‘What’s the point?’: Paris fashion faces up to life after lockdown
Socially distanced shopping proves a hard sell in the French capital with few places open to show off
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Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2019: The watchmaking universe’s big winners
Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix is awarded to Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. Watchmaking excellence was honoured this Thursday November 7th in Geneva at the 19th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) prize-giving ceremony, brilliantly hosted by actor Edouard Baer. The GPHG’s independent jury awarded 19 prizes and attributed the “Aiguille … Read more
GPHG 2019: Six watches competing for Calendar and Astronomy Watch Prize 2019
Calendar and Astronomy men’s mechanical watches These men’s mechanical watches comprising at least one calendar and/or astronomical complication (e.g. date, annual calendar, perpetual calendar, equation of time, complex moon phases display, etc.) compete for The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) rewards high-quality watchmaking creations in … Read more
Jewellery Watches: 6 houses that brought the mystery back with a contemporary high watchmaking and high jewelry twist
Sometimes all you need is a splash of color! CHOPARD WATERLILY Entirely crafted in ethical 18-carat white gold, this Chopard Waterlily Watch showcases some 43 carats of diamonds set in a floral design composed of jewelled lace petals. More than ever, Chopard celebrates the sacred nature of time by crowning it with … Read more
The £335 flip-flops: what the super-rich wear to look like everyone else
You could buy Havaianas for £20. Or basic flip-flops for 99p. Or you could slum it with the plebs in a pair of Hermès ‘summer sandals’
Hermès Birkin bag sells for £162,500 in London auction
Birkin 35 sells for over double its estimate at Christie’s sale which fetched £3.4m