After years of writing about jewellery, we’ve rather happily become part of the story. Hartenstein Diamonds is our new jewellery brand, creating lab-grown diamond jewellery in Antwerp. I co-founded it with Alex Schönburg, Charlotte and Ben Auerbach, bringing together our experience in fashion, design and the diamond business. The starting point was personal. We wanted … Read more
“Amiga.” A word in Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan that means the person you share everything with: your heartbreaks, your financial chaos, your perfume, and the secret list of brands you swear by. So, amiga, today we’re letting you in on ours: the fashion and jewellery brands we love. Let’s go! Loulou de Saison — Discreet … Read more
Fashion takes the Portuguese saying “recordar é viver” rather literally: to remember is to live again. Some call it a tribute, others an archive reference. But let’s be honest, quite a few of fashion’s best ideas lately have already had a very good life in the 1990s. And Miu Miu behaves as though it has … Read more
Sabato De Sarno has a new job, and we have a reason to pay closer attention to Icicle. The Chinese luxury brand has appointed Gucci’s former creative director to oversee womenswear, menswear, accessories and eyewear. His first collection is expected for autumn/winter 2027, according to Vogue Business. For those of us who liked what he … Read more
There is a new lifestyle trend called Lagom (pronounced “lar-gohm”), that comes from Sweden and has been conquering more and more fans. The whole Lagom philosophy is explained in a book, “Lagom: The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life”, by British Niki Brantmark. Since Brantmark visited Sweden for the first time, she fell in … Read more
Fashion has already found a wardrobe for the age of artificial intelligence. Matrix dressing, gorpcore and handmade craft reveal our fascination with technology, our fear of its fragility and our desire to remain unmistakably human.
The Met and John Galliano have abandoned a 2027 retrospective after protests over his 2011 antisemitic and racist abuse. Fifteen years later, the cancellation raises a harder question: does public culture still believe in redemption?
Last Thursday, two men did something that sounds more Netflix than Vienna. They bought ordinary entrance tickets to the MAK, walked into Glanzstücke, the museum’s Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition, smashed a display case with a hammer and left with one of the most extraordinary diamond necklaces of the 20th century. No masks. Middle of … Read more
Bad news for anyone still emotionally attached to her Havaianas: the time has come to put them away. The September issues have landed, work and school have resumed, and the calendar is becoming rather insistent. Summer is packing its bags. Fortunately, our editors love a change of season, and autumn is one of our favourites … Read more
If you are reading this article, we already know something about you: even if you love paper — the smell, the weight, the frankly unnecessary pleasure of turning a glossy page — you probably buy far fewer magazines than your mother did. So do we. Print magazines never really recovered from the digital revolution. We … Read more
The cross necklace is one of those rare accessories that can be both deeply personal and immediately understood. Worn close to the heart, it may remind us of our faith, a First Communion, a grandmother or simply the promise that we are not alone. It also communicates something. A cross is never quite as neutral … Read more
Every summer, wherever you are you see an avalanche of Panama hats. From fashionable and well-dressed to easy-going style, the Panama hat is everywhere, and there is no denying it. Saying that the straw hat, also known as the Ecuadorian hat, had a revival is an understatement. It’s having a moment of glory in a … Read more
What should you bring when invited for a weekend at a beach house, country estate or on a boat? These guest gift ideas strike the right balance between thoughtful, useful and discreetly luxurious — with a few reminders about what never to arrive with.
Montblanc FW26 is about more than beautifully made travel bags. The new Writing Traveller collection taps into a larger cultural shift towards books, handwriting and analogue life — a rather appealing proposition in the age of AI.
The funnel-neck trench is shaping up to be one of early autumn’s smartest coat choices. We trace the silhouette’s history, explain why it feels so relevant now, and look at the new COS version bringing it back into focus.
The official European summer has barely begun, and already the continent seems to have mistaken June for August with a nervous breakdown. The solstice arrived, the temperatures rose, and suddenly every elegant person from Paris to Palermo was faced with the same existential question: how does one remain chic while quietly melting from the inside? … Read more
We’ve heard a lot about SPF before; never leave home without sun protection, no matter what, or else! But how much of what we hear is true? There are so many products promising to protect our skin against the damaging sun rays UVB and UVA and now, the blue light from electronic screens as well. … Read more
We are living through a strange moment in fashion, when logos no longer mean luxury. They may still mean access, taste, money, or a very cooperative credit card. A Hermès bag, for instance, certainly suggests connections and resources. But it does not necessarily prove a luxurious life. There is a difference between buying signs of … Read more
There is something quietly undignified about summer makeup when the temperature rises above reason. Foundation gathers where it should not. Mascara becomes emotional before we are. Powder, applied with optimism at 8 a.m., can look like architectural plaster by noon. And yet, very hot weather does not mean abandoning makeup altogether. It means changing the … Read more
From gold hoops at breakfast to pearls after sunset, here is how to choose holiday jewellery that survives heat, sweat, sunscreen and the occasional encounter with the Mediterranean. Jewellery on holiday performs a small but useful miracle. A plain linen dress becomes an outfit. A white shirt looks intentional rather than recently rescued from a … Read more
From Mercedes Gleitze’s Channel swim to the understated Oyster Perpetual created for the centenary, Rolex celebrates a watch that taught luxury how to survive real life. A hundredth anniversary presents a peculiar problem for a watchmaker. How do you celebrate the passage of time without producing something that looks imprisoned by the past? For the … Read more
Jewellery as a style signature is the easiest way to look well-edited without buying a new wardrobe. Same jeans, same white shirt, same trench, but the jewellery decision changes the whole message. It shifts the focal point, adjusts proportions, and tells people who you are before you’ve even ordered your coffee. The good news for … Read more
Created in 1896 as a defence against imitation, Louis Vuitton’s Monogram Flower has travelled from trunks to diamonds. The new Idylle Blossom collection reveals how a family emblem became one of the House’s most enduring jewellery motifs.