The High Life: Taki remembers the golden era of mountain living

The High Life: Taki remembers the golden era of mountain living

"Such was the rarity of ski resorts back then, that people believed nobody was truly unhappy on the Alps..."

There is a mordant Spanish proverb which says that living well is the best revenge, although there are certain conditions, especially at wintertime: It is essential to the status of the world’s snobs that they be found skiing, and be seen après skiing, in either Gstaad or St Moritz in Switzerland.

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