Topic

Luxury

A woman in a white dress walks through a shopping mall, carrying two shopping bags with red handles, surrounded by store displays adorned with orange flowers.

Fashion

Luxury Fashion on a Budget in the UAE: My Shopping Guide

25 Jun

My rule: buy the piece you want at a total you can afford—not a discount you need to justify. I would start with an outlet for flexible browsing, a boutique sale for an exact current item, or pre-owned for a particular older design. Those are different shopping jobs. Where I would start, depending on the…

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A woman relaxes in a bathtub inside a luxurious bathroom with a large aquarium window featuring rays and fish. A man in a white bathrobe stands nearby, holding a drink.

GOING OUT

20 Luxury Hotels in the UAE: My Picks, Trade-offs and Booking Checks

9 Jun

I would choose the kind of break first and the hotel second. The UAE’s luxury hotels offer wildly different experiences: a city base, a beach-led family holiday and a private-pool desert escape are not substitutes just because all three have impressive lobbies. These are 20 addresses worth understanding, with the trade-offs I would use to…

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