When the world’s your runway

Nomads have officially hit the runway. Inspired by the nomad movement and modeled by big names, luxury German fashion brand MCM’s spring/summer collection is centered on multi-use designs that seamlessly transition from workday attire to evening chic.

Pia Alexandra Bello for Cultured Mag

🛂 Identity verification in the nomad era 

Global citizens operate in a complex bureaucratic maze, often involving paper print-outs and unfamiliar languages. Whether it’s insurance, visa applications or SIM cards, most processes require a form of identity verification. With the dual rise of nomadism and identity theft, can businesses modernize for borderless living while still managing security risks?

Regula Forensics

🇺🇸 Why Californians are moving to Oklahoma

Hoards of Californians are trading their surfboards for cowboy boots and moving to one of the fastest-growing remote work hubs in the US. Why is this Oklahoma city proving so popular among American nomads? The $10,000 relocation incentive certainly helps, but it’s about more than money alone.

Aaron Spray for The Travel

💀 Is business travel dead?

Lavish business dinners and hotel cocktail receptions may soon be relics of the past, according to recent research. In a post-pandemic world, business travel as we know it may fade, but a new travel category is already emerging to take its place…

Elizabeth Bennet for BBC

💌 The cost of the American Dream? Our intimacy

Immigrants chasing the American Dream often swap the warmth of close-knit communities for the relentless grind of capitalism, burn-out and hustle culture. But is it worth it? This love story reveals the intimate sacrifices two first-generation immigrants make as they build a future in an unfamiliar land.

Abdullah Zahid for The New York Times

🗺 The WWII treasure map that caused a modern-day hunt

In a scene straight out of Indiana Jones, hundreds of wannabe treasure hunters have descended on a small Dutch town after the government declassified a WWII-era map. With more than $20 million in buried treasure at stake, the excitement is mounting, yet the treasure remains undiscovered…

Frank Jacobs for Atlas Obscura