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Sheena Khemaney

Contributing Editor, Style by SCMP and Post magazine


What’s one luxury item you didn’t think you needed? AirPod cases. Brands such as Hermès and Loewe have come up with their own unique take on the accessory, which is designed to protect against scratches and minimise dirt. The designer iterations that made our cut feature a loop, a hook or a key ring to keep ‘em secure. Functional? Tick. Stylish? Tick.
1. Hermès AirPods Pro 2 case (HK$8,400)

2. Loewe Seahorse AirPods Pro case (HK$4,450)

3. Fendi FF Logo AirPods Pro charm (HK$3,450)

4. MCM AirPods Pro Case (HK$1,500)



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A guest wearing sunglasses and Apple earpods during the Menswear fall/winter 2024-25 as part of  Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Getty Images

Hermès AirPods Pro 2 case. Photo: Handout

Loewe Seahorse AirPods Pro case. Photo: Handout

Fendi FF Logo AirPods Pro charm. Photo: Handout

MCM AirPods Pro case. Photo: Handout

4 fashion and art books to grace your coffee table, about Diane Keaton and Iris Apfel’s inimitable styles, legendary Japanese artist Hokusai, and French sculptor and fashion designer Madame Grès

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 Iris Apfel’s exuberant book chronicles her life in colour. Photo: Handout

Colourful character Iris Apfel. Photo: @iris.apfel/Instagram

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One of Hokusai’s most famous works, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, was created in 1831. Photo: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Aussie influence: thong sandals. Photo: Handout

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Cool girl Dua Lipa sparkles in Esber’s style. Photo: @dualipa/Instagram

Cult favourite: crystal-studded Minettes. Photo: Handout

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The viral Instagram fan accounts supporting fashion’s most famous names, from Miuccia Prada to Tom Ford’s Gucci era and Vogue’s Anna Wintour

Miuccia Prada was surprised with a “Prada pizza” in Naples as documented by @whatmiuccia, a fan Instagram account. Photo: @whatmiuccia/Instagram


Miuccia Prada, photographed by Anthony Dixon in 2004 while out and about in New York. Photo: @whatmiuccia

A Gucci campaign image. Photo: @tomfordforgucci

Writer Joan Didion pictured in a Celine campaign. Photo @oldceline/Instagram

A Bottega Veneta Jodie bag. Photo: @newbottega/Instagram

Anna Wintour and Harry Styles at London Fashion week. Photo: @wintourworld/Instagram

Maggie Hewitt’s style picks: the founder of Maggie Marilyn loves her Cartier Tank, The Ordinary skincare and Westman Atelier make-up, and Jane Birkin and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Maggie Hewitt, founder of Maggie Marilyn. Photo: Handout

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How a back-to-nature approach could revolutionise fashion and make the industry more sustainable: Indonesian label SukkhaCitta and its founder, the Rolex Award for Enterprise laureate of 2023, shows the way

Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureate of 2023 and founder of SukkhaCitta, Denica Riadini-Flesch, holding cotton harvested on a farm near Central Java, Indonesia, by Ibu Tun and Ibu Dair, also pictured. The cotton will be used to make high-quality, traditionally crafted clothes, making SukkhaCitta a true farm-to-closet company. Photos: Handout

Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureate Denica Riadini-Flesch founded SukkhaCitta with just three women. Now, a team of 15 co-ordinators manages over 450 women who have seen an average 60 per cent increase in earnings so far

A woman embroiders flowers on fabric at Rumah SukkhaCitta, one of SukkhaCitta’s craft schools in Central Java. The brand sells high-quality, handcrafted clothes and ensures everyone involved receives fair pay, from the farmers who grow the cotton to the seamstresses and batik artisans

Denica Riadini-Flesch with the batik craftswomen at Rumah SukkhaCitta. Women are not only taught traditional crafts in SukkhaCitta schools, but also the business skills they need to monetise them

Ibu Kasmini picks seeds from a cotton boll for the next season at a farm in East Java

A group of elder craftswomen prepare for the next cotton crop by cleaning and planting seeds in East Java, Indonesia. Using indigenous knowledge, farmers working with SukkhaCitta are taught how to grow cotton while regenerating the soil

Batik craftswomen at Rumah SukkhaCitta. Batik, a skill that has been passed for generations in Indonesia, involves drawing on textiles with dye-resistant wax that leaves intricate designs behind once the garments are dyed. Thanks to SukkhaCitta’s craft schools, indigenous knowledge like this can continue to be passed down

Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureate of 2023, Denica Riadini-Flesch (right), talking to Ibu Linna on a farm in East Java. Through her work with SukkhaCitta, Riadini-Flesch has revived Indonesia’s cotton farming industry by offering farmers a fair wage for their crops.

Batik artisans like Ibu Srikanthi draw intricate patterns on textiles using wax so that when the clothes are dyed, a stark imprint of the beautiful designs is left on the garment.

SukkhaCitta’s Ibu Kasmini, an Indonesian farmer who has inherited her farming practices from her grandmother, uses a spinning wheel to turn cotton into threads while Ibu Karmini prepares the cotton behind her

As part of the Perpetual Planet Initiative, Denica Riadini-Flesch plans to scale up SukkhaCitta, one of the world’s first regenerative farm-to-closet clothing supply chains. SukkhaCitta (meaning happiness) is centred on empowering rural artisans in Indonesia, using traditional and sustainable techniques to craft high-end products

Ibu Sri and Ibu Muntiani prepare a bath for dyeing fabrics at Rumah SukkhaCitta, East Java. The textiles hanging behind them have been decorated with a floral batik design

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Stow away your AirPods in these stylish cocoons that feature sleek loops and eye-catching charms, and offer both protection and a touch of luxury


Stow away your AirPods in these stylish cocoons that feature sleek loops and eye-catching charms, and offer both protection and a touch of luxury.
