Elle Australia – June 2017

86 ELLE AUSTRALIA

Yes, it’ll set you back

around $100 per

treatment session, but

there has been plenty

of research to suggest

that acupuncture

can improve your

sleep and your skin,

relieve headaches and

Hamilton’œ‘Žž•’ĵŽ›

Prize- and Tony Award-

winning hip-hop

musical about one of

America’s founding

fathers, Alexander

Hamilton, which quickly

became a cultural

phenomenon following

its debut in 2015.

Despite the fact that

almost none of the

original cast members

• such as creator
  Lin-Manuel Miranda
  andGleealumnus
  ˜—Š‘Š— ›˜ěȮ›Ž–Š’—
  in the Broadway show,
  tickets arealmost
  exclusively available
  through scalpers
  and resellers like
  Ticketmaster and can
  be priced anywhere
  from $800 to $13K.
  If the stars aligned,
  you might have a shot
  at winning one of the
  last-minute tickets
  ‘›˜ž‘‘Ž˜ĜŒ’Š•
  website. There are
  46 of these seats up
  for grabs through
  a daily•˜ĴŽ›¢ǰŠ—
  they only cost US$10
  (the note Alexander
  Hamilton appears on).
  Impossible? Almost.
  Butthe bragging
  rights put you in a very
  exclusive club of fans,
  including Beyoncé
  and the Obamas.
  hamiltonbroadway.com

migraines, treat

pain and stop

a cold in its

tracks. Also, who

doesn’t like lying

in a quiet room

for an hour and

listening to the

sounds of the

rainforest?

34 THE

UNICORN OF

BOURBONS

That’s what Pappy

Van Winkle has been

dubbed – and there’s

good reason. Demand

so greatly exceeds

supply that prices

quickly get inflated

(often selling for more

than $6,500). Bars

charge around $100

per shot, but most

bourbon drinkers agree

it’s one of the best

drops on the market

• and as we know,
  people always want
  what they can’t have.

23 Year Old Kentucky

Straight Bourbon, $2,700,

Pappy Van Winkle,

danmurphys.com.au

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35

A watch you’ll

give your grandchild

Doyouenjoylookingatit?Doesitgiveyou

acertainlevelofsophistication,evenwhenyou’re

intrackies?Willyourgrandchildrenfightfor

itspossession?Don’tconcernyourselfwithtricky

time-tellingfunctionsandsoon-to-be-obsolete

features.That’swhatasmartphoneisfor.

From left: watch, $18,600,Chanel, 1300 242 635;

watch, $12,200,Cartier, au.cartier.com; watch,

$7,500,’슗¢ǭ˜ǰ’슗¢ǯŒ˜–ǯŠž

33 NEEDLING

32

FRONT-ROW

MEZZANINE

SEATS TO HAMILTON