What do art and horology have in common? A lot, as Swiss watchmaker, Vacheron Constantin and The Louvre, France’s national art museum, will tell you following their newest collaboration. ‘A Masterpiece on the Wrist’: a Vacheron Constantin x The Louvre collaboration years in the making Per Vachero…
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OSalu Couture and Ethnic Attitude bring African Fashion to Life on Dubai Catwalk
For African immigrants, finding African influences in food, fashion and other cultural aspects in the diaspora can be a very difficult task, a situation that is not replicated in most African countries. A good number are trying to change this narrative wherever they find themselves, like Damilola…
Quiet Luxury: What Most People get Wrong about the Latest Fashion Trend
We don’t know about you, but it is getting increasingly difficult to keep our eyes still as they have gotten accustomed to rolling each time they come across some new content on the ultimate quiet luxury or stealth wealth style. Maybe because everyone suddenly seems to be watching Succession, or …
This 2023, Rolex has crafted a Timepiece Specially for You
If you’ve ever gone, ‘Nah; a Rolex isn’t for me’, there are definitely reasons for that, some of which may be that the complication of a Cosmograph Daytona is … just too complicated. Or that the ‘tool-siness’ of the Yachtmaster, Submariner and other tool watches in its lineup are … well, too tool…
Unable to get Your Fave Hermès Kelly Bag? That is set to change Soon
We are only in Q1 of 2023, but Hermès looks like it is having a great year. According to recent reports, the international market value of the French luxury brand has now surpassed €200 billion, making it the second most valuable luxury brand after LVMH. Simply put, Hermès products, like the Kel…
Uncovering Bulgari’s Mastery of Colourful High Jewellery
Like art, colours play an important role in jewellery making. But unlike art, incorporating colours in high jewellery is not as easy as brands like Bulgari have made it out to look. The primary source of colours in jewellery is gemstones, but unless you’re glueing them on top of each other or som…
Hennessy flirts with Fashion in a New Collection with Kim Jones
The Hennessy brand has been around for more than 200 years, and if there is anything it knows too well, it is that change and evolution are constant denominators for legacy brands. Which is why creative collaborations are commonplace. What is not common however is its latest project with DiorR…
Ok, Tiffany and Nike could have done Better with Their AF1. But Here’s Why They didn’t
“Disappointing.” “Mid.” “Underwhelming.” These are some of the adjectives that have trailed the Tiffany & Co x Nike AF1 low drop which both brands officially announced on the 29th of January 2023 after weeks of speculation. Other popular opinions are suggestions some consider better designs, …
A Sotheby’s-Inspired Guide to Collecting Luxury Bags
So, you have decided you love luxury bags enough to start collecting them. Where do you start, and how do you build an incredible collection that is the envy of the luxury bag-collecting world? For help, we turned to Sotheby’s, a clear authority in this field. The auction house recently concluded…
Will The Rolex Certified Pre-Owned Programme Solve its Scarcity Issue?
That Rolex timepieces are scarce is not news. What IS news is the Swiss watchmaking brand’s latest certified pre-owned programme, a project that sees it officially entering the second-hand market through its authorised distributors. While speculations on whether or not this would affect the marke…