Simply Luxury
Automobiles
General Motors has opened a new advanced design studio in Pasadena, California, expanding a Southern California design presence that stretches back nearly four decades. The occasion also introduced the GMC HUMMER X, a pair of mid-size electric concepts exploring modular construction, off-road capability, connected technology and more circular approaches to vehicle design.
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Private Wealth & Finance
Montegrappa’s AMB-ITION collection takes the maison’s century-long relationship with craftsmanship into a broader world of leather goods, travel accessories and everyday objects. Defined by Italian construction, automotive-inspired detailing and a restrained visual language, the collection presents personal style as something carried well beyond the written page.
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Fashion
The Air Jordan 41 signals a fresh direction for Jordan Brand basketball, pairing a lighter construction with new nano-print mesh, ZoomX cushioning and an Air Zoom heel unit. Shaped by feedback from Michael Jordan and athletes across the game, the latest signature model places performance firmly at the centre.
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Automobiles
Volkswagen is expanding its electrified line-up with a new full-hybrid system for the Golf and T-Roc, combining a 170 PS petrol-electric powertrain with the ability to drive temporarily on electric power without external charging. Pre-sales have now opened in Germany, adding a new option between mild and plug-in hybrid technology.
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Travel — Hotels & Resorts
Rosewood AMAALA has opened in Triple Bay, introducing Rosewood’s first Saudi Arabian resort to a coastline shaped by coral reefs, desert landscapes and the Hijaz mountains. With 110 pool villas, an expansive Asaya wellness centre and eight dining venues, the new retreat places restoration and a sense of place at its centre.
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Automobiles
Pagani Automobili brought the Huayra 70 Derecho to the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed for its world premiere, placing a highly individual few-off creation within one of motoring’s most celebrated settings. Born from the Grandi Complicazioni division, the car combines exposed carbon fibre, vivid colour and meticulous handcraft.
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Horology
Baume & Mercier has appointed Indian cricketer Shreyas Iyer as its latest Friend of the Maison, bringing together Swiss watchmaking heritage and one of contemporary cricket’s most recognisable figures. The partnership arrives at a significant point in Iyer’s career, marked by leadership, sporting achievement and an increasingly distinctive public presence.
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Horology
Jaeger-LeCoultre welcomes Robert Pattinson as its new Global Ambassador, uniting one of contemporary cinema’s most distinctive actors with the technical restraint of the Master Control Chronometre Perpetual Calendar.
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Jewellery
Cartier’s fully articulated crocodile bracelet and necklace transform diamonds, onyx, chrysoprase and rubellites into a tactile expression of the Maison’s wild imagination and high-jewellery engineering.
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Fashion
Cartier relied on a jeweller’s eye for the design of the jewellery clasp on this new bag. Clean and sharp in design, it opens and closes…
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