£96 a bottle: the exotic beer that is as expensive as vintage wine
One Manhattan bar is charging $125 for a bottle of Belgian ale. Is beer really as costly to make as wine or is this just a pernicious way to make us pay more?
Shortcuts
Eau so expensive! Chanel’s £4,410 water bottle
The eye-wateringly pricey accessory is selling out fast. But is it the costliest water bottle ever made?
Face time: will the new makeup for men hide my blotches – or create new anxieties?
More men than ever are embracing grooming, and now there’s a whole makeup line just for us. But shouldn’t we just learn to love our hard-earned eye bags?
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’
Black 3.0: Anish Kapoor and the art world’s pettiest, funniest dispute
Stuart Semple was incensed when Kapoor bought the exclusive rights to the world’s blackest paint – so he made what he says is a blacker one and banned him from using it
The big day – how many wedding dresses are too many?
The Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex, Solange and Kim Kardashian West have all switched their bridal frocks from day to night-time. What does it say about our approach to marriage?