Travel + Leisure March 2022

THE OTHER DAY, as I rushed to get my son off to school, I found a beautiful tailored coat at the back of my closet. The color stopped me: a cool blue-gray, like a winter sky just before a good snowstorm. I suddenly remembered the moment I bought that coat, in the fall of 2020. I was with my mother, who was taking her first trip up from Philadelphia to New York City since the world shut down. At the time, no one was going to see me in that coat except my immediate family. Yet, spurred on by the buzz of being out shopping again, I made a spontaneous purchase and took it home. So much has been said about the minutiae of pandemic dressing, the elastic waistbands and the…

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A GLOBETROTTER’S GUIDE TO THE LATEST IN TRAVEL IF YOU’RE SMART, you’ll arrive at the new Cheval Blanc hotel from the Left Bank, crossing the Pont Neuf with Notre Dame to your right and the sweep of the Seine to your left. Not even marching over the cobblestones up to Versailles feels quite so grand. The Cheval Blanc is the newest five-star hotel in Paris, but like the Pont Neuf itself, a lot of old is hidden behind the word new. Even the modern-looking glass façade of the building goes back almost a hundred years. Henri Sauvage designed it for the Samaritaine department store in 1928, dragging Paris away from the trippy curlicues of Art Nouveau toward the sober straight lines of Art Deco. The whole building was closed for structural repairs…

THE FIELD OF art and design should reflect the full spectrum of colors and textures in the world—as well as the people in it. But in the interiors industry, as in many others, connections and influence often lie in the hands of the few. One nonprofit is trying to change this culture of exclusivity: the Kaleidoscope Project (thekaleidoscopeproject.com), which provides platforms for designers of color. Launched in December 2020 by Amy Lynn Schwartzbard, Kaleidoscope was spurred by the same headlines and protests that forced many companies to reevaluate their commitment to diversity. “I’ve been in the furniture and design industry for nearly thirty years, and it’s the place I knew I could make an impact,” Schwartzbard says. “Our BIPOC talents do not get the recognition they deserve. It’s past time that…

DEEP ELLUM has been a playground for arts and entertainment for more than 100 years. Founded by formerly enslaved people after the Civil War, the neighborhood went on to serve as an industrial and cultural center for Dallas’s Black community. Jazz and blues musicians like T-Bone Walker and Bessie Smith frequently stopped there in the 1920s, and even as the neighborhood gentrified later in the century, it remained a must for big touring names like Lauryn Hill and Snoop Dogg. Today, it’s still a hot spot for live music—and a rush of new development is drawing interest from more than just the concert crowd. For decades, artists have used the neighborhood as a canvas for murals and installations. Adding to the mix are works curated by Goldman Global Arts (goldmanglobalarts.com)—the creative…

THERE ARE PLACES you go for a ski vacation and places you go to ski. For decades, Big Sky was the latter. An hour’s drive from Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, Big Sky Resort was the Wild West of skiing. There were no heated chairlifts and no fancy on-mountain restaurants. But diehards like me weren’t going for the amenities. We were lured by the resort’s triple-black-diamond runs. The ski area’s massive terrain has always reminded me of the Alps. And thanks to a 10-year, $150 million capital investment, the destination now does, too. St. Moritz–worthy glamour is on full display at the new Montage Big Sky (montagehotels.com; doubles from $1,395). The region’s first five-star property, which opened last December within the exclusive Spanish Peaks Mountain Club, is pitched at a new type…