Kitty Finstad

1 week 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.

3 weeks 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.

1 month ago | 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.

2 months ago | 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.

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.