King George VI decreed that Ascot, once the world’s swankest racing meet (grey toppers, lobster and champagne) would be held “strictly on austerity lines” (sack suits and sandwiches).

Magnin’s is the swankest women’s specialty-shop chain in the U. S. Besides the main store in San Francisco, it has shops in Seattle and in such California cities as Los Angeles, Pasadena ...

Now, it’s time to stop dreaming and get browsing at downtown Buffalo’s newest and swankest eyewear destination.

The swankest, prettiest models. I think, “They can’t all be Russian oligarchs” — that is, they can’t all belong to Russian oligarchs. I mention this to a friend later. He smiles and says ...