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    Life & Luxury

    Fashion & Style

    Yesterday

     Fashion Designer Christian Kimber opens a new store on Little Collins Street, Melbourne.

    Clothes shopping a tedious bore? Check this place out

    Christian Kimber has gone to considerable lengths to make his new CBD flagship an easy place to be.

    • Lauren Sams

    The glow-in-the-dark watch that no one saw coming

    The IWC Ceralume concept watch, plus new offerings from Audemars Piguet and Credor, break the mould in unexpected ways.

    • Luke Benedictus

    This Month

    Kendall Jenner is seen on a shoot for Calvin Klein on October 08, 2023 in New York

    Gen Z tells me I’m wearing my socks wrong. Am I?

    First, Gen Z came for our skinny jeans. Now, they’ve really gone below the belt. Is no Millennial safe?

    • Lauren Sams

    A new wave of Chinese watchmakers is taking on the Swiss giants

    Thanks to the growing influence of young independents, watchmaking in China is no longer just a case of mass production.

    • Randy Lai
    White-gold Swing bracelet from Chaumet.

    Waitlisted headphones, one-off table lamps and other little luxuries

    Dyson is moving into the sound space, while we make winter a homely pleasure with some inspired suggestions for you.

    • Eugenie Kelly
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    The brand to which our watch editor is surprisingly addicted

    “I’ve succumbed to the charms of a cheapie as a cheery alternative.”

    • Bani McSpedden

    Meet the man at the helm of design icon Molteni&C

    Vincent Van Duysen, the visionary creative director of Italian design powerhouse Molteni&C, opens the door to his personal spaces.

    • Stephen Todd
    Lange & Sohne Datograph.

    It’s not Swiss, but this is the brand watch lovers all want

    German maker A.Lange & Söhne’s resurrection after WWII and Soviet occupation is remarkable. Now its rare Datograph Up/Down chronograph is coming to Australia.

    • Bani McSpedden
    Mary Lou Ryan (left) and Deborah Sams, of bassike.

    Bassike third local fashion business to lose a co-founder this year

    Bassike co-founder Mary Lou Ryan is leaving the business she helped create.

    • Lauren Sams
    An artist’s impression of Goodman’s Rosebery Engine Yards development.

    Not an outlet store: how fashion brands are making discounting cool

    With the opening of a new “luxury discount” precinct in Sydney, local retailers are trying to make sales fashionable.

    • Lauren Sams
    Celeste Barber in her stolen Alex Perry suit at the Coogee Bay Hotel.

    Celeste Barber made fun of the beauty industry – now she’s in it

    This comedian, actor, author and Instagram queen has never shied away from a challenge. Now she’s creating make-up for women who fear it.

    • Lauren Sams

    The luxury watches that insiders were talking about in Geneva

    The biggest and best competed for attention at the year’s largest horological fair, although true surprises were the exception.

    • Simon De Burton
    Terry de Gunzburg’s secret to French beauty? Red lipstick.

    The secret to French beauty? It’s simple, and powerful

    Terry de Gunzburg, the woman behind the By Terry makeup empire, says a laissez-faire approach – and a little red lipstick – goes a long way in business, and life.

    • Lauren Sams
    Victoria Beckham and her T-shirt design (composite image).

    Has the ‘memeification’ of fashion gone too far?

    Luxury brands are capitalising on pop culture moments, but it could turn fashion into a joke.

    • Lauren Sams

    The luxury watches people are buying even as the cost of living bites

    At a time of tightened spending, high-end labels are showing what it takes to bring attention back to the wrist.

    • Bani McSpedden
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    The Thom Browne collection exposes the intricate layers that form a couture creation.

    Paris haute couture week is fashion’s answer to the Olympics

    For enthralling displays of human skill, witness the designs of Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli and Thom Browne at the autumn/winter 2024 shows.

    • Kati Chitrakorn

    A limited-run Wallabies jersey and seven more premium luxuries

    Check out these go-for-gold sneakers, and a stunning statement ring from Tiffany & Co, too, plus more inspired suggestions.

    • Eugenie Kelly
    Lorna Jane Clarkson at Sydney’s Park Hyatt.

    Activewear queen Lorna Jane on why debt is a downer

    The fitness advocate and athleisure pioneer celebrates 35 years in business this year – with no plans to stop.

    • Lauren Sams
    Jimmy Harvey is a fashion designer and collector of Mambo T-shirts and prints.

    Why Millennials will pay $1000 for your old shirts

    Forty years after the launch of Mambo, young Australians are again obsessed with the brand.

    • Lucy Dean
    Grace Kelly, sunglasses queen, shortly before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956.

    How Grace Kelly inspired this season’s stylish sunglasses

    Sunglasses are a shield from the shy, a friend to the tired and hungover, and don’t require the wearer to be a certain dress size.

    • Tamara Abraham