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THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Celine’s womenswear winter 2021 fashion show took place in the André Le Nôtre Gardens of the Chateau De Vaux-Le-Vicomte March 2021. The inspirations for the setting were drawn from the visionary verses of several literary greats of France: “Her gaze is like the gaze of statues” from Paul Verlaine’s “My Familiar Dream”; “My youth has been nothing but a tenebrous storm, pierced now and then by rays of brilliant sunshine” from Charles Baudelaire’s “The Enemy”, and “I alone have the key to this savage parade” from Arthur Rimbaud’s “Parade”. But the greatest inspiration was the location itself. “The gardens of Versailles would not exist were it not for those of Vaux-Le-Vicomte design by André Le Nôtre. They mark the invention of “French Gardens.” The “great century” was foretold insofar as it was born at Vaux-Le-Vicomte in 1656.” Nicolas Fouquet received King Louis XIV on its opening day. The chateau went through several ownerships over the centuries and was acquired, in 1875, by an ancestor of the Vogüé family, who have been restoring it ever since.

The collection’s vision, “a utopian parade and melancholic daydream of

youth interrupted“, in some way describes the life of Celine’s Creative Director, Hedi Slimane. Born to an Italian mother and Tunisian father, Slimane discovered photography at the age of 11 when he received his first camera, and he learned black and white darkroom printing.When he was 16, he started making his own clothes, without thinking about entering the fashion industry. He studied Art History at the École du Louvre and completed a tailor apprenticeship at a men’s designer house. He also visited the offices of “Le Monde” newspaper as he considered becoming a journalist and reporter. From 1992 to 1995, Slimane assisted fashion consultant Jean-Jacques Picart on the centenary of the project “monogram canvas” of Louis Vuitton. And in 1996, Pierre Bergé appointed Slimane as Yves Saint Laurent’s men’s ready-to-wear director, and later became artistic director. After the Black Tie collection for autumn-winter 2000, which foreshadowed the advent of Slimane’s silhouette, and the debuts of “skinny,” he chose to leave YSL, declined the offer of creative directorship at Jil Sander, and accepted the position of creative director for menswear at Christian Dior. In 2002, Hedi Slimane was the first menswear designer to receive the CFDA award for International Designer. In January 2018, LVMH announced that Slimane would take on the role of creative director at Celine. The Celine’s womenswear winter campaign, shot by Slimane, is a reminder of his first love: photography, which he never gave up throughout the years working with art curators, publishers and artists. He still shoots for magazines and continues to be active in the photography scene.

Celine’s Womenswear Winter 21 campaign was photographed by Hedi Slimane at Amnesia, Privilege and Eden in Ibiza in May 2021 featuring Quinn Elin Mora.

COMING TOGETHER

Ralph Lauren expanded his lifestyle brand to encompass the world of fragrance in 1978, launching Lauren for women and Polo for men. For more than 40 years since, Ralph Lauren Fragrances has developed bestselling fragrances that express a distinct personality and luxury lifestyle in line with the Ralph Lauren tradition. Today, the brand’s portfolio spans Ralph Lauren and Polo fragrances, including Ralph Lauren Collection fragrances, Woman by Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Romance, Polo Blue, Polo Red, Purple Label and more.

Ralph’s Club, as its name suggests, inspires people to come together and enjoy the fullness of the life around them. Master Perfumer Dominique Ropion exclusively crafted this Eau de Parfum with ingredients distilled to their highest quality with an exceptionally high level of naturality. Fresh notes of Lavandin and Clary Sage, both grown and harvested in Provence, France, are balanced with the warm richness of Virginia Cedarwood and luxurious Vetiver grown and harvested in Haiti. A long-lasting blend of notes includes lavandin, apple and grapefruit as top notes, clary sage, geranium and orange blossom as mid notes, finally cedarwood, vetiver, patchouli and cashmeran as base notes.

Ralph Lauren selected a diverse young cast to embody the essence of Ralph’s Club, including model, artist, actor and creative entrepreneur Luka Sabbat, international supermodel Gigi Hadid, and musician, actor, and model Lucky Blue Smith. The campaign also features artist Fai Khadra, who joins reallife friends Sabbat, Hadid and Smith as they discover the modern energy and timeless style of Ralph’s Club. They navigate the art deco-inspired club and meet people from all over the world who have come together for one unforgettable night.

“I’m honored to be a part of the Ralph Lauren family,” said Sabbat, who also attended the original Ralph’s Club fashion show. “Shooting the Ralph’s Club campaign transported me back to the magnetic energy of that night, which is one I’ll never forget.” Hadid stated: “Ralph’s Club is a celebration of community and bringing people together from all walks of life. You’re

transported to a night so quintessentially New York, that it could have happened in the 1920s or today. It’s a mix of art, music, culture and fashion where everyone brings something unique to the table.”

The campaign film is set to “Ralph’s Club”, a new genre-bending song dreamt up by accomplished songwriter and artist Prince Charlez. “I was inspired by the original Ralph’s Club show to create a one-of-a-kind sound that would inspire people to come together again,” said Charlez. “The result is a blend of classic jazz chords fused with R&B melodies and driven by a hip-hop vocal cadence that gets people moving.”

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The bottle is crafted with sharp angles that are cool to the touch. The gunmetal design features a hinged cap detailed with the Ralph’s Club monogram.

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The scent comprises lavandin, apple, grapefruit, clary sage, geranium, orange blossom, cedarwood, vetiver, patchouli and cashmeran.

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Ralph’s Club is personifed by a diverse young cast including musician, actor, and model Lucky Blue Smith.

Thoughtfully designed for mavericks of style who inspire others to come together and enjoy life.

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“The aerodynamic technology behind the Pagani Imola is evident in three of its key features. The general outline, the internal aerodynamics and the external aerodynamic details, such as the fins, winglets and deflectors”, explained Horacio Pagani, Founder and Chief Designer of Pagani Automobili. “We can’t say that it’s an elegant car. We wanted an efficient vehicle, and just as you’d expect if you were looking at an F1 single-seater, this led us to design a car with additional aerodynamic features. So, although on the one hand these

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details may detract from the lines and overall aesthetics of the vehicle, on the other, they also allow to improve lap time, ease of driving and especially safety. Speaking of safety, we could have reduced the ground clearance so as to increase the downforce effect by taking advantage of the vehicle’s flat bottom. But don’t forget, the public roads are very uneven and can lead to the loss of several hundred kilograms of downforce in just a few instants. Well aware of these dangers, we worked very carefully on the upper part and details of the car.”

IN-HOUSE MOVEMENT

The manufacture movement is entirely designed and manufactured in-house. It features a tourbillon at six o’clock which is no less striking than the piece itself: self-winding, with a microrotor visible on the dial side, and three bridges made from transparent sapphire.

POP SPIRIT

Juxtapositions, gradations, contrasts, no Pantone is out of reach – not even the palette required for “Rainbow”. While the Rainbow trend has recently taken the fashion world by storm, for Hublot, this love of polychromy is any in b ee in n i e e rainbo i se i e frs i an ainbo re eased in

SEVEN TYPES OF GEMSTONES

Nearly 36 carats, with 484 invisibly set baguette-cut gemstones: bright red rubies, fuchsia pink sapphires, ultraviolet amethysts, topaz in Klein blue, leaf green tsavorites, lemon yellow sapphires and bright orange sapphires.

Two striking creations with generous dimensions of 43 mm; two unique pieces crafted from King Gold or white gold, with the integrated bracelet further reinforcing the visual impact, as the graduated spectrum of colours radiates outwards from the bezel to the bracelet.

The continuous transition between the seven types of gemstones further accentuates the piece’s artistic appeal. To reproduce the perfection o a re a es o rs of work, selecting the stones, choosing their colours, cutting them and setting them to ensure the perfect gradation of colours.

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Hublot introduces the Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph Orlinski Red Magic, in a vivid color that exudes passion whilst evoking Richard Orlinski’s famed sculpture Born Wild Crocodile. Orlinski, best-selling French artist since 2015 first made a name for himself with his vibrantly colored Pop Art sculptures in 2004. Since 2017 he has collaborated with Hublot creating ‘works of art for the wrist’ incorporating his signature facets and angles to the Swiss watchmaker’s timepieces.

The Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph Orlinski Red Magic is a 45mm art piece crafted in Hublot’s patented red ceramic, which boasts a 100% in-house process that resulted from a secret formula four-years in the making. This watch features a sapphire case back that reveals the selfwinding skeleton chronograph movement in a contrasting shade accented with hands and counters in matt red lacquer once again highlighting the vibrant collaboration between Hublot and Orlinski.

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THE PRESIDENT’S WATCH

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Since its debut in 1956, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date watch was a major innovation. It was the first wristwatch to indicate, in addition to the date, the day of the week spelled out in full in an arc-shaped window at the 12 o’clock marker. This was available in a selection of 26 languages. The Day-Date watch models were made only in precious metals like 18-karat yellow, white and everose gold or 950 platinum. This ‘watch of prestige’ was known for its exceptional precision, reliability and readability. It fea tured a unique ‘President’ bracelet with semi-circular three-piece links. Its popularity among the wrists of political figures, filmmakers and entrepre neurs ensured its popularity as ‘The President’s Watch.’ Now, Rolex presents a new generation of this iconic model with a novel design and stylistic variations. This new model includes an exquisite variant in 18-karat yellow gold with a green ombré dial embellished with brilliant-cut and ba guette-cut diamond hour markers and framed with a futted bezel. The case features a Cyclops lens at the three o’clock marker and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.

The new Oyster Perpetual Day-Date 36 is equipped with

a new generation self-winding mechanical movement with a Calibre 3255 that has been entirely developed and manufactured by Rolex and incor porates the brand’s Chonergy escapement, known for its high energy efficiency and dependability, which permits a power reserve of approxi mately 70 hours. This movement has been fitted with a blue Parachrom hairspring, another Rolex exclusive, this paramagnetic alloy improves pre cision in comparison to traditional hairsprings regardless of the position.

One of the new versions of this iconic model is made in 18-karat Everose gold with a diamond-paved dial fe aturing baguette-cut rain bow-colored sapphire hour markers and diamond en crusted bezel and bracelet.

The watch’s oscillator also features the brand’s hallmark Paraflex shock ab sorbers that further increase the model’s shock resistance. This movement is enclosed in a 36-mm Oyster case, synonymous with waterproofness and guaranteed to a depth of 100 meters. The case, which is hermetically screwed down by Rolex watchmakers to secure the movement, is crafted from a solid block of 18-karat yellow gold. In short, the new Oyster Perpetual Day-Date incorpo rates a new generation movement, known for its precision, shock resistance, reliability and power reserve that ensures a superlative performance.

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HIGHER GROUND

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Born in the Jura region of France, Louis Vuitton was a teenager when he decided to embark on a journey on foot across France to Paris where he would become a legendary master trunk-maker. In honour of his courageous spirit, Bravery is a collection of 90 emblematic pieces that retraces that remarkable saga in a metaphorical manner, from the birth of travel to modern times.

Pictured here, La Passion necklace is inspired by the mallettage that lines the interiors of the Maison’s traditional trunks, this lattice necklace in white gold set with diamonds and a precious collection of 75 round rubies was designed to feel like a second skin. La Constellation d’Hercule is tribute to the birth of Louis on August 4th, 1821, these colourful pieces of organic magnificence reference a constellation only visible at that time of year through the unique pairing of tanzanites, opals, tsavorites, and a mist of LV Monogram Star and Flower-cut diamonds. L’Elan Vital expresses the strength of character that led Louis to leave his native Jura for Paris, this fluid, rope-like necklace is reminiscent of the way trunks were carried on a journey, reinterpreted using more than 2,500 brilliant-cut diamonds. L’Aventure

Marking the 200th anniversary of Mr. Louis Vuitton’s birth in 1821, the Bravery High Jewellery collection pays tribute to an exceptional destiny by reinterpreting the Maison’s signatures.

represents the 400 kilometres of roads and forests that separate the Jura region from Paris, this necklace intersperses Colombian emeralds in three rows of platinum, yellow gold and white gold which are entirely pavé-set with diamonds in Damier checkerboard stone marquetry. The necklace is further enhanced by the presence of a 3+ carat LV Monogram Flower and a 5.21 carat DFL pear-shaped diamond of remarkable colour and purity. The Arrow is both a metaphor for Louis’ journey and a literal interpretation of the V in his name, the diagonally pavé-set Arrow necklace features a central V set with custom-cut rubies, sapphires and diamonds in an ode to the personal emblem of the founder’s grandson Gaston-Louis Vuitton. Reflecting Louis’ early use of his personal signature, Le Mythe is a multilayered piece of jewellery combining several emblematic Louis Vuitton motifs: the Damier pattern, trunk lockinspired details, studs, rope, and the now-iconic Monogram flower. As an epilogue to this collection and the light that guides Mr. Louis Vuitton on his journey, La Star Du Nord set depicts the metaphorical figure of the North Star with two rows of refined, graphic diamonds punctuated by a knot reminiscent of those used on the interior of trunks.

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THE WILLIAM KENT ROOM

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The William Kent Room is one of The Ritz London’s most opulent event rooms. Located in the 18th century townhouse designed by architect William Kent, this room boasts lavish velvet interiors, first-class service and Michelin-starred cuisine as key elements for an unforgettable event. Mostly used for private dining events, this room is simply magnificent. Featuring original architectural elements, the room houses an exquisite coffered ceiling in Italian Renaissance style with ornately carved elements in rich gold accents that frame delicate figures of cherubs set in blue and red backgrounds. A dark wood carved frieze with exquisite golden details frames the room, while golden elements in mirror frames and paintings throughout the room add a touch of contrast against

In 2002, The Ritz London was awarded a Royal Warrant by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales for Banquet and Catering Services, becoming the only hotel in the world to receive such an honor.

the backdrop of the rich red wallpaper and delicate wood paneling that envelop the area. A richly carved fireplace dominates one side of the room. An ornately carved chandelier hangs from the center of the ceiling illuminating the majestic room. Velvety red curtains frame windows, including the central bay window that offers a glimpse of the well-kept gardens of the Green Park across the street. The room’s pièce de résistance is the impressive mahogany dining table in the center of the room. This three-pedestal dining table can accommodate up to 26 guests seated in plush red chairs in tone with the room’s wall coverings. The William Kent House is an exquisite setting for any event, with several equally impressive rooms for that next special occasion.