Kitty Finstad

Glasgow

Editor at Forbes

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Editor’s picks: 5 global events for June 2025

3 weeks ago | forbesglobalproperties.com | Kitty Finstad

What’s on our radar this June? Architectural inspiration, film culture Down Under and two standout gourmet celebrations. Take a spin around the Forbes Global Properties world for inspiration. London, UKJune 6–October 26, 2025It’s one of architecture’s most coveted commissions.
Time For A New Era In Real Estate Reality Television?

2 months ago | forbes.com | Kitty Finstad

Remember Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,the syndicated reality show that ran from 1984-1995? Robin Leach, the series’ waistcoat-wearing British-American host, brought audiences a glimpse of what lay beyond the gilded gates of celebrity homeowners, ending each episode with his signature catchphrase wishing viewers “champagne wishes and caviar dreams.”It was all a bit bling before bling was a thing.
Style | Full-circle fashion

2 months ago | forbesglobalproperties.com | Kitty Finstad

It’s not every day a (whisper it) mid-priced brand makes it into one of the world’s most famous luxury department stores. But when Rothy’s, the San Francisco-born shoe and bag maker opened its first UK pop-up shop in Liberty in 2024, the initiative signalled something bigger than global expansion. Launched in 2016, Rothy’s entered the world of fashion accessories with an innovative washable flat shoe knitted from fibers that previously enjoyed a life as ocean waste or plastic bottles.
Lights, camera, auction: a $65 million architectural milestone in Maui

Mar 14, 2025 | forbesglobalproperties.com | Kitty Finstad

It’s the light in Maui that gets you. Not just the amber-gold sunsets or the way the honeyed morning light glitters and shatters over the breaking ocean waves. It’s the long, enveloping fingers of the sun in this part of the world that warm you, wrap you, anchor you into this magical island’s spirit of aloha. It’s also the kind of light that can seduce willing architects into a design dance. Chasing shadows as the day bounces its way around a building.
Own A Piece Of Venetian History At This $10.4 Million Dorsoduro Palazzo

Jan 29, 2025 | forbes.com | Kitty Finstad |Spencer Elliott |Catherine Dunwoody |Zoe Hall

In a city of such singular beauty as Venice, it’s hard to know which way to turn. From the Grand Canal lined with majestic palazzi to the labyrinth of more discreet waterways that suddenly open up to reveal a scene-stealing cathedral or piazza, it’s an assault on the senses of the most bewitching kind. But we all love to measure, rank and compare. And the Dorsoduro district is considered by many to be the best place to live in Venice.
How To Touch Down On Jupiter (Island) For $35 Million

Jan 25, 2025 | forbes.com | Kitty Finstad

Jupiter Island, that slender finger of sand and vegetation that separates the Atlantic from a 10-mile stretch of nature preserves and country clubs just north of Palm Beach, is also home to some of the most expensive property in the U.S.Homes here routinely fetch eight figures, with celebrities, business leaders and sports figures drawn to its orbit of exclusivity and privacy. This is rarefied real estate on a finite patch of land with limited opportunities for development.
Scotland’s best whisky distilleries – and how to visit them

Jan 21, 2025 | msn.com | Kitty Finstad

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Scotland’s best whisky distilleries – and how to visit them

Jan 21, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Nielsen Dinwoodie |Kitty Finstad

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A Look Inside Hamburg’s Most Expensive Art Nouveau Villa

Nov 20, 2024 | forbes.com | Kitty Finstad |Natalie Hoberman |Zoe Hall |Mary Forgione

Anyone who has navigated Hamburg by car may be familiar with the quirks of the Sierichstraße, a two-lane road that runs between the city center and northern suburbs, near the city’s huge hub of water-based fun that is Outer Alster Lake. Sierichstraße is known as Hamburg’s most famous one-way street—except it’s not actually one way.
Live La Dolce Vita In These Sumptuous Venetian Villas

Nov 12, 2024 | forbes.com | Kitty Finstad

Think of the history of Venice and grand canal-side palazzi come to mind. But from the 16th century to the fall of the Serenissima (the French-occupied Venetian Republic) in 1797, noble families would decamp from these palatial dwellings in the summertime, journeying by river on luxurious canopied floating vessels called burchielli. This seasonal exodus to the countryside became a pause from city life and oppressive heat, a time for louche and lavish recreation in family villas.