Jamie Leilani Pelayo’s Stories + Objects

A destination for truly unique luxury items and the tales of their artisanal origin

As the worlds of lifestyle editorial and online retail grow closer and closer, consumers have come to expect a good story with their purchase. Marketing speak and focus group-approved narratives are so prevalent that authenticity is frequently buried—or non-existent. Antithetical to this, Jamie Leilani Pelayo understands the value of truth, a compelling story and wanderlust. In living for these components, Pelayo has built Stories + …

Untucked Workwear’s Dynamic Commuter Apparel

Transition from bike to boardroom to bar easily

For any city commute via bus, metro, bike or skateboard, men can find a plethora of workwear options readily available. Locating functional and stylish items for women can pose more of a challenge. Thus, designer Colleen Monroe has created Untucked Workwear to resolve her personal quest to find the apparel she has been looking for. Launching on Kickstarter today, the brand’s aim is to create …

Test Drive: 2018 Audi S4 + S5

Behind the wheel of the subtly, but impressively, updated cars in Palm Springs

A snaking, high-desert road course is the ideal test of the all-new 2018 Audi S4 and S5—cars that are spawned from the petri-dish of their ultra-high performance stablemates, the Audi R8 and RS. (To clarify: the German automaker’s nomenclature for sedans, coupes and roadsters begins with its volume-leading base “A” models, and then imbues them with sports-minded looks and more driving character and labels them …