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Two of Europe's most celebrated lakeside hotels have paired up for the summer. Il Sereno on Lake Como and the Kulm Hotel above Lake St. Moritz have built a cross-border drive that carries guests from Italian shorelines into the Swiss Alps, with waterfront suites, Michelin-starred dining under Raffaele Lenzi, and a route scored by Kulm's own Arman Naféei. Il Sereno anchors one end of a journey shaped around collectors and their cars
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Some of the top luxury fashion houses have headed to the shoreline this summer. Gucci marks the 60th birthday of its Flora print at La Rose des Vents in Monaco, Burberry dyes the Aegean turquoise at One&Only Aesthesis in Greece, and Missoni floods Ibiza's largest pool in emerald stripes. Jacquemus heads to Turkey's Bodrum coast, while Off-White brings its cross-arrow motif to Marbella
Aston Martin has unveiled Dreadnought, a digital-only military SUV built exclusively for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Developed with Infinity Ward and Activision, it pairs the roar of a V12 with armour plating and a metallic gold gear lever. Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman calls it an Aston Martin amplified without restraint. Infinity Ward's Jack O'Hara and brand diversification director Stefano Saporetti explain why the marque swapped tarmac for the battlefield, and why the most aggressive all-wheel drive in Modern Warfare 4 still wears its famous Chiltern Green
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We have eaten steak in a great many places, across a great many cities, and in a great many formats. Nothing prepared us for COTE Las Vegas. The world's only Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse, and the fourth outpost of Simon Kim's vision, delivered an evening so far beyond our expectations that we left struggling to identify a superlative adequate to the occasion. We visited for a celebration. It became, by unanimous agreement around the table, one of the best meals we ever had.
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No diesel, no fuel tanks, no engine room, and not a comfort lost along the way. Zero, the 68.9-metre ketch from Vitters, Vripack and Dykstra Naval Architects, runs on sun, wind and the water beneath her hull, cruising for two full weeks without a single stop to recharge. Better still, every calculation and design behind her is being shared for free, turning one bold boat into an open door for the whole industry