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Christmas 2024 gift guide: colourful ideas from the La DoubleJ Homeware collection, as well as from Chanel, Gucci, Manolo Blahnik and Aquazzura
Christmas

Christmas 2024 gift guide: give your friends presents with a playful pop of colour

Festively coloured poppy styles to impress even the pickiest on your present list, from Golden Goose jewellery to a Stanley tumbler.

Christmas

Christmas 2024 gift guide: glam and glitter for the fashionista in your life

Hong Kong

PostMag Christmas gift guide: 9 ideas for the foodie in your life

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Style shoot: Embrace the animal inside with Cartier’s high jewellery pieces

Inspired by the maison’s iconic animal motifs, these pieces exude confidence and style, making them the perfect way to finish the year on a high

Vivienne Westwood: outfit. Cartier: ring, earring. Photography: Mike Ruiz
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Style Edit: Rolex’s equestrian connection with CHI Geneva

Witness the world’s best show jumpers compete at CHI Geneva, a tradition since 1926, with Rolex’s unwavering support.

Fashion

Fashionable flannel – from Billie Eilish to Kate Moss’ Bottega Veneta runway

A look that never goes out of style, flannel in 2024 alone could fit everyone from the ‘cowgirl aesthetic’ crowd to the grunge-inspired devotees of indie sleaze.

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Special Report - Jewellery

High jewellery for all occasions: how to balance your collection

A mix of both striking and subtle designs ensures there is a jewelled item suitable for any occasion, whether festive or formal.

Curating a collection of bold designs and subtle pieces is recommended. Photo: Handout
Beauty

4 cream blush sticks for a natural flush and smooth finish like Ariana

These blush sticks deliver natural colour, and are perfect for hydrating your skin and long-lasting colour, unlike their powder or liquid counterparts.

Chanel

Chanel’s Hangzhou show celebrates Chinese culture and Coco Chanel’s passion

Liu Wen opened the stunning extravaganza on the shores of West Lake, featuring references to traditional Chinese motifs, and showcasing the maison’s craftsmanship and timeless elegance.

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Fashion

4 AirPod cases that blend style and function, from Hermès to Loewe and Fendi

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.

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

Swiss luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet makes timely entry in Macau

The watch maker is sprucing up its showroom in Hong Kong and opening more in Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei, CEO Ilaria Resta says.

Swiss watch maker Audemars Piguet opened its first AP House in Macau in late November. It occupies two floors and covers an area of over 900 square metres, the largest in Asia. Photo: Instagram/iwatchome
Watch Edit

Watch Edit: Tudor adds a Formula One model to its long dive heritage

Metas-certified Black Bays add to the brand’s technical chops while the latest Pelagos maintains the proud lineage of models worn by the French Navy.

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Style Edit: LV Lovers is Pharrell Williams’ debut fragrance for Louis Vuitton

The fragrance blends pure and ancient natural ingredients to convey the essence of sunlight as ‘a metaphor for love as well as a source of motivation and life on Earth’.

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Style Edit: Celebrating the year-end with Chanel’s watches and jewellery

Dazzling pieces capture the spirit of the season – from watches showcasing horological mastery to jewellery embodying Chanel’s refined and elegant aesthetic.

Artistry and luxury are Chanel’s signature, as highlighted in the maison’s End of Year Watches and Fine Jewellery collection. Photo: Handout
High Jewellery

Jewellery highlights for November from Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Omega

Elhanati’s tie-up with Argentinian designer Conie Vallese delivers Gothic-style cutlery in gold, silver and black diamonds – quite the contrast with the dainty work in the Van Cleef & Arpels collection.

Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra. Photo: Handout
Icons and Influencers

Cindy Chao marked 20 years of jewellery artistry with a retrospective in Taipei

Chao’s pieces have been displayed at prestigious institutions and earned her France’s Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters; creations on show in Taipei included a Sarah Jessica Parker collaboration.

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Style Edit: Nicolas Bonneville created 3 new scents for Jaeger-LeCoultre

As part of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Made of Makers programme, Bonneville has created 3 extraordinary scents inspired by some of the Swiss watchmaker’s timepieces and ethos.

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Jaguar Cars

With the Jaguar rebrand comes a question of identity for heritage brands

Heritage brands like Jaguar and Campbell’s possess an identity that makes an impression on the consumers that engage with them – so where does rebranding leave these iconic companies and their fans?

A still from Jaguar’s rebrand advertising video, Copy Nothing. Photo: Jaguar/Youtube
Special Report - Jewellery

Stone dial watches by Piaget, Audemars Piguet and Rolex are making a comeback

Once considered a relic of the hippie era, watches with dials made from exotic stones, like turquoise lapis lazuli and opal, are enjoying a renaissance – the world’s luxury watchmakers are taking note.

Fashion

Just like Olivia Palermo: 4 statement headbands to wear this autumn

The Vlogo Signature headband, encrusted with Swarovski crystals, is from Rome-based Valentino Garavani, while Dior’s will be good for styles through the year.

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Style Edit: Chanel hosted a series of events around its cruise 2024-25 show

Stars from chef ArChan Chan to Olympic swimmer Siobhan Haughey joined Chanel panels moderated by the likes of Tyler Brûlé, founder of Monocle magazine, to discuss film, arts and cultural impact.

Chanel restaged its Marseille cruise 2024-25 show in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: How Brunello Cucinelli SS25 blends Riviera charm with desert allure

The collection sees timeless classics such as blazers, skirts and trousers accented with new forms and functions, while matching sets combine the masculine and the exotic.

Brunello Cucinelli’s spring/summer 2025 collection. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Tudor’s Black Bay collection adds luxurious new models

The radial brushed dial, snowflake hands and lollipop-style seconds hand recall Black Bays from the past, while the Calibre MT5602-U and Calibre MT5400 movements are very much modern-day.

Hong Kong property

Art houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s show off flashy new Hong Kong showrooms

The auction houses’ glammed up spaces are a reflection of their desire to change the way they conduct business.

Icons and Influencers

How Adrian Joffe and his wife Rei Kawakubo started Dover Street Market

Comme des Garçons’ sister brands are among the labels found in the stores in London, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo and Paris.

How Adrian Joffe started Dover Street Market with his wife, Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo. Photo: Handout
Fame and celebrity

Penélope Cruz on her love of fashion and her new films – interview

The Spanish actress, who was recently in Hong Kong for the restaging of Chanel’s cruise 2024-25 show, tells Style all about her favourite director Pedro Almodovar, motherhood and the Fragrant Harbour.

Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz in the iconic Chanel handbag campaign. Photo: Inez & Vinoodh
Style Edit

Style Edit: Jaeger-LeCoultre and Kim Woo-bin are a match of sophistication

The South Korean actor embodies many of the qualities the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer is known for and has been seen wearing two of the maison’s newest sporty models.

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Style Edit: Graff’s I Wish campaign – dazzling jewellery for the holidays

Each piece in the collection embodies the brand’s commitment to exceptional craftsmanship – blending heritage with innovation to create timeless heirlooms for successive generations.

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9 September, 2024
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