Uffizi Gallery to reopen Renaissance art rooms after €600,000 gift

Fifty more paintings to be exhibited as Florence museum accepts donation from luxury goods firm Salvatore Ferragamo

It’s Fendi time in London. Fendi Peekaboo reinvented by ten British icons

The special Fendi Peekaboos. Peekaboo project in London reinvented by 10 ICONIC WOMEN.   Celebrated Italian label Fendi brought their electric vision to London with its new boutique in New Bond street, housed inside a brick-and-terracotta building. In occasion, the Italian fashion house has teamed up with 10 iconic women who created their own versions of … Read more

‘This is not a harem’: the sheikh and his 60 attractive young personal shoppers

A wealthy Dubai sheikh is scouring Venice for a small army of female assistants to help him spend his cash

Karl Lagerfeld: ‘I always think I’m lazy, maybe I could do better’

The genius of modern fashion – and master of soundbites – holds forth on Cara Delevingne, his catwalk supermarket parody, and why the selfie is a ‘horrible thing’

The watches of 2014 Baselworld. Swiss-Made at its very best. Part V.

Sophistication and robustness. Elegance and performance. Poetry and precision. Basel gets ready for Baselworld 2014. Only 1 day left until Baselworld – The Watch and Jewellery Show, opens its doors in Basel, Switzerland. The trade fair invites us to contemplate intricate mechanisms, jewels of the world, haute joaillerie, the finest examples of craftsmanship, and the … Read more

Bulgari to finance the renovation of Rome’s famous Spanish Steps, the widest staircase in Europe

To mark Bulgari’s 130th anniversary, the luxury jeweller announced it will come to rescue of Rome’s Spanish Steps/ Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti, a “special gift from Bulgari to its city”. Bulgari is following an appeal from Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi who called for private investors to help restore crumbling monuments of Italy. According … Read more