Ridley Scott’s 1982 film remains a source of inspiration for Swedish watch and footwear designer Alexis Holm.

Parisian fashion house displayed its Daria and Daryl bags, Daisy sandals and Diane boots to celebrities and socialites including Ali Lee, Fish Liew, Jennifer Yu and Cecilia Choi in Central.

Other guests at the opening of the city’s first Chanel Beauty Studio included singer Keung To, actor Adam Pak, and actresses Jeannie Chan and Karena Ng.

Immediately after the Parisian couture house debuted its menswear collection designed by Kim Jones, it celebrated the launch of the woody, masculine fragrance created by master perfumer François Demachy, with dinner at Caviar Kaspia

Installations in Japan, China, Singapore and Macau put on the art-meets-science exhibitions your children actually want to see

The Baftas are Britain’s answer to the Oscars – so this year Hollywood’s A-listers celebrated with tea and scones at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles

Advertising copywriter John Fuery went from the actual desert of Saudi Arabia to the creative desert that was Hong Kong – and stayed for 11 years. Don’t expect to be inspired or enlightened by his amusing memoir – but do expect to giggle.

Australian designer and stylist Juan-Carlos Aquino on how he identified with the rapper and hip-hop culture.

Les Bird’s memoir about his time in an elite unit of Hong Kong’s Marine Police, A Small Band of Men, is a humorous romp that also foreshadows darker issues the city faces today.

Luxury Spanish fashion brand starts celebration with cocktails at its new SoHo space, followed by a holiday party at the Sinclair-Fletcher Mansion on the Upper East Side

Hollywood A-listers, musicians, models and influencers such as RuPaul, Chaka Khan, Janelle Monae and Alana Hadid were spotted at this hip new West Hollywood Club

Nobel Prize for Economics winners Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo’s book Poor Economics inspired Marie Kretz Di Meglio to found a Hong Kong NGO for domestic helpers.

Already the owner of 75 luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi and Givenchy, LVMH has just added Tiffany & Co. to its roster – so which other household names has the French luxury conglomerate bought lately?

Wonderfruit in Thailand in December is a holistic experience as much as a musical one, while the focus at Epizode in Vietnam in January is firmly on the DJs, from Carl Craig to Ricardo Villalobos.

The hairstylist to stars such as Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh says the 1985 film gave him his first understanding of how women feel.

Ahead of the globetrotting Banksy: Genius or Vandal? exhibition coming to Hong Kong, we round-up the enigmatic, anonymous street artist’s most influential and impactful artworks to date

He is a masterful user of bamboo and his designs often blend with nature, but one of his buildings is so incredible it seems to magically appear out of the earth

Montreal’s Big O in 1976 and Berlin 1936, when African-American sprinter Jesse Owens’ four gold medals shattered the myth of Aryan superiority in front of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, are among the leading candidates

Fashion icons Alexa Chung, Sita Abellan and Anna Wintour join musicians Eve, AJ Tracey and Ella Eyre at supermodel’s annual London fundraiser

The cultural-retail complex at Victoria Dockside in Tsim Sha Tsui features artistic treasures as well as sophisticated shopping and dining all under one roof

Beijing Daxing International Airport opens at end of September – handling 300 take-offs and landings an hour, with 45 million passengers by 2021 – and will eventually be the world’s busiest

Arts and music festivals can be terrible for the environment, from the waste they create to the energy required to host them. But some events are doing all they can to promote a positive message and reduce their impact.

In his second memoir, Forty Nights, ex-marine Chris Thrall describes with wit and warmth his attempts, with varying degrees of success, to face his demons back home in Britain.

Philippine brand Jollibee has grown from two outlets to more than 1,300 restaurants at home and overseas. The chain adapts its menus for different cultures, but its Chickenjoy fried chicken is a favourite everywhere.

Antonio Lai discovered anything was possible when he watched the 1985 time-travelling sci-fi flick as a child.

Takahashi Mizuki is co-director of the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, the arts centre at The Mills, a Hong Kong conservation project

Despite being released before the chef was born, George Lam’s soundtrack to 1980 film Disco Bumpkins proved influential for Cheng.

Ulan Bator is the hub of Mongolia’s vibrant hip hop scene and Mrs M is leading the charge. Her first single in English comes out this month and she is starting to tour overseas.

James Tamang, a co-owner of The Old Man and The Sea bars in Hong Kong, says he felt a connection with the American novelist’s most famous book.