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Chanel’s cruise 2025-26 collection pays homage to the maison’s long relationship with Italy. Photo: Handout
Fashion

Chanel’s cruise 2025-26 collection at Lake Como in northern Italy

As the fashion world awaits new creative director Matthieu Blazy’s first collection, Chanel loyalists were treated to a parade of chic separates, with resort wear bringing the glamour of old Hollywood.

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Style Edit: Latest models of James Bond’s Omega Seamaster Diver 300M watch

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Style Edit: Louis Vuitton summer must-haves – the LV Biker bag and Sneakerina

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Style Edit: Hermès wowed at Watches and Wonders with playful, intricate timepieces

Innovative new releases from the maison include the mesmerising Arceau Le Temps Suspendu, the gem-set Maillon Libre, and the playful Arceau Rocabar de Rire, featuring a cheeky horse.

The Hermès Cut Le Temps Suspendu, launched at Watches and Wonders 2025, shows time suspended by fixing the sub-seconds dial at 12 o’clock. Photo: Handout
Books and literature

To buy or not to buy? Sotheby’s puts Shakespeare’s folios under the hammer

For the first time since 1898, Shakespeare’s First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios will be auctioned in a single lot – by Sotheby’s London on May 23.

Fashion

How LVMH and Kering thrived by reviving heritage brands like Dior and Gucci

While reviving heritage fashion brands can be lucrative, only a handful have been financially successful despite critical acclaim and strategic investments.

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Luxury Hotels

Portrait Milano, the ideal window onto the Italian city’s hidden beauty

The top-end property is part of the Lungarno Collection, a hospitality portfolio owned by the Ferragamo family, with sister properties in Florence and Rome.

A garden-view room at Portrait Milano Hotel, a luxury property enclosing a stunning piazza, in the Italian fashion capital. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Henry Jacques’ 2024 Collection de l’Atelier, made from its own roses

The limited edition trio expresses the heart of the latest HJ Rose de Mai absolute – an essence with floral, powdery characteristics, and acacia honey notes providing a warm, ambery depth.

Celebrity style

Bad Bunny’s luxury watch collection, from rare Rolex to diamond Cartier

From Coachella to Milan Fashion Week, and from vintage glam to classic ladies’ timepieces, Bad Bunny’s watch game is as bold as his genre-challenging style – see why.

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Style Edit: Tudor hosted ‘King of Asian Pop’ Jay Chou at Watches and Wonders

The brand introduced Black Bay 58, Black Bay 68, Black Bay Pro, Black Bay Chrono and Pelagos Ultra models to the star as well as watch aficionados at the Palexpo convention centre.

At Watches and Wonders 2025 in Geneva, Tudor presented new Black Bay models and the Pelagos Ultra – with an in-person visit from “King of Asian Pop” Jay Chou. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Gucci celebrates its heritage in scarves with The Art of Silk

The maison produced nearly 80 scarf designs between 1960 and 1981 – from the intricate Flora, created for Princess Grace of Monaco, to the iconic Horsebit in 1953, and GG Monogram in 1969.

Gucci celebrates its heritage with The Art of Silk, starring Ozark’s Julia Garner with the brand’s 1966 Flora motif – and invites international artists to reinterpret its enduring scarf themes. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Cartier reshapes its heritage horological icons

The 2025 Tank Louis Cartier is larger and has a new in-house mechanical movement with automatic winding, while the new Tank à Guichets uses the hand-wound 9755 MC calibre.

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Style Edit: IWC Schaffhausen’s new models at Watches and Wonders 2025

Horological legend Gérald Genta brought the 1950s Ingenieur back in the 70s, and it was reintroduced again in 2023, while the Pilot’s Watch dates all the way back to the 1930s.

High Jewellery

All that glitters: 6 new jewellery launches to know this spring

Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lucky Spring collection, Repossi’s ear cuff, Pascale Monvoisin’s collection inspired by a cigarette lighter and Dickson Yewn’s square rings complete our round-up.

Hermès Sac Bijou. Photo: Handout
High Jewellery

When one’s better than a pair – why the single earring is a growing trend

Designers and stylists are embracing the freedom of asymmetry, both in runway looks and everyday style, encouraging women to create their own unique ear stacks.

Harry Styles attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: WireImage
Architecture and design

How to make your home bloom, plus 5 tips for the perfect floral display

Flowers are a versatile design tool for transforming and enhancing home interiors, and among the simplest way of bringing life and beauty into your living space.

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Style Edit: Enter the RM 43-01 Tourbillon Split-Seconds Chronograph Ferrari

Limited to 75 pieces each in its 2 versions, the RM 43-01 marries Ferrari’s design DNA with Richard Mille’s precision engineering, embodying peak performance with features like a 70-hour power reserve.

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Timepieces

Rubber straps on watches make for a sporty take on luxury

When Shawn Mendes matched his Patek Philippe to his khaki trunks, he showed that the rubber watch strap, once considered merely utilitarian, can be luxe too.

A happy fusion of luxury and laidback cool: the growing trend for luxe watches with rubber straps can be seen on the Richard Mille RM 1602. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Rolex’s Land-Dweller is finally here – as are upgrades and new colours

The Land-Dweller is here thanks to 32 new patents, with a new case, bracelet, bezel, dial and movement – the calibre 7135 and Dynapulse escapement.

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Style Edit: Purple meets paradox in Chanel’s new Chance Eau Splendide

With foregrounding notes of rose geranium and raspberry, the luminous fragrance from Olivier Polge embodies Coco Chanel’s ‘Luck is my soul’ philosophy, and comes with a playful film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

Fashion

Delightfully fun neckwear for the boardroom and beyond

Add some sartorial smarts to your wardrobe this spring with these delightfully fun ties that will add the perfect finishing touch to your ensemble – and look great in the boardroom and beyond.

Suited, booted and tied to perfection, David Beckham steps out in style during Paris Fashion Week in March. Photo: GC Images
Architecture and design

Painstakingly made, these products are also unique pieces of art

Intricately embroidered and artisan-painted wall coverings are experiencing a renaissance as consumers seeking unique furnishings embrace craftsmanship and authenticity.

De Gournay hand-painted Abbotsford wallcovering on Ice Blue India tea paper. Photo: courtesy de Gournay.
High Jewellery

The tassel’s timelessness and its 21st century comeback

It’s been spotted on the runways of Bode, Fforme, Kallmeyer and Heirlome, in Chanel boutiques, and swinging from A-listers’ ear lobes and necks – see Dakota Johnson – and shoes.

Watches and Wonders

Form, fit and function were key trends at Watches and Wonders 2025

IWC, Chopard and Parmigiani Fleurier favoured functional complications and durability, while brands like Hublot, Zenith, Ulysse Nardin and Tudor focused on aesthetic values such as size and hue.

Cartier

The V&A museum launches Cartier’s first London show in nearly 30 years

The wide-ranging exhibition explores Cartier’s influence on society when the brand was led by Louis, Pierre and Jacques, and includes pieces from the Royal Collection.

Queen Camilla wearing the late Queen Elizabeth’s Williamson Diamond brooch by Cartier at a Buckingham Palace garden party last May. Photo: Getty Images
Gucci

Style shoot: Gucci’s ‘casually grand’ spring/summer 2025 collection

Dresses range from classic 1960s A-line cuts to the sheerest, most daring lace, while versatile horsebit bags are paired with a mixture of refined and raunchy styles.

Gucci’s spring/summer 2025 collection presents “casual grandeur” with its mix of traditional and retro styles, enlivened with irreverent individuality. Photography: Mike Ruiz
Fashion

Q&A | Carolina Cucinelli, Brunello Cucinelli’s VP, on the understated brand

One day she is expected to head the firm along with her sister Camilla – until then, she lives in Solomeo, an Umbrian village her father has renovated.

Celebrity style

Suave yet edgy, the new lapel pin is a must-have for today’s stylish man

The once-overlooked accessory is making a comeback, from classic designs to avant-garde interpretations, and offering stylish and unique looks for the modern gent.

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