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    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Rexhep Rexhepi inaugurates Louis Vuitton’s watchmaker collaboration programme

      The celebrated independent watchmaker has been working with the luxury brand to bring the €500,000 limited edition LVRR-01 chiming chronograph to market

      Two men looking closely at a timepiece held by the man in the centre
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Louis Vuitton redesigns Tambour watch after shift to boutique horology model

      Inspired by the house’s famous trunks, Jean Arnault aims to increase the exclusivity — and price — of the timepieces

      Jean Arnault
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      InterviewWatches & Jewellery
      Pierre Salanitro: The gem-setter trusted by the big watch brands

      The Genevan is expanding his creative reputation, built on supplying industry players, to launch his own luxury marque

      Pierre Salanitro at Salanitro’s workshop in Geneva
    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Fashion accessories
      Men’s rings — is it time to up the bling?

      I have worn rings as ‘symbolic adornment’ for years — now I am considering gemstones

      ‘Portrait of Pope Julius II’ (1511) by Raphael, with his fingers dressed in rings featuring a sapphire, a couple of rubies, two emeralds and a large diamond
    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Jean-Claude Biver: ‘Luxury is decorating everything’

      The veteran credited with reviving several struggling watch brands brings his first own ‘Grail’ tourbillon to market

      Jean-Claude Biver (left) with his son Pierre
    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      Style
      Patek Philippe’s new Nautilus watch finally surfaces

      The source of much horological hype, the 5811 timepiece has some very subtle modifications — and one bigger change

      A white gold Patek Philippe 5811/G watch
    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      My Favourite Pieces: Ahmed Rahman on how to become a disciplined watch collector

      The trained engineer has an eye for both aesthetics as well as for what’s under the bonnet

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Jean Arnault on the steps towards a Louis Vuitton high horology academy

      The LVMH scion wants to revive traditional brand Daniel Roth focused on craftsmanship and finishing

      Jean Arnault
    • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
      Menswear
      Business travel jackets for a flying start

      Rise above the summer airport chaos with multi-pocket, unstructured jackets that lend a feeling of order

      A handsome middle-aged man in an impeccably smart suit descends the steps of a jet airliner
    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the British issue
      The sage and the scholar: Paul Smith and Priya Ahluwalia

      Britain’s best-known menswear designer in his first collaboration with another award-winning designer

      Priya Ahluwalia (left) and Paul Smith
    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders: Chopard reaches high note with anniversary special

      The watchmaker is looking to polish its high-end credentials with a music-inspired minute repeater

      Karl-Friedrich Scheufele with Renaud, left, and Gautier Capuçon
    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      Style
      Jean Arnault, scion of LVMH, on watchmaking’s Gen Z appeal

      The youngest son of Bernard Arnault has a new role at Louis Vuitton watches

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Dubai Watch Week offers clues for the future of fairs

      Industry supports the smaller but more diverse and inclusive format of the show

      The event’s focus on consumers rather than trade was a hit with brands
    • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
      Style
      Goodbye to Gieves & Hawkes?

      The liquidation of its Hong Kong owner threatens the future of the Savile Row tailor

    • Monday, 20 December, 2021
      Style
      Watch list: Gérald Genta’s most sought-after designs to go under the hammer

      Original drawings for Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus timepieces will be auctioned in the spring

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Watches
      Patek Philippe reveals Tiffany blue Nautilus

      The watch will be available to only 169 of Tiffany’s top clients — with one expected to fetch hundreds of thousands at auction

    • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
      Fashion
      The return of the Eighties slogan jumper

      Savvy entrepreneurs are reviving vintage designs with a wholesome flavour

      Feeling festive with Lord Ivar Mountbatten and his family, all wearing bespoke Huntsman sweaters
    • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
      Menswear
      Black tied — the changing rules of formal dress

      Once the dress code on the invitation was a cause for relief, but the eveningwear brief has begun to blur around the edges

      Daniel Craig, in double-breasted velvet blazer, at the ‘No Time to Die’ premiere in September
    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Bremont movement helps solidify British watchmaking credentials

      The brand’s Longitude watch is the first to be made in the new facility and feature a costlier but proprietary calibre

    • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
      Fashion
      Goodbye power polo: Elizabeth Holmes changes up her look for court

      The Theranos founder has adopted a softer, ‘everymom’ persona

    • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
      Fashion
      When it comes to summer suits, creased is the word

      Ready-to-wear linen separates and unlined jackets are flying off the shelves as men embrace the post-lockdown art of casual dressing up

      Matt Damon (left) and Jude Law in ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ (1999)
    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Cyrille Vigneron: ‘You have to explain Cartier’s classics to a young generation in a modern way’

      Closing a third of shops and removing €200m of old stock was needed to start over

    • Friday, 21 May, 2021
      InterviewFashion
      Paul Smith: ‘It’s challenging to own a business based in Britain’

      After a year of store closures, the designer is opening a new shop in London

    • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
      Style
      Lex Greensill and the rules of wearing boots with suits

      David Cameron met the businessman in the desert — but it’s Greensill’s ankle wear that’s truly troubling

      Lex Greensill wearing Chelsea boots
    • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders’ Emmanuel Perrin: ‘Vital for watchmaking to keep our own fashion week’

      A mix of digital and physical events is the future for the industry, says the watch fair’s boss

      Emmanuel Perrin
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