The best luxury travel gifts get used on every trip: a weekender that fits the overhead bin, a passport cover, cashmere for a cold cabin, a toiletry case and fragrance in a carry-on size....
A real shearling coat is one skin doing two jobs: suede or leather outside, fleece inside. Here are the best shearling coats and jackets this winter, how to tell real from faux, and how to clean and store one so it lasts....
From the Puzzle to the revived Amazona 180, a guide to Loewe bags by family: the dimensions and weights Loewe publishes, how each one carries, what has changed under Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, and which to buy first....
The fall work wardrobe, piece by piece: what business casual and business professional mean, how to buy suiting as separates, which knits go under a jacket, and office outfits for warm October days and wet November mornings....
Which leathers and linings are worth paying for, how to measure your glove size, the short, long, knit and shearling pairs to buy this winter, and how to keep leather gloves soft....
How to buy perfume for someone else without guessing: discovery sets, what the label's concentration means, scent families that follow on from her current bottle, plus refills, travel cases and oils....
What to wear on New Year's Eve depends on where midnight happens. Our editors' guide to black-tie gowns, dinner dresses, sequins for dancing, separates for a party at home and cold-weather layers for the countdown outdoors....
The ten fall wardrobe essentials, matched to the October and November dates when the weather turns, with the cloth weights to buy, the outfits they make together and what to buy first....
Our editors' guide to the best designer jeans: how luxury jeans should fit, straight, wide, barrel, slim, bootcut and flared legs, rigid versus stretch denim, each house's own sizing notes, and how to hem and wash a pair so it lasts....
Our edit of the best evening bags from Alaïa, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent and more, with how to size a clutch to your phone, when to carry a minaudière, chain or top handle, and which bag suits each dress code....
Better versions of her daily rituals, rare objects from specialist makers and one more piece for the collection she is building: how to choose for the hardest person on your list....
Which Max Mara coat to buy: the 101801 (also sold as Madame), Manuela, Teddy Bear and Ludmilla compared by cloth, cut, length and sizing, with styling formulas, coats under $2,000 and camel-hair care....