There’s a direct flight from LAX to Charles de Gaulle, but why spend 12 hours hurling through the troposphere, when you can spend eight luxurious days crossing the North Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary 2? Brian Wolk and Claude Morais set sail from Brooklyn on January 3 and they’ll arrive in Southampton, England on January 11. From there, it’s a short Eurostar to Paris, where they’re presenting their new gender-free hand-stitched cashmere collection to buyers. QM2 guests are getting an on-ship preview and making pre-orders—think of it as a transatlantic trunk show.
Since their first crossing in May 2022, Morais has been studying the history of sea travel; he recommends The Sway of the Grand Saloon by John Malcom Brinnin, to the cruise curious. Wolk, for his part, endorses the QM2’s fencing class and the indoor pool on Deck 12. Checking in via email from near Halifax, Nova Scotia, he reported, “we haven’t seen any icebergs, but we do have some stormy weather ahead on Saturday and Sunday. It’s a winter crossing, after all. You never know what adventures lie ahead.” Scroll through theses images from the designers’ first few days aboard the ship.
