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Van Cleef & Arpels’ Muse Éternelle is inspired by a 1988 photo of Cher dressed as Queen Cleopatra. Photos: Getty Images; Handout

9 jewellery pieces for summer, from Dior to Van Cleef & Arpels’ homage to Cher

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Flow earrings in titanium and 14k palladium gold, set with diamonds, blue sapphires and a pearl, by Inesa Kovalova. Photo: Handout
High Jewellery

How high jewellers turned to other metals in response to pricey gold

Boucheron’s high jewellery and Fendi tailoring make a striking pairing. Photography: Tobias Delcroix
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Style shoot: Boucheron high jewellery meets Fendi tailoring

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The new Ulysse Nardin Super Freak model is a limited edition piece marking 25 years of the Freak collection, built around the house’s patented diamond-coated silicon architecture. Photo: Handout

How new materials are reshaping the future of luxury watchmaking

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No crown required: the IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Venturer Vertical Drive. Photo: Handout
Timepieces

Why modern watchmakers are ditching the crown

Shi Wei, China’s first F1 Academy driver, stars in the Desert diamonds campaign for De Beers Group. Photo: Handout
High Jewellery

De Beers Group unveils its Desert diamonds campaign in Shanghai

Florals continue to reign supreme in jewellery design, as seen in this earring from the Dior fall/winter 2026 collection. Photo: Handout
High Jewellery

Why flowers are blooming across high jewellery collections

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Photographer and stylist Rasharn Agyemang is reportedly the man behind Boring Not Com. Photos: @rasharn_agyemang; @boringnotcom/Instagram

Meet Rasharn Agyemang, the fashion industry veteran tied to Boring Not Com

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Ella Langley wears a denim tube top and skirt to American Eagle Jeans Country at the Stagecoach 2026 music festival in California in April. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

How to Style like … country music star Ella Langley

Harry Styles at the Brit Awards 2026, and Ryan Gosling at the March Project Hail Mary premiere in London. Both decided to go for pinstripes. Photos: Film Magic, Getty Images
Fashion

The pinstripe suit is having its biggest moment in years

The team behind Zendaya’s best red carpet looks (from left): Coree Moreno, Ernesto Casillas and Ursula Stephen. Photos: @coree.moreno, @ernestocasillas, @ursulastephen/Instagram
Celebrity style

Meet the Zendaya glam squad behind her most viral red carpet looks

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Emporio Sirenuse began as a small boutique at Le Sirenuse resort in Positano, Italy. Photo: Stefan Giffthaler

Hotel boutiques are now destinations, not afterthoughts

Fashion
Chloe Chen at her Repulse Bay Arcade store in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Chloe Chen’s Repulse Bay boutique blends vintage charm with modern elegance

Fashion
Taylor Swift wearing a Thom Browne polo shirt in New York last November. Photo: Star Max/GC Images

Polo shirt reboot: how Ralph Lauren and Chanel are redefining preppy

Fashion
Kinyan Lam’s spring/summer 2025 looks on the runway in Paris. Photo: Valerio Mezzanotti

How craft-focused brands are rewriting fashion’s future with traditional skills

Beauty
Coloured lashes are in, and the ColourPop BFF mascara range has plenty of shades to offer. Photo: Handout

Coloured lashes are back – and Dua Lipa is leading the multi-hued flutter

Fashion
Designer Duran Lantink, the new creative director of Jean Paul Gaultier, is one of the boldest and buzziest names in fashion. Photo: Handout

Duran Lantink’s daring designs and his first show for Jean Paul Gaultier

Fashion
A simple shirt features front and centre at Matthieu Blazy’s spring/summer 2026 women’s ready-to-wear collection show for Chanel during Paris Fashion Week in October. Photo: Xinhua

A crisp white shirt as eveningwear, from Chanel to Anne Hathaway

Fashion
Fashion commentator Hanan Besovic, better known as @ideservecouture on Instagram. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Hanan Besovic on American Vogue and Duran Lantink’s Jean Paul Gaultier debut

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Designer Robert Wun. Photo: Zhong Lin

Style according to … Hong Kong designer Robert Wun

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Hung La of Lu’u Dan at Fashion Asia’s “10 Asian Designers to Watch” exhibition in Hong Kong, in December 2025. Photo: Handout

Designer Hung La shares the inspo behind his ‘bad boy’ brand Lu’u Dan

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Jo Malone’s new Veggies collection. Photo: Handout

From vegetable scents to luxury brushes, 9 beauty and wellness launches to refresh your summer routine

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A peek inside Acme Wellness Hong Kong's contrast therapy suite, with a cold plunge tub and sauna. Photo: Handout
Wellness

Luxury anti-inflammation retreats are booming, but do the benefits last?

Manuka honey, like this raw product by Manukora, boasts a reputation spanning wellness and skincare, and is backed by celebrity endorsements and medical-grade certifications. Photo: Handout
Wellness

Manuka honey: New Zealand’s skincare, wellness and gut health elixir

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Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton has a close relationship with his mother, Teresita Lavandeira. Photo: Getty Images

All about the parents of celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton

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Pete Davidson recently went on a date with Sarah Jane Nader. Photos: Getty Images; @sarahjanenader/Instagram
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All about Sarah Jane Nader, who was spotted on a date with Pete Davidson

Mark Ruffalo’s son Keen is stepping into the limelight with his role in Sterling Point. Photo: @markruffalo/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Mark Ruffalo’s son Keen, who plays Connor in Sterling Point

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The making of Graff’s Tamara Butterfly brooch. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Graff’s new butterflies celebrate art, artists and divine inspiration

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The Clou de Forge Lumière necklace from Hermès’ high jewellery collection, Into the Horsescape. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Hermès’ Into the Horsescape celebrates its equestrian roots

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Bulgari’s Eclettica high jewellery collection comprises more than 150 one-of-a-kind creations. Photo: Eva Wang
Jewellery

Style Edit: Bulgari’s Eclettica blends Roman elegance with artistic expression

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Chaumet’s A Journey Through Nature collection engages memory as much as the eye. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Chaumet’s A Journey Through Nature transforms spices into sparkle

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A smoky quartz ring from the Tattoo chapter of Boucheron’s Carte Blanche 2026 collection, Human Being. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Boucheron’s Carte Blanche 2026 collection, Human Being

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Python Rubellite necklace from Messika’s high jewellery collection, Terres de Contrastes. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Messika evokes Botswana’s raw beauty with Terres de Contrastes high jewellery collection

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A Stenzhorn necklace from the À Fleur de Paris collection. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Stenzhorn’s poetic jewels, from Parisian petals to sailor’s knots

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Raye, now 28, has clear ideas about her music career. Photo: Audemars Piguet
Celebrities

Raye on her uncompromising rise to stardom – interview

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The Victory pendant and necklace on display at Louis Vuitton’s high jewellery presentation of Mythica in the deserts of Marrakech. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Mythica, a Louis Vuitton journey of gems and legends in Marrakech

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Kim Tae-ri stars in Prada’s Couleur Vivante fine jewellery campaign. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Prada’s Couleur Vivante collection by Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons

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Chanel Métiers d’Art 2026 campaign with the Chanel V-cut shopping bag. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Chanel’s new, smaller bags are the most exciting in years

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Adding the central sapphire to the Chanel Imprimé Lion necklace, one of the key pieces of Chanel’s Signes & Symboles high jewellery collection. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Chanel’s Imprimé Lion necklace leads its new high jewellery line

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Gemstones used in Cartier’s Le Chœur des Pierres collection, on display at the collection’s unveiling in Saint-Tropez, in May. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Cartier’s Le Chœur des Pierres is led by these showpiece necklaces

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The Ethereal Jadeite Necklace is the centrepiece of Christie’s Hong Kong’s Magnificent Jewels auction on May 26, part of Hong Kong Luxury Week. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Christie’s Hong Kong Luxury Week features a jadeite masterpiece

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Brunello Cucinelli has launched its high summer 2026 capsule collection, Mediterranea. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Brunello Cucinelli’s Mediterranea high summer capsule collection

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A phoenix feather-inspired facade graces the outside of Hermès’ Elements store in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Design

Style Edit: Hermès’ revamped Elements store is a cosmology-inspired escape

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The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points comes in four dial colours, representing the four points of the compass. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Vacheron Constantin unveils 2 new Overseas marvels

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Tumi’s Voyageur Q tote comes in shades including Pink Clay and Thyme. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Tumi packs a Mediterranean getaway into your next carry-on adventure

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At Watches and Wonders 2026, dazzling Hermès watches were complemented by the wonder of Jean-Simon Roch’s Mysterious Mechanisms installation, which combined elements of stage design and kinetic sculpture. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Hermès revealed craft and theatre in motion at Watches and Wonders

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The new 37mm Bulgari Octo Finissimo with titanium case and bracelet, and its new self-winding Calibre BVF 100. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Bulgari updates its Octo Finissimo and Serpenti models for 2026

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The Chessboard from the Chanel Coco Game collection even includes Coco herself as both queens, covered head to toe in diamonds, of course. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Chanel’s watch and jewellery releases, from J12 to a chessboard

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The Audemars Piguet booth at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Audemars Piguet launches a new atelier at Watches and Wonders 2026

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Anatomy of a Crash: a view of the components that go into the new Cartier Privé Crash in platinum. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Cartier reshapes 5 of its most storied watch collections

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Victor Wembanyama and LeBron James are two of the celebrities revealing what’s in their bag for the new Speedy P9 campaign. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Stars reveal what’s in their bag for Louis Vuitton’s new campaign

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Model Xinyue Guo wears the latest iteration of Graff’s iconic butterfly motif in the new campaign photographed by Liz Collins. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Graff’s butterfly motif evolves dazzling new wings

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Le19M, Chanel’s new, purpose-built site dedicated to the métiers d’art, houses hundreds of artisans, including flower-making specialist Lemarié – shown here preparing a garment during the making of Chanel’s Métiers d’Art 2026 collection. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Chanel opens the doors to le19M, a secret world of couture artisans

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Emily Ratajkowski on the streets of New York in February with a Gucci Giglio bag. Photo: GC Images
Fashion News

Style Edit: Gucci’s new ‘It’-bag duo is ideal for fashion insiders

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Bosideng chairman and CEO Gao Dekang with designer Kim Jones at an Areal pop-up in Hong Kong during Art Basel. Photo: Handout
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Q&A | Kim Jones on Areal, his new line with Chinese outerwear maker Bosideng

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Cartier En Équilibre’s latest chapter includes the diamond-and-sapphire Parcae necklace. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Cartier En Équilibre’s colourful new chapter

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Audemars Piguet’s AP House in Macau is part of a global network of such spaces, where watch lovers can meet to share their passion for luxury timepieces. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Audemars Piguet’s new Royal Oak and Code 11.59 watches, and more

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Creative director Alessandro Michele opted for a return to roots for Valentino’s fall/winter 2026 ready-to-wear collection, Interferenze. Photos: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Valentino returns to Rome for Alessandro Michele’s FW 2026 show

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Medium Dior Crunchy bag in soft yellow macrocannage. Photo: David Sims
Fashion News

Style Edit: How the Dior Crunchy bag distils Jonathan Anderson’s vision

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Actresses Teyana Taylor, Jessie Buckley and Nicole Kidman all showed they were Chanel fans at the 2026 Oscars, wearing looks drawn from Matthieu Blazy’s first four collections for the house. Photos: Getty Images
Celebrity Style

Style Edit: The 2026 awards season was all about Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel

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MCM’s 50th anniversary collection is betting on longevity as the new sustainability. Photo: Handout
Trends

Style Edit: MCM’s 50th anniversary reboot of its most iconic travel bags

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The iX3 50 xDrive: BMW has completely rewritten the new car’s design language, dramatically upgrading everything from aesthetics to electronics to sustainability. Photo: Handout
Leisure

Style Edit: BMW iX3 rewrites the EV rule book on range and sustainability

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For Dior’s spring/summer 2026 collection, the maison’s classic La Cigale dress – dating back to 1952 – morphed into the new Dior Cigale bag. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Dior’s new Cigale bag turns a 1950s couture dress into arm candy

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The Chanel Next Prize seeks to identify contemporary artists who are redefining their disciplines, and empowers them to continue their work with a €100,000 (US$117,500) grant. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Chanel Next Prize 2026 winning artists announced

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Liu Yifei is one of an international cast of celebrity ambassadors helping Louis Vuitton celebrate the 130th anniversary of its Monogram. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Louis Vuitton ambassadors celebrate 130 years of the Monogram

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The new Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour is compact and resolutely graphic, with a design that draws on a reference created at the height of the Streamline Moderne movement in the 1920s. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Audemars Piguet’s contrasting watch releases

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The Spark is one of four stunning necklaces reimagined for today in Boucheron’s latest Histoire de Style collection, entitled Nom: Boucheron Prénom: Frédéric. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: 4 reimagined historic necklaces celebrate Boucheron’s founder

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Guerlain’s Tailor Made Treatment is one of the many offerings from Lane Crawford’s new beauty rewards programme. Photo: Handout
Beauty News

Style Edit: Lane Crawford’s beauty rewards are gifts you’ll actually want

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The Bulgari B.zero1, inspired by the shape of Rome’s Colosseum, was originally created in 1999 and has seen many dazzling new iterations since. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style edit: Bulgari's latest watches and B.zero1 jewellery

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A dreamy fungi-filled garden was the backdrop to Chanel’s women’s haute couture spring/summer 2026 show, part of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, on January 27. Photo: AFP
Fashion News

Style Edit: Matthieu Blazy’s haute couture debut for Chanel

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The Van Cleef & Arpels “Poetry of Time” exhibition, which runs in Hong Kong until February 8, takes visitors behind the scenes to see how the maison’s beautiful watches are created. Photo: Handout
Watches

Style Edit: Van Cleef & Arpels’ poetic watchmaking, on display in Hong Kong

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Cartier’s Love Unlimited campaign is directed by Sofia Coppola and stars Jacob Elordi. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Jacob Elordi stars in Cartier’s Love Unlimited campaign

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Ferragamo’s Tramezza line offers superb comfort and style. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: Ferragamo’s Italian craft, now with Alberto Tomba’s alpine edge

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The story behind the now famous Louis Vuitton Monogram that has adorned the luxury brand’s luggage for 130 years. Photo: Handout
Fashion News

Style Edit: The story behind the Louis Vuitton Monogram

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A Bulgari B.zero1 ring and pendant, photographed in front of the Colosseum in Rome that first inspired the collection. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: Bulgari B.Zero1’s Roman architectural roots

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Espace Gabrielle Chanel hosts mainland China’s first public library dedicated to contemporary art, designed by renowned architect Kazunari Sakamoto. Photo: Handout
Leisure

Style Edit: Espace Gabrielle Chanel opens in Shanghai

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Actress Charmaine Sheh examines a 297-carat rough diamond at last month’s The Forever Gifts workshop, hosted by A Diamond Is Forever and Lane Crawford in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Style Edit: A Diamond Is Forever launches The Forever Gifts campaign

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Lifestyle
The Standard Pattaya Na Jomtien, which opened last October, is a breath of fresh air in the town's lacklustre luxury hospitality scene. Photo: Handout

Review / The Standard Pattaya Na Jomtien brings beachside luxury to the party town

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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama visited a Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, China, last June. Photo: @wemby/Instagram
Health & Fitness

Explainer: How to train at a Shaolin kung fu centre, like Victor Wembanyama

Steamed with garlic, soy sauce and chillis is a classic way to enjoy tofu in Chinese cuisine. Photo: Sunrise Soya Foods
Food and Drinks

Total tofu: discovering the secrets of the Chinese and Japanese staple

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