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A more selective experience than its elder sister, Mr Porter's unfussy black-and-white branding is designed with fashion-wary men in mind. Visually rich and easy to navigate, its stylists have done three-quarters of the work for you.
As the downturn began to bite, you could almost hear billions of belts tightening. Yet Rolls-Royce sales have surged, especially across the Middle East. Chief executive Torsten Muller-Otvos discusses the marque's history and its core market.
Mini persuaded Rolls-Royce to modify a Cooper S. Rolls's craftsmen finish it in Diamond Black metallic paint, retrim the cabin in sumptuous beige leather and fit a handcrafted walnut burr dashboard, with Reef Blue optional.
Joining forces with Italian mosaic maker Sicis, Christian Lacroix unveiled a furniture line at Milan's Salone del Mobile. Famous for flamboyant clothes, the pieces reflect his trademark style and fondness for the empress Theodora.
Geoffrey Wheel is as pleased as punch. Cracking jokes as he leads us through the stairways and public areas of Muscat's glittering Royal Opera House, the technical director shows a parent's pride in the project he has nurtured.
With dark oak panelling, mellow lighting, green leather and a stained-glass terrace, Martin Brudnizki has impressively recreated the between-the-wars feel of the Ivy's elder sibling. Happily, the resemblances do not end with the decor.
Whether conjuring an interior landscape for an Amman villa or weaving ambiguity into a community centre, this architect treats technical limitation not as an excuse but as an invitation to imagine.
She sports no tamed bob or fingerless gloves. Wonder how to follow one of fashion's giants in a time of turmoil? Frida Giannini, winner of the Ultimate Fashionism Award, does it in her Gucci pumps.
After a hit debut at a wedding, Abdalla launched the mobile photobooth service Fishfayce last summer. The concept, she says, preserves the funniest, most impulsively crazy moments at any event, bound only by guests' imagination.
Carole Cadwalladr visits Jimmy Carter and finds nothing of the grand residence one imagines for a former leader of the free world, but rather the unassuming home of a moderately successful junior accountant.
Getting lost in Fez is half the fun, but a few canny rules help. We share advice for navigating the meandering labyrinth of the world's largest medina, where every alley slopes towards a gate.
Long-term brand success is a paradox: constant self-invention whilst honouring core values. Creative director Massimiliano Giornetti explains how the house founded by Salvatore Ferragamo, the celebrated shoemaker to Hollywood's stars, manages to achieve precisely that.