Ever heard of The Row’s Margaux tote? Of course you have! But if you haven’t, then consider this your basic introduction to a bag that may rival the Birkin in status years from now. Ask Google, and you’ll quickly realise that everyone has an opinion on what makes a bag a true luxury item an…
Style
Frank Ghery’s Take on the Louis Vuitton Tambour is More Art Than Horology
It goes without saying that timepieces today are exactly that – creative and artistic pieces first that have the added function of telling the time. And to be considered luxury and collectable, they must tick certain boxes on lists that collectors find acceptable, some of which include the rarity…
Swatch is Building a New Kind of Timepiece Collector
Swatch has a new collaboration out; this time, with Swiss dive timepiece experts, Blancpain. This second partnership with a luxury brand on a legacy model has birthed the Bioceramic Scuba Fifty Fathoms collection consisting of five designs, each paying homage to the five oceans and the creatures …
The Superfake Luxury Industry is Evolving — and Booming
In 2021, Chanel announced that it would be restricting sales of its bags in South Korea in what experts said was a move to check hoarding and inflated prices on the secondary market. However, with the rise of ‘superfake’ luxury handbags in Indonesia and elsewhere, it is clear that Chanel, and all…
Here’s Why Owning a Luxury Timepiece Now is More Challenging than Ever
These are not great times for luxury timepieces, if the recently released research from luxury pre-owned watch specialists, Watchfinder & Co, is anything to go by. Not only has it reported that counterfeits in circulation in the UK have surpassed one million, but its research has also reveale…
Luxury Fashion is Finding New and Exciting Expressions
Do you remember the year Coco Chanel started wearing and designing pants for women in the early 20th century, causing high society to clutch their pearls and gasp in collective horror at such audacious vulgarity? Or, when in 1947, Christian Dior threw this same class into further distress by debu…
Love The Cartier Baignoire? You Would Adore its 2023 Iteration
If you fell in love with the Cartier Baignoire because its dainty yet powerful look means that it is perfect for daily use and every occasion; or because, as a less popular Cartier timepiece, it helped you easily blend in any place and situation; or maybe its oval shape which allows for a more in…
Create a One-of-One Art-Inspired Timepiece with Vacheron Constantin and The Louvre
What do art and horology have in common? A lot, as Swiss watchmaker, Vacheron Constantin and The Louvre, France’s national art museum, will tell you following their newest collaboration. ‘A Masterpiece on the Wrist’: a Vacheron Constantin x The Louvre collaboration years in the making Per Vachero…
OSalu Couture and Ethnic Attitude bring African Fashion to Life on Dubai Catwalk
For African immigrants, finding African influences in food, fashion and other cultural aspects in the diaspora can be a very difficult task, a situation that is not replicated in most African countries. A good number are trying to change this narrative wherever they find themselves, like Damilola…
Quiet Luxury: What Most People get Wrong about the Latest Fashion Trend
We don’t know about you, but it is getting increasingly difficult to keep our eyes still as they have gotten accustomed to rolling each time they come across some new content on the ultimate quiet luxury or stealth wealth style. Maybe because everyone suddenly seems to be watching Succession, or …