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Born the eldest of six in a middle-class Peruvian family, Mario Testino's outrageous sense of style courted trouble at home before London and New York beckoned. As he puts it, imagine David Bowie walking through Rome.
A. Lange & Söhne's annual output may equal just five per cent of Richemont sibling Cartier's, but that troubles this fine German watchmaker not one iota, devoted as it is to impeccable construction and obsessive precision.
Refusing to specialise, this gallery hangs modern beside contemporary and emerging beside established, pairing twentieth-century masters such as Renoir, Matisse, Dalí and Picasso with Takashi Murakami, Andy Warhol and even celebrated graffiti artists.
Daimler's first attempt to revive Maybach was an uncharacteristic failure. Spurred on when rivals split up England's icons, sending Bentley to Volkswagen and Rolls-Royce to BMW, Stuttgart found itself playing catch-up with its dormant pre-war marque.
Aston Martin is up there at the summit of the world’s coolest brands, along with Nike and Apple. It’s the connoisseur’s carmaker of choice, just ask James Bond. But it’s not all plain sailing and there’s plenty going on behind the scenes to warrant a closer look. I love Aston Martins, I…
Founded in London in 2008 by Alexia Hentsch and childhood friend Max von Hurter, Hentsch Man began with one aim: to perfect the white shirt. It has since grown into a full menswear label, classicism meets irreverence.
From DNA-tailored serums to space-age foundations, the beauty industry is shifting from anti-ageing toward holistic wellness. Trend forecaster The Future Laboratory maps where high-end skincare is heading next.
Dressed all in black, its cutting-edge lines slicing through the water at phenomenal speed, Otam's Crazy Too is astonishing in its own right, yet it was conceived as a chase boat to accompany a far larger yacht.
A Saint Laurent show is never ordinary. For Autumn-Winter 2015-2016, even the invitation became indie art publishing, a comic-book collection of sketches and appropriated media by American artist Jim Shaw.
Bucking the trend for smaller engines, the six-litre biturbo V12 S65 AMG Coupé is not just sleek, clever and wonderfully fast; it is a modern interpretation of the old-school grand tourer, built for crossing continents.
Flown from Germany for Kuwait's Concours d'Elegance, the Uhlenhaut Coupé is essentially a 1955 W196 Formula One car made roadworthy, a jewel from the Mercedes-Benz Museum's extraordinary collection of Silver Arrows.
Whilst rivals chase China's new rich, Hermès has backed Jiang Qiong'Er as she pioneers Shang Xia, an original Chinese brand built on restraint, style and old-fashioned craftsmanship, housed in a converted Shanghai police station.