"On the weekends, if I cannot get away, I will try to get out to the beach, the mountains or even just the park — they remind me how natural materials sit so well together, and how these can be applied to my interior design projects."

Chinese and Russian interests have long collided in the far east, writes Peter Marino

Design star Marc Jacobs resigned from Louis Vuitton this month to focus on his namesake label. Rachel Marie Walsh looks back at his transformative tenure with the luxury fashion house.