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Modern Reboot

He has worked his design magic at Europe’s top fashion labels and now, new creative director Raffaele Borriello is poised to give Shanghai Tang its most exciting update yet.

A Culmination

The sets at Chanel shows tell the story of the season as much as the clothes themselves. This FW 16 we see Karl Lagerfeld go back to the ideological roots of Coco Chanel and her approach to style.

Walking A Tightrope

Despite the absence of strong creative leadership, Dior showed a competent bridging collection for FW16 that closed the chapter on Raf Simons’ ready-to-wear for the house.

New Beginnings

Start the year right with Beyond Beauty’s latest medical facial treatment

Jenny From The Block

We caught up with Jenny Smith, Global Makeup Artist at NARS, right before Singapore Fashion Week mayhem started to chat about her career and beauty trends

Snakes & Leather

British designer Nicholas Kirkwood reimagines Bulgari’s Serpenti Forever collection and takes the Italian luxury brand beyond the high grounds

Maine Attraction

The ever quirky Cara Delevingne talks acting versus modelling, vodka pizza, and her favourite shoes from Jimmy Choo’s Holiday campaign.

Shape Of An Era

Extraordinary style and substance – 100 years later, the Cartier Tank’s still got it.

The Empress of Chinese Couture

Childhood dreams have led the diminutive Guo Pei down the unlikely path of becoming a couturier whose stunningly realized works have found home on the backs of Rihanna and the social elite in China, and in museums worldwide.

Picture Perfect

How to make a good Woody Allen film even better? Deck it out with oodles of Chanel

Head Backstage

Singer-songwriter Zayn Malik takes his fashion icon status to the next level as creative director of his first RTW capsule collection for Versus

Coat Tales

What’s made the Burberry trench such an icon? Its evolution, and the incredible stories and craftsmanship behind it

See The Future

There’s more to virtual and augmented reality than gaming. Fashion is just getting started with immersive technology, creating out-of-this-world experiences and revolutionising the way the industry operates

History Class

300 extraordinary objects, one magnificent museum and an amazing story to tell. Chaumet transports us from modern-day China back to 18th-century Paris with its most extensive retrospective exhibition yet

Here Comes The Sun

Say goodbye to hemp-coloured totes and conventional sunnies. This season, our favourite summer essentials have gotten a fresh new look — much like we will post-vacation.

Hitting the Right Note

… and the right time, anywhere in the world

Lion Heart

Cara Delevingne takes a walk on the wild side for taG Heuer’s latest campaign

Work Hard, Never Show It

Some beauty products claim to be workout-proof, so we put them to the toughest sweat test we could think of: high-intensity interval training (HIIT)

Beauty InsIder

We meet newby Hands, the woman who edits the world’s beauty products, and she gives us insights into trends, bestsellers and what customers really want

The New Individualism

Take a page out of Lisa Aiken’s fashion philosophy book. The Fashion Director at Net-A-Porter believes wearable is good, statement is better, but love conquers all.

The Man Himself

Aristotle said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts but if Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli has proven anything, it is that one can be even stronger as an individual.

Bling Ring

A Swiss-made movement, a supersized diamond crown, and an attitude inspired by uptown New York. The Tiffany & Co Metro is redefining what it means to be a modern-day jewellery watch.

What Dreams Are Made Of

Four more timepieces reflecting the glamour and streamlined geometry of Harry Winston’s New York flagship salon join the Avenue Collection.

Miuccia Prada: A Woman At Odds

Miuccia Prada is a woman at odds with an industry she is leading: she loves to dress up, hates the frivolity of fashion, yet produces some of the most intellectually charged collections of every season – endlessly pushing and challenging the definition of beauty.

Alicia Vikander - Young, Talented & Beautiful

The coterie of muses and close friends of Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of Louis Vuitton, is famously tight-knit and exclusive, bound by their shared traits of strength, independence, and beauty. No wonder rising talent Alicia Vikander is a part of the clique, then. 

5 Things You Should Know About Michael Kors' First Smartwatch

It tells the time, rounds up one's Facebook feed and even comes with an in-built fitness tracker. Here are five things to know about the chic Access, Michael Kors' first smartwatch developed with Fossil.

Where Are The Woman?

The fashion industry invariably exists to sell us two things: the idea of beauty and the products to fulfil the idea. A question arises: why is there a lack of prominent female designers in high fashion? 

Timeless Appeal

As modern fashion continues to struggle with identifiable inspirations and pinpointing its place in time, Cruise 2017 finds itself in a romantic limbo that is neither of the past nor the future. Here, the essence of the collections, classic signatures that will outlive the brevity of this season.

Road-Tested Tips

Jetsetting for work, play, a special event or all of the above? Beauty experts share their travel kit edits that will have you looking 100% from take-off to touch-down and beyond.

Field of Dreams

All the lovely components of bucolic idyll – from fresh laurels to ears of wheat, oak leaves to lily blooms – help Chaumet get in touch with its softest and most delicate side yet.