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Chopard is a family-run business in the midst of a generational handover. Despite this evolutionary yet also potentially disruptive transition, things are much the same with a steadfast commitment to a long-term vision rather than short-term gains. And with sales hitting an all-time hig…
As with most Maldivian resorts, Maalifushi by Como has a mix of overwater and beachfront bungalows. But where it differs is in its fundamental premise. This isn’t just a tropical escape – it’s a place to detox too. If truth be told, my first impressions of Maalifushi were all over the p…
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian may hail from an Armenian family from Aleppo but everything else about him is resolutely French. Paris is where he started in the business, creating some of the most successful perfumes for major designers, it’s also where he co-founded the esteemed Maison Fra…
From ultra-thin Piaget to Montblanc's mechanical answer to the smartwatch, the 25th invitation-only Geneva salon reveals how Richemont's brands are courting the Middle East and chasing ever more rarefied complications.
Zaha Hadid's Issam Fares Institute transports our writer to another time, recalling a first visit to Tripoli's unfinished Rashid Karami Fair, where Oscar Niemeyer's monumental concrete forms still rise from a landscaped garden, abandoned before civil war.
Just when you thought the Maldives could not get any better, along comes Velaa Private Island. Named after the sea turtles that have lived here for generations, there is nothing remotely slow about this hedonistic, over-water retreat.
Tumi's Tegra-Lite collection is as tough as Tegris, a polypropylene thermoplastic composite the brand holds exclusive rights to use in luggage. Borrowed from motorsport and body armour, it brings serious resilience to the well-travelled wardrobe.
With Israel controlling the fuel that enters Gaza through the Abu Salim crossing, a shortage almost a decade old endures. Once eased by smuggling tunnels from Sinai, the territory now confronts an unrelenting energy squeeze.
Impeccably groomed and endlessly multi-tasking, Ibtissam Saab directs her new in-store display while zooming her camera across deep blue tanzanites and bright green emeralds, pear-shaped jewels cut to a gleaming, flawless finish.
Velvet curtains part on a stage where schoolchildren, ballet dancers, a funeral march and a runaway bride drift past in exaggerated slow motion, set to melancholic classical music amid baroque, hypnotic splendour.
Can a motorbike really command a six-figure price? At 140,000 euros, the Midual Type 1 manages it, not through gold plating but through two decades of patient perfection and genuinely original, innovative engineering thinking.
Foldable, adaptable and bought by more than thirty million owners, Longchamp's Le Pliage has triumphed since 1993. Inspired by Japanese origami, its light, water-resistant nylon body and Russian leather trims made it an enduring everyday classic.