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I magine that you are handed the keys to four iconic, “modern classic” Ferraris, then given the run of the marque’s private Fiorano racetrack on which to test their mettle—and yours. As unlikely as it might sound, this is no mere pipe dream, but the essence of Ferrari’s Corso Pilota Classiche program. On offer is professional instruction in the art of driving iconic Ferraris from the 1960s to the 1990s, which many enthusiasts have now come to see as a golden age of manual transmissions, raw power, and visceral driving thrills. Experiencing them firsthand on the same track where they were originally tested and perfected is beyond compare. Even more so because the Corso Pilota Classiche program is operated by Ferrari’s own highly-esteemed Classiche division, which protects the heritage of…

Olivia “Livvy” Dunne’s life is made by rules. During a floor routine, the gymnast must include three different saltos, with at least one being a double backflip. There must be dance. On bars, a 360-degree turn is required, and a dismount is mandatory. Everything is judged, including aesthetics, where still more rules apply (hair in a pony, bun, or braid; no special shoes, but also no bare feet; nails must be short). Dunne, 23, has followed all these rules superbly to some of the higher levels of the sport, competing on Louisiana State University’s gymnastics team for her five-year university career, which included the team’s National Championship in 2024. One rule, though, has had perhaps more influence over Dunne’s life than any other: a 2021 Supreme Court decision led the…

Ehab Allam’s fascination with machines began when he was eight years old, tinkering with the engine on his first motorbike. Today, that obsession has evolved into what he calls Parc Fermé, a private collection of historic Formula One cars spanning from the 1950s through the 1990s. Some of the cars in his garage include a 1958 Lotus once driven by Graham Hill and a 1991 Benetton piloted by both Nelson Piquet and Michael Schumacher. For Allam, it’s not just about owning the cars; it’s the thrill of seeing them back on the track at Masters Historic events across Europe, where his team has won the F1 Stewart class championship for the past three years. “For me it’s the memories, the nostalgia, the noise, the smell—and Formula One has lost a…

THE GOLD COAST We awake at 6 a.m. sharp on our first morning at the Zannier Hotels Bãi San Hô, with the alert promise of what the day might bring. Leaping from the bed, we peel back the thick blackout curtains and push open the 10-foot glass door separating our crisp air-conditioned room from the dense Vietnam air outside. The early morning brilliance of it all startles—no less than seven shades of blue wash across our waking eyes, from the infinity pool steps away, to the South China Sea just beyond the beach, and on to the cloudless sky above. Dazzling azures, turquoise, and deep pacific blue light meet our gaze, filling the soul with that elusive euphoria that beckons explorers across the far ends of the Earth. These moments…

Steep money enjoys many sanctuaries—Zurich vaults, Cayman accounts, Mayfair clubs—but in Courchevel it straps on skis and masquerades as leisure. A syndicate with ski lifts. Beyond a storied ski destination, it’s a snowbound Versailles, a sky-high Valhalla where oligarchs launder their souls in Krug. Bellecôte is a Bond sequence spliced into snow: groomers comb the piste into corduroy so perfect it feels dubbed, danger artfully staged for tech billionaires emerging from Sölden-style glass cubes. No peril, all production value. An elaborate stage for the theater of wealth, palace hotels are manicured prisms of privilege, each mountain pass a runway for status. While Gaislachkogl boasts a Bond museum atop a 10,000-foot summit, Courchevel 1850 eschews cinematic installations for the living tableau. Aman Le Mélézin stands like an alpine specter of stealth…

Askeleton watch is stripped down to its bare, beautiful bones. A mesmerizing view of intricate gears, bridges, and springs—the very soul of the timepiece—is visible through a dramatically reduced dial. French watch designer André Charles Caron, a clockmaker for King Louis XV, is credited with crafting the first skeleton watch in 1760. But advancements in computer-aided design now produce skeletonized stunners that would have been impossible to create by hand. Here are three skeleton watches to bone up on now. The Bell & Ross BR-05 Skeleton Phantom Ceramic is a headturner that draws design inspiration from military stealth aircraft. This 500-piece limited edition is a matte black ceramic beauty that houses a fully skeletonized, rhodium-plated movement visible through a black-tinted transparent dial. The tactical aesthetic brings a new dimension to…

The Dallas Cowboys are nothing short of a prodigious presence in the National Football League. For the 19th consecutive year, “America’s Team” has been named by Forbes as the league’s most valuable, with an estimated worth of $13 billion that not only far exceeds the runner-up Los Angeles Rams at $10.5 billion, but all sports teams worldwide. The Cowboys can also claim the more nebulous title of “America’s most popular NFL team” when a multitude of factors are considered together, including its 19.7-million social media following, merchandise sales, total average home stadium attendance, and a rampant fan base that stretches nationally past expected regional boundaries from coast to coast. In light of the star-spangled franchise’s failure to contest a conference championship—let alone a Super Bowl—in three decades, these stats are…

At the 17-minute, 20-second mark of the 2019 Champions League soccer match at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Tottenham was leading Liverpool by one. That’s when the game was suddenly halted by the invasion of a blonde fan in a skimpy black one-piece with the words, “Vitaly Uncensored” scrawled across the front. To the delight of many, she ran across the pitch with her hands held high in victory before she was corralled and escorted off the field by officials. Her name is Kinsey Wolanski. “I had a dress on that was velcro, so I could rip it off for my bikini. I was so focused on the task at hand, I don’t think I was nervous. I was just locked in,” she tells Maxim. “I didn’t fully understand…