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A cool white bed sheet is strung across a washing line. Across its surface, the sun-projected shadow of a man, still, waiting. In front of it, laid out across the bottom of the cinema frame, a lithe, tanned, nubile young woman, sunbathing – naked. In 1956, this was how Brigitte Bardot was introduced to the…
Watching the clip, it’s Christopher Waltz’s face that strikes you. As the man with a (fake) gun and a (fake) grenade walks onto the podium of a live French TV chat show, the colour drains from the German Oscar-winner’s gob. He goes white as milk, which is the perfect counterpoint to the sapphire sea and…
You know you’re having a good massage when it becomes difficult to think about anything at all – except how good your massage is. My mind attempted to latch on to any deep, involved thought, from profundity to crisis, alighting on nothing, always drifting back to the ministrations of the masseuse. Within an hour of…
Alexa is a traditional Indonesian vessel with a twist. Having sailed the seas as a cargo boat for half a century, the adventuring buccaneers over at Oazia have converted the stunner into a single cabin luxury cruiser – a 31 metre floating private playground, providing couples with the ultimate in holiday romance, luxury and a…
Private jet owners now have (another) irrefutable reason to visit six-star Conrad Maldives: the nearby Maamigili Island airport’s runway has just opened to private jets. Only twenty minutes from the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, you’ll be able to land and be at the resort in under an hour, avoiding all those irksome bottlenecks at Male Airport. “Maamigili…
Since it was gutted by fire in 2011, the Great House on Sir Richard Branson’s private island has been undergoing renovations. Now that it’s back to its fully-pimped self again, the £40,000-per-night island is back in business. LUSSO has been having a nose around. Necker Island’s Great House, an al fresco style Balinese villa with a 1,500 sq…
As you read this, 47 vintage Rolls-Royces (and team Lusso) are powering through Europe on the Alpine Trial, a rally which faithfully re-enacts the original 1913 event. The original race saw the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost earn its reputation for faultless reliability and earning it coveted title of the ‘Best Car in the World’. The cars…
Maldivian locals must be a little concerned, in a “has anyone else noticed what’s been happening to the neighbourhood?” sort of way. Hotels sure are beginning to resemble something out of a rather expensive and watery Kevin Costner movie… First came construction plans for floating golf courses, and now this: the Water Discus Underwater Hotel, made…
St Barthélemy, aka St Barts (Ouanalao if you’re a local, apparently) – a Caribbean playground for spendy showbizz types, and literally festooned with celebrity villas. One of which belongs to banjo-strumming actor and Three Amigos funny guy, Steve Martin. The house – known as Villa Au Soleil – is a 4-bedroom single-story private residence with 270 degree ocean vistas and tropical gardens. Wall-to-wall terraces,…
LUSSO issue 30 now comes with added empathy, in the form of Professor Simon Baron Cohen. And Rolls Royces. And grilled meats. And Le Hotel Bristol. Luxury never felt so good. Download the app to see this story in full. Photography by Andres Reynaga and styling by Ozzy Shah. Hair and makeup by Sandra Bermingham…