Features

	Keeping the Faith By Kate Sekules According to the Hermès family’s sixth generation, the empire built on leather and silk is not a luxury brand. Art is the heart of the matter.
	North Stars By Fred Plotkin Opera may be an Italian art form, but the (nearly) oldest and the youngest opera houses sit at the top of the globe, in Sweden and Norway, respectively—and they’re stunners.
	The New York Eye By Joe Dolce American design may be a bit moribund, but Gotham attracts the talent anyway - from everywhere else. Three kings of New York design point out the best in town and name the future stars.