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    The curator, restorer and director of Venetian Heritage loves gilt mirrors, local swimming pools and yearns for his nunnery in Croatia

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
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    Joe Gebbia loves Space Hippies, sound baths, cereal packets and will go anywhere for Christo

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    The founder of Japanese label Visvim looks to the time-worn treasures of the past to find his inspiration

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
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    Tracee Ellis Ross loves her Italian cake stand, Patrick Kinmouth stocks up on liquorice chocolate bonbons in Copenhagen and Cynthia Nixon can’t resist a Moroccan rug

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
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    The monochromatic majesty of Joël Andrianomearisoa 

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    But the Tokyo-based architect still loves tenuguis and his cat T-shirt 

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
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    Lauren Ridloff, the first deaf Marvel superhero, talks personal taste

    The actress loves her Makkari figurines, the late Anthony Bourdain – and her kettlebells

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
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    Cubitts’ Tom Broughton: ‘My obsession with Isokon furniture is dangerous’

    The man behind the cult eyewear brand discusses Michael Caine’s specs appeal, mango chutney and living in a modernist masterpiece

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
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    Tommy Hilfiger: ‘I always thought cowboys were so cool’

    The American designer talks taste

  • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
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    Cynthia Nixon talks taste

    The actress loves teapots, Enstrom toffee and her boots by SJP

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
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    Celebrity stylist Karla Welch on why ‘good clothes open doors’

    How does the woman who dresses Justin Bieber, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sarah Paulson like to style herself?

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
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    The extraordinary world of artist Hassan Hajjaj

    The Moroccan artist loves Bics, Technics decks and Palmer’s Cocoa Butter

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
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    John Nollet, the renowned hair stylist, talks taste

    The Frenchman on Carnival, curl care and his friendship with Sophie Calle

  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
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    What does an aesthete keep in the fridge?

    Claudia Roden, Kean Etro and Tracee Ellis Ross reveal the food, drinks and condiments they cannot live without

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
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    Anna de Pahlen: ‘It was always my goal to move surrounded by art’

    The movement artist and yoga instructor on her crystal singing bowls, Damien Hirst mandalas and the island of Li Galli

  • Saturday, 1 January, 2022
    Beauty
    The Aesthetes’ guide to beauty products

    Violette Serrat, Gucci Westman and Dapper Dan share the make-up, skincare and fragrances they cannot live without

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    Books
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    From foodie memoirs to true-crime podcasts, the world’s most stylish share their favourite picks from 2021

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
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    BBC World News presenter Yalda Hakim talks personal taste

    The journalist swears by her Bally boots, Fitbit and the power of education

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
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    Curator Thelma Golden talks taste

    The director of The Studio Museum loves the view from her window, her Kara Walker pitcher and the Harlem Chocolate Factory

  • Friday, 26 November, 2021
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    Food star Laila Gohar talks personal taste

    The artist and social media sensation known as @lailacooks buys Buly perfumes and indulges in big glasses of burgundy

  • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
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    Virginie Mouzat: ‘I dread modernity for the sake of it’

    The writer and style icon loves Balenciaga Speedy Socks, cold sake and smoking a cigarette… in complete silence

  • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
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    The artist and designer talks personal taste

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
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    The French founder of freerunning jumps for Pentel brush pens, Dragon Ball manga and avoids being slain by Bond

  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
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    The director of The Rescue on crampons, Ansel Adams – and decompressing with a Dyson

  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
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    The founder of Our Place and ex-CEO of the Malala Fund loves Istanbul, gummy bears and supporting south Asian female-founded brands

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