September/October 2021

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SARDAR BIGLARI Editor-in-Chief special creative adviser GILLES BENSIMON art & design director GUILLAUME BRUNEAU executive editor JARED PAUL STERN deputy editor NICOLAS STECHER deputy art & design director PAUL O’DEA european fashion director CAROLINE
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The COHIBA CHRONOGRAPH
The best kind of collaborations are those where passion is shared, and values are perpetuated.” Julien Tornare, CEO of storied Swiss luxury watchmaker Zenith, is speaking about the brand’s collaboration with Cohiba, the iconic Cuban cigar his company
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Ne Plus Ultra
I was suffering mild panic attacks, with euphoria and trepidation thrown in. And that was before I’d even swung a leg over. It wasn’t COVID-19. It was two wheels with a power-to-weight ratio more than twice that of a Bugatti Chiron. Weighing in at 15
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Rise And Shine
Party proof. For the hard charging lifestyle that many of us aspire to maintain on our paths to legendary status, a valuable piece of the puzzle is keeping our eyes fresh. Whether we only get five hours of sleep or share a couch with 2 other people a
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Escape ARTIST
Artist Abraham Mojica’s career began with an ending, in the form of the sudden tragic death of a family member. It haunted him for months as he sought emotional support in therapy, friends and even the bottom of a glass. Then someone suggested art—to
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The Plug-In Prancing Horse
Ripping around the narrow roadways that crawl like capillaries across the Hollywood Hills in the Ferrari SF90 Stradale, the thrills are gloriously visceral. Thank the supercar’s futuristic plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain—the first-ever from Ferrari—
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The New NEGRONI Style
When the Negroni trend first started to peak several years ago, it was still something of a “secret handshake” as Bon Appétit put it, a sign to bartenders, and fellow drinkers, that you were a man of substance, well traveled and wise to the ways of t
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HENRY CLAY FRICK TITAN OF INDUSTRY, FINANCE, PHILANTHROPY & THE ARTS
As the story goes, sitting in his mansion on New York’s Upper East Side, industrialist and entrepreneur Henry Clay Frick scanned the letter which had just been hand-delivered. Sent by his former business partner and friend, and fellow titan of the in
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Petrus in Space
Christie’s auction house is now offering the chance to boldly go where no oenophile has gone before—in the form of a bottle of Petrus from outer space. The bottle of Petrus 2000 spent 14 months in orbit as part of a privately-funded research study on
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Breaking The BOUNDARIES
Not even her experience as a war refugee and hottie from the hood prepared Rima Fakih for the brutal backstage beauty pageant skirmishes she faced on her way to becoming the first Arab-American Miss America in 2010. This Beirut-born stunner’s strengt
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A Trick Of The Light
At 52 years old, German-born photographer Vincent Peters is quite young in relation to the great lensmen with whom he is often compared. Peters, whose portraits and fashion editorials have graced the pages of major magazines such as Vogue, Glamour, G
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The Hedonist’s Guide To Mykonos
Mykonos is all dressed up, ready to preen and party like it’s 1999. Or, at best, like it’s the summer before a global pandemic drove us apart into pods. Greece was among the first European travel destinations to welcome back foreign tourists without
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N0. 1 Fan
When I speak to Josephine Skriver over the phone, she has just returned from vacationing in Iceland with her fiancé, the musician Alexander DeLeon, also known as Bohnes. “Oh my God! It was so fun!” the 28-year-old Danish supermodel, who has modeled f
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The Last Bugatti Racers
There has been much speculation of late that Bugatti will finally return to racing after a 25-year absence with the Bolide, its new track-focused, W16-powered hypercar reportedly packing 1,825 horsepower, and capable of blasting past 300 mph. So, thi
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The Eye Of The Beholder
Growing up in the small town in Minas, Brazil, Camila Coelho moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania with her family at the age of 14. Her early days as a non-English speaking immigrant cut her teeth for the challenges that lay ahead, built up her indomitabl
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Gunsmith Of The Gods
Most people would say a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite that fell to Earth in prehistoric times belongs in a museum. Robert Bianchin decided to use it to make the world’s most expensive and exclusive set of pistols. Bianchin, a Canadian by birth, move
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Riptide
In the world of extreme sports, there are few things as formidable, and hazardous, as big wave surfing. By big we’re talking 20 feet high or more, something nearly impossible for outsiders and casual riders to comprehend. American legend Shane Dorian
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One For The Road
It’s barely past nine a.m. and the temperatures at the Radford Racing school outside Phoenix are already eclipsing triple digits. The smooth blacktop appears to be cracking before our eyes, but it’s all good—it’s a dry heat. Veteran automotive T.V. h
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Credits
COVER: Earrings, CHROME HEARTS, www.chromehearts.com. Top, MODEL’S OWN. P. 48-49: Shorts, CHROME HEARTS, www.chromehearts.com. Ring, ALICE PIERRE, www.alicepierre.com. P. 50: Earrings, HOUSE OF EMMANUELE, www.houseofemmanuele.com. Thong, VICTORIA’S S
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Sideways In Sonoma
A wave of calm descended as my first round of hyperfresh briny oysters slid down. I was sitting at the Saltwater Oyster Bar in Inverness, a white clapboard ode to local ingredients with gastro-nautical chops, on a stretch of sleepy road in Marin Coun

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