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Big in China

Category: Luxury

COVID-19-related store closures and financial uncertainty may have caused concern and anxiety for most of us; however, the world’s luxury brands hav...

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Pierre Cardin, A Legacy Of Everything 1922 – 2020

Category: Modern Design

“I like to draw without constraint of corners, corridors, rooms or walls. Make sleeves to dresses or feet to a table, it’s the same thing” Pierr...

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Welcoming Ronan Sulich

Category: Sydney

We sit down with Ronan Sulich, Leonard Joel's new Senior Adviser in Sydney ...

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Chinese Symbolism In Jade Pieces From The Gwenneth Haines Collection

Category: Asian Art

In Chinese culture, plant, animal and other symbols have been used  for thousands of years to represent ideas...

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Chinoiserie: Europe’s Fascination with Eastern Culture and Design

Category: Decorative Arts

The “exotic” has inspired western design and style for centuries, with writers, designers and artists drawing from...

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Collectable 19th Century Australian Jewellery

Category: Jewels

The discovery of gold deposits in Australia brought about significant economic, political, and social changes...

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Diamond: The Birthstone of April

Category: Jewels

Sparkling with unmatched brilliance and internal fire...

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Ethel Carrick Fox and Emanuel Phillips Fox: A Historic Partnership

Category: Art

Emanuel Phillips Fox and Ethel Carrick Fox remain two of Australia’s most revered Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters...

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Collectors Still Gather

Several years ago in Hong Kong I was hitching a ride on one of their fantastically long subway escalators when I noticed a series of beautiful adverti...

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The Hula Hoop Reinvented

Category: Luxury

I love it when designers reinvent the wheel. Clever Karl Lagerfeld created...

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