CAMERA READY
A way of seeing, is what photographers possess that the average person doesn’t.
WORTH A FLUTTER
Put your neck on the line for these scarves.
RODEO DRIVE
What happens when the toughest of men layer up on diamonds and pearls?
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
Totes to have and to hold.
COSTUME DRAMA
Gone are the days when paste jewellery merely imitated the fine stuff. Now it is an art form in its own right.
THE GREAT BIG DIAMOND BOOM
More huge diamonds are being found than ever before. The prices are enormous but so are the risks…
CAPE OF LIGHT
This glittering raiment, made of yellow gold and diamonds, outshines even the sun. Boucheron high jewellery reaches new heights.
CONTINENTAL SHIFT: AFRICA’S JEWELLERY INDUSTRY
Consumers are beginning to get a taste for African designs. But the jewellery industry is still in its infancy…
AUCTION DRAMAS
Melanie Grant enjoys a preview of the top lots at Sotheby’s jewellery auction in Geneva on 13 May, including the Graff Vivid Yellow diamond and Victory diamond.
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Men’s shoemakers are wooing Asian customers with raffish twists on classic designs.
IT’S COMPLICATED
More women than ever say they’re interested in buying mechanical watches. But can they find any they actually like?
THE POWER OF ASIAN TASTE
The luxury market’s centre of gravity has moved eastwards. Melanie Grant explores how changing taste in jewellery reflects shifts in economic power.
THAT’S A WRAP
Silk scarves have a reputation as old-fashioned. But as this one from Hermès proves, there are sharp, modern ways to wear them.
FROM BEIRUT TO BOND STREET
Roberto Boghossian explains the DNA of his life’s work.
THE JADE WHISPERER
Wallace Chan on the symbolism of the jade cicada.
WATCH AND LEARN
The inner-workings of the biggest watch fair in the world.
RINGING THE CHANGES AT GOLDSMITHS’
This south-London jewellery fair is shedding its fusty reputation.
BIRTH OF A BILLIONAIRE
Over the course of his lifetime, Andrew Carnegie amassed one of history’s most staggering fortunes. When the industrialist retired in 1901, at the age of 66, he was the richest man in the world.
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