This month’s snapshot blends high culture with high style. The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally complete on the sands of Giza, Sir David Beckham receives his knighthood, and Jonathan Bailey is crowned People’s Sexiest Man Alive. On the design front, Zegna’s Triple Stitch becomes the stealth-status shoe, Louis XIII moves from decanter to dining table with new porcelain, and Manolo Blahnik teams with The Berkeley on a V&A-inspired cake-and-cocktail menu. Add Jacquemus reimagining Veuve Clicquot’s La Grande Dame, Tom Hiddleston’s return to The Night Manager, and a Chanel comet necklace anchored by a 6.06-carat diamond, and you’ve got the month in one stylish sweep.
On The Sands of Giza
The Grand Egyptian Museum — a monumental tribute to one of humanity’s most captivating civilisations — is now complete.
Zegna Triple Stitch
Move over Gucci and Loro Piana — there’s a new status shoe in town, and it’s being lauded as the ‘most worn shoe on private jets,’ red carpets and Palo Alto boardrooms.
Santé
Following in the footsteps of Yayoi Kusama, French fashion designer Jacquemus is the latest creative tasked by Veuve Clicquot with reinterpreting La Grande Dame.
Arise Sir David
Former England captain Sir David Beckham has been formally knighted for his services to football and British society.
Par Excellence
Louis XIII extends beyond the decanter to the dining table with new porcelain tableware.
Looking Forward
Tom Hiddleston is set to reprise his role in the adaptation of John le Carré’s novel The Night Manager Season 2.
Trending
Wicked and Jurassic World Rebirth actor Jonathan Bailey named People’s Sexiest Man Alive. He is also known as Lord Bridgerton, in the Netflix series Bridgerton.
Bon Appétit
Let them eat cake (and drink cocktails) as Manolo Blahnik and The Berkeley unveiled a new menu fit for a queen. The hotelier and designer teamed up on an exclusive cake and cocktail menu to celebrate the V&A’s landmark exhibition.
DREAMS COME TRUE
A 6.06-carat brilliant-cut diamond sits in the center of the comet, inspired by the motif Coco Chanel designed for her first and only high jewelry collection in 1932.
