Worth the hype: are Dior’s Air Jordans the most-wanted trainers of all time?

The fashion house’s update of Michael Jordan’s classic footwear is set to bring joy to sneakerheads and point the way forward for luxury shopping. Is this the restart of hype?

£450k for trainers: why vintage fashion is the new smart investment

In a booming market for Birkins, Baguettes and ‘Lux Anaconda’ shoes, the traditional auction houses are getting in on the act

The future of the arts: ‘The world is coming into visual art on a human scale’

Our art critic longs to see paintings in person once more, and looks to a future where exhibitions may run longer and borrow less from abroad

This imposing loudspeaker establishes new benchmarks in musicality, transparency and fidelity

      The new Magico M9 loudspeaker can present intense crescendos with unconstrained power, yet reproduce the most delicate musical passages with transparency and stunning microdynamic detail. Even though the M9 has a commanding physical presence, in sonic terms, it completely vanishes. This four-way, six-driver floor standing system from Magico features the world’s first … Read more

The Harry Garner Reticulated Vase, a lost masterpiece of Chinese porcelain, goes to auction

        The Harry Garner Reticulated Vase, a lost masterpiece of Chinese porcelain, goes to auction. Sotheby’s is offering for the first time for sale in over 60 years a unique reticulated vase, a masterpiece made for the Qianlong emperor. The Harry Garner Reticulated Vase is a lost masterpiece of Chinese porcelain found … Read more

‘The waste and excess is more visible’: how coronavirus is shaking up fashion

The industry has been taken apart at the seams. Is this the end of lavish shows and packed front rows?