Each year, SIHH sees watch brands pulling out all the stops to showcase their latest inventions and creations. In 2018, one brand in particular – Ulysse Nardin, best known for its highly accurate marine chronometers – had a palpable sense of titillation in Geneva, with passers-by gaping and whispering. Ulysse Nardin’s booth was dark and...
Outgoing CEO Angelo Bonati has been with Panerai since its formative years and is leaving the company with a great commercial bang. The brand, which has built its DNA around big military watches, is finally bowing to the shifting tastes of consumers in recent years. Its latest range of timepieces, at 38mm, features the smallest...
To usher in its 150th anniversary, IWC Schaffhausen presented the limited edition 150 Years Jubilee Collection. Each of the 27 pieces is based on existing models from the Portugieser, Portofino, Pilot’s Watch and Da Vinci families. The brand also launched wristwatches to mark the occasion, featuring the original digital hours and minute display as it...
“For Baume & Mercier, 2018 will be a year of surprises and audacity,” read the Richemont-owned brand’s press release in the publicity build-up prior to SIHH. True to its words, Baume & Mercier delivered. In Geneva, the brand unveiled the Clifton Baumatic collection – a new range of elegant dress watches that included the Five-Day...
For Van Cleef & Arpels, the essence of “time” is synonymous with poetry – each season, the jewellery-focused maison tries to capture time’s fleeting moments with dreamlike timepieces that never cease to surprise. In Geneva this year, the company took guests on a delightful intergalactic journey to see the stars, taking in the stunning Lady...
Known for her striking Cleopatra eyeliner and daring sense of style, model and social media personality Kiwi Lee Han is taking the sartorial and beauty worlds by storm. She’s commonly seen flitting between Fashion Weeks and photo shoots all around the world, always dressed exuberantly and experimenting with different styles. Here, she reveals that behind...
Girard-Perregaux revived the Laureato in 2017, an iconic timepiece with a distinctive inner octagon within a circular case and a hobnail patterned dial. This year, they debut new models to the collection, including variants that would appease to different segments. There’s are new versions in ceramic, including the Laureato Skeleton Ceramic, and a limited edition...
A stalwart at Baselworld for many years, Hermès is making a switch this year by exhibiting its timepieces at SIHH in Geneva. The French maison might be better known for its Birkin and Kelly bags, but in the past few years, have done much to reposition itself as a high-end watchmaker, with the capability to...
We’re gearing up for the annual SIHH watch extravaganza, happening later this month in Geneva, by highlighting some of our favourite watch-releases. We’ve already spoken about Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre and IWC, but now we’re drooling over two Piaget new-releases. The first is the ultra-thin Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Automatic, and the second is the vintage-inspired Piaget...
This city can’t get enough of Chanel. After the raving success of Coco Café in June, the fashion house is back in the city again with another pop-up: the Mademoiselle Privé exhibition. After successful chapters in London (October 2015) and Seoul (June 2017), the exhibition will run for four weeks amidst Hong Kong’s unique narrative,...
What: anagram Lee Garden One store opening When: November 7, 2017 Where: Lee Garden One, Hong Kong anagram launched its fifth store in Hong Kong to huge celebration. Located in Causeway Bay’s Lee Garden One, a slew of who’s who in Hong Kong came for the occasion. With a VIP shopping experience, both Veronica Li...
In 1987, La Prairie launched its first caviar-based skincare product – and it shocked the world. Nowadays, we might be attuned to beauty treatments today that involve snail’s slime, sheep’s placenta, 24K gold and more, but during the late 1980s, putting the decadent delicacy into a cream for topical application was simply unheard of. CEO...
Ana R and Lisa S have been working as models for most of their lives. Now, the founders of Spicy Lil Tofu, have put together their knowledge of the fashion industry and their experience as mothers to create a collection that represents them and blends style with simplicity. On motherhood: L: Don’t get me started...
The vision behind superstar tennis player Venus Williams’s fashion line EleVen has always been to combine glam and comfort. When she came to Hong Kong to launch her exclusive capsule collection for Lane Crawford – her debut in the Asian market – we caught up with her to chat about her line, the challenges of...
With All Hallows Eve falling on a Tuesday this year, all the biggest Halloween parties in Hong Kong are happening this weekend. This year, leave the sexy cat at home, and bring the fright to whatever event you’re going to with these two spooky looks – courtesy of Face Slap, Asia’s leading body art company....
I took a call from my good friend Gordon, and he gleefully told me we had been invited to Verona by Bulgari. I thought he was joking – he often is – but quickly realised the trip was, indeed, going to happen. I was beyond excited because, although I visit Milan a few times a...
Last week, street artist Alec Monopoly made his mark on one of Hong Kong’s most treasured icons, the Hong Kong tram, as part of his latest collaboration with Tag Heuer. Starting out on the streets of New York City in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, Alec quickly made a name for himself street...
What: Thomas Sabo Ocean Terminal Flagship Store Opening & Dragon Nights Preview When: 5 September, 2017 Where: Ocean Terminal Flagship Store & Sevva To celebrate the opening of the new Thomas Sabo Ocean Terminal Flagship, #legend partnered with the jewellery designer for a day and night of surprises, special events, and honoured guests. Mr. Thomas Sabo...
On the small farm I grew up on, every vehicle had to do double duty. If I was grabbing groceries, I took the SUV. If I was taking horses to Florida, I used the pickup truck. If the vehicle was good-looking, it was always a welcome bonus, but never a necessity. To my mother’s chagrin,...
Yen Kuok finds herself falling for Bulgari in Verona, the setting for Romeo & Juliet and the city of love. Photography / Marco RussoCreative Director / Gordon LamJewellery / BulgariFashion / Guiltless This article originally ran in the September 2017 print issue of #legend magazine
Her petite frame contains an edgier, larger-than-life personality that sets Kary Ng apart from her sweeter-than-pie peers in the music industry. She is married to her long-standing sweetheart Brian Hung, who was formerly nicknamed Hong Kong’s Prince of Tennis. Ng is one of the few members of the once nine-strong girl band Cookies that still...
He is known to the world as the dog whisperer, so Cesar Millan needs no introduction. He has written The New York Times Best Sellers and presented television shows on National Geographic such as Cesar 911 and Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan. By calming aggressive or delinquent dogs and teaching their owners how to claim...
