Creative director Alessandro Michele has unveiled a new Hortus Deliciarum (Garden of Delights) collection from Gucci. This second high jewellery collection is both joyful and sophisticated and is replete with his distinctive prism of colour and bold design. The collection, comprising of over 130 …
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Ferrari Expands its Reach with High Fashion and Fine Dining
On the 13th of June, 2021, the luxury automaker – already famous for its Formula One racing team and its high-powered sports cars on and off the tracks – unveiled a new line, not of cars, but of high fashion. Designed by creative director and former Armani designer Rocco Iannone, the …
Victoria’s Secret Wants to be ‘What Women Want’ with its Newest Models
When you hear ‘Victoria’s Secret’, you will be forgiven if the first image that comes to your mind is one of rail-thin, beautiful models on glittery catwalks, decked out themselves sometimes in diamond-encrusted wings, sometimes in elaborate feathery wings and well, undeniably beautiful underwear…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: The Lemlem x H&M Collection is All You Need This Summer
Ethiopian-born supermodel Liya Kebede may call herself an “accidental entrepreneur”, but there is nothing accidental about the offerings of her womenswear brand, Lemlem, which is an Amharic word for ‘to bloom’ and ‘flourish.’ Its latest collaboration with H&M is further proof of this. “Becaus…
Time, Sweet Time: Bovet 1822 Unveils Timepiece Made from Sugar Crystals
Over the centuries, we have witnessed timepiece dials morph from solid pieces of metal with hands to beautifully embellished works of art that boast hand enamelling, gem setting, engraving hand painting and more. But now, the house of Bovet 1822 takes up the concept of the dial as canvas by sever…
Is the Gucci X Balenciaga ‘Hack’ a New Dawn in Luxury Fashion?
For the avoidance of doubt: the Gucci and Balenciaga ‘hack’ – the term the former has insisted on using for the Aria collection – is not the first collaboration between two major creative directors. Last year, Miuccia Prada teamed up with Raf Simons to design collections for the house…
Luxury Online Store Jendaya to Open its doors to African Luxury Lovers and Brands
These days, wealthy Africans love a mix of international and African luxury brands, but their needs are not fully captured by online retailers who do not always understand them. Over the years, retail stores like The Folklore and Afrikrea have arisen in partial response to this demand, but now, J…
Listen With Style: Stylish Airpod and Earbud Jewellery to Consider
Whether it was Japanese company, Onkyo, that made the first earbud, or it was Apple who made the technology popular with its Airpod, the fact is that these wireless, almost invisible earphones have become mainstream, mostly because they eliminate the challenges that come with wired earphones whic…
Akintunde Ahmad is Taking African Textiles Global with Ade Dehye
In recent years, African prints have begun to enjoy global attention. This is in part due to the diaspora community, but also because the world is beginning to notice designers based on the continent. Akintunde Ahmad may not have thought global when he first started making his clothes sourced fro…
ASPIRE Review: Choosing the Best of New Roja Collection Might Be a Challenge
This March, Roja Parfums, maker of some of the best luxury perfumes in the world, launched a new collection of seven scents for women. Named Essence de Parfum, this new collection is more than a combination of fragrances: each bottle of perfume is a savoury ode to a particular type of woman. Sele…