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All Panerai watches owe a debt to the brand’s past as a trusted supplier of watches to the Italian Navy. Even to this day, all the brand’s watches – including the urbane Luminor model – are mechanical. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Emmanuel Perrin, Panerai CEO, on its watches’ maritime heritage

The brand has long worked with the Italian Navy – resulting in ‘big, tough, functional watches’ that appeal to Sylvester Stallone and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

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Style Edit: Tiffany & Co. brings New York flair to Hong Kong’s Lee Gardens

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Style Edit: Delvaux CEO Jean-Marc Loubier on the new K11 Musea flagship

Luxury cars

Andrea Zagato on the Capricorn 01, coachbuilder Zagato’s first hypercar

The project blends Italian design flair and German precision thanks to engineering firm Capricorn, known for McLaren, Porsche and Bugatti collabs.

The Capricorn 01 is Zagato’s first hypercar. It was created in partnership with the German engineering firm renowned for previous collabs with McLaren, Porsche and Bugatti. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Breguet CEO Gregory Kissling on the brand’s 250-year heritage

To mark 250 years of horological excellence, Kissling spent 2025 on a global tour to showcase Breguet’s innovation and legacy.

Fashion

How Moncler’s Remo Ruffini transformed the brand into a luxury powerhouse

Known for its A-list collaborations, the brand has worked with everyone from A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams, to Jonathan Anderson and Rick Owens.

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Style Edit: Henry Jacques’ world of bespoke haute parfumerie

Anne-Lise Cremona, daughter of the founder, extends the maison’s heritage as it continues to evolve, opening its world up to a wider audience.

Henry Jacques’ haute parfumerie. Photo: Handout
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Style Edit: Noble Panacea has landed in Hong Kong – meet CEO Céline Talabaza

The brand recently opened a flagship counter at Hong Kong’s Lane Crawford and launched the groundbreaking Absolute Peptide8 Night Serum.

Van Cleef & Arpels

Van Cleef & Arpels CEO Catherine Rénier on craftsmanship and timelessness

As Van Cleef & Arpels adds new blooms to its collections, we speak to CEO Catherine Rénier on the brand’s success so far – and plans for the future.

Paris Fashion Week

Saint Laurent’s 1980s edge and the ‘Virgil Abloh: The Codes’ exhibition

The dazzling Saint Laurent show was inspired by John Singer Sargent’s subjects and Robert Mapplethorpe – and Madonna was in the front row.

The breathtaking set of the Saint Laurent spring/summer 2026 show in Paris. Photo: AFP
Milan Fashion Week

Milan Fashion Week: Demna’s first Gucci collection is celebrated in a short film

Spring/summer 2026 collection La Famiglia ‘marks the genesis of a new Gucci era: unapologetically sexy, extravagant and daring’.

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Demi Moore in The Tiger, a film directed by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn for Gucci spring/summer 2026. Photo: Handout
Gucci

Who is Gucci’s new CEO Francesca Bellettini, formerly with Saint Laurent?

Bellettini is replacing Stefano Cantino after he spent only 9 months at the Italian fashion brand – so who is she exactly?

Giorgio Armani

Armani’s will sets the stage for the sale of his fashion empire in a surprise twist

LVMH, L’Oreal and EssilorLuxottica or another group of ‘equal standing’ were named as potential buyers.

Fashion

Diego Della Valle, CEO of Tod’s Group, on the virtues of ‘Made in Italy’

The fashion mogul joined the family company 50 years ago and has since joined the board of LVMH too; but despite current headwinds in the industry, his focus remains on delivering timeless appeal.

Diego Della Valle at the Tod’s autumn/winter 2025/2026 women’s show in Milan in February 2025. Photo: Handout
Van Cleef & Arpels

Van Cleef & Arpels’ iconic new floral collection unveiled at Dumfries House

Van Cleef & Arpels CEO Catherine Rénier on the inspirations behind the collection, which combines the ageless appeal of precious stones with floral motifs.

Van Cleef & Arpels’ Fleurs d’Hawaï collection features necklaces, rings and earrings embellished with stones such as peridots and amethysts. Photo: Van Cleef & Arpels
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Style Edit: Find tranquillity with Pañpuri’s Thai wellness philosophy

Founder Vorravit Siripark explored Thailand’s ancient traditions to create products that are ‘quiet, grounding and deeply sensorial’, including a new fragrance evoking the beauty of the Andaman Sea.

Timepieces

Luxury watch entrepreneur Jean-Claude Biver on his family-run brand

Jean-Claude Biver returns to luxury watchmaking with a family-run brand, focusing on individuality and craftsmanship, while embracing smaller watch sizes – thanks to input from his son, Pierre Biver.

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Fashion

How Singapore brand Aupen took the fashion world by storm with the Nirvana bag

Founder Nicholas Tan reveals how he used word of mouth to create an ‘if you know, you know’ buzz around his brand, and evolved Aupen into the mouse that roared.

Aupen founder Nicholas Tan stayed out of the spotlight at first and let the Nirvana bag quietly do its thing. Now the secret is out. Photo: Handout
Icons and Influencers

Whispered luxury: CEO Xavier Rougeaux on Valextra’s quiet appeal – interview

Before quiet luxury was a thing, the house was already making thoughtful quality pieces such as the Iside bag, which – like Valextra’s home city – marries beauty with functionality.

Timepieces

7 timepiece moments from March and April 2025

Despite the industry entering uncertain territory amid Trump’s swingeing tariffs, watch aficionados can still count on stylish new pieces from Audemars Piguet, Breguet, MB&F and more.

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Style Edit: Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Jérôme Lambert on the Reverso’s enduring appeal

At Watches and Wonders 2025, Style sat down for a chat with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Jérôme Lambert, who’s back for another stint as head of the luxury watchmaker.

The Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds with its “Milanese” link bracelet was the talk of the town at Watches and Wonders. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Having more women on boards makes business sense. Hong Kong gets it

In this increasingly complex world, it is vital for businesses to embrace gender diversity, and diversity more broadly, for long-term success.

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Bonnie Chan (third from right), then co-chief operating officer of HKEX, and other women business leaders attend an event for a gender equality campaign on March 8, 2023. Photo: May Tse
Paris Fashion Week

Q&A | LVMH Prize founder Delphine Arnault on the award for young designers

The 2025 LVMH Prize semi-finalists were welcomed by Arnault at a presentation during Paris Fashion Week, attended by Jaden Smith and Lily James, among others.

Fashion

Q&A | Leonardo Ferragamo on maintaining brand values and independence

Florence-born Ferragamo remains in the hands of its founding family in an industry dominated by conglomerates like LVMH and Kering – its chairman shares why this is important and how they’ve done it.

Obituaries

Rosita Missoni, matriarch of eponymous Italian fashion house, dead at 93

A family statement called Rosita Missoni a ‘visionary figure in the Italian and international fashion world’.

Rosita Missoni in 2018. File photo: AFP
Timepieces

The year in watchmaking, wrapped – 24 moments in 2024

From watch fairs and bumper vintage auctions to landmark releases, and from C-suite moves to new A-list collectors, here are 24 of the most important events that shaped high horology this year.

From left to right: Mark Zuckerberg begins collecting; Patek Philippe releases the Cubitus; GPHG awards IWC’s Portugieser Eternal Calendar the Aiguille D’Or; Konstantin Chaykin and Bulgari duke it out for thinnest watch in the world; Armin Strom passes away at 86. Photos: Handout
Timepieces

Meet the woman behind ‘the Oscars of watchmaking’, Carine Maillard

She was originally more invested in the art world, having studied Chinese art and medicine, but working in museums led her to the world of watchmaking.

High Jewellery

Ahoy there! Van Cleef & Arpels’ new collection sets a course for adventure

The whimsical range is the brainchild of Nicolas Bos, group chief executive of parent company Richemont, which also owns Cartier, Jaeger‑LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin and Piaget.

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