

The Rise of the Super Shopper: Luxury has Never been So Competitive
Resale alerts. Proxy services. Secret WhatsApps. This is what it takes to buy the best—and most coveted—clothes. The White Stripes’ anthem “Seven Nation Army” never fails to have a Proustian effect on Bianca Jebbia. Every time she hears it, Jebbia flashes back to the first time she walked into the Marni boutique on Mercer Street in New York. More than two decades later, she recalls entering a futuristic gallery of fashion, with clothes suspended from chrome rails as seriously


Summer of Wine: Not-to-Miss Festivals
One of the absolute best ways to learn about wine is to “dive in” and wine festivals, especially when they have a focus on educational seminars, are a terrific way to dive in. But even if you’re just a wine lover who likes to taste and sample and enjoy, then wine festivals equally rise to the occasion. There are thousands of wine-focused festivals - both big and small - each year and in every corner of the world. This month, we take look at some incredible summer wine festiva


Whose Fault it is Anyway?
At a local high school basketball game, the game came down to the wire. Player A, the star of the team, is standing on the perimeter, surveying the defense, ball in his hands. Player A could easily take the shot, but instead, passes to Player B who’s wide open in the corner. Player B take a shot, but misses. It would be easy for Player A to say, “Why didn’t he make that shot? He is terrible!” which may be an accurate assessment of skills, but instead, he chooses to ask hims









