So much of what we deal with here in the luxury sector swings happily between the classic and the contemporary, the vintage and the avant-garde. However, when pondering such things, it’s impossible not to find one’s mind settling upon those remarkable individuals who endeavour to not merely live in their own time, but rather make the history on which the future is built. This is most evident in our cover star Jade Holland Cooper, whose designs are blazing new trails (although with plenty of timeless appeal) in the world of equestrian-adjacent fashion and beyond. Hers is a tale as old as time, told anew with ferociously literal horsepower: inspiration, heritage, foresight, hard work and relentless dedication, all resulting in something really rather remarkable.
Indeed, our pages are full of such contemplations, of the past informing the present and the future to marvellous effect: the great pilot watches of 2025, for example, have built upon a half-imagined history of a century of moustache-twirling aviation
