Mark C. O'Flaherty

The 1950s floor lamp design created by Richard Kelly and Philip Johnson for the architect’s Glass House turned the way a room is lit on its head — and it’s making a comeback c/o BassamFellows

Paris is a place for revolutions: the sci-fi fantasies of Cardin and Courrèges, Jean Paul Gaultier’s skirts pour homme and the inflated gothic rituals of Rick Owens. All wild, memorable and museum-worthy. But it may be Agnès Troublé who has changed what we wear today, more so than any fierce iconoclast.

Morgane Sézalory, founder of the cool-girl French fashion brand, applied her effortlessly elegant style — complete with a chic hidden kitchen

A wonky 16th-century house has become a labour of love for Simon Costin — and he’s even fallen for the ghosts

Interior design meets soap opera in the latest high-end real-estate trend, where the wealthy approach homeowners with no desire to sell and buy their houses turnkey—down to the tchotchkes

The style bible’s photographs of Kate Moss, Neneh Cherry and Kurt Cobain shaped popular culture

From New York to Europe to the moon, Ingels is driven to push boundaries

The founder of the Rains fashion brand has restored a 19th-century industrialist’s summer house, flooding it with sun — and vibrant decor — during the dark Danish winter

Oh, the Beaumont, how do I love thee? Let me count just a few of the ways. Let’s start with the smell. All your corridors and stairwells have that just-laid, expensive carpet fragrance, gently scented with something wonderful I can’t quite identify. Then there are those vintage-looking lift dials in the hallways, informing guests precisely where the elevator is on its journey up or down.

Completing a trilogy of collections with indomitable women at their heart, the latest designs by Erdem bring yet another compelling narrative to life through beautifully crafted pieces drawing from the richest history. WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY MARK C O’FLAHERTY

St. John has been the go-to canteen since it opened, and every hot new restaurant has taken something of its DNA

Filled with a lifetime’s worth of antique treasures, the home of the former boutique owner Virginia Bates is still a social spot for her fashion-set friends. WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY MARK C O’FLAHERTY

But can you handle a herbaceous perfume?

More than mere workwear, the Norfolk label’s clothes have become classics. How will loyal fans manage without it?

For brands, controlling footfall improves security, creates an air of exclusivity and weeds out casual shoppers