Ashley Baker

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Carry Vitra x Rimowa It’s a seat! It’s a storage container! It’s a toolbox! The German luggage heavyweight, Rimowa, has teamed up with Vitra, the Swiss furnishings manufacturer, on a collaboration that design aficionados will struggle to resist. The Aluminum Stool is a mobile cube on wheels with an upholstered seat and interior that’s full of compartments to store your matchbook collection, Augustinus Bader serums, or secret alcohol stash.

1 week ago | airmail.news | Ashley Baker |Michael Hainey

On this week’s podcast, a look at the latest hustle from Trump’s son-in-law: a luxury resort with poisonous snakes This week, Mitchell Prothero joins us with his report on why Jared Kushner is pursuing a multi-million-dollar development deal on an uninhabitable former Cold War air base in Albania.Then, many of you are no doubt watching Outrageous, the new series on BritBox that charts the dazzling and controversial lives of the Mitford sisters.

1 week ago | airmail.news | Ashley Baker

Mind the gap and exit the District line at the Bayswater stop. Jaywalk across the Queensway and glide through the leaded glass doors of the Park restaurant. Michelle Chillingworth, the deputy of restaurateur Jeremy King, knows her regulars by face and name. She squirrels away the umbrellas and leads the way down the curvaceous timber staircase. Slip into the Manhattan Room, the restaurant’s private dining room, and there they are. The New Yorkers. London is lousy with American expats.

2 weeks ago | airmail.news | Ashley Baker

STAY The Newt x Burberry The Newt in Somerset is a relatively new but already much-loved British hotel. This summer, it’s getting a dose of heritage, thanks to Burberry, which has been outfitting outdoorsy types since its founding, in 1856. In an homage to its nature-loving history, Burberry is decking the Newt’s halls (so to speak) through August 18. The prevailing theme: Burberry checks—everywhere.

2 weeks ago | airmail.news | Ashley Baker

At eight a.m. on Sunday morning, Il Pellicano was crickets. On the grass tennis court, the pros rallied with one another. In the gym, little boxes of water began to sweat. All around this verdant peninsula on Italy’s Tuscan coast, the swifts chirped ecstatically, as if broadcasting the news: Breakfast cakes are warm! Checkout’s at noon! But the hotel’s guests could not be roused. The previous evening, Marie-Louise Sciò had a party: dinner and dancing to celebrate the Pelli’s 60th anniversary.