Innholdsfortegnelse for March/April 2019 i Maxim

“NO MATTER WHAT I DO, I CANNOT ESCAPE MY MECHANICAL SENSIBILITIES” In the 1950s, with time on their hands and adrenaline in their veins, London’s rebellious youth rolled up their sleeves and started modifying BSAs, Triumphs, Nortons, Vincents and other Britishbuilt motorbikes to go much, much faster. Channeling Marlon Brando in The Wild One while wearing UK-made Lewis Leathers, they convened at the Ace Cafe to swagger and swap stories and spare parts — hence the term “café racer” was born. Getting from the Cafe to the Hanger Lane roundabout and back before the jukebox stopped is said to have earned you membership in the infamous “ton-up club”, only possible with modified bikes that could easily do 100 mph, i.e. the “ton.” Some modern machines can almost get there in…

While only 24 years old, Megan Khira is a seasoned veteran of the modeling world, having been discovered at a mere 13 years of age. Despite taking the time to earn a marketing degree, Khira has continued to advance her modeling career to even higher levels, gradually expanding within France and Europe, and now making a true global push. But her experience over the last decade has given her the knowledge, and confidence, to lead her to the very top spot as the Maxim France Cover Girl winner, exploding her exposure in her native France while also enabling her to share her beauty and intrigue with an international audience. “I saw the contest on the internet,” Khira explains. “I was convinced I was going to win because I believe in…

There were plenty who scoffed at the idea of a Lamborghini SUV when the legendary Italian marque rst revealed the Urus project a few years ago. After all the original Rambo Lambo, aka the LM002 SUV that debuted in 1986, is more of an automotive oddity (albeit with a cult following) than anything else. With the Urus officially entering the model lineup for 2019, however, Lamborghini is looking forward to making the naysayers choke on their words. The taste may be a little bitter, especially once they’ve gotten behind the wheel and seen rsthand just how awe-inspiring the world’s fastest SUV is. With Lamborghini billing it as the world’s rst super sport utility vehicle as well — the SUV equivalent of a supercar — anything less than heart-stopping numbers would…

If you’ve ever sipped a glass of Hennessy or Dom Pérignon, coveted a Louis Vuitton bag or a pair of Berluti shoes, or strapped on a Hublot or TAG Heuer watch, you’ve felt the infiuence of Bernard Arnault, the billionaire French businessman who has quietly shaped the tastes of the entire world. A man of exceptional vision who started out as an engineer in his family’s construction €rm, in 1989 the Paris-based €nancier, investor and art collector became the majority shareholder, Chairman and CEO of LVMH, the world's leading luxury goods company, and has remained so ever since. With a net worth of nearly $70 billion, he is now the fourth richest man in the world (as of press time) according to Forbes, which calculated his personal fortune increased by…

COVER: Knit dress, Edition 1992, AZZEDINE ALAÏA ($3,990); maison-alaia.com. Earrings, HOUSE OF EMMANUELE ($309); houseofemmanuel.com. WATCHES P.14: Watch, FRANCK MULLER ($106,600); cellinijewelers.com. Watch, MB&F ($79,000); cellinijewelers.com. MOTO: MIAMI P.16: Motorcycle, Racer 5/Ducati, MOTO STUDIO ($52,000); moto-studio.com. Motorcycle, Moto Tuerto/Moto Guzzi, MOTO STUDIO ($38,000); moto-studio.com. Motorcycle, High Roller/Moto Guzzi, MOTO STUDIO ($72,000); moto-studio.com. LAMBORGHINI P.18: Urus SUV, LAMBORGHINI (price upon request); lamborghini.com. BUGATTI P.44: Chiron supercar, BUGATTI (price upon request); bugatti.com. Divo supercar, BUGATTI (price upon request); bugatti.com. COVER STORY P.48: Body chains, HOUSE OF EMMANUELE (Price upon request); houseofemmanuel.com. P.49 Knit skirt, Edition 1992, AZZEDINE ALAÏA ($2,410); maison-alaia.com. Belt, Edition 1992, AZZEDINE ALAÏA ($1,190); maison-alaia.com. P.50: Bodysuit, AGENT PROVOCATEUR ($505); agentprovocateur.com. Belt, Edition 1992, AZZEDINE ALAÏA (Price upon Request); maison-alaia.com. P.51: Teddy, AGENT PROVOCATEUR ($675); agentprovocateur.com. Panty, AGENT PROVOCATEUR ($145);…

First as a host of the BBC’s Top Gear, which was the world’s most watched factual program reaching hundreds of millions of global fans, and now on the immensely popular The Grand Tour, Richard Hammond lives the life most men dream of; driving the world’s greatest cars, tackling some of Earth’s most beautiful and challenging roads and regions, and getting paid millions of dollars to do it. But there’s been an unfortunate dark side to this dream existence. Cars crash, and cars going fast crash even harder, a truism that has nearly ended the show, as well as Richard Hammond’s life, on more than one occasion. Amazon Prime Video’s The Grand Tour retains many of the automotive and comedic aspects of Top Gear, but gives Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James…

Spring is the season of gin. While we hunker down in the wool sweater months with our favorite browns, keeping the soul toasty via a steady collection of Scotch, cognac and bourbon, when the sun finally returns it’s time to clear things up. Literally. We look for spirits that are crisp, light, and refreshing as the days warm up, and no spirit has the clarity and brightness of gin. Thank the juniper and countless other botanicals that can be used for its production — the resulting eruption of tastes and scents allow the best gins to leap from the glass to your nose and palate. We can thank the explosion in craft distilling for the windfall of new gins, with some 6,000 varieties of the pleasantly astringent spirit now in…

BLACKENED AND Q GINGER BEER Ingredients: • 2 oz Blackened American Whiskey • 6 oz Q Ginger Beer Glass: Highball Preparation: • Pour 2 oz of Blackened American Whiskey over crystal-clear cubed ice into a highball glass • Tilting the glass, add the desired amount of Q Ginger Beer • Top off with Q Ginger Beer as needed DICKEL AND Q KOLA Ingredients: • 2 oz George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey • 6 oz Q Kola Glass: Highball Preparation: • Pour 2 oz. of George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey over crystal-clear cubed ice into a highball glass • Tilting the glass, add the desired amount of Q Kola • Top off with Q Kola as needed Heaven’s Door Heaven’s Door is a collection of super-premium craft American whiskeys, created in partnership with…

BODY AND SEOUL Maxim Cover Girl voting has spread from coast to coast, and now, straight across the globe with the strong performance of South Korean stunner Woohyeon Kim. Building on her popularity back home, she earned a Maxim Korea cover before setting her sights on the U.S. And Woohyun was surprised by where her support came from, as rather than a stable of friends and family voting regularly, she was propelled to her place in the finals mostly by good old-fashioned fans. “Surprisingly, in a good way, many of the voters were strangers to me,” she tells us. “I was really grateful that people were supporting me, and I feel like I’ve got even more fans now.” While she finished just short of her dream of the top spot,…