Dragons have come from nowhere to be one of the biggest micro-trends on the style circuit. With everything from fashion shows to luxury gadgets and even online slots games featuring these mythical creatures, dragons represent one of the coolest emblems to be associated with in 2016. Perhaps it’s the surprising Welsh success in the Euro … Read more
Peter Philips, Dior’s Make-up genius, is taking us on a kaleidoscopic trip through beauty history. Dior celebrates 50 years of history of makeup, style, and color in new book “The Art of Color.” The journey of Dior cosmetics is placed within contexts of fashion and art in twelve chapters presenting the evolution of color through … Read more
Blue is the warmest colour. The spectacular ‘Sky Blue Diamond’, a Fancy Vivid blue diamond ring weighing 8.01 carats, with a stunning mount by Cartier, will be sold at Sotheby’s Geneva on 16 November. Within the past two years alone, Sotheby’s auction house has twice set a new world record auction price for a blue diamond, … Read more
It was suggested that the ring stolen from Kim Kardashian West this week was worth as much as $5m – but how reliable or meaningful is such a figure? And what precautions do those wearing these kind of pieces need to take?
by Philippe Mihailovich The 28th edition of the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris known as the grand dame of antique fairs and the world’s major showcase for haute joaillerie opened this year without the big maisons that were exhibiting at the last show in 2014, notably Alexandre Reza; Boucheron; Bulgari; Cartier; Chanel; Chaumet; David Morris; … Read more
Increase taps into surge of visitors to UK, exploiting what has become the cheapest luxury market in the world, say analysts