Colleen Richmond

Photography by Sophia Taylor On Warmth, Reinvention, and the Art of Living Fully What makes certain people iconic is rarely perfection. It is coherence. A life that, despite its contradictions, somehow feels entirely inhabited. That may be why India Hicks remains so compelling. During my conversation with India what became immediately striking was not the mythology surrounding her — the royal lineage, the famous surname, the island life so often projected onto her, but how resistant she...

Where heritage is woven with salt air, culinary mastery, luminous art, and the quiet magic of rivers meeting sea. You arrive at Delamar Mystic in that golden stretch between day and dusk, when the river seems to hold its breath and the town glows in reflected light. This isn’t a hotel that merely sits in Mystic — it carries the town’s story in its bones. Walls in the public spaces are adorned with nautical pieces drawn from the personal collection of Charles Mallory, a descendant of the...

Precision, Patience, and Skin The Swiss Code Behind Valmont’s Cellular Skincare VIVANT VITAL — A study in ritual, longevity, and the body at its best. This way of thinking aligns seamlessly with the ethos at The Spa at Delamar, where skincare is approached as both indulgence and care. For Mrs. Georgette Mallory, bringing Valmont into the Delamar spa experience was about far more than adding a luxury brand to the menu. “My basic beauty philosophy is to encourage people—especially women—to care...