Martin Margiela fine jewellery
With reclusive genius Martin Margiela leaving the house he built, these incredible pieces of jewellery make the perfect souvenir of his mad reign.
Taking classic shapes and putting them in a completely new context – such as making a bangle in the shape of a signet ring, or a cocktail ring in the shape of a stud earring – Margiela fine jewellery is subversive luxury at its finest.
Martin Margiela Fine Jewellery bangle, $4,999. Ring $2,439. At Club 21, Hilton
Hermes Shoulder Kelly
When supermodel Elle Macpherson declared in an interview that she doesn’t wear her Birkins anymore because they are “bourgeois”, you could almost hear the scramble to Hermes stores worldwide as women snatched the lesser known Kelly. Jean Paul Gaultier’s elongated reimagining, meant to be worn on the shoulder, is sure to set off a firestorm.
Hermes Shoulder Kelly, price on application, at Hermes
Zebra print pony skin Ottoman
This wild thing is enough to make anyone’s heart sing. As a table or a couch, it adds something primal to even the most staid living room.
It may be a large for a gift, but don’t worry – the dashing Christopher Noto, owner of Pagoda House, may even hand deliver it.
Zebra Print Pony Skin Ottoman, $7,704, at Pagoda House in Tudor Court
The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places
From the beauty of Babe Paley, the Paris apartment of Ines de la Fressange and the Colombian nuptials of Lauren Davis and Andres Santo Domingo, it’s all here.
If there should be anything on your coffee table this Christmas, it is this seriously fabulous tome.
While books of this type are usually gorgeous to look at – and this is certainly no exception, with sumptuous images by the likes of Avedon, Penn, and Newton gracing its pages – Vogue editors Hamish Bowles and Alexandra Kotur have clearly made the writing just as important.
The result is wonderful prose that makes for a joyous, and juicy, read.
Now on offer for US$47.25 at www.amazon.com (usually US$75)
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This article was first published in The Business Times.