SIMPLE YET BOLD WITH GRAPHIC INCISIONS INSPIRED BY THE BRAND’S SIGNATURE QUILTING, CHANEL’S COCO CRUSH LINE OF FINE JEWELLERY HAS ALWAYS MEANT AN EFFORTLESS WAY TO MAKE A PERSONAL STATEMENT.

Coco’s guide to the new ways of loving.

Inspired by the jewellery's matelasse pattern and versatile style, we explore the playful side of Chanel's Coco Crush pieces.

After London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul, the fifth chapter of the travelling Mademoiselle Prive exhibition opened in Tokyo’s Shinagawa-Ku in October 2019. Ng Yi Lian paid a visit.

It was the go-to look for every woman of every age and skin colour – and it was wearable, versatile and classy.

The notoriously tricky shade either works with your skin tone or against it.

Monochromatic black or white staples and pretty, made-for-everyday fine jewellery can come across as kinda, well, basic.

Chanel’s latest Métiers d’Art collection, Paris-Hamburg, takes inspiration from the port town of Karl Lagerfeld’s birth—with plenty of cool sailor accoutrements, to boot.

It’s mid-year vacation time, and besides making sure that the cosmetics you pack are TSA-approved, don’t spill and won’t cause baggage overload, you want them to be convenient. Because, hey, you’re on holiday. Which is why we dig products like Dior’s Backstage Airflash. The foundation, which debuted in 2014, comes in a mist form so that it’s less fiddly than liquid versions and – unlike spillage-proof compacts – calls for just one hand. With a blend of oils and light-diffusing pigments, it leaves a smooth, radiant finish that’s said to last 12 hours. Making it even better now: the introduction of five shades – Ivory, Light Beige, Linen, Medium Beige and Honey Beige – specifically for Asian skin tones. Equally clever is Marc Jacobs Beauty’s Enamored Hydrating Lip Gloss Stick. As its name suggests, it’s a stick – solid, not one bit sticky, no brush to deal with – yet offers the same shine and hint of colour as a gloss. It also moisturises with its vitamin-rich Kahai oil content. Fly enough? We think so. – SK

Our round-up of the latest beauty finds.

It’s not all about a red lip and black eyeliner – take a cue from the runway shows and use warm earth tones to look sultry in seconds.

Guaranteed: lots of double taps with these limited-edition products, which boast snow globe-like packaging and gilded cases. By Charmaine Lee.