HUNTING FOR THE SIXTH SENSE
Six outrageous perfumes to seduce the senses.
INTO THE BUSH
Will French savoir-faire transform Aussie cobber-clobber into the height of urban sophistication?
COOKING WITH COLOUR
Melanie meets the enamel masters Vacheron Constantin for her luxury column at The Economist.
TOOL KIT
Awesome sound is now wireless and if you want a disco in your front room you don’t have to be a geek to buy one.
THE TALE OF TWO GRAFF JEWELS
How the provenance of rare stones carries the drama of history…
BLING RING
Knuckle-dusters to knock you out.
DIAMONDS GALORE
Eleven reasons to get your best jewels out for breakfast.
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS
In 2016 Dolce & Gabbana stamped lemons on fabric in homage to their Sicilian heritage and now high jewellery citrus is next.
MASTERS OF SIMPLICITY
Complications inside needn’t mean complications outside.
BROOCH THE SUBJECT
Millennials have rediscovered brooches which is why sales are booming but can designers dispense with their stuffy reputation and create something modern and meaningful?
JEWELS OF CHARACTER
Real jewellery, imaginary people.
METAL HEADS
Chronographs are stop watches on the wrist and modern mechanical watch making has taken them beyond functionality and into the realm of status symbol.
LA VIE EN ROSE
Rose gold isn’t a modern invention despite the recent fanfare. It had a moment in 19th-century Russia when Fabergé added it to his eggs and then in the jazz age with Cartier crafted a portion of their Trinity bands out of it.
OBJECTS OF DESIRE
Chronographs are stop watches on the wrist and modern mechanical watch making has taken them beyond functionality and into the realm of status symbol.
WIRED FOR SOUND
Memento Mori meets Modernism in this Caravaggio riff.
A SHARP ACT
Slipping into a costume helps an actor get into character. Offstage, these players express themselves in this season’s smartest suits.
SHAKEN NOT STIRRED
Time to shake up cocktail hour.
HIGH FASHION HEROINE
I’m often walking down Bond Street peering into windows for ideas and one spring morning I saw a dress so fantastical and OTT that I had to investigate…
BUILDING BEAUTY
Tiffany’s home accessories make the ordinary, extraordinary.
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