Indholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2024 i Maxim

The origin story of how Mate Rimac became part owner and CEO of one of the most legendary automotive marques on the planet is the fantastical stuff of Disney films. When it was first announced the young entrepreneur behind a nascent, but clearly promising, Croatian start-up was inheriting Bugatti, the automotive world was in shock—as was Rimac himself. Of course the presumption being that this electric-vehicle wunderkind would lead Bugatti’s transition into the zero-emission realm. The evolution seemed as preordained as a Tom Brady Super Bowl. So when we arrived at a Long Beach, California, studio and first laid eyes on this machine boasting a broiling V-16 at its heart, we couldn’t believe our eyes. Had the world gone mad? Had VW plucked the electric wizard behind the super futuristic…

”KEEPING THINGS REAL AND NATURAL IS SOMETHING I KEEP IN MIND AS A CONTENT CREATOR” For Lexi Kaleiia, the first time’s the charm. This year’s Maxim Cover Girl competition queen had never entered a beauty pageant or a modeling contest before she threw her hat in the ring. Kaleiia was one of some 10,000 hopefuls vying for the crown, a $25,000 cash prize and a trip to Venice, Italy, for this issue’s cover shoot with famed photographer Gilles Bensimon. “I saw the call to enter on Maxim’s Instagram page; I’ve been a follower for a long time. I decided to go for it because I turned 18 and was finally old enough,” Kaleiia says. “I had no idea I was going up against so many other women!” But don’t get…

COVER: Blouse, FRAME, frame-store.com. Skirt, PATRICK MCDOWELL, patrickmcdowell.co.uk. P. 60: Jumper, CHROME HEARTS, chromeheartsofficials.co.uk. P. 62: Dress, ZEYNEP KARTAL, zeynepkartal.co.uk. Shoes, PIEDÀTERRE VENEZIA, piedaterrevenezia.com/en-gb. P. 63: Top, DOROTHEE SCHUMACHER, dorothee-schumacher.com/en/gb. Bra, MILA SIMO-NA, milasimona.com. P. 65: Blouse, FRAME, frame-store.com. Skirt, PATRICK MCDOWELL, patrickmcdowell.co.uk. P. 66: Coat, ROBERTO CAVALLI, robertocavalli.com. Briefs, ELISSA POPPY, elissapoppy.com. P. 67: Dress, ZEYNEP KARTAL, zeynepkartal.co.uk. P. 68: Blouse, VESPERTINE LONDON, vespertinelondon.com. Briefs, SLOGGI, uk.sloggi.com. Hat, PRADA, prada.com. Slippers, PIEDÀTERRE VENEZIA, piedaterrevenezia.com/en-gb. P. 69: Bodysuit, ELISSA POPPY, elissapoppy.com. P. 71: Briefs, ELISSA POPPY, elissapoppy.com. Tights, HEIST STUDIOS, heist-studios.com. Boots, JIMMY CHOO, jimmychoo.com.…

“My love of motorcycles was born when I was 3 years old and my father threw me on a three-wheeler,” W. Robert Ransom tells Maxim. Unlike many arguably overeager fathers, Ransom’s dad wasn’t even particularly interested in motorsports—rather Wayne Robert Ransom Sr. did it for a reason as old as time itself: as a scheme to get his girl back. “My parents were actually divorced at that point and he needed a way to get my mother back to the house,” Ransom Jr. recalls with some amusement. “So he said, ‘I'm going to get this kid a three-wheeler and then he'll have to be brought to my house, and I'll get to see my ex-wife!’ It was a ploy that worked out in my favor.” Unfortunately for Wayne Sr. the…

Gentlemen, start your engines! This race season, Maxim hosted its Official Miami Race Weekend Party on Friday, May 3. Known for its iconic events, Maxim gave guests a memorable kick-off to all the Formula 1 Grand Prix excitement ahead of Sunday’s race at Hard Rock Stadium. The first of F1’s three highly anticipated U.S. Grands Prix (Austin and Las Vegas will rev up in the fall) was the perfect reason for racing enthusiasts and Maxim devotees to come together to celebrate and rub shoulders with hundreds of top models, influencers, athletes, celebrities and local VIPs. The star-studded affair was held at Hyde Beach, the first Miami location for this Los Angeles and Australia nightlife favorite, at the elegant Philippe Starck–designed SLS South Beach. The party featured electrifying beats from renowned…

She’s a star, she’s a star, she’s a big, bright, shining star. And Anastasia Bondarenko’s striking, “Boogie Nights”–themed Maxim photo shoot—lensed by veteran photographer Antoine Verglas at Manhattan nightclub The Palace—is proof that even Dirk Diggler couldn’t deny. Standing at a svelte 5-foot-10 inches tall and donning a blue-eyed gaze reminiscent of Eva Herzigová’s, Bondarenko’s success as a model comes as no surprise. The stunner has graced the pages of numerous glossies and appeared in fashion campaigns for esteemed brands like Hudson Jeans, Bourjois Paris and 7 for All Mankind. But as DJ Ana Boo, her musical alter ego (follow her on IG at @ana_stasia_boo), she has truly unleashed her full star power. Read on to learn more about Bondarenko’s favorite artists, her encounter with soccer legend David Beckham, and…

“THE ‘LOS ANGELES TIMES’ CALLED IT ‘CLASSY, UNMISTAKABLY SENSUAL AND UNQUESTIONABLY EXPENSIVE’ ” This fall the iconic Malliouhana resort in Anguilla celebrates its 40th anniversary—and also its independence. After nearly a decade under the management of Auberge Resorts Collection, the five-star property parted ways with the luxury hospitality powerhouse in 2023 to revert to a more independent approach in keeping with its origins. Malliouhana, originally opened by British tycoon Leon Roydon, has occupied an idyllic 20-acre beachfront site overlooking pristine Meads Bay and Turtle Cove since 1984. It operated as a family-run resort for the first 30 years, until Roydon’s passing in 2014 prompted the partnership with Auberge, and it became part of the company’s ever-expanding portfolio of prime properties. You could now say Malliouhana has returned to its upper-class…

Lavish designs and what are speculated to be superlatively high price tags put the Rolls-Royce Droptails in a class of their own. “Speculated” is the operative word, as the British marque refuses to comment on apocryphal reports relating to the Droptail series’ cost of commission. Nevertheless, the first of these four rolling automotive artworks, La Rose Noire, was rumored by many outlets to cost $30 million at its 2023 reveal, which tentatively made it the world’s most expensive new car. The almost otherworldly ride featured positively astounding bespoke details, including its own Champagne vintage and a dash-mounted Audemars Piguet Royal Oak concept that could be removed and worn. The second Droptail, Amethyst, curiously didn’t spawn any “world’s most expensive” headlines. It was no less stunning, with an aerodynamic deck featuring…

“We like to say this project is standing on the shoulders of giants,” Frank Heyl pronounces, his silhouette half-blocking one of the most revolutionary cars of the 21st century. With his Tourbillon glowering menacingly in the background, soaked in smoke, the director of design for Bugatti Rimac name-checks, of course, Ettore Bugatti, who founded his eponymous company more than 115 years ago. Then there’s Romano Artioli, who in the ’90s resurrected the mothballed marque with the EB 110. Lastly Ferdinand Piëch, who after another short nap awoke the Bugatti spirit once again, exhilarating the world with the company’s third swing at existence with the landmark Veyron. Like the McLaren F1 and the LaFerrari, the tectonic shocks the Veyron quaked the automotive landscape with in 2006 cannot be overstated—the first production…

This past spring Maxim had the honor of attending Yacht Club de Monaco’s annual Oceans Week, which for the first time partnered with legendary New York institution The Explorers Club. Founded in 1953 by Prince Rainier, YCM has a long history of not just luxury yachting but true nautical expedition. Meanwhile The Explorers Club is the not-so-secret cabal of the world’s most acclaimed explorers, scientists and adventurers since 1904. Think true giants like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (first humans on the moon), Robert E. Peary and Roald Amundsen (first to the North and South Poles, respectively), Sir Edmund Hillary (first to summit Mt. Everest), Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh (first to dive the Mariana Trench) and Prince of Monaco Albert I—ruler of Monaco from 1889 to 1922. A distinguished…