LUXURY NOW / SIMPLY SOPHISTICATED

Inspired by speed, driven by passion, Emanuele Prignacca, co-founder of Italy's annual vintage car race, Il Pilota, Il Poeta e la Tartaruga, pays homage to two great icons of a bygone era: Tazio Nuvolari and Gabriele D'Annunzio.

For millennia, black and white, the two most common colors in fashion, have maintained a status that has made them the most powerful tones around.

RIBA celebrates one of the most modest yet fundamentally important projects of an architectural icon - Le Corbusier's Cabanon at Roquebrune-Cap Martin.

The Maharaja of Baroda was one of the most important jewelry collectors of the 19th century. His legacy of treasures including the Pearl Carpet of Baroda, which will be auctioned at Sotheby's on March 19, are a testament to his sophistication.

As heels soar to ever-higher heights and designers dole out the decoration, a brief footwear fad becomes an enduring fashion.