Who wants Christian Louboutin’s Dh3,000 nail polish?

In today’s episode of WTF beauty news, Christian Louboutin has released a follow-up product to his well-received collection of nail polish packaged in Thai dancer claw bottles. Priced at $50 a pop, the maison’s entry into the beauty market was seen by skeptics as an exorbitant extension of the highly-focused shoe brand.

Well, that $50 bottle now seems like loose change compared to the limited edition polish that they’ve announced …

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Weekend impulse buy: Sarah Morris x Longchamp

It’s almost the weekend, and if we’re going by your regular shopping habits, we’re guessing you’re probably looking for your next fashion purchase to get you through the week’s final work day. How about a limited edition Le Pliage to accompany your Jeremy Scott and Kate Moss gems from previous seasons?

The House of Longchamp has turned to the artist Sarah Morris to reinterpret its iconic Le Pliage bag in …

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#TrendTuesday: Sport a weave

Follow Chanel’s cue and sport a weave this season. Harking back to the way fashion was made in the olden days, there’s something natural, primal and utterly authentic about wearing all things woven. Plus, it’s perfect for the coming Winter chill!

It’s also great fun to watch how this method extends into accessories, such as bags, shoes and jewellery, which give you a glimpse of the level of innovation some designers …

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Meet the two faces of Fall beauty

The old adage, “There are always two sides to every story,” is an infallible piece of wisdom. It’s educated us to always look at things from every perspective, this way we keep our minds open and keep our sanity, period.

It’s so all-encompassing, it even applies to makeup, apparently. There’s always more than one way to go about anything, and we’ll show you how to do both. Master …

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Experience the sound of Chanel with their Dh25,000 headphones

Remember when Lagerfeld had the crazy idea of staging a couture show at a supermarket? While you were busy spotting clothes and accessories, the more tech-savvy subset of the fashion world had their eyes on the headphones that bore the maison’s famous interlocking Cs.

As early as then, people started speculating that the brand might be venturing into a co-branded product. It wasn’t such a wild idea, because …

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