The world’s top fine dining establishments have once again been ranked by hospitality authority The 50. On Wednesday, November 6, chefs and culinary professionals gathered at Teatro Municipal in Lima, Peru, for the announcement of the international media company’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list. The annual list is sponsored by the bottled water company S.Pellegrino […]
Channeling the golden light of dawn, Joost and Ruby Bakker combine impossible-to-find Chinese peonies, a native wattle chandelier, and Beechworth beeswax dipped vases in an opulent zero-waste showcase at Flemington. The afternoon light flickers through Mountain Ash eucalyptus leaves as the road winds through the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges. It is the Thursday before […]
With a new Sydney flagship and a more direct local presence, the Italian design group is betting that Australia’s increasingly sophisticated interiors market is ready for more. Italian furniture house Molteni&C has found a new home in Surry Hills, Sydney, transforming a former restaurant into a 760-square-metre space designed to feel more like an elegant […]
The Chinese phone maker has enlisted the camera brand that went to the Moon on Apollo 11 and built three 200MP cameras into its new flagship. We stopped by Mallorca for the global launch to see whether the camera can carry the price. Lowering a $2,699 phone into the Balearic Sea is an act of […]
With a record-breaking opening weekend at the box office under its belt, Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes film “You Can See Everything” is reportedly pursuing an awards campaign that could make it the first-ever documentary nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards (Warning: This article contains spoilers for “You Can See Everything”). Key Takeaways “You […]
The Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra features a 75.54-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond and 4,409 additional diamonds with a combined weight of 1,373.39 carats. Kylie Jenner wore a diamond-encrusted bra valued at $50 million at the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, held Sunday in Los Angeles. The Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra has been one of the […]
Fresh off the barrier, new MRC chief Tanya Fullarton sits down with Forbes Australia at the Group 1 Guineas to give her form guide on the Caulfield Cup and the 2026 Victorian Spring Racing Carnival. High above the track in the Glasshouse at Caulfield Racecourse, Tanya Fullarton watches a field of three-year-old colts thunder across […]
The Michelin Guide, the French dining authority that has rated restaurants for more than a century, has awarded its first stars in Australia. Eleven South Australian restaurants made the cut – but only one walked away with two. After months of speculation, the first recipients of Australia’s coveted Michelin stars have been unveiled – and […]
From her immersive retail ‘Hotel of Curiosity’ installations to the new sun-lit, postcard-inspired Paris collection, Camilla Franks has built her business on wanderlust. Still, she advises entrepreneurs to embrace their flaws and authenticity, and return to themselves, to facilitate their own success. Camilla Franks doesn’t own a laptop and hates numbers. Yet, her contrarian approach […]
Founded in 2012, Alex Fevola’s Runway Room has over 150 cosmetic product SKUs, a brick-and-mortar footprint in Victoria, and a Myer beauty counter presence in five states. Australian sales are up 125 per cent year on year, Fevola says, and expansion into NZ is imminent. The heavy grey storm clouds mute the shopfront windows on […]