Stephanie Ip

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Few artists have masked the connections between high art and commercial culture quite as masterfully as Takashi Murakami, whose collaborations with luxury houses like Louis Vuitton continue to blossom. Earlier this year, Louis Vuitton revived one of its most historic alliances – with Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami – through a series of re-issued pieces from the Marc Jacobs-era featuring the Cherry Blossom motif.

2 weeks ago | prestigeonline.com | Stephanie Ip

Hermès reinterprets timekeeping with a redesigned suspended-time complication and introduces new ways of wearing time. The launch in 2011 of Le temps suspendu proved how quickly and perfectly Hermès had mastered the ethos of high watchmaking, with a complication that could pause the display of time while the movement continues to run, thus allowing the hands to jump back to their correct indications after the wearer unfreezes them.

2 weeks ago | prestigeonline.com | Stephanie Ip

This year marks 100 years since the birth of Art Deco – and as you might expect, Jaeger-LeCoultre would of course turn its attention to the Reverso, a watch created in 1931 at the movement’s height. The Reverso has its roots in polo – its emblematic swivelling case was designed to protect the crystal from shattering from forceful blows during a match – but since the 1990s it’s become an essential blank canvas for the maison to express its watchmaking capabilities and artistic pursuits.

2 weeks ago | prestigeonline.com | Stephanie Ip

Vacheron Constantin Novelties Pays Homage to 270 Years in History On the celebration of its 270th anniversary, Vacheron Constantin is putting its technical prowess and its decorative mastery on full display, and tying it all back to its beginnings, starting with the maison’s workshops inside the historic Tour de l’Île. With so much inspiration, where to begin celebrating 270 years of history?

2 weeks ago | prestigeonline.com | Stephanie Ip

Few artists have masked the connections between high art and commercial culture quite as masterfully as Takashi Murakami. Today, his collaborations with luxury houses like Louis Vuitton continue to blossom. Earlier this year, Louis Vuitton revived one of its most historic alliances – with Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami – through a series of re-issued pieces from the Marc Jacobs-era featuring the Cherry Blossom motif.