Kelia Moniz’s latest venture, Honolulu Pawn Shop, is a clothing store that showcases Hawaiian culture with a New York sensibility. A native Hawaiian and two-time champion surfer, Moniz set out to create a store that showcases not only her passions and business acumen but also the New York upbringing of her husband, photographer Joe Termini. Moniz is Hawaiian surfing royalty. She grew up at her parents’ surfing school, Moniz Family Surf, where she spent her childhood learning the family trade alongside her pro-surfer brothers. After achieving world titles, fulfilling her childhood dream of be ..read more

“Every voice is like a thumbprint,” Madeline Argy explains to me over the phone from the very same Mercedes in which she self-tapes her podcast Pretty Lonesome. Fifteen minutes into our conversation, we’ve fully detoured into a discussion about linguistics—specifically phonetics, which the Sussex-born media personality studied before graduating from the prestigious University of Kent in 2022. “You can tell everything from waveforms. There are cases where they’ve caught a killer based off the split seconds between a plosive and a consonant—tiny things that you see if you really analyze someon ..read more

From ear pins to edgy engagement rings and back again, KATKIM does it all. The Los Angeles-based fine jewelry designer doesn’t recreate trends; she sets them. Her statement pieces have a cult-like celebrity following, and her engagement rings break with convention. Her designs bring clean curves and linear pave detailing to pieces suited for everyday wear—and the more exceptional moments of our lives. So, as we kick off bridal market season, we’re tapping her for her insights on the diamonds that will define the future. According to founder Katherine Kim, this year’s engagement ring trend fo ..read more

Mother’s Day always seems to approach without much warning, leaving me scrambling to find the perfect gift. If anyone else’s mom is hard to shop for, join the not-so-exclusive club. The scenario remains the same: I ask if I can treat her to anything, and she politely declines. She just wants to spend quality time together. Blessed with gift-giving as my love language, I can’t help but believe there are a few items she’s secretly yearning for. My success rate tends to average about 50 percent, but I always opt for quality pieces that will last—or, at the very least, be passed down to me. If t ..read more

You may claim to buy all your beauty products at niche stores like The Detox Market, Violet Grey, or even Larchmont Beauty, but we’ve all fallen victim to grabbing a bottle of shampoo or body wash at the local grocery store when we've run out and surpassed the power of dry shampoo. Reaching the desperation of becoming a mixologist in the shower (filling the bottle with water to try to salvage any of the remaining product, which always ends up just being watered-down bubbles) is something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Yet, grocery store beauty shopping shouldn’t be thought of as a last r ..read more

Make a wish! The planets of expansion, Jupiter, and disruption, Uranus, are united in the enriching sign of Taurus to unleash new cycles of creativity, innovation, and rebellion across the collective. The exact connection happens early on Sunday, April 21st, but the changes it represents have been brewing throughout April, for the past 11 months since Jupiter first entered Taurus, and even since Uranus entered Taurus in 2018. This is a culmination moment filled with some of the most powerful astrology of the year, and if you want to take advantage of it, then you’re in luck, because I’ve out ..read more

René Redzepi’s radical and exacting resourcefulness is legendary. When the intrepid chef founded noma, his experimental Copenhagen-based restaurant, 21 years ago, he insisted on using only local foods that were in season, often foraging for ingredients like pine cones and pea shoots in the Scandinavian wild and turning to methods like fermentation and pickling to preserve ingredients during barren seasons—changing the landscape of fine dining and garnering a cult following in the process. In the highly inventive hands of Redzepi and his crew, abandoned cod heads become a show-stopping delica ..read more

While Spain has top destinations like Madrid or Barcelona, those who know know that the coast is the proper place to vacation. My home for the next few days? Finca Cortesin. It is a luxury resort hidden in the province of Málaga. This southern region is part of Andalusia, Spain, an autonomous community rich with its own traditions and culture. Throughout my stay, I documented everything about this magical place, from the cuisine to the spa that put to shame all that I have visited before. I was unsurprised to discover that this property has been awarded countless times for the superior level ..read more

“WhoooooaooOAoHH!” Who could forget the immortal words of Fergie when she did four single-handed cartwheels across the stage of The Today Show at 8:54 a.m.? That singular moment is a perfect embodiment of an Aries in action. After wading through the world-weary waters of wise ol’ Pisces, Aries season bursts onto the scene with buoyant, youthful energy and the contagious optimism of Spring. As a cardinal sign, Aries are natural-born leaders, although, with their improvisational approach to life, their strategy tends to be very “ready, fire, aim.” As the baby of the zodiac, their charming sens ..read more

Street-style documentarian Johnny Cirillo has built a fanbase under the pseudonym @watchingnewyork by cataloging the ensembles of the city’s most stylish dwellers in their natural habitat. These aren’t posed shots outside a fashion show with clothes so fresh you can smell the store on them (or the PR lending house). No, these are real people with real style. All of these culminate in his opus, Watching New York: Street Style A to Z, released on April 16th. In compiling his first book, Cirillo turned back the clock to 2016, sifting through eight years of documentation. “We had all these diffe ..read more