Discover the world’s most coveted masterpieces. From fine horology and high jewelry to luxury beauty and bespoke fashion, we curate the artifacts of modern desire.
Your Grandmother’s Chanel Buttons Just Got a Restraining Order There’s a particular kind of person who spends a Sunday afternoon prying vintage CC buttons off a thrifted tweed jacket, gluing them onto a chain, and calling it “reworked couture.” As of this season, that person has a legal problem. On May 21, 2026, the Paris … Read more
Inside the first High Jewelry set made entirely of gold you can actually trace Every so often, the jewelry industry unveils a piece designed to be admired. Occasionally, it unveils a piece designed to be interrogated — in the best sense. Chaumet‘s new Bee de Chaumet High Jewelry set, revealed on July 22, is very … Read more
Decoding the new LVMH’s “Sciences & Creation” Chair — and what it actually means once the press release ends Every luxury conglomerate eventually produces a headline that sounds like it was generated by a very expensive fog machine. “LVMH and Institut Français de la Mode launch the Sciences & Creation Chair, dedicated to new scientific … Read more
August is supposed to be luxury’s quiet month — the pause between resort season and the September show circuit. This week said otherwise. Auction houses posted their best first half in years, private jet operators are consolidating and rationing access in the same breath, a hypercar shed a meter of height for the sake of … Read more
Every quarter, the internet quietly votes on which fashion houses it’s obsessed with, and every quarter, Lyst tallies the results into a ranking that half the industry pretends not to check obsessively. The Q2-26 Lyst Index has landed, and this time the story isn’t really about a coup at the top. It’s about heatwaves, jelly … Read more
Pop Art, Pocket Watches & Pure Chaos: The AP x Swatch Drop the Watch World Didn’t See Coming @Audemars Piguet × Swatch ‘Royal PopThe much-debated Audemars Piguet × Swatch ‘Royal Pop’ — A new take on the pocket watch, and why this collaboration makes more sense than anyone wants to admit. There’s a moment in … Read more