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...And higher prices also appear to have hit Kering-owned Saint Laurent, where sales began to fall in the second half of last year....
...Freelance creative assistant Khari Madu, 27, wears Saint Laurent taffeta coat, £3,615, wool trousers, £1,385, and nappa leather boots, £1,115....
...On Agnelli’s right one is a silver Rolex that partially covers a tattoo. Under his jacket, the shirt cuffs are left unbuttoned....
...Need to fix a Rolex? No problem....
...“That’s a ’70s Rolex Submariner with a Tiffany dial, and this is a Paul Newman Daytona 1968,” he says of his current favourites; the Daytona was a gift to himself after his first Fendi show....
...Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello suede Saharienne jacket, £3,315, net-a-porter.com Chloé wool shorts, £660 Goossens gold-soaked brass Talisman Medal pendant necklace, £290 Church’s leather boots, £950...
...The single detour to Burgundy, during the risotto course, involved a 2018 Saint-Antoine Chablis that was probably the best of the lot. Several bits of context are important here....
...“Doing events in-country or inviting people to [our headquarters in] Saint-Imier gives us a different quality of meeting. We have time. We can do it in a more qualitative way than at a fair.”...
...In his smock, smouldering pipe seemingly genetically attached to his lips, he is viewed as a sort of living saint....
...I have the Cartier Tank, a ’54 Patek Philippe from my father, and a small Rolex Bubbleback from the ’30s, which I discovered in a little shop in Paris. My favourite son will get the Cartier....
...I also wear an ’80s Rolex, which was from my dad, and a bloodstone pinkie ring. The last item of clothing I bought and loved was a tracksuit from Sergio Tacchini....
...Among its fashion brands, Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent’s ateliers were preparing, at the time of writing, to manufacture masks. Gucci is at work on 1.1 million masks and 55,000 medical overalls....
...And also my Rolex, which I bought a week after my son George was born and had it engraved with his initials and date of birth. I’ll give it to him on his 21st birthday....
...Even so, I thank the Saints and my lucky stars that I never suffered any real peril (a gentle mugging one evening in Caracas apart). The environment remains under threat....
...Snow Patrol, Beethoven’s 7th and Concerto Saint-Preux. What’s on your summer reading list?...
...If I had to limit my shopping to one neighbourhood in one city, I’d choose Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in Paris....
...The last item of clothing I added to my wardrobe was a pair of boots by Saint Laurent....
...Rolex Oyster Perpetual (c1950) Another favourite is a Rolex Oyster Perpetual that Mr Chau’s grandfather purchased in postwar Hong Kong....
...Chanel, Hermès, Prada, Rolex and Louis Vuitton are some of the biggest sellers. Consignors earn 60 to 70 per cent of the sale. “Second-hand used to have a stigma....
...In the world of fashion, Saint Laurent and Gucci are riding the crest of the 70s-inspired look....
...“The principle of religion is good behaviour,” he explains, a smile on his face and a Rolex on his wrist....
...Deneve arrived at Apple from Saint Laurent, where he was chief executive. More than most, he understands the magical alchemy that invests objects with the lustre of desirability....
...We are not – and have no aspirations to be – a Rolex or a Patek Philippe. We will never stray too far from our core aesthetic DNA.”...
...The watch company’s football partnerships since 2006 have included clubs such as Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus....
...She had considered going to Yves Saint Laurent but Balenciaga was adamant that only Givenchy would do....
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