Understanding the difference between fashion jewellery and fine jewellery is simple enough: it all comes down to the materials that the jewellery is made with. Fine jewellery describes jewellery made of solid gold, sterling silver, or platinum in combination with genuine precious gemstones like diamonds, rubies, or sapphires. Fashion jewellery…
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The Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition is like a travelling road show that takes place every two years. In previous years it has visited Dubai, Munich, London, New York City and Singapore, and, following a one-year delay caused by the world stopping in 2020, this year saw its return…
Legacy is everything in the world of watches. Just look at the world’s most coveted sportswatches – the Submariner by Rolex, the Royal Oak by Audemars Piguet, and the Nautilus by Patek Philippe – they were all created more than 50 years ago and even if they’ve evolved over the…
Something has fundamentally changed in women’s fashion. We’re not quite sure how it happened. Maybe it was the post-lockdown, post-restrictions sentiment of wanting to be “seen” in the world again? Perhaps it was a form of revulsion against new legislation in the US restricting women’s autonomy of their bodies? It…
Have you ever dreamt of riding a magic carpet? “I can show you the world. Shining, shimmering splendid.” It’s something we’ve all fancied at one time or another. The great thing is it’s now possible thanks to Lift, the Puerto Rico-based pioneer of electric eFoils. As its co-founder, Nick Leason…
Vehicle manufacturers don’t tend to come from emerging markets but then again Bandit9 is no ordinary company. Based out of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, they’ve been customising motorcycles for years but now they’re trying their hand at EVs too, and boy is their first effort – the Monaco –…
Blending Roman, Byzantine, Persian, Ottoman and Berber influences, this retro-modern Middle Eastern inspired bathroom by Axor is the creation of Tehran-born, Hamburg-based architect Hadi Teherani. The brief was to design a “bathroom with personality” and Teherani’s response was an unconventional circular, marble floored area incorporating traditional latticeworks on the windows…
TVs that Disappear Have Long Been Sought After but this One Doesn’t Just Pivot Away, it Folds Up Too
There’s a whole world of television sets aimed at people who want something special and don’t mind paying for it. For example, there’s a 50,000 USD Bang & Olufsen called the Beovision Harmony 88 that’s not only the world’s first 88-inch 8K television set, it’s also the largest OLED screen…
The old team was brought back together (the Italian studio of Nuvolari Lenard; German shipbuilders, Lürssen; Moran Yachting project managers) from the owner’s previous – and first – superyacht, the 86-metre Quattroelle (which he sold to the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, in 2014). But, that’s where…
You know what they say – location, location, location! Even though Chanel’s original Resort 2023 collection was first unveiled in the not so shabby principality of Monaco (back in May), the storied French brand decided to reproduce the show in November, this time in Miami, and it really did kick…