein air, the brand presented a collection filled with American references, from denim jackets to exemplary white tees to a collaboration with Converse, all of which were topped off by lively heart prints and a nod to the Coca-Cola logo. Here, five things to know about the Americana-tinged collection while you wait for Sarah Mower’s full review.
Jonathan Anderson, sentimentalist? If the floaty heart print that adorned shirts, trench coats, and khaki pants is any indication, fashion’s great aesthete may have a soft spot at his core. There were also rainbow-hued heart knits for those who want the hearts on their sleeves to speak a little louder.
The Big Bag Reigns Supreme
Not to be outdone by the enormous shoppers at Balenciaga, Anderson created gigantic tote bags for his male models to carry down the runway. The bags, some striped and others printed with his logo, seemed to be empty—all the better for the models to sprint down the catwalk with.
A Converse Collab, Revealed
In addition to studded flip-flops, models wore two Converse sneaker styles made in collaboration with the American brand. There’s a J.W. take on the iconic All Star, done in cobalt and kelly green glitter, and a version of the One Star style with frayed seams in indigo blue.
Jonathan Himself Makes an Unlikely Appearance
There are slogan tees, but what about portrait tees? Look 20 featured a large T-shirt printed with Anderson himself, styled as an army officer with the text: Militant men wear J.W.Anderson. Amen.
“Hong Kong is one of my favorite places to be in the world.” So says Jason Wu, the fashion designer who recently celebrated 10 years in the business. Wu, who was born in Taiwan, has been to the international city many times throughout his life. “It’s only an hour-and-a-half flight from Taiwan, so I’ve been going there since I was a little kid,” he says. “For me, it’s a place that holds of lot of childhood memories.” And while Wu goes to Hong Kong once a year—twice if he’s lucky—last November he found himself in the metropolis for work. Wu was was speaking at a forum at the same time that he was ready to photograph his Pre-Fall collection for Grey Jason Wu. Luckily for Wu, the other members of his team also happened to be in the city at the time, so they decided to do the shoot there. “To do an outdoor shoot in New York in November would be really difficult,” Wu says. “But Hong Kong has always been known for its great weather: It doesn’t really get that cold there. So since we were all in town we thought, Why not do it now?” Much of the collection, which debuts this week, was shot in Hong Kong’s outdoor street markets. “It just felt really appropriate because a lot of what Grey is about is everyday clothing,” Wu explains. “I loved seeing the clothes in these real life situations, especially because I very much grew up going to these food markets. That’s still a very important way that people in Hong Kong shop today. It’s not really a grocery store culture.” But besides the shoot, food was the predominant theme of Wu’s overall trip. When asked what he most enjoyed about his visit, Wu simply replied, “The food. Definitely.” Wu is a big fan of bubble tea, which he describes as being one of his childhood comfort foods. But that was far from the only thing he ate while in town. “Culturally speaking,” Wu explains, “Chinese food is predominant in Hong Kong. But there’s just so many different types. Between the street vendors and the hole-in-the-wall restaurants and the hot new places, there’s really something from everyone.” Indeed. Wu very much enjoyed grabbing dim sum, a Hong Kong and Cantonese specialty, at Yung Kee. However, there’s another establishment that he calls his absolute favorite. “Din Tai Fung actually originated in Taiwan,” Wu starts off. “It’s this Michelin star dumpling place that always has a line out the door. It’s not fancy, but you go in and there are like 50 people making dumplings behind a glass [partition] so you can see everything. I just think they have the best soup dumplings in the entire world, so I try to go whenever I can.” Sounds like it’s time to book a trip to Hong Kong. But what exactly should first-time visitors expect? “You know how we call New York the city that never sleeps?” Wu asks. “Somehow Hong Kong is that on overdrive. It’s always lit up, all the time. It never gets quiet. You could leave your hotel at 3 a.m. and things would still be in full swing.”
How much does it take to shift the needle on what men will want to wear? If a cool designer endorses wearing a white T-shirt, chino shorts, and flip-flops, will that have people following in droves? Or ought directional fashion be operating on the level of taboo-breaking avant-garde, like frilled neoprene shorts and one-shoulder evening tops? Well, this season Jonathan Anderson has shifted from the latter position—the gender challenge he threw down when he started—to the former, or what he called “no-fuss fashion basic-ness. Trying to strip everything back.” And then he added, “I think this is the first season I’ve tried everything on myself. It was like going back into yourself.” So, was this collection more about Jonathan Anderson personally—or was it also a pragmatic turn toward servicing the ways of the commercial world? The show was, by the by, in the spectacular Florentine gardens of the Villa La Pietra; Anderson is a guest designer of the Italian Pitti Immagine organization, which cleverly baits its menswear tradeshow with the juicy attraction of foreign talent. Perhaps they, and everyone who made the trip to Florence specially to see it, expected Anderson to outdo himself on the conceptual level in front of the international audience. Instead, he went more or less completely in the opposite direction, showing what was, broadly speaking, an assemblage of lightweight generics: summer trenches, wide-leg jeans, denim shorts, sweatshirts, Breton T-shirts, chinos, and sweaters emblazoned with his JW initials-as-anchor logo. Passing by, too, was a new collaboration with Converse in the form of collaged, glittery sneakers or beige suede. Needless to say, the after-discussions about the pros and cons went on half the night among the gathered menswear fraternity—many of whom themselves are noticeably dressed for the heat in Bermuda shorts, T-shirts, cotton trousers, and sandals. Conversation rolled around the topic of whether there was enough for a fashion-hungry customer’s eye to be caught by this show. Yet plenty admitted that these are the kinds of clothes they’d like to wear themselves. And like all men, they’d homed in on the details—the burgundy abstract print on the wide-leg jeans, the T-shirts with spoofs of American branding, the arty-crafty appliqués, and the tapestry patch of a swan on a bag. Backstage, behind a topiary hedge, in fact, Anderson said he’d partly been inspired by looking at what tourists wear while taking in the sights of Florence. Another thought, as he spoke against the backdrop of classical sculptures: “This is the most sexual of cities, everywhere you go, there’s nakedness!” The homoerotic awareness in Anderson’s work is undeniably there; it has just moved on from presenting boys in headscarves and bustier tops. Perhaps it has also involved a degree of honesty. In conversations over the past year, Anderson has often questioned the validity of the term luxury and admitted that, personally, he doesn’t really buy fashion clothing. For once, rather than designing for les autres, he’d decided to be subjective, gone into his own wardrobe, had a look at his favorite things, and “made jeans based on ones I’ve had for years.” As for the chinos and white T-shirts? The ease of ordinariness, to judge by the way most men are dressing around these shows, is an avant-garde trend just waiting for someone as revered as Anderson to declare it okay.
Today, BTS celebrates their 4th anniversary as a band—perhaps surprising, given their meteoric rise among international fans. The last year has been a particularly wild one for the seven-member K-pop sensation, from the release of their second studio album Wings to a scene-stealing appearance at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, where they won Top Social Artist. Hitting the red carpet in a coordinated series of Saint Laurent suits, each artist found a subtle way to express his individuality, whether it was a slim leather choker or the unexpected flash of a silver boot. Looking back, it felt like the culmination of a fashion evolution that has slowly unfolded since their debut.
Poring over past photos, particularly those shared on their enormously popular Twitter account, one can see that the band has taken on an eclectic mix of personas, from more generic hip-hop to unbridled whimsy—particularly that of Alessandro Michele’s Gucci, whose aesthetic practically defined the group’s concept during their 2015 breakout. Take V, for instance, who looks like a poster child in the brand’s leather slides and a floral-print shirt, a red king snake coiled across his tie, or J-Hope, who prefers to simply wrap a logo-print scarf around his neck.
Elsewhere, their style shifts between workwear staples—Timberland boots, Carhartt coats—and high-end statement accessories, like the Louis Vuitton Eye-Trunk phone case. Yet at its core, their fashion philosophy is playful in a clear and accessible way, surely one reason for their cross-cultural appeal. To celebrate today’s anniversary, they hosted a pajama party on V Live’s live-stream app, appearing in matching Pepto pink jumpsuits with polka-dotted neckerchiefs. It was simply fun—no translation required.
This is the first Givenchy collection since the announcement of Clare Waight Keller as artistic director, hence the temptation to look for clues of her early influence in a visit to the Paris showroom. But given that she only began settling into her role a few weeks ago, the communications team underscored that this triptych lineup of monochromatic looks came entirely from the women’s (and men’s) studios. The maison, nonetheless, seems determined to not appear in limbo: The now-familiar Infinity and Horizon bags were given myriad makeovers, and Sway, a new, well-developed hybrid style, could easily become a mainstay. A flagship opened on the Via del Babuino in Rome two weeks ago, which explains the lookbook locations spread out across the Italian capital. Each architectural backdrop loosely corresponded with the theme of each grouping, so what might qualify as the updated classics were positioned in front of the Museum of Roman Civilization with its mid-century modernist peristyle. Here, the construction of suiting in gauzy tulle and the total lace look comprised of a cape top and ample pleated lace trouser reaffirmed that Givenchy’s foundation—its workmanship—remains not only sound but seductive. Shooting the intensely blue “urban” repertoire at Corviale, an imposing Brutalist housing project southwest of Rome, offered an electrified contrast; a flounced workwear parka and filmy organza utility-pocket jumpsuit will appease the Givenchy constituency that hopes the label will maintain its cool curb appeal. The pieces saturated in fuchsia came closest to the all-red Fall collection presented upon Riccardo Tisci’s departure. Within the dark interior of the Palestra del Duce, the familiar Neo-Gothic influence appeared as a knockout dress assembled from a medley of lace; while the snarling Rottweiler sweatshirt made only a cameo this time, the house’s best friend had been cropped and tamed underneath an integrated silk blouse. Altogether, the collection offered a striking, stylized hedge before Waight Keller defines Givenchy on her own terms. But whereas placeholder collections typically aim for inconspicuous, this one unmistakably marks the moment with unabashed Givenchy Spring ’18 messaging, as if aware that people will wear the label loud and proud, no matter who is at the helm.
Earlier today, First Lady Melania Trump and her son, Barron, moved into the White House. The First Lady wore a brown and white ensemble for the occasion, while Barron opted for a graphic light blue T-shirt. President Trump greeted his wife and son upon their Marine One arrival, and walked with them across the White House lawn into the residence. Since President Trump’s January inauguration, the First Lady and Barron have been living in New York City. The decision to delay their move was made so that Barron would be able to finish out his school year in New York. However, many began to wonder whether Melania and Barron would ever move to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That matter, at least, has now finally settled. Barron is now officially the first boy to live in the White House since John F. Kennedy, Jr. in 1963. This fall, Barron will begin school at Maryland’s St. Andrew’s Episcopal School.
Professional surfer Quincy Davis has spent her life in the ocean. Since getting signed by Volcom at the age of 12, the Montauk native has paddled into waves in Australia, Indonesia, Mexico, and the Maldives—to name a few. But it’s French Polynesia that has what she calls “the bluest water I’ve ever seen.” For her 22nd birthday just weeks ago, Davis returned to “the most magical place on earth,” for a six-day, three-island tour of the South Pacific’s best food, waves, and waterfront decks. Despite this being her second trip to the island cluster, there were many firsts for Davis. Chief among them: swimming with blacktip sharks, which, historically speaking, are every surfer’s nemesis. Certainly not her favorite moment of the trip, but it’s one Davis will likely never forget: “I can’t even believe that happened. It was insane.” She was much more at ease exploring surf breaks on white coral beaches and by boat—where she discovered a peeling-right reef break worth writing home about. R & R came in the form of lounging on the deck of her over-the-water hut at the newly opened Conrad Bora Bora Nui; Jet Skiing to middle-of-the-ocean picnics; and indulging in decadent French cuisine—served beachside, of course. “It felt like a dream—I can’t even explain how happy I was there.” Here, Quincy takes photographer Nico Guilis on a tour of Tahiti, Mo’orea, and Bora Bora.”