Hamilton has become something of a Hollywood regular over the years, appearing in more than 500 films and TV shows. But its latest collaboration with director Christopher Nolan does something a little different.

Instead of creating a watch that appears on screen, the brand has unveiled a limited-edition timepiece inspired by Nolan's upcoming adaptation of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. The result is the Khaki Field Auto The Odyssey Limited Edition, and it's one of Hamilton's most striking releases in years.

Built around the familiar 42mm Khaki Field Automatic, the biggest change is the move to a bronze case, a fitting nod to the Bronze Age setting of the film. As with any bronze watch, it'll gradually develop its own unique patina over time, meaning no two will age in quite the same way.

The cinematic influences continue across the dial. A vertically brushed black finish takes inspiration from Odysseus' helmet, while bronze sword-shaped hands reference the hero's weapon. Even the second hand has been designed to resemble a spear, making this feel more like a thoughtfully designed tribute than a simple movie-branded product.

Inside is Hamilton's reliable H-10 automatic movement, offering an impressive 80-hour power reserve and a Nivachron balance spring for enhanced magnetic resistance. It's the same dependable calibre found across much of Hamilton's range, making this as practical as it is collectable.

The finishing touches are what really elevate the package. Each watch comes on a brown grained leather strap and is presented in a bespoke display box alongside a replica of Athena's pin, a talisman gifted to Odysseus by Penelope in the film.

Only 2,112 of these gems will be made, with the production number chosen as a subtle nod to Homer's legendary tale.

Hamilton's partnership with Christopher Nolan has already produced memorable watches linked to Interstellar, Tenet and Oppenheimer. This might be the most interesting of the lot. Rather than recreating a prop from the screen, it's a celebration of the mythology behind Nolan's latest blockbuster, resulting in a watch that feels like a genuine collector's piece rather than just another film tie-in.

Limited to 2,112 pieces worldwide, the Hamilton Khaki Field Auto The Odyssey Limited Edition goes on sale on the 17th of July, priced at £1,190. If you're a fan of Hamilton, Nolan or simply beautifully designed watches, this is one to keep firmly on your radar.

• Snoopy takes to the skies in BALL's charming new limited-edition watch

Every World Cup turns England shirts into the unofficial dress code. You'll see them in the pub, on the train, at the office, and pretty much anywhere a screen is showing the football.

That doesn't automatically mean everyone wants the latest one, though. Some fans haven't warmed to this year's design, while others can't quite bring themselves to spend the thick end of £100 on a shirt they'll mostly wear for a few weeks every couple of years.

Luckily, backing England doesn't have to mean buying the newest kit. There's no shortage of alternatives that look the part without emptying your bank account and we've listed our favourites below.

The beauty of football shirts is that there isn't really a right or wrong answer.

If you love the latest England kit, crack on. If you'd rather wear something with a bit more history behind it, you've got plenty of options.

Companies like Score Draw have made a name for themselves by recreating some of England's most iconic shirts, giving you the look of a classic without having to spend months hunting one down. If authenticity is more your thing, there's always Classic Football Shirts, where you can pick up everything from genuine vintage England tops to cult classics from clubs and countries around the world.

Or, if none of that scratches the itch, why not make your own, just like the fella above.

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Snoopy has starred on everything from NASA mission patches to trainers, but now the world's most famous beagle is taking to the skies on a luxury watch.

Swiss-American watchmaker BALL has unveiled its first-ever collaboration with Peanuts, creating a limited-edition timepiece inspired by Snoopy's legendary World War I Flying Ace persona. Called the Engineer Master II Snoopy Flying Ace, the watch launches in mid-August and is limited to just 410 pieces worldwide, with a £2,510 price tag.

Rather than simply sticking Snoopy on the dial and calling it a day, BALL has gone all in on the character. The 9 o'clock sub-dial features the Flying Ace piloting his doghouse-turned-biplane, complete with aviator goggles, scarf and helmet. At the same time, Woodstock cleverly doubles as the tip of the running seconds hand.

The rest of the watch leans into BALL's reputation for rugged engineering. Fourteen self-powered micro gas tubes are built into the hour markers and hands, meaning the dial glows continuously in the dark without needing to be charged by sunlight or artificial light.

Inside sits BALL's manual-winding RR2102 movement, a deliberate nod to the hand-wound watches worn by pilots during the First World War. Every morning you'll need to wind it yourself using the oversized onion-style crown, adding a satisfying bit of old-school ritual.

Despite measuring a sizeable 46mm across, BALL says the relatively slim 12.35mm stainless-steel case and riveted calf-leather strap keep it comfortable on the wrist. Flip it over, and you'll find a sapphire crystal caseback revealing the movement, alongside another illustration of Snoopy in full Flying Ace uniform.

Beyond the cartoon charm, the watch is surprisingly capable too. It's shock-resistant to 5,000Gs, anti-magnetic, water-resistant to 100 metres and built with the sort of durability BALL has become known for since the company was founded in 1891.

The collaboration also marks a milestone for Peanuts. Snoopy first appeared in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip on the 4th of October 1950, with the Flying Ace later becoming one of the character's most beloved alter egos as he imagined dogfights against the infamous Red Baron from atop his kennel.

With only 410 examples being produced, don't expect this one to hang around for long. Between the playful design, genuine watchmaking pedigree and the enduring popularity of Snoopy, this feels destined to become a collector's piece almost as soon as it lands on the 4th of October.

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“I have a pink blazer - and I wear it a least once every two years,” laughs style consultant Chris Modoo.

“I’ve learnt that often that’s the problem with colour - you have to embrace it throughout your wardrobe, or you get remembered for the one colourful garment you have: ‘Ah, you’re back in the pink blazer, I see…’ But actually it’s a great, useful jacket. Men need to get into colour more”.

And yet they don’t. We live in a culture in which, as Modoo puts it, “in business navy and grey are considered colours”. And in which, outside of work, more rainbow colourful clothing is generally avoided. Men are not the only ones doing so either: there’s a long tradition of the monochromatic being associated with sophistication - from black and white photography to car design, with black, white, grey and silver ones the best-sellers year after year. Bolder colour is, over recent history, associated with superficiality, vulgarity or childishness. Not for nothing are most kids’ toys boldly colourful.

If more men need to get into colour, London's leading style gurus might have the answers to get you started.

Break up with grey

“Better grey than garishness,” as the painter Ingres put it, while Aristotle argued that colour just got in the way of appreciating the ‘truth of form’ beneath. Some people are even chromophobic: they have an irrational fear of colour. OK, so most of us don’t go that far. And yet we’re still inclined to reach for the navy over the cerise almost every time. If we wear colour at all, it’s dabbling with an accessory - a coloured sock, a pocket square, a belt, a suit lining, a watch strap or dial - as though to admit we like it, but fear too much of it would be to challenge the gods of neutrality.

Unavoidably, while colour has no meaning in itself - colour is just a product of how an object absorbs or reflects specific wavelengths of light, how they reach our eyes and are perceived, entirely subjectively - culture means it nonetheless comes pre-loaded with meaning that can be hard to escape. Take red, for example, with its associations with danger, sex and - somewhat contradictorily - Catholicism. No wonder the artist Gerhard Richter once said, approvingly, how “of all colours, only grey has the quality of representing nothing”.

Combat the stereotypes

As points out Karen Haller - colour psychologist and author of The Little Book of Colour (Penguin) - stereotypes also persist.

“Men are still taught to suppress their emotions and colour, which communicates emotion, gets caught up in that,” she argues. “It’s why we’re quick to make subconscious judgments about men wearing colours, even dark and neutral ones.

"Over time men have learnt that the way they express themselves visually is complicated by [brighter] colour - that it might undermine their authority, or ‘acceptable’ ideas of masculinity, since that’s associated with control and restraint. These are traits that society seems to value more than self-expression. No wonder wearing colour is perceived as socially risky”.

It's all in the vocab

This isn’t to say more men shouldn’t try, Haller stresses - women tend to find men in colour more approachable, she suggests, though she’s not recommending this as a dating tactic - nor that the culture won’t again shift in colour’s favour.

After all, prior to the French Revolution, it was more likely the men who wore the colour, which was then seen as an expressions of wealth and power. After the revolution, adherence to the old, flamboyant, seemingly aristocratic and decadent style could get your head under the guillotine. And then came the Enlightenment, the European intellectual movement that, with its goals of freedom and happiness through reason and the scientific method, helped usher in a more rational, practical and affordable style of dress for men. This, in effect, meant darker, plainer, more austere.

Investing in the right colour is important

What’s more, Modoo argues, good colour costs. His dictum is that if you want to wear more colour, you have to invest in it. That’s because while more accessibly priced menswear might dabble in colour, what it often won’t do is make the initial outlay on decent dyes.

“The fact is that good colour isn’t cheap and it’s the better makers who use the better dyes and the better materials that hold the colour better - those with more texture, so there’s more depth, more richness and a more attractive play with light,” he says.

“The same colour in a ‘cheap’ garment and in pricier one can look entirely different”.

Choose wisely though and there’s a greater diversity of colour in menswear to choose from now, says designer Oliver Spencer - if an economic downturn drives workplace attire towards ever greater conservatism, it also encourages fashion designers to get the paintbox out for your weekend.

Oscar Wilde would have loved it. He wrote to a newspaper to complain about “the uniform black that is worn now [which is] dull and tedious and depressing”, though quite how we experience colour - how it’s represented in the brain or, philosophically, what the nature of colour sensations are or how they map onto the reality of the world outside of us - is not yet understood.

The benefits go beyond the eye

“Wearing colour really does lift your mood,” Spencer insists. “And you really don’t have to go all out. Just flashes of colour are enough to express some personality”. This needn’t mean a searing yellow either. There are, says Spencer, “lovely colours and stupid bright ones”. But brown, he reckons, is a colour; and burnt orange, brick, burgundy, mustard, emerald, are the kind of soft or lush tones that won’t ever suggest you’re fresh from the circus.

“Men are simple creatures and find this colour stuff difficult,” adds Spencer. “I love cobalt blue and pinks, but know what colours not to wear to make my face look redder than it already is. And, really, I look around and I just don’t think that notion that wearing colour isn’t ‘masculine’ holds sway anymore, even if I know a lot of men still think that.

"Of course some other men, being both tribal and brutal, will take the piss out of your colour choices. But you have to believe in colour to make it work - and, in terms of lifting your style, it really does”.

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• Do your ASOS returns in person as online fashion giant opens brick 'n' mortar London store

ASOS is the online retailer that launched a thousand impromptu fashion decisions, and has been the go-to site for hundreds of indecisive shoppers who realise they need anything from a mackerel print shirt to basic underwear. After 26 years of clothing doomscrolling, the retailers might be ready to switch it up, and Londoners will be the first to search through the endless clothing rails IRL as ASOS is heading to its first ever bricks-and-motor home in the capital.

Essentially the Backrooms equivalent of a fashion house, the digital department store will be testing out a real-life store on London’s high street, joining the illustrious (and often bank-balance-torpedo-ing) lineup of fashion outlets across the city. Given they are pretty much the top dog of e-retail, it’s not surprising that ASOS is eyeing up a hefty venue with high footfall – meaning the likely location contenders are Oxford Street, Regent Street and King’s Road. AKA. those parts of London which are synonymous with shopping, or being accidentally caught in a tidal wave of glossy carrier bags.

Apparently they’re looking for a space that’s between 4,000-8,000 square feet. For any visual learners amongst you, that’s around the size of the big old Superdrug on Oxford Street (8,000 sq ft), and Californian lifestyle brand Vuori’s flagship store on Regent’s Street.

Whilst this new store would be ASOS’ first permanent home, it isn’t the first time it has made a real-life cameo, as the brand has done several collabs and pop ups previously, like one with adidas, and one with London Lidos. There’s no news about when exactly the store will be open, but it likely won’t be long before you spot that familiar logo on a London shop front.

Again, whilst it hasn’t been confirmed, it’s likely that the store will showcase ASOS originals and 4505 rather than 'fits from some of the numerous other brands that feature on the site's platform. Given that products at previously pop ups have included items from their face and body range, it will probably be more than just clothes that are available.

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Whilst tennis fashion is creeping into a fashion category in its own right, the 'fits that immediately spring to mind when you hear the phrase are probably more along the lines of Serena Williams’ trendy gear, Naomi Osaka’s striking Aussie Open 2026 fit, or the chic lines of Roger Federer. However much like how cricket jumpers have crept out of Lord's and into loungewear, Wimbledon’s yearly collection is proving that tennis-inspired chic is quietly carving out its place in the fashion world.

From varsity inspired track-style jackets to functional, match-ready workout gear which will have you looking like you can clean up a 7-0 set even if the reality is your backhand can’t make it over the net, the 2026 collection is stacked. Here are our favourite picks.

1. Mens Racket T-Shirt, Green

There is a fine line between sportswear, merch, and a really nice basic done well, and that line is actually a fine-lined tennis racket logo. We seem to be in a deficit of classy but fun basics at the moment, and this tee shirt really helps to remedy that. Rock up to a chilled match in it, or wear it to the pub – the choice is yours and it works for both.

2. Navy Wimbledon Script Varsity Jacket

If one thing Americans do better than the UK it's sports merch – and specifically Varsity jackets. If you’ve also binged watch Off Campus and then pretended you’ve never heard of it, let alone seen it, you may have found yourself a). Believing in love again and b). Googling “Varsity Jackets” and trying to find one that doesn’t scream imposter. The Wimbledon take on the Varsity jacket adds a classy spin on the classic silhouette in a casual navy tone.

3. Men’s Performance Pique Swearshirt in White

Picture the scene – or rather the temperature: you’re heading to a casual game with your mates, and whilst you know you’ll heat up approximately 35 minutes into the game, shedding layers and sweating more than the Buckingham Palace press team during Newsnight. However, the only niggle is that it’s seriously cold out, and you need a jumper that isn’t from your floordrobe and doesn’t undermine your ensemble. Enter this jumper. The pique fabric is sweat-wicking so you can keep it on even when you do start feeling the heat too. Ideal.

4. Men’s Performance Court T-Shirt

Whilst our picks so far have leaned on the fashion side rather than the sporting gear, this performance tee earned a spot. You’ll probably be familiar with the MO of the strict Wimbledon palatte for the players – i.e. they’re required to wear whites, with only a small amount of colour shown across the whole outfit. One of the things that’s cool about the collection is that those rules apply to all the pieces, meaning you’re basically playing to the same level in some respect as the pros. The upshot of this is that the design team have to be a lot more creative with how they construct each piece. This sport top mirrors the classic lines of the court, bringing the architecure and design core of Wimbledon into the pieces. Plus, it looks cool and has great sweat wicking fabric. Win win.

5. Ottoman Bomber Jacket

Speaking of the strict colour rules, another way the design team creates interesting pieces is by playing with texture. This jacket which would undoubtedly make you look like your serve is more deadly than anything someone can cook up on Wii Sports is a prime example of this, using a classic silhouette updated with contrasting textures. Obviously the key thing we look for in any sports collection is the ability to wear the pieces from the court to the pub without looking out of place at either. Needless to say this jacket is a perfect example.

6. Cotton Sweatshirt with Crest Embroidery

Wimbledon holds the same kind of reverence as ‘Eton’ and ‘Oxford’, feeling indulgently traditional although luckily with less elitism and more athleticism. And whilst we love the collection pieces for being chic and sporty, sometimes you do just want a classic sweatshirt that screams merch (in a good way). This cotton sweatshirt brings all the old lines and old-school style you’d want with a clean, updated look. Whether you want to pretend you’re a preppy teen in The Crown or just want a comfy jumper that can be worn to gym classes instead of your brother’s baggy hand-me-down, this is one to have on your list.

• Lidl’s new England football shirt is designed to survive a soaking from flying pints

Football shirts have long been built to handle rain, sweat and the occasional muddy slide tackle. Flying pints, however, are another matter entirely.

With a summer of tournament football around the corner, Lidl has unveiled what it claims is the world's first drinks-proof football jersey. Dubbed the Three Lidls Jersey, the limited-edition shirt has been designed specifically for supporters who find themselves caught in the crossfire whenever a goal hits the back of the net.

Created using what Lidl calls POUR-TEX (a play on GORE-TEX) technology, the shirt features liquid-resistant and odour-resistant fabric, breathable underarm panels and even a waterproof pocket designed to keep phones, wallets and other valuables safe from celebratory spillages.

The shirt has been launched alongside England superfan Andy Milne, a familiar face to anyone who has spent time in fan zones or followed the national team abroad. According to Lidl, the jersey was designed with real supporters in mind, whether they're watching from the pub, a packed fan park or the sofa at home.

Available in both short and long-sleeve versions, the Three Lidls Jersey will go on sale from 10am on the 11th of June, priced at £19.66, a nod to England's World Cup triumph.

There is a catch, though. Just 104 shirts will be available, matching the number of goals scored by the England men's team at major international tournaments. All proceeds will be donated to the Neighbourly Foundation, which supports community projects across the UK.

Whether it solves the age-old problem of wearing someone else's beer after a last-minute winner remains to be seen, but it's certainly one of the more inventive pieces of merchandise we'll see this summer.

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British watch brand Diatom has unveiled one of the more unusual watch accessories you'll see this year: a limited-edition strap made from material from the nose-landing-gear tyre of NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia.

The independent watchmaker, which specialises in creating timepieces incorporating genuine space-flown materials, has repurposed material from Columbia's STS-52 mission into a bespoke strap designed exclusively for its Legacy Collection watches.

For a bit of context, Columbia occupies a unique place in spaceflight history. On the 12th of April 1981, it became the first reusable spacecraft to successfully leave Earth's atmosphere, ushering in the Space Shuttle era and changing the future of human space exploration. Over the following two decades, it carried astronauts, satellites and scientific experiments into orbit before becoming one of NASA's most iconic vehicles.

The tyre material used in the strap comes specifically from mission STS-52, which launched in October 1992. During the ten-day mission, Columbia deployed the LAGEOS-2 satellite and conducted a series of scientific experiments while travelling more than four million miles and completing 159 orbits of Earth. Following its successful return, the shuttle's nose-landing-gear tyre was removed and retired as part of routine maintenance, preserving a small piece of spaceflight history.

Diatom has incorporated fragments of that original tyre into a matte-black FKM rubber strap, retaining visual cues from the source material through textured surfaces, raised ribs and recessed identification details. The result is a less flashy collector's item and a more wearable piece of aerospace history.

It's exactly the sort of niche release that space enthusiasts and watch collectors tend to love. After all, plenty of brands can claim their watches are inspired by space. Far fewer can say part of the product actually went there.

The Diatom Space Shuttle Strap is available exclusively for the brand's Legacy Collection and features authentic material sourced from Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-52 nose landing gear tyre, paired with a 316L stainless steel clasp and 24mm lug width.

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Independent watch brands are having a bit of a moment right now, but few feel quite as tied to where they come from as Nomadic.

The Belfast-based company has unveiled an updated 2026 edition of its Maraí 401 dive watch, the model that first put the brand on the map back in 2021. And while the refresh doesn’t completely reinvent the wheel, it does sharpen up pretty much every part of the package.

The Maraí name comes from the Irish word for “sea farer”, while the number 401 is a nod to Titanic’s original production number, continuing the watch’s connection to Belfast’s shipbuilding history. It’s the sort of detail that could easily feel a bit gimmicky in less careful hands, but Nomadic has always leaned into its Northern Irish identity in a way that feels genuine rather than overworked.

This new version keeps the same clean, vintage-inspired dive watch aesthetic as the original, but introduces a refined case shape, redesigned handset, improved dial symmetry and a new Swiss-made Sellita SW200-2 automatic movement. That movement was only released earlier this year and bumps the power reserve up to around 65 hours, which is roughly a full day longer than the previous version.

In less nerdy terms: you can leave it off all weekend, and it’ll probably still be ticking by Monday morning.

Nomadic has also reworked the case profile to make the watch sit a little sleeker on the wrist, while a new bezel font and updated 12 o’clock marker help tie the whole collection together visually.

One of the biggest changes is the addition of a permanent 6 o’clock date window across the entire Maraí range, giving the dial a much cleaner and more symmetrical look. Full 12-index layouts have also been introduced to improve legibility, which matters quite a lot on a dive watch, considering the whole point is being able to actually read the thing.

Perhaps the most interesting addition, though, is the new 36mm Maraí 401 Compact. Dive watches have spent years getting increasingly massive, so seeing a brand move in the opposite direction feels refreshing. The smaller case size keeps all the same specs and styling as the 40mm version but packages it into something far more wearable for smaller wrists or anyone bored of carrying a dinner plate around on their arm.

The compact model also gets an exclusive white dial option called Prestige White, which might quietly be the nicest-looking version of the lot.

Specs remain properly serious too. The Maraí 401 comes with 200m water resistance, a ceramic bezel, domed sapphire crystal, Swiss Super-LumiNova lume and a stainless steel bracelet with quick-release spring bars and MicroGlide adjustment. Basically, all the stuff watch people immediately look for before pretending they definitely needed another dive watch.

The updated Maraí 401 is available in nine colourways overall, ranging from Deep Ocean Blue and Emerald Abyss to stealthier options like Blackout and Classic Black and Gold. It’s still recognisably the same watch that helped establish Nomadic a few years ago, just noticeably more refined this time around.

The updated Maraí 401 starts from £1,095, which places it firmly in premium territory but still significantly below the eye-watering prices attached to most luxury Swiss dive watches right now.

• The 'super-fake' watch crisis: What happens when luxury counterfeits become too perfect to spot?

Fabrice Gueroux used to take just a few minutes to work out whether a watch that one of his clients planned to buy was a fake or not. These days, says watch consultant and author of Real & Fake Watches, the process can take days and require taking apart the watch.

“You can sometimes close your eyes and hold a counterfeit in your hands and there’s something that doesn’t feel right about it, but you need deep knowledge of the genuine watch for that and, of course, that’s what most people don’t have,” says Gueroux.

“With enough time even the best fake shows itself, and the best ones have put in the extra time on the paintwork, the fonts, the bracelet. But even I’m surprised by just how good a counterfeit can now be. Really, this is a battle the manufacturers [of the genuine articles] can’t win”.

Gueroux puts that down to the rise of what he calls the ‘super-fake’, which has come about, perversely, through the professionalisation of the counterfeit industry. A few years ago counterfeits were made buy a handful of well-known Chinese mega-factories, making the kind of low grade rip-off you'd see in street markets. More recently factories have opened in Thailand, Vietnam and elsewhere, all to feed a booming demand fuelled by the internet, which has created an accessible global market.

This has meant more revenue to invest in the latest manufacturing equipment and better quality counterfeits. Watches now represent around 30% of all counterfeit consumer goods. (Far, far more problematic is the counterfeiting of the likes of, erm, aircraft parts… but that's another story.)

In fact, there’s now something of an arms race in quality for fakes. A 2023 report by the pre-owned watch dealer Watchfinder & Co noted that, just a few years earlier, 80% of fakes that came its way were easily identified as fakes, with 20% requiring closer inspection. Those figures had now flipped. No wonder most lay people can't tell the difference.

Sticking it to the man — and the muggers

Some sellers of counterfeits have got cleverer too: a counterfeit used to be priced in a way that made it obvious to all but the foolish that it was a fake; now they tend to be priced in a way that still represents a bargain, but not such a suspicious one. And that's bad news for the wider secondary market. It means more and more people are selling their watches believing them to be the real mccoy.

It’s why around 40 million fakes are now circulated every year, according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. That’s around 10 million more watches than the Swiss industry itself produces. Some argue that the industry - which tends to argue the moral case that counterfeit watches costs jobs, or are a way of laundering drug money, and so on - isn’t helping itself either. Some brands limit access to the most desirable models by only selling to those customers with a track record of shopping with it, by black-listing those known to (quite legitimately) have later sold their watches on, and so forth. Some customers - even those with the money - maybe figure it’s easier just to buy a counterfeit.

And there’s a twist here. The idea that people only buy a counterfeit because they can't afford the genuine article no longer holds. Of course that’s true for a lot of purchases, but some buy as a way of sticking it to the man - seeing expensive watches as symbolic of everything that’s tasteless and divisive about 21st century status symbols. Such is the proliferation of watch muggings now that some buy a counterfeit of a watch they own to wear in its stead, somewhat reducing that ownership to investment in asset class rather than something to be enjoyed.

Fast fake fanclubs

But there’s another reason. According to Xuemei Ban, professor of marketing at Northumbria University in Newcastle - who has carried out the most in-depth research to date into why people buy fakes - ones of the primary reasons is fun. This spans both seeing watches as part of fast fashion. A fake allows buyers to wear the ‘it watch’ of the moment, knowing well that they’ll have lost interest in it this time next year.

But, more unexpectedly, there are many others now taking pleasure in counterfeits as counterfeits, especially as their accuracy becomes more and more impressive. Look online and there are plenty of fake appreciation groups - whose members necessarily need to know a lot about watches.

“Of course people would be much less willing to buy a counterfeit watch for the design alone, if it wasn’t a matter of [buying into a status] brand,” says Ban.

“And while in terms of its function a counterfeit may not be as good as the original, it still serves a purpose [in that it still tells the time] and lasts long enough to make economic sense. It’s like buying a fake Manchester United shirt. For the few times you’re going to wear it, the fake works.

“But wearing a counterfeit gives them a certain satisfaction,” Ban continues. “It’s not just that there’s little risk of [a fall in social standing] for them to wear a counterfeit. It’s that in doing so it cuts against social norms, and there’s enjoyment in that for them. For many a fake is just another way of interacting with the brands they love”.

Ban argues that the fact that counterfeits are bought by their target audience is the hardest thing for the legitimate watch industry to get its head around. And its not doing very well, which, she says, is why just its habit of just telling us that ‘fakes are wrong’ tends to fall on deaf ears.

“Moral considerations don’t have a significant role,” in the debate, she says, That’s all the more likely when most consumers of counterfeiters aren’t even aware of the potential legal penalties - in most countries buying a counterfeit watch is, technically, illegal - let alone any wider ramifications for society.

So what's the solution for the industry? According to Gueroux, introducing ever more complex anti-counterfeiting measures is a waste of time and money, because the counterfeiters will always find a way around them. Or, more specifically, of copying these too.

“All those anti-counterfeiting measures are just BS,” he says, bluntly. The only answer, hew argues, is for it to push ever harder on improving the quality of its watches, through pushes on innovation and materials. Its one reason why the use of ceramic and titanium, for example, have rapidly become commonplace in high-end watches.

That’s great news for those who appreciate - and can afford - the quality, but naturally it also drives up prices. And what does that do? Yes, it also drives demand for counterfeits.

• 5 iconic watches (and the affordable alternatives everyone can enjoy)

What pairs well with massively expensive blockbuster movies? Product placement. But this time these tie-ins are something we’d actually quite want to own.

The movie? Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. The products? A pair of watches from Hamilton.

They are seen on the wrists of Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth, who play leads Daniel Kellner and Noah Scanlon respectively, in the film.

We’re yet to see Disclosure Day, as it’s out on 12th June, but do have high hopes it will be one of the cinematic highlights of the summer.

The two Hamilton watches are the Khaki Field Mechanical, worn by Josh O’Connor, and the Jazzmaster Open Heart.

As its name might suggest, the Khaki Field Mechanical is a practical, relatively non-flashy watch. But its face does have a whole load of numbers jammed into it.

Who knows, maybe it’ll be used to help people who can’t read a watch tell what time it is in the film’s own reality. Discovery Day has to start some time, after all (again, we haven’t seen the film yet).

The Jazzmaster Open Heart is a far more ornate watch, one with partly exposed inner workings seen through cut-outs in the face.

Unlike some watch movie tie-ins — we’re looking at you, Daniel-Craig-as-James-Bond-Seamaster-Diver-300M-Co-Axial, at upwards of £5500 — these Hamilton ones aren’t incredibly expensive. By watch standards, anyway.

A Hamilton Jazzmaster Open Heart costs £990, while the Khaki Field Mechanical is £615.

The watchmaker has come up with some pretty ripe justification for the watches’ place in the film, saying "their presence reinforces the role of time as an essential narrative element," says Hamilton.

“Watches should enhance the world of the film and deepen character development."

We doubt this is going to blow up like The Matrix and Neo’s Nokia 8110. But the movie? It could be something special.

Disclosure Day is about extraterrestrial life. Josh O’Connor’s Kellner character blows the whistle on the existence of aliens, and there’s a plan to let the whole world know. But Wardex, of which Firth is the head, wants to stop that from happening.

With Steven Spielberg at the helm, how could Disclosure Day miss? We’ll see how this one pans out when Disclosure Day arrives on 12th June.

• Here's the Swatch pocket watch causing a frenzy and forcing London store closure

Collectable Pokémon cards and limited edition trainers can cause quite a stir when they arrive, but few of those launches can match the fuss made over a new Swatch collab watch.

The latest is a collaboration between Swatch and high-end watch-maker Audemars Piguet, and over the weekend it caused London Swatch stores to temporarily close — alongside those across the UK.

There was a rush on the Swatch London Battersea Power Station store when the watch series launched on Saturday, 16th May. It looked like carnage, per Instagram videos captured by shoppers, with crowds rushing the entrance.

“To ensure the safety of both our customers and our staff in Swatch stores, we kindly ask you not to rush to our stores in large numbers to acquire this product,” Swatch posted on both its website and social media accounts.

“The Royal Pop Collection will remain available for several months. In some countries, queues of more than 50 people cannot be accepted, and sales may need to be paused.”

The heat on this launch was turned up thanks to the way it was run — fans had to get there in person, and could not simply reserve a watch online. Audemars Piguet x Swatch watches are already selling for well over £1000 on eBay, where in person these timepieces start at a more reasonable £335, rising to £350 for half of the styles (those with the second dial).

The family is called the Royal Pop Collection, and it’s home to eight pocket watches. There are two green designs, three blue ones, a pink pocket watch, a white one and a particularly bold yellow and pink style dubbed OTG ROZ. There are also eight colours of leather lanyard, at £38 a pop.

You might guess these are basic plastic watches at a glance, but — as most would hope given the cost — they are a bit more upmarket than that. The bezel is bioceramic, which is roughly two-thirds ceramic to one third plastic, for a smooth and hard surface.

The Royal Pop Collection uses Swatch’s SISTEM51 movement. And these watches are one way to own an Audemars Piguet branded timepiece that won’t set you back tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds.

It’s the third brand collab of this kind for Swatch, following the 2022 OMEGA x Swatch MoonSwatch collection and the 2023 Blancpain x Swatch Fifty Fathoms series.

While the MoonSwatch launch in particular made headlines for its queues, both that series and the Blancpain tie-ins are available at reasonable resale prices today. The Royal Pop Collection goldrush will most likely be short-lived.

They are, after all, described as “non-limited.” Fancy getting one? The Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop Collection pieces are available from “selected Swatch stores,” and are limited to one per person per store and per day. But they may well be hard to find for a while.

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Geese are — according to more than just a few people — the current saviours of rock music. And you can now buy into the myth even more with a pair of Geese-branded sunglasses.

The Geese x Sub Sun sunglasses may well look familiar if you have been following coverage of the band’s sold-out tour, or their appearance at the BRIT Awards.

“A mythic era lies ahead for these shades; having already shared a Brit Award with Max Bassin, survived the heat of a sold-out world tour and ridden the face of front man Cameron Winter, as he tore up stages worldwide,” says Sub Sun.

They are a bug eye-style design, not too far removed from a toned down version of the Christian Roth sunglasses Kurt Cobain helped make famous in the 1990s.

The Geese x Sub Sun pair are available to pre-order now, for £145, and they come in two colours. There are silver and black frames, but the lens coating and style appears to be the same across the two versions.

Geese branding goes beyond the name. The band logo is etched on the inside of the glasses’ stem, alongside the signatures of the four members. These visuals are part of the included case too.

The lenses are rated for UV400 protection, while the frames are made of “hand crafted Italian acetate.”

Among the good news: the Geese x Sub Sun are still available to order at the time of writing, and are only a little more expensive than Sub Sun’s in-house designs.

Sub Sun is also a London-based company, and as the pair costs more than £100, your order will qualify for free delivery. No customs charges or trips across the ocean required for these.

This is not the first musician collab pair Sub Sun has made, but it is comfortably the most high-profile. Previous collaborations include those with Joel Gion, of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Next Door Records.

The Geese x Sub Sun sunglasses will begin shipping from 20th May.

Geese will play two nights at London's Troxy later this year, on 1st and 2nd September. But tickets are long since sold out, and you'll need to be on the ball to pick up a sensibly priced resale one.

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There are plenty of video game tie-ins that feel like somebody lost a bet in a marketing meeting. A luxury fragrance inspired by Kingdom Come: Deliverance II absolutely sounds like one of them on paper. But somehow, this one actually works.

In collaboration with Warhorse Studios, Deep Silver and Czech perfume house Kintsugi Perfumes, the limited-edition scent takes inspiration directly from the game’s harsh but oddly beautiful vision of medieval Bohemia. Crucially, it’s aiming for something far more refined than novelty merch with a logo slapped on the side. The whole concept revolves around something timeless. Kingdoms rise and collapse, armour becomes tailoring, horses become cars, but the idea of presence remains the same.

That balance between medieval atmosphere and modern polish runs through the entire campaign. Stanislav Majer, who portrays Jan Žižka in the game, fronts the visuals inside Prague’s ultra-modern Vanguard penthouse complex while dressed in sharp tailoring by Michael Kováčik. It’s a deliberate contrast that mirrors what has made Kingdom Come such a standout series in the first place. Despite being deeply rooted in history, the games have managed to feel fresh in a genre increasingly dominated by fantasy worlds and recycled RPG formulas.

The success of the sequel has been huge. Following years of cult popularity around the original game, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has turned into a genuine global success story, praised for its obsessive historical detail, grounded storytelling and brutally immersive combat.

Earlier this year, it picked up the BAFTA Game Award for Best Narrative, cementing its status as one of the most acclaimed RPG releases in years. For a series that began as a relatively niche historical project out of the Czech Republic, it has become one of the country’s biggest modern entertainment exports.

The fragrance itself pulls directly from the in-game experience. Perfumer Martin Švach looked to the herbs, foods and healing ingredients players encounter throughout Henry’s journey. Crisp apple, lavender and mint open things up before giving way to chamomile, rose, elderflower, honey and sage. The deeper base notes lean smokier and heavier, with olibanum, leather, papyrus and birch all designed to evoke campfires, armour, old parchment and the forests of medieval Bohemia.

The notes seem genuinely considered, using ingredients players will actually recognise from the world itself. Henry gathers sage, chamomile and lavender to brew healing potions throughout the game, while apples and honey are used to restore energy during long journeys and brutal combat encounters. Those details have been folded directly into the fragrance pyramid, turning gameplay mechanics into something wearable.

There’s also a slightly tongue-in-cheek side to the launch, particularly in the social campaign starring Luke Dale, the actor behind fan-favourite nobleman Hans Capon. The promo leans heavily into the internet’s ongoing obsession with the character, delivering a knowingly sultry advert that is fully aware of exactly how attached parts of the fanbase have become over the years.

Only limited numbers of the 50ml bottle are being produced, priced at €155.99, so this is firmly collector-item territory. Still, as far as video game spin-offs go, this is considerably more appealing than another plastic figurine destined to gather dust on a shelf.

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Thanks to Kinky Boots, we learnt a long time ago that Boots were indeed made for walking. Unfortunately, sometimes boots are subjected to more walking than they can take as the fast paced London stride wears away at their little soles (hey, London can do that to all of us), and end up in need of some serious TLC.

In today’s fast-fashion, replace-not-repair mindset, it can be easy to forget the craftsmanship that goes into a proper pair of shoes, and how well they can be fixed up. Lanx is attempting to remind us all. The British footwear brand is already putting slow fashion back on the map, producing crafting handmade, high quality shoes designed to last. Now, the team behind it has launched a brand new initiative to help close the fashion gap.

RE-LANX is a full repair service from its Lancashire factory, designed to keep footwear out of landfill. The service isn’t just designed to be an upmarket cobbler, as RE-LANX will repair, refurbish, and even re-sell shoes that still have life left in them.

You might hear ‘handcrafted’, ‘luxury’ and ‘British made’ and see the price tags swelling in your eyes, but in a true nod to its ethos, LANX’s repair service starts at just £20 with final costs confirmed on a case by case basis once they’ve assessed the shoes. The shoes which get repaired and resold will have a nice hefty discount too, with pairs being sold on the Re-Lanx market for up to 50% less than the original retail price. So it’s also a good loophole if you fancy picking up a pair for yourself (payday treat anyone?) but also if you’re trying to pinch the pennies where you can.

Lanx’s range is pretty extensive, with the boots being our favourite. As well as a classic lace-up boot that will have you looking like a casual academic without needing to shell out for a PHD, they have a Chelsea Boot, and a 365 Vibram range, designed for people who will be subjecting their boots to more sturdy grounds. It’s versatile attire which will cover you from city meetings to muddy walks to the pub and weekend market without needing to do a quick shoe change mid way through. Lanx also has trainers, boat shoes, and sneakers in the range, all of which do that subtle, classy showing off – being well made and well thought out without needing to shout about how good they are.

You can head over to Lanx's website to find out more information about the repair service, and to have a good old peruse of the range.

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Fan of streetwear fashion? An exhibition of A Bathing Ape founder NIGO's life and work opens this week in London, and is not to be missed.

NIGO: From Japan With Love opens on May 1st at The Design Museum, which is just a few hundred metres from High Street Kensington tube station.

It’s called “one of the most comprehensive presentations of his work to date” and features hundreds of items from NIGO’s life and career, the aim to create a visual narrative around his life and wider impact.

These objects aren’t just arranged in sterile glass boxes either. In one part of the exhibition, for example, there’s a recreation of NIGO's childhood bedroom, packed with memorabilia and references with which the designer grew up.

There are plenty of more concrete historical artefacts from NIGO’s career too. These include some of the earliest pieces of BAPE clothing — the brand was established in 1993 — and items from the NOWHERE retail space in Harajuku where it all started, such as one of the first NOWHERE bags.

“The exhibition will give visitors a glimpse into NIGO’s world, from his personal collection of vintage clothing and objects to his close network of collaborators, and showcase his practice and ability to draw on wide-ranging disciplines and cultural references, which have given rise to some of the most iconic brands,” reads the exhibition’s blurb.

By now you no doubt have some idea of whether NIGO: From Japan With Love is a nailed-on must-visit or something you’ll likely swerve. Adult tickets cost £19 (£17.09 without museum donation) and are booked in 15-minute entry slots. Those aged six to 15 pay £10, while under 6s get in free, but do still need a booked ticket.

There are plenty to go around at the time of writing. Alternatively, you can visit whenever you like as part of a The Design Museum membership, which costs £55 a year through Direct Debit.

NIGO: From Japan With Love runs until October 4th. The Design Museum is open 10-5pm Monday to Thursday and 10-6pm Friday to Sunday.

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Paul Smith is framing Made in British Isles as more than a one-off. The pitch is simple. Back the people who’ve been doing it properly all along.

That means working with manufacturers who’ve been honing the same techniques for decades, in some cases more than a century. From Corgi Hosiery in South Wales to White Label London in East London, the collection leans on makers with a serious pedigree rather than just a nice postcode.

The outerwear is a good place to start. It’s cut and sewn by White Label London using fabric from Halley Stevensons Baltic Works, one of Scotland’s oldest cloth mills. The hooded jacket, likely to be one of the standouts, uses traditional waxed cotton originally designed to deal with exactly the kind of chaotic British weather we get every spring. The mac, meanwhile, goes heavier with a dense herringbone that’s built to last rather than fall apart after a couple of seasons.

Further up the M1, Corah Textiles handles the knitwear, which feels like a deliberate nod back to the brand’s Nottingham roots. Expect responsibly sourced wool and cotton, classic construction, and just enough of that signature Paul Smith colour to stop things feeling too worthy.

Then there’s Corgi, which has been making socks since 1892, originally for Welsh coal miners and now, officially, for royalty. Every pair here is hand-framed and hand-finished using natural yarns like wool, cotton and cashmere. Proper old-school craft, basically.

The bigger idea is continuity. This isn’t being pitched as a heritage flex for one season, but something the brand wants to build on going forward. As co-design director, Helen Holmes puts it, the aim is to create “timeless pieces” rooted in British fabrics, craft and local manufacturing.

In practice, that translates to a Spring 2026 lineup that’s quietly utilitarian. Think weather-ready jackets, breathable knitwear and everyday staples that can handle the reality of a British spring, which usually means sun, rain and wind all before lunch.

Here are some of our favourites:

• The Camden Watch Company drops its first-ever pocket watch

Smashing two classic brands together in one product sounds like the stuff of a lazy AI mash-up but it has happened for real in the latest G-Shock watch.

The catchily named GA-2100CC-3A is a Coca-Cola x Casio G-Shock design here to celebrate the drink brand’s 140th anniversary. It really has been around since 1886.

While you’re not going to mistake the base style of the classic G-Shock 2100 series here for anything else, the outer layer of Cola goodness has absolutely not been phoned in.

The green plastic resin of the casing evokes the glass of the classic cola bottle. Its dial backing and hour markers are a rich coke golden brown, and the tiny little day marker is fashioned in the shape of a bold red cola bottle.

A bubbled pattern to the face references the carbonation of a freshly poured glass of Coca-Cola, while the brand’s logo is allowed to take centre stage, with Casio shunted off to the right. That said, the G-Shock banner still looms large above all else as part of the “bio-based” outer resin casing.

Even the lettering of the little in-face displays is cola colour-matched, offsetting against the red hour marker accents, which of course link to the Coca-Cola logo backing shade.

Here’s why the GA-2100CC-3A is a lot more of a thoughtful design than it could have been. It doesn’t represent the Coca-Cola as a brand in the most basic and base way, instead referencing the early incarnation of bottled coke in the classic green glass, dubbed “German Green” or “Georgia Green".

But if you’re all about the Coca-Cola red, fear not. The watch comes in bold red packaging, with the graphic of an old-fashioned Coca-Cola vending machine on its front.

The Casio G-Shock x Coca-Cola watch weighs a trim 51g and is 11.8mm thick, just like a standard 2100-series watch. It’s water resistant to 200M, has an in-face LED light and is rated for three years of life off a battery.

The watch is currently listed as “coming soon” over at the Casio web store, for £160, and won't require a trip to the dentist after enjoying it.

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If you’ve ever looked at a pint of Guinness and thought it could double up as a wardrobe reference point, not only are you not wrong, but you're in luck.

The Irish stout has teamed up with London rework studio Vintage Threads for a limited-edition clothing collection built entirely from repurposed materials, and it’s landing in the capital for just under three weeks.

The 32-piece collection will be available exclusively at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery’s “Guinness Good Things” concept store in Guinness Open Gate Brewery London, running from the 14th of April through to the 4th of May.

Rather than starting from scratch, the collection leans fully into rework culture. Vintage Threads has taken existing Guinness materials, everything from umbrellas and aprons to socks and old garments, and broken them down before rebuilding them into entirely new pieces. The result is a run of one-off items that sit somewhere between streetwear and upcycled fashion, with no two pieces the same.

There’s a clear nod to Guinness’ visual identity throughout. Designers have pulled from the brand’s fonts, logos and colour palette, including its signature tone and worked those elements into more contemporary silhouettes. Some of the standout pieces include leather racing-style jackets, alongside chore jackets, oversized joggers and reworked knitwear.

The range itself is fairly broad, covering everything from statement outerwear down to smaller accessories. That includes:

• Leather jackets made from vintage materials (£495)
• Chore jackets constructed from Guinness aprons (£345)
• Knitwear tops made using Guinness socks (£250)
• Balloon joggers created from repurposed umbrellas (£245)
• Shirred tops and shirts built from existing garments (£200–£220)
• Scrunchies made from leftover vintage fabrics (£25)

Every piece has been handmade by Vintage Threads’ small team at their Islington studio, which adds to the one-off feel, but also means once something’s gone, it’s gone.

It’s a move that taps into the ongoing appetite for reworked and sustainable fashion, but with a slightly more playful edge. Instead of just stripping things back, the collection leans into the recognisable Guinness branding and turns it into something wearable, rather than hiding it away.

If nothing else, it’s a different way to engage with a brand that’s usually more associated with pubs than pop-ups. Whether you’re there for the clothes or just curious to see what a pair of umbrella joggers actually looks like in real life, you’ve got a fairly tight window to check it out.

You can check out the collection yourself at Guinness Open Gate, 1 Mercer Walk, WC2H 9FA.

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Forget watches. Forget smart rings. We’re now in the era of watch rings, and Adidas Originals has its own take on the concept.

The Adidas Originals Digital Two Ring is available in silver and gold colours, and shrinks the appearance of a classic digital retro watch into a form small enough to wear on your finger.

Its casing measures 20mm across, cast in stainless steel, while a couple of buttons arrayed across its sides let you set the time.

“Designed for those who appreciate classic design with a modern twist, this watch blends heritage inspiration with everyday versatility,” reads the official description.

This mini timepiece is made by Timex under license, and it’s unsurprisingly not quite as tough as some full-sized watches.

Its rated for 3ATM water resistance, which is solid enough for everyday wear, but we wouldn’t take this one swimming. And the lens is acrylic rather than glass — although the gold version appears to have a mineral glass lens. Adidas Originals describes the “strap” as a “stainless steel expansion band” and while we’re yet to test drive one of these first-hand, there’s clearly some significant give to its design as it’s a one-size ring watch.

Adidas lists the Digital Two Ring at £90 in silver, £100 in gold, and it’s available this month.

We’ve seen a bunch of these ring watches pop up in recent years, including one from Casio, but the Adidas Digital Two Ring is one of the best-looking we’ve seen. Its minimal style fits the form.

We expect this one may be hard to get hold of for a while.

Timex makes its own version of a similar design, as part of a collaboration with MM6 Maison Margiela, but it’s actually significantly more expensive than the Adidas Originals alternative at £180.

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There are plenty of watches that look good on your wrist, and plenty that flex serious engineering, but not many that try to do something useful beyond that. That’s kind of the point with Split Watches, and it’s been taken up a notch with its latest release: an official tribute watch to Ozzy Osbourne, with 100% of the profits going to charity.

Called “The Ozzy”, the watch is a limited run of just 50 pieces, priced at £2,350, and every penny made from it will be donated to MusiCares, a charity linked to the Recording Academy that supports the health and well-being of people working in the music industry. It’s also a cause Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have backed for years, which gives the whole thing a bit more weight than your average celebrity tie-in.

On a design level, it leans heavily into Ozzy’s visual identity without going full novelty. The sub-dials are styled to resemble his signature tinted glasses, finished in that deep purple associated with Black Sabbath, while a cross at 12 o’clock nods to the jewellery he’s worn for decades. It’s subtle enough that it still works as a watch first, tribute second.

Under the hood, it’s based on Split’s existing MC collection, which means a Seiko automatic chronograph movement, a Ceramod+ case and an FKM rubber strap.

There’s also a more personal angle running through it. Split’s founders have been pretty open about how much Ozzy’s music shaped them growing up, and that comes through in how the watch has been put together. It’s less about cashing in on a name and more about marking the influence he’s had, both musically and culturally.

That extends beyond the music as well. Part of what they’re tapping into is the version of Ozzy people saw outside of the stage, particularly through The Osbournes, where he became known just as much for his openness and vulnerability as his persona as the “Prince of Darkness”. It’s something the brand has explicitly linked to its wider focus on mental health and honest self-expression.

Sharon Osbourne has backed the project too, calling it “a thoughtful piece that truly captures Ozzy’s spirit”, while also highlighting the importance of the donation to MusiCares and the support it provides to people behind the scenes in the music world.

That’s really what separates this from the usual limited-edition drop. Yes, it’s expensive, and of course, it’s exclusive, but there’s a clear sense of purpose behind it, something that goes beyond just owning a nice object.

If you do want one, you’ll need to move quickly. Sales open on the 14th of May via Split’s website, and with only 50 pieces available, it’s unlikely they’ll hang around for long.

• The Camden Watch Company drops its first-ever pocket watch

With NASA’s Artemis II mission carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen around the Moon, attention is drifting back to the idea of humans pushing further into space than they have in over half a century.

Riding that wave of renewed interest is a smartwatch that’s trying to turn that inspiration into something a bit more hands-on.

The Artemis Watch 2.0, made by CircuitMess, is a $129 programmable smartwatch designed less as a gadget you wear and more as something you can digitally rebuild into your own creation.

Out of the box, it looks and behaves like a fairly standard smartwatch. It connects to iOS and Android devices over Bluetooth, handles notifications and activity tracking, and comes with a colour display, sensors and a rechargeable battery.

Powered by a dual-core ESP32 microcontroller, the watch is fully open-source and reprogrammable using Python, Arduino IDE or CircuitMess’s own block-based coding environment, CircuitBlocks. That means users aren’t stuck with preset watch faces or locked features; they can design their own, build mini apps, and start experimenting with how the device actually works.

For younger users (it’s recommended for ages 9 and up), the entry point is deliberately accessible. CircuitBlocks offers a visual way to learn the basics, while more advanced users can move into Python and start writing proper code without hitting a ceiling. It’s a rare example of a smartwatch that doesn’t quietly shut the door once you’ve outgrown the beginner stage.

The hardware helps with that flexibility as well. Alongside the processor, the watch includes an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass and temperature sensor, all of which can be accessed and programmed. That opens the door to projects that go beyond step counting or simple notifications: tracking movement patterns, building custom alerts based on direction, or logging environmental data over time.

Because the firmware is open-source and hosted publicly, there’s no proprietary lock-in. In theory, everything from the interface to the behaviour of the sensors can be modified if you’ve got the know-how or the patience to learn.

CircuitMess has also packaged the watch into bundles, including a larger kit alongside its Perseverance rover build, positioning the smartwatch as part of a broader push into STEM-focused toys that feel more like tools than novelties.

It’s not trying to compete with mainstream smartwatches on polish or premium features. Instead, it leans into the idea that a wearable can be something you learn from, not just something you use.

In a week where space exploration is back in the headlines, that feels like a neat fit, a small, wrist-sized reminder that curiosity, coding and a bit of experimentation can still take you quite a long way.

• New Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are made specifically with prescription specs wearers in mind

Spring’s here, or at least trying to be in London, which means your outerwear needs to do a bit more thinking. One minute it’s bright and borderline warm, the next you’re caught in a sideways drizzle, wondering why you left the house without a layer. It’s that awkward in-between where your heavy winter coat feels like overkill, but going without feels silly.

The right jacket doesn’t just bridge that gap; it carries your whole look. This is the season where layering does the heavy lifting, lighter fabrics, easier silhouettes, and pieces you can throw on without overthinking. Whether you’re heading into the office, drifting between pub gardens, or just trying to look like you’ve got a handle on the weather, the right spring jacket makes life a lot easier.

The good news is you don’t need to overhaul everything. A few savvy additions, things that work across different temperatures and still look decent when the sun finally shows up, will do the job nicely.

Here are the jackets worth adding to your spring rotation, all doing the heavy lifting, just without the bulk.

Trench coat – The all-weather classic

The trench doesn’t really do seasons; it just works. Light enough for spring but built for unpredictable weather, it’s the easiest way to look put-together without trying too hard. Throw it over a tee, shirt or even a hoodie, and it instantly sharpens things up. Beige is the go-to, but navy, green or black keeps things a bit more low-key if that’s your lane.

Harrington jacket – Clean, cropped, and quietly iconic

If spring had an official jacket, this would be it. Lightweight, easy to wear and just structured enough to feel considered, the Harrington is one of those pieces that never really goes out of rotation. It sits nicely with everything, jeans, chinos, even smarter trousers, and works best in neutral tones like tan, navy or olive.

Coach jacket – Sporty without trying too hard

The coach jacket is what you reach for when you want something light but still weather-ready. Usually cut from nylon with a snap-button front, it’s got that subtle streetwear edge without going full hype. Perfect for layering over a hoodie or sweatshirt when there’s still a bit of chill in the air.

Overshirt – The in-between layer that does it all

Not quite a jacket, not quite a shirt, the overshirt is built for spring. It’s ideal for those days where a coat feels like too much, but you still want an extra layer. Go for cotton twill or lightweight wool blends, and wear it open over a tee for an effortless, slightly thrown-together look.

Lightweight bomber – The easy win

The bomber doesn’t need reinventing; it just gets lighter for spring. Same cropped fit, same ribbed trims, just without the bulk. Nylon or cotton versions are ideal this time of year, giving you enough coverage without overheating. It’s the kind of jacket you can chuck on with anything and know it’ll work.

Denim jacket – Proper spring staple

There’s a reason the denim jacket comes out every year as soon as the temperature creeps up. It’s casual, durable, and gets better with wear. Mid-wash blue is the safest bet, but black or ecru can switch things up if you’re bored with the usual. Layer it over a hoodie early in the season, then scale it back to tees as it warms up.

Windbreaker – Built for British spring

Let’s be honest, it’s going to rain and probably a lot. A lightweight windbreaker or shell is one of the smartest additions you can make, especially if you’re commuting or on the move. Look for clean designs with minimal branding so it doesn’t feel too technical, and you’ve got something that works in the city as well as it does in a sudden downpour.

Track jacket – Retro, but in a good way

The track jacket has quietly worked its way back into rotation, and spring is where it makes the most sense. Lightweight, breathable, stylish and easy to throw on, it leans into the nostalgic sportswear aesthetic, which is perfect in a World Cup year. Wear it zipped up or open, but either way, it does the job.

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Meta has just announced a couple of new additions to its Ray-Ban AI powered glasses range — and this time they’re aimed specifically at those who already wear prescription glasses.

Meta’s new “optical-forward” glasses will support “nearly” all prescriptions, and have been designed with every day, daily use in mind. Sure, you can pop clear and prescription lenses in Meta’s existing AI glasses line-up, but those frames are essentially Ray-Ban sunglass styles, and might look a little odd if worn inside on a dreary day.

The new “optical styles” are not only a touch more subtle, but are built with comfort in mind, including features such as overextension hinges, interchangeable nose pads and optician-adjustable temple tips.

Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles will launch in two frameshapes: a rectangular “Blayzer Optics” design available in two sizes (Standard and Large), and a softer, rounder “Scriber Optics”. Slimmer and lighter than the regular Meta Ray-Bans, they’ll come in a bunch of different colours too, including Matte Black, Transparent Black, and Transparent Dark Olive, as well as seasonal shades like Transparent Matte Ice Grey and Transparent Stone Beige. Each comes with a Dark Brown carry-and-charge case.

Available from April 14th, prices start at £429.

As for what the Meta Ray-Bans actually do? For the uninitiated, Meta’s glasses include onboard cameras and speakers, letting you take photos and videos hands-free, answer calls and listen to audio, and call upon Meta’s AI helper to answer questions, translate questions on the fly, and act as a visual aid — say, identifying plants you may be looking at. All this info is fed back via a voice assistant — but Meta also makes Ray-Ban Display spectacles that uses augmented reality to display digital information via its lenses overlaid onto the real world around you.

Other styles, more updates

If you’re not bothered about prescription needs, Meta’s also refreshed its Oakley Meta Vanguard and HSTN sunglasses with optional transition lenses and shades tinted for golf play, as well as new seasonal colourways for the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) shades.

The underlying AI brains of all Meta’s glasses are getting some improvements in the coming weeks and months too, with improvements to nutrition tracking (letting you log what you’re eating just by looking at your plate, with AI offering dietary recommendations), deeper interactions and understanding of your WhatsApp conversations, and ever-more natural conversation understanding from the AI helper itself.

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Independent Swiss brand Krayon has taken one of the most niche complications in watchmaking and somehow turned it into a tribute to Pac-Man. The result is the Pac-Man Anywhere, a limited run of just 15 pieces, each one unique, each one made from platinum, and each one costing somewhere in the region of £170,000.

At its core, this is still Krayon’s Anywhere watch, an impressive bit of kit that tracks sunrise and sunset based on your exact location. It’s the type of thing that’s usually reserved for serious collectors who like their watches complicated and on the nerdier side.

What Krayon has done here is swap out the usual astronomical display for something a lot more playful. Instead of the sun moving around the dial, you’ve got Pac-Man doing the rounds, marking the transition from day to night as he goes.

It sounds gimmicky, but the execution is anything but. The dial sits on a polished onyx base, with a barely-there maze design that only really shows itself when the light hits it properly. Floating above that are tiny, hand-painted elements, ghosts, fruit, dots, all placed on rotating sapphire discs that shift depending on the length of the day.

When midnight hits, the ghosts turn blue, just like in the game. On equinox days, the whole thing balances out into a perfectly symmetrical display. It’s clever, slightly mad, but it does look class.

Under the hood, it’s just as serious. The manual-winding movement packs in over 400 components, with a 72-hour power reserve and all the mechanical complexity needed to track daylight cycles in real time.

The watch is certainly nostalgic without being tacky and just self-aware enough to pull it off. Each of the 15 watches has a slightly different layout, too, so no two are the same, which only adds to the sense that this is more of an art piece than an accessory.

Will you ever see one in the wild? We wouldn't have thought so. But as a concept, and as a reminder that watchmaking doesn’t always have to take itself so seriously, it’s hard not to like. You can see more of the watch on the Krayon website and even enquire.

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There’s a point every year, usually right about now, where getting dressed becomes a bit of a guessing game.

Too warm for a proper coat, too cold to fully commit to lighter layers, and suddenly everything you own feels slightly wrong. It’s the awkward middle ground of spring, where the only real solution is having a solid set of staples you can rely on without overthinking it. Which is exactly where Uniqlo tends to come into its own.

While most brands treat spring/summer like a chance to go big on trends, Uniqlo just… doesn’t bother. Instead, it doubles down on what it’s always done best, clean, wearable pieces that slot into your wardrobe without making a fuss. The sort of stuff you end up wearing three times a week without really noticing, and always reach for.

This year’s spring drop sticks to that formula. Lightweight layers, easy silhouettes, and colours that consistently work with the rest of your clothes, elevating your wardrobe in the process.

It’s about consistency, and it’s getting the basics right, which often feels harder to find than it should be.

Pleated Wide Tapered Trousers

These are exactly the sort of trousers Uniqlo gets right without making a big deal of it. Wide through the leg, clean taper at the ankle, and just enough structure to stop them looking sloppy. The pleats do most of the work, adding a bit of shape so they feel slightly smarter than your average everyday pair.

The fabric sits in that usual Uniqlo sweet spot, too, soft, but with enough weight to hang properly. And the elasticated waist at the back means they’re a lot more forgiving than they look, which you’ll appreciate after a full day in them.

Washable 3D Knit Seamless Crew Neck Jumper

This jumper is the textbook example of effortless but still acceptable. The crew neck keeps things classic, and being machine‑washable means you don’t have to baby it every time you wear it. Slim enough to layer, but substantial enough to stand alone on chillier spring days and will no doubt help keep you toasty in the summer if the evening has a chill to it.

EZY Jeans

EZY jeans take all the good stuff about denim, the look, the weight, the way it ages, and strip out the annoying bits. They’ve kept that classic jean vibe, but added proper stretch and an elasticated waistband so you don’t feel like you’ve wrestled into them first thing in the morning, making denim a bit more comfortable to stop you walking like John Wayne. They come in a range of colours too, so you’ve got plenty of options.

Harrington Jacket

A wardrobe workhorse. Uniqlo’s Harrington takes a classic silhouette and makes it its own. This is arguably the perfect spring jacket, light enough for unpredictable spring weather, but smart and structured enough to make whatever you’re wearing look intentional. The beige colour keeps it versatile, but it also comes in Black and olive, meaning it can pair with everything from jeans to trousers, and the clean lines mean it never feels like you’re trying too hard.

Smart Ankle Trousers

Uniqlo has nailed that in-between fit, slim, slightly cropped, and clean enough to pass as smart without feeling stiff here. They work just as well with a shirt as they do with a hoodie, which is the whole point. The fabric’s got stretch, they don’t crease much, and there’s a bit of give in the waistband, so they’re a lot more comfortable than they look. Nothing flashy, just very easy to wear, and that’s why you will reach for them.

Premium Linen Shirt (Striped)

Linen is perfect for spring; cool enough that it’s really warm, but you can always whack a t-shirt underneath to take the edge off with an extra layer. The subtle stripes add personality without overdoing it, and the olive colour works with everything from chinos to denim. It’s loose enough to move in, smart enough to layer under a smart jacket, and the kind of piece that solves that tricky too warm for long sleeves, too cold for short sleeves problem.

Cotton Linen Blend Shirt Jacket

Ideal for spring layering when you’re not ready to fully commit to a coat. The cotton‑linen blend means it’s breathable without looking sloppy, and the dark brown colour keeps it grounded with pretty much anything you pair it with, from tees and trousers to shirts. It’s a bestseller for a reason: it feels laid‑back and lived‑in from the moment you put it on, but still pulls an outfit together without overthinking. And, you know, it's a shacket which is basically the patron saint of smart casual for men who aren't natural fashionistas.

Milano Ribbed Skipper Polo Jumper

Uniqlo’s Milano rib offers a weighty, structured feel that sits somewhere between a knit and a polo, so it never looks like you’re trying too hard, but still smart enough for a decent restaurant. The skipper collar keeps things relaxed without drifting into sloppy territory, and the green colour adds a bit of mood without feeling loud. It’s machine‑washable too, so you don’t have to baby it, which, in spring, when you’re layering and shedding layers all day, is a big bonus.

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The Camden Watch Company is stepping into that space for the first time, with the launch of its debut pocket watch, a release that leans heavily into the brand’s London roots while still keeping things wearable in 2026.

Founded by husband-and-wife duo Anneke Short and Jerome Robert, the brand has built a steady following off the back of clean, industrial-inspired designs with subtle nods to Camden’s architecture and history.

This new watch is a natural extension of that, and the next logical step, just with a bit more theatre. According to the founders, customers have been asking for a pocket watch for years, but it never quite lined up. Now, finally, it has.

The design itself takes cues from Victorian London, without going full cosplay/re-enactor. The engraved case pulls from traditional scrollwork, soft, vine-like detailing, while the centre design references the ironwork of the Regent’s Canal bridge in Camden, a detail longtime fans of the brand will recognise from its existing watches.

Flip it open, and you get a layered dial that sticks closely to Camden Watch Company’s usual playbook: clean lines, slightly industrial feel, and just enough detailing to keep it interesting. There’s also a date window, as well as the brand’s signature blue seconds hand, a small but consistent nod to the Camden Lock bridge.

It’s that balance that makes it work. There’s certainly a vintage influence here, but it’s not trying to pass as something pulled straight out of the 1800s. It's modern enough to wear without looking like you’re heading to a themed event.

On the spec side, things are fairly straightforward: stainless steel case, Japanese quartz movement, and a 47mm size that gives it a bit of presence without going overboard. Pre-orders are priced at £170, with a chain included, though that’ll be sold separately once the watch goes into full release.

Shipping is set for mid-June, deliberately timed for wedding season, exactly the kind of setting where something like this actually gets its moment.

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Sergio Tacchini is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a limited-edition collector’s box that pulls together everything the label’s spent decades building: tennis pedigree, terrace credibility and a design language that’s never really drifted out of relevance. There’s heritage drops, and then there’s this, the kind that actually feels like it’s got something behind it.

Founded in 1966 by Italian tennis champion Sergio Tacchini, the brand arrived at a time when the sport was still mostly stuck in its all-white, fairly stiff traditions. Tacchini flipped that on its head, introducing colour and a bit of personality onto the court, something that feels standard now, but genuinely wasn’t at the time.

From there, it didn’t stay confined to tennis for long. Like a lot of the best sportswear brands, it found a second life off the pitch, or in this case, off the court, becoming a staple in football terrace culture, as well as creeping into music and wider fashion scenes. It’s that crossover that’s kept it ticking for six decades, and helps it remain a go-to staple for many today.

At the centre of the collector’s box are two key pieces: a knitted track top and a heritage polo shirt. Both lean heavily on that classic Tacchini aesthetic: clean silhouettes, bold colour blocking, and detailing that nods back to its court roots without feeling like a straight-up costume.

There’s a deliberate restraint to it. Nothing too overworked, nothing trying too hard. Just the sort of pieces that look as at home layered up on a chilly concourse as they would courtside somewhere sunny.

Importantly, the two items are only available as a set. No mixing and matching, no picking off individual bits, which, again, feels intentional. This isn’t about splitting the collection into easy, sellable chunks. It’s about presenting a full look, tied to a specific moment in the brand’s history.

Beyond the main pieces, the extras do a fair bit of the heavy lifting in making this feel like a proper collector’s item rather than just another drop. Each box includes a limited-edition sweatband and socks, small touches, but very on-brand, alongside a run of custom packaging details.

Limited to just 400, every order comes housed in a bespoke presentation box, complete with a Sergio 60 postcard, custom back neck label, hang tag and stickers. It’s all designed to feel like something you keep hold of, rather than binning the packaging five minutes after it arrives.

If you’re looking to get the anniversary set, timing matters. The collection lands via 80s Casual Classics on the 26th of March at 5pm GMT, with wider releases expected through retailers including Stuarts London, Modfather Clothing and RD1 Clothing.

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For the Beatles fan who has everything, the Otsuka Lotec No.8 might be the subtlest nod to the Fab Four you can get.

The boutique Japanese watchmakers have taken inspiration from the legendary Abbey Road Studio for this latest timepiece — specifically the many knobs and dials of the studio’s giant mixing desk. Look closely and you can even see what looks like a reel-to-reel tape in the top right corner.

The square case, made from stainless steel, has a face that sees the hour displayed on the left hand side, and minutes on the right. While the hours count up in a traditional clockwise rotation on the “hour channel”, the minutes creep up to 60 on the “minute fader” before snapping down to zero at the start of each fresh hour — a really unusual system for a mechanical watch. There’s also a seconds counter up top, with the watch running on a Miyota base movement packing more than 60 components.

In terms of measurements, the No.8 stretches 31mm across, and is 47.8mm from lug to lug, with a height of 10.8mm tall.

Ultra-collectible

Thinking about buying one? Some bad news for you — it won’t come cheap, and it won’t be easy. Otsuka Lotec has the No. 8 priced at the equivalent of about £4,750 — not a bad price for a watch of this calibre and invention. But! Otsuka Lotec watches are made in very limited quantities, and are sold via a lottery system in Japan, making them very collectible, especially outside of Japan. Good luck then — and check the Otsuka Lotec website to stand a chance of nabbing one.

It may not be direct Beatles memorabilia, but with hype building for Sam Mendes’s Beatles biopic movie series, expect any item with even a hint of Merseyside around them to get snapped up in the coming months.

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Beer giant Guinness has teamed up with high-end fashion brand JW Anderson to create an eye-opening — and eye-openingly expensive — range of clothes.

The JW Anderson x Guinness line features 17 pieces, topped off with a red wool jumper that costs £1,295 and is designed to replicate the look and feel of “traditional pub carpets.”

It’s a little ridiculous, sure, but does look sharp with its series of blue and black patterns on a sea of red wool. And it's produced in the UK, which probably doesn't come cheap.

The most affordable pieces in the collection are a couple of t-shirts at £200 a pop. These are cotton shirts made in Portugal. The design is inspired by “vintage Guinness bottle tops” and comes in green and black.

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Perhaps the most provocative item in the collection is a £440 pair of shorts with the Guinness logo splashed across the front. These are made from cotton, a jacquard towelling material that was “specially developed by a towelling mill” according to JW Anderson.

Or for £795 you can pick up a pair of cotton canvas dungarees with the iconic Guinness harp printed on the front in what’s dubbed a reinterpretation of “classic workwear.”

JW Anderson coaxed (and no doubt paid) Little Simz and actor Joe Alwyn to promote the range in a photoshoot the brands published on their social feeds last week — one staged in London’s own The Devonshire.

“A collaboration celebrating a shared Irish heritage and commitment to craft,” is how Guinness is positioning the range online.

Guinness is well and truly trendy these days. And the whole “split the G” viral trend can’t have harmed its brand image.

Also in the collection are several other jumpers, a massive £350 wool scarf, a couple of shirts, some bright red track shorts and a pair of “workwear” jeans. You can browse the whole range over at the JW Anderson website.

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Did you know there’s a museum dedicated to Charles Dickens in London? Well there is, and it’s about to display a new selection of the author’s clothes and other rarities.

One eye-opening oddity is the collar Dickens is believed to have been wearing when he suffered the stroke that killed him in 1870. After his death the collar then went to British actor Bransby Williams, who starred in a couple of early film adaptations of Dickens works.

What else? You can check out a pair of Dickens’s black stockings, his shaving gear and a locket containing a snippet of his son Henry’s hair. And more.

It may all sound a bit ordinary, but such artefacts of Dickens’s are apparently a real rarity.

“Among all of the many qualities, passions and character quirks of Charles Dickens, we know that he was a real dandy,” says museum deputy director Emma Harper.

“This makes it all the more frustrating that so few items of his clothing survive but renders our collection of clothing and accessories especially precious.”

These pieces of personal attire will go on show at the Charles Dickens Museum from Wednesday, March 11th.

Fine and dandy

The site of the museum itself is dripping in history too. It’s at 48 Doughty Street, nearby Russell Square tube station. This is where Dickens lived from 1837 to 1839.

It has been open to the public as a museum for more than a hundred years now, since 1925.

Adult tickets cost £13.58 including fees, or it's £8.33 for children, while those under the age of six get in for free. Or you can become a museum member for £40 a year.

It’s open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10am to 5pm, with last entry at 4pm each day.

The site is decked out largely as it would have been when Dickens lived there. And when you’re done you’ll also be just a short stroll from the Foundling Museum and The Postal Museum, should you want to have a truly museum-packed day.

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Simon Cundey admits that his company’s collaboration projects over recent years — with the likes of Adidas and Canada Goose — have tended to “raise eyebrows to start with, but they given us a certain dynamism, and the opportunity to speak to what may be your future customer”. Cundey runs Henry Poole, established 220 years ago, making it the oldest tailor on London’s tailoring Mecca, Savile Row. Nor is Poole alone: take, for examples Davies & Son’s collaboration with the Japanese designer Satoshi Kuwata, or Huntsman’s with Daniel Fletcher. As its older clientele might put it, Savile Row is getting with it.

And that matters, concedes Cundey: with a break down of formal dress codes, the rise of remote working (and, with it, the blurring the work and leisure time), the championing of a more entrepreneurial spirit in business and a generally more comfort-driven, streetwear-inflected approach to style, demand for the classic suit is not what it was.

A pre-pandemic study suggested that, even then, just one in 10 British workers wore a suit to work. And that they preferred it that way: it’s not just more comfortable, but cheaper, more egalitarian, making for a more relaxed working atmosphere.

Over 40 percent said the suit no longer had a place in the office.

Bespoke vs conformity

It’s why even Henry Poole has pivoted to bespoke, making more softer, unstructured garments.

“Even on Savile Row there needs to be alternatives [to the traditional suit], and more talk about how we can also do a more Italian, super-light construction if that’s what you want,” Cundey argues.

“It’s not ‘Poole’s new look’ but it’s important to simply get across the idea that Savile Row can do anything really. A sports jacket in denim? Sure, if that’s what you want”.

Well, not at the RAC Club. In the context of the society-wide casualisation of dress, it can seem remarkable that there are still places, like the Pall Mall institution, which insists its visitors must wear a suit, though it allows them to dispense with the tie during the summer, at least after 4pm. It’s charming, but surely also antiquated, likewise those few traditional professions — law and high finance, sometimes medicine and academia, for example — in which tailoring is still expected.

Even Debrett’s, the bible of dress etiquette, has recognised that, with the number of events at which, a generation ago, one would be expected to wear a suit having been hollowed out, the garment is in a state of decline.

It cuts not just against easier — for some, sloppier — ways of dressing (it’s telling how many men’s trousers come with elasticated waists now) but also perhaps the dominant trend of our times: a sense of identity achieved not through community, politics or work but through rampant individualism. The suit may have been what every man wore up until the advent of casualwear (look to period photos of British coal miners on their way to work, pre-WW2, and even they are wearing tailored jackets and trousers), but by the post-war period it had started to epitomise conformity.

That was best captured by Gregory Peck’s character, a cog in the corporate machine, in the 1956 film The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, which even then Adlai Stevenson described as reflecting a “crisis in the western world... collectivism colliding with individualism”. Who, after all, wants to be called ‘a suit’?

Rediscovering the pleasure of tailoring

But if the culture is against the classic matching jacket and trousers this doesn’t mean the suit is dead, so much as, as Cundey puts it, “undergoing ‘a period of correction’, like the markets after the 2008 financial crisis”.

Toby Lamb agrees, as might the brand director of Richard James — a company that, when it launched in 1992, helped save the tailored suit from decline then, by introducing more pizzazz to what had become very staid indeed.

He says that it’s less that suits still have a place thanks to weddings and funerals (as even that isn’t a set-in-stone requirement of attending those family events any more) so much that the tables have turned: freed from having to wear suits, men are rediscovering the wearing of them for pleasure.

This, arguably, is something men in jobs that have not required the wearing of a suit have appreciated for much longer.

“I think there will always be some kind of occasion for the structured suit, because people will always love the idea of dressing up for an event, of enjoying the opportunity to really run with that formality,” Lamb says.

“But, the appeal of that formal aesthetic aside, [the contemporary suit] is different. We can retain a formal aesthetic but use the kind of fabrics with an in-built performance that weren’t available not that long ago. Perhaps those performance qualities are what the suit needs to have now — formality with in-built technology.”

And, maybe, some fun too. Much as men are freed from having to wear a suit, so the suit has been freed from having to conform to a sober, work-friendly template: check out coverage of red carpet events of late and what the suit can now be, in terms of cut and colour, is evident.

At this year’s Grammys, for example, Pharrell Williams’ suit was in pink velvet, with flares, while Dijon’s suit jacket was asymmetric; at the Golden Globes Chris Perfetti’s electric blue suit was button-less, fastening by way of a giant brooch, while Ollie Muhl’s suit jacket was well below the knee in length. A suit matches top and bottom, but otherwise anything now goes: raglan sleeved, lapel-free, cropped, Velcro-fastened, very, very shiny. There’s been shift in definition that allows the suit to still work as an acknowledgement of the occasion, without insisting every man looks more or less the same.

“The suit has to change because so many of us have a different lifestyle now, and the need to dress quite so formally is only a very occasional thing,” reckons menswear designer Oliver Spencer.

“I think men can still take pleasure in dressing up to go out, but even then the suit we wear is a different kind of thing: it’s less stuffy, more colourful, more patterned, more interesting all round. Yes, it’s a suit, but it’s not the kind of suit that, say, our grandparents would readily recognise as being such.”

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If you want to know where fashion is really heading, don’t just look at the catwalk - take a good look at the crowd, too.

At London Fashion Week, Shortlist took to the most exciting shows to find that the real spectacle is actually happening even before the first model steps out. We’re talking outside the venues, in the front row, and in the queues snaking around Soho and Shoreditch, Londoners’ personal style exploded across the streets of the capital - and we were there to grab all the sartorial inspo.

This season, structure is having a moment, from sharp shoulders to sculpted draping, while leather, flares and heavy boots can be spotted grounding even the boldest fits. But more than any single trend, it’s confidence that ties it all together. Whether it’s a thrifted beret from Feltham, YSL shades in Essex, a debut runway look from Spain or a photographer flying in from California to capture it all, London’s street style scene is as global as the city itself.

We stopped the best dressed in the crowd to find out what they’re wearing, what shows surprised them most - and why London remains the place where you can truly wear whatever you want… and look damn good doing it.

Timmy, Feltham

My shoes are Dr. Martens. The trousers were a gift from my girlfriend, from a brand called PUSH PUSH. The vest is New Rock. The jacket is an Asian brand called Velvet, and the beret is actually just thrifted.

What’s your favourite trend you've seen at London Fashion Week?

I’m seeing a lot of draping, with designers focused more on structure. Obviously an outfit can have colour, but what really ties it together is its structure. That’s what makes your entire look. Shoulder pads for example - that adds more to an outfit than just a colour. I think structure in outfits is definitely making a comeback.

Victoro, Essex

The blazer I've got on is Bershka. The shades are YSL, I’ve got black Timberland boots, these cargos are Fashion Nova, and my earrings are YSL. I feel like I've been so overwhelmed for this entire fashion week! For Day One, I put together my best fit. Then, every day after that, it feels a little bit of a blur. But I feel great today.

What's been your favourite thing you've seen this week?

I feel like Hector Maclean’s show might just take the cake. But it’s really tricky. I think I'll say Paul Costello - that was a good one, I feel like overall it just elevated from last year. I'm always looking for something new and something fresh; something that doesn't feel as if it's repetitive. I was really surprised.

Jonathan, Chingford

The jacket is real leather. I like the shapes they make - the pointy boots, the knitwear, the flares from Kody Phillips.

Best thing you’ve seen this London Fashion Week?

The Jimmy Paul x Pokemon show. That was really good. I didn't know what to expect from it, but it was really fun.

Mark, California

Actually I don’t know what I’m wearing. My stylist got if for me! I’m a photographer - I travelled from the US for London Fashion Week.

What’s your favourite thing about London Fashion Week?

I love London - the fashion here is very good, and I love the Fashion Week venues. I am a runway photographer, so I wanted to come here to shoot the shows. And I love the people here, they’re really nice.

Modou, Spain

You’re modeling for INFDark and dressed in the designer - how are you finding the look?

The outfit is lovely. It actually gives me a lot of confidence: the leather jacket is soft and very comfy. The pants too - they’re baggy, but the inside feels really nice. I had two fits, but this is the one I like the most, - showing the abs, a little bit of exposure! It's really nice. I love it. Plus, this is my first runway show: my debut.

What do you enjoy most about being in London?

I’m from Spain, born and raised. But London is really nice. I might move here. The vibes, the city, the tube, the food, the restaurants; everything is really nice. The weather is not it, but let's forget about that.

What’s your ultimate style tip for guys?

Wear what you feel comfortable in, take inspiration from people that you think have nice style, and don’t be afraid to wear anything. Don't care about what people might say.

Tati, South London & Poland

My outfit is pretty much all from INDark.Then I’m also wearing Yoji and Mason Margiella.

What have been your London Fashion Week highlights?

The INF Dark show today was amazing. I loved it. It’s the only show I’ve attended, actually, so I can't compare. I’m based in Poland and travelled just for this.

What are you enjoying about London?

London's great. It’s a vibrant place.You can be yourself. I grew up here, in South London. When I come back, I tend to stay around Paddington a lot. I love Hyde Park. I tend to hang around Soho too - my favourite place always used to be Shochu Lounge on Charlotte Street but I’m looking for a new one.

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The new Ressence Type 9 IKEDA takes the already stripped-back Type 9 platform and launches it into full sci-fi mode.

It’s still the smallest and most wearable watch in the Antwerp outfit’s catalogue at 39mm, still powered by the brand’s patented Orbital Convex System (ROCS), still doing that hypnotic, no-hands, no-crown orbital time display that makes traditional watches look a bit Victorian. But visually? This is different gravy.

The collaboration is with Japanese lacquer artist Terumasa Ikeda, who works out of a restored machiya townhouse in Kanazawa, blending ancient techniques with designs that look like they belong in 2001: A Space Odyssey. His jumping-off point here was heliocentrism, the idea that the Sun sits at the centre of the solar system.

What you’re looking at is a dial built from layers of urushi lacquer and raden, ultra-fine mother-of-pearl inlay. Normally, raden is flat and fragile. The Type 9 dial is convex and constantly rotating. So each microscopic sliver of nacre had to be soaked and gently bent over rubber forms until it could follow the curvature without snapping. Do that dozens (hundreds) of times and you start to understand why there are only eight of these in existence.

The result is a swirling, concentric explosion of colour bursting from a central vortex. Under light, it shifts and shimmers as the entire dial rotates once per hour, with the hour disc orbiting inside it. It’s properly trippy.

To stop it tipping into chaos, the 39mm Grade 5 titanium case has been given a stealthy black DLC coating. No crown interrupts the pebble-smooth silhouette; time setting is handled via the caseback, as per Ressence tradition.

Inside, the customised automatic calibre (built on an ETA base) drives the ROCS 9 module at 28,800 vibrations per hour, delivering a 36-hour power reserve. Hours and minutes only. Clean. Focused. No fluff.

The Type 9 IKEDA lands at £30,600. Not small change. But for something this technically bonkers and painstakingly handmade, it feels rational. Maybe.

Only eight pieces will be made. Which means if you’re even vaguely tempted, you’ll need to move quickly.

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If you’ve ever lingered a little too long over a wristwatch in a shop or felt your pulse quicken at the sight of a perfectly balanced dial, TASCHEN’s Ultimate Collector Watches is your new bible.

Just released, this two-volume XL edition book is a sprawling, 960-page love letter to the world of horology, celebrating the artistry, engineering, and sheer creativity behind 100 of the most iconic wristwatches ever made.

From classic Patek Philippe dress watches to experimental independent creations by F.P. Journe and Roger W. Smith, the book covers everything a collector could dream of, and then some. Every timepiece is presented in meticulous detail: close-up photography captures the gleam of polished metal, the textures of exotic straps, and the craftsmanship of intricate movements. Archival sketches, designer interviews, and historical insights add depth, showing not just what these watches look like, but why they matter.

The selection spans eras and styles, from early aviator pieces that charted the skies to modern marvels that push technical boundaries. There’s a real sense of narrative here: each chapter isn’t just a catalogue entry, it’s a story of design, innovation, and the personalities behind the watches.

Whether you’re drawn to Rolex’s timeless Oyster Perpetual, Audemars Piguet’s audacious Royal Oak, or offbeat, limited-edition creations that have become collectors’ holy grails, this book makes every mechanical tick feel thrilling.

The photography is sumptuous, almost cinematic, and the layout lets you appreciate every detail without feeling overwhelmed. The standard edition offers the same wealth of content in a more compact format, while the XL two-volume set is pure coffee-table indulgence, guaranteed to turn heads and spark conversations.

For anyone who loves watches as much for their artistry as their utility, Ultimate Collector Watches is a must-have. It’s a reminder that wristwatches are about more than telling time: they’re about heritage, design, innovation, and a little magic on your wrist.

At nearly a thousand pages of sheer horological awe, it’s the kind of book that rewards slow, appreciative browsing, or hours of getting lost in the mechanics, history, and elegance of a perfectly designed watch. It will no doubt look cracking on the coffee table, too.

• Uniqlo x JW Anderson is back with a brighter, breezier take on British prep style this SS26

There’s something reassuring about a Uniqlo x JW Anderson drop. No gimmicks, no logo-mania arms race. Just sharp, considered wardrobe staples with a bit of British personality running through them. For Spring/Summer 2026, the long-running collaboration shifts into lighter territory, offering up a playful take on classic college prep with water-sport practicality and proper everyday function baked in.

Out now, the new collection reworks traditional British preppy codes with a breezier silhouette and a hit of seasonal colour. Jonathan Anderson describes it as a new interpretation of British prep, one that retains the classics while softening them with spring energy and versatility.

The result is a capsule that feels easy to wear now, and even easier to layer when the weather inevitably can’t make up its mind. But the best thing is, it won’t break the bank. Here are our favourites:

As ever, the strength of Uniqlo x JW Anderson is in the balance: classic silhouettes, modern tweaks, and just enough personality to stop things feeling safe. SS26 looks set to continue that run, lighter, brighter and built for actual wardrobes rather than runway moments.

• Flower Mountain SS26 collection lands: Our favourite trainers from Yamano to Yamabushi

The 2026 Formula 1 season starts on the 6th of March, which means two things: your Sundays are gone, and your group chat is about to get loud again. Right on cue, TAG Heuer has unveiled a new motorsport-flavoured edition of its Connected Calibre E5, and this one goes all in on F1.

As Official Timekeeper of Formula 1, TAG’s racing heritage isn’t subtle. But rather than reheat an old chronograph and call it a day, the brand has built a 45mm black DLC-coated titanium smartwatch that actually evolves with the season.

The headline feature is the “Race Track” watch face. At the centre of the dial sits the outline of the current Grand Prix circuit, complete with race name and national flag. Across the 2026 calendar, it will automatically update 24 times, one for each race weekend. A small dot zips around the circuit to mark the passing seconds, which is a properly nerdy flex.

The touchscreen bezel mirrors the rhythm of a race weekend, highlighting practice sessions, qualifying and the Grand Prix itself. It’s subtle enough not to look like merch, but detailed enough that anyone who knows, knows.

There’s also deep integration with the official F1 app, meaning you can check schedules, results, driver and team standings straight from your wrist. Smart widgets push updates without you needing to dig around mid-pint. It even throws in custom sounds and notifications inspired by pit-wall radio comms, so your watch buzzes and makes you feel like you're near the track.

Underneath the racing theatrics, it’s still a full-fat Connected Calibre E5. That means activity tracking, sleep monitoring, heart rate data, dual-band GPS and TAG Heuer OS keeping everything smooth. You can opt for a black leather and rubber strap with red stitching for full paddock energy, or a textile strap if you’re actually planning to sweat in it.

It lands in early March, with 48-hour early access kicking off on the 3rd of March via TAG’s website.

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There’s a very specific type of footwear sweet spot right now: technical enough to look like you could scale a hillside, refined enough to wear straight into a decent bar without getting side-eyed. Flower Mountain has quietly been operating in that lane for a decade, and with its spring/summer 2026 collection, it feels like the brand has fully locked in what it does best.

Founded in 2015 by Keisuke Ota and Yang Chao, Flower Mountain was built on a shared love of hiking, camping and the sort of outdoor exploration that doesn’t require a GoPro strapped to your forehead. That ethos still runs through everything it makes, but over the years, the rough edges have been sharpened. Japanese colour sensibility, geometric detailing and fabric experimentation now sit comfortably alongside Italian technical construction and performance-focused soles.

SS26 feels like a grown-up expression of that formula. The shapes are confident, the materials more considered, and the overall mood less “look at this cool hiking trainer” and more “this just happens to be waterproof”. It also arrives alongside a 10th anniversary capsule, revisiting some of the brand’s most recognisable styles with updated finishes and earthy, outdoor-inspired palettes.

While we wait for that anniversary release, here's our pick of the best from the SS26 range:

We’re especially excited about Flower Mountain’s 10th anniversary capsule, which will revisit some of the brand’s most iconic silhouettes, including Yamano, Iwano and Yamabushi, with updated materials, colourways, and finishes.

While details are still under wraps, the promise of natural, outdoor-inspired tones and subtle design twists has us genuinely intrigued. If the SS26 collection is anything to go by, this anniversary drop is likely to balance the brand’s signature Japanese sensibility with the technical craftsmanship that has defined Flower Mountain over the past decade.

• Check out the 7 London John Lewis stores with a Topshop (and the one with Topman)

London Fashion Week has taken over the capital — and backstage, the future of your wardrobe is already being decided.

Naturally, Shortlist was front row at the shows, getting all the insider details from the designers shaping what we’ll all be wearing come AW26.

If there’s one fashion capital that refuses to play it safe, it’s London, achingly cool Taiwanese designer INFDark tells us backstage at his show: “London Fashion Week has this energy and vibe that is constantly testing the boundaries, the experimental style, avant garde style.”

“As a fashion designer you should always be rebelling and always creating new stuff. What’s going to inspire the next generations?”

London Fashion Week is the place to find it, he shares with us: “I feel at home here.”

That next-gen energy ran through every show we ducked into. From statement shoes and architectural layering to teal suede, low-rise flares and Myspace millennial optimism (yes, really), these are the designers setting the agenda for AW26 - and the trends you’ll want to get ahead of now.

TREND #1: STATEMENT SHOES

AS SELECTED BY: INFDARK

Described as a brand for “the rebels, the sociopaths, and the kinkies,” the Taiwenese designer rocked London Fashion Week with achingly cool flowing yet structured silhouettes. Though the effect is high fashion, thankfully, he’s got a ridiculously simple trick to step up your fashion game, he tells us backstage after the show.

“Great shoes are how you stay lazy and fashionable — have one strong hero product like that, and you can keep the rest simple. From my AW26 collection, I’m definitely most proud of the shoes. There are Asian, Japanese, like grass shoe vibes there, but with a twist and modern tastes, in the geometric designs and the different materials.

“You should always have a nice blazer, at least. If you wear that on top of everything, it solves most issues!”

TREND #2: BIG SLEEVES AND STRUCTURED LEATHER

AS SELECTED BY: PSY LAU

2026 will see us go big or go home, says monochromatic Berlin-based streetwear designer Psy Lau, at the Flair Fashion Collective show at LFW.

“A big trend I’m seeing for AW26 is the structured leather and big sleeves — especially from luxury brands. From my AW26 collection, I see people wearing the fur jackets, and the trousers with painted three-dimensional materials and a luminous function — they’re made with special materials, and the fur is trendy.”

TREND #3: TEAL SUEDE JACKETS AND NEW HARDWARE DETAILS

AS SELECTED BY: BARNEY’S ORIGINALS

Quality leather staples never go out of fashion — and no one knows that better than the designers at Barney’s Originals. For AW26, it’s all in the details, and for an extra twist, look for elegant green shades, the label’s Shaj Rahman tells us:

“We’re seeing interesting hardware shifts in outerwear. We’re all still hunting for timeless styles, but the finer details are what make the difference. We’re picking up on a lot of hidden buckle details, toggle style buttons and fireman clasps. Small hints of ‘new’ hidden in those old-guard staples.

"There’s lots of talk about ‘Transformative Teal’ at the moment, too. People are becoming more comfortable with green shades and it’s bleeding into fashion beautifully. This colour on suede is a match made in heaven.”

TREND #4: MILENNIAL OPTIMISM

AS SELECTED BY: JIMMY PAUL

Who doesn’t want to see a giant fluffy Togepi coat shimmying down the runway? Jimmy Paul’s official Pokemon collaboration made for the most fun moment of all London Fashion Week — which saw looks inspired by a host of our fave Pokemon from Charizard to Mr Mime, and even saw Pikachu himself dance down the catwalk. It’s good news for Millennials, Jimmy tells us backstage:

“I love the return of Millennial Optimism, but in a very dramatic way. The biggest real-life takeaway from AW26 is the spirit of handcraft and DIY culture, paired with our bold approach to colourblocking.Think MySpace Scene Queens meeting Millennial Optimism with a touch of Indiesleaze. It’s expressive, personal, and unapologetically joyful.

“In AW26, style is all about fearless optimism. Honestly, it’s about deciding for yourself. As long as it radiates positivity and joy, you’re doing it right!”

TREND #5: COMFORT AS LUXURY

AS SELECTED BY: CLAUDIA WANG

Claudia Wang’s AW26 collection — a dreamy fairytale of silks and pastels — was so relaxed it saw the models carrying pillows on the catwalk. Fittingly then, the designer sees comfiness taking over our looks. Best fashion news we’ve heard all year:

“I’m seeing a strong movement toward comfort. There’s this interesting contradiction happening — people are embracing softness, healing, and intimacy, yet pairing it with refined, old-money silhouettes. It’s elegant but relaxed, luxurious but slightly undone. I find that tension very beautiful.

“From our collection, it’s the dialogue between sleepwear and tailoring. For example, ornate prints placed on pyjama-style shirts, or soft, almost bedroom-like textiles cut into high-waisted tailored trousers.”

TREND #6: ARCHITECTURAL LAYERING

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Say goodbye to understated luxe and prepare to go OTT. The hip hop influenced, high fashion streetwear label’s LFW collection plays with proportion — with super long coats, and even pockets that are too low to use - but that’s the point, designer Adam Raillard tells Shortlist:

“I love that menswear is becoming expressive again. I’m seeing a return to emotional layering, garments that feel protective, almost architectural. There’s a shift away from hyper minimal basics and towards pieces that create silhouette and presence. AW26 feels less about “quiet luxury” and more about power, strong shoulders, elongated proportions, and garments that move like sculpture.

“In my ‘Minus One’ collection, I’m pushing exaggeration through proportion, especially with displaced, ultra-low pockets and elongated outer layers. They’re intentionally impractical. But that’s the point. Fashion is becoming more visual than functional. Men are dressing for identity and image, not just utility. You’ll start seeing more warped proportions, lower placements, longer hems, oversized drapes, subtly filtering into everyday wardrobes.”

TREND #7: DRESSING WITH PERSONALITY

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Knitwear specialist Min-ji Kim took to the Fashion Scout Ones to Watch catwalk with a bold line of big structural shapes and bright colours — and tells us we can expect even more to come:

“If there is a ‘trend’ I love for AW26, it's individuality; people dressing with personality rather than following a formula.

“I want people to venture into colour in everyday life, and to explore it through different silhouettes rather than looking like everyone else.”

TREND #8: Y2K NOSTALGIA

AS SELECTED BY: DANIEL FOOTWEAR

Designer shoe go-to Daniel Footwear is seeing the fashion-forward set return to throwback styles full of personality for 2026. Designer Laura Widdows experts tell us:

“Nostalgia! AW26 feels like fashion is in a reflective mood. We’re seeing Y2K resurface in a more refined way, high-vamp shapes and glossy finishes bringing back the early 2000s. After seasons of minimalism, this return to personality feels refreshing, dressing with more emotion and individuality — and I love that!

“Expect to be wearing rich chocolate hues. What started as a seasonal accent grew in AW25 and has now become a wardrobe foundation.”

TREND #9: MAXIMALISM AND CIRCULAR FASHION

AS SELECTED BY: ESSIEN

ESSIEN's Fashion Scout Ones to Watch show was all about African inspired details with luxury silhouettes. That cultural authenticity is something we can expect more of, the Nigerian designer tells us:

“Maximalism is surging with personality-driven layering and bold details, sustainability is evolving into strategic, transparent practices with natural materials and circular models, and value purchases plus resale are booming — shoppers are investing in high-quality, timeless pieces, new or secondhand, that offer longevity, provenance, and future worth rather than chasing fast trends.

“A standout trend from our ESSIEN collection that people will love is culturally infused luxury, where sophistication blends seamlessly with authentic African cultural roots. In 2026, shoppers want pieces with genuine heritage and identity.”

TREND #10: LOW RISE, FLARED TROUSERS

AS SELECTED BY: ADOLF MALDONADO

Avert thy eyes, Madness fans. Forget baggy trousers — it’s all about low rise flares now, Spanish designer Adolf Maldonando shares with us at his Fashion Scout Ones to Watch show:

“I love seeing the shift from oversize to low rise and flared trousers, and also cleaner lines and more considered silhouettes. From my collection, people will be wearing massive bags and small shoes.

“Know your proportions, and have singularity with clothes. What you wear is your DNA. Explore lots and find your unique essence."

TREND #11: OVERSIZED SHAPES

AS SELECTED BY: ÆMONA

The future of fashion is big — and the future of fashion is cosy, thanks to ÆMONA's oversized scarf coat. Statement pieces like this are the way forward, the designer tells us:

“I’m loving structured, oversized silhouettes — like the scarf coat in my AW26 collection. The voluminous scarf draped over an oversized coat makes everyday outerwear into a statement look.

“Try expressing yourself through sculptural silhouettes — add a few statement pieces to your existing wardrobe to instantly refresh your look.”

TREND #12: DRAMATIC LAYERING

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There are layers to fashion — literally — Jermaine Bleu, showing with UDGN Studios, tells Shortlist:

“AW26 for us is a quiet drama! Long lines, bold autumn colours, clean basics, structured kente shapes, layered volumes of clothes that move like they mean something. It’s not about being loud, it’s about being felt.

“Layer with intention. Think soft tailoring, scarves, and outerwear that frames the body.”

• Why one Savile Row tailor is offering men free style sessions

Miss Topshop and Topman? They're back, although this is absolutely not the sign you should start wearing skinny jeans again.

Topshop has returned as a concession in John Lewis stores, 32 of them. And seven of them are in London.

Here’s the full list of London John Lewis locations now home to Topshop:

• Brent Cross
• Canary Wharf
• Kingston
• Oxford Street
• Sloane Square (Peter Jones)
• Stratford
• White City

The once-iconic high street clothing brand returns with a collection of its most popular items — including a bunch of denim pieces.

And those “most popular” picks exist because Topshop has still continued to exist since its stores closed a few years ago, just as an online-only presence.

“Today is about making it easier for customers to access the Topshop and Topman pieces they love. From our cult denim to new-season footwear, you can see it, feel it, and take it home the same day,” says Michelle Wilson, Topshop managing director.

Digging a little deeper, this move sees Topshop return to every John Lewis site. But Topman garb will only feature in seven of the stores.

Among the London lot, it’s only Oxford Street that gets Topman. That’s apt enough, given what a presence Topshop used to have on the popular shopping street — the old Topshop space now inhabited by IKEA.

So, what happened to Topshop? After years of decline, covid lockdowns ended up being the last uppercut for the brand, which closed all its stores in 2021. Topshop was then acquired by ASOS in that year.

ASOS does not own John Lewis, but the two retail powerhouses have teamed-up in an attempt to appeal to a younger Gen Z audience.

Does Gen Z even know what Topshop is? We’ll have to see how this one pans out.

You can browse the Topshop and Topman collections over at the John Lewis website. And, unsurprisingly, the women’s collection is a whole lot more expansive than the men’s one.

• Why one Savile Row tailor is offering men free style sessions

Synonymous with power and polish, Savile Row can make a man feel deeply uneasy. Not because of the money — many hesitating to step into a tailoring house are comfortable dropping a few G’s — but because they don’t know what suits them.

Guys tend to freeze when judged on their clothes. It's unfamiliar territory, and perhaps lands harder because of it. Alexandra Wood, the famous London street’s first female tailor to only dress men, sees that hesitation every day.

“I’ve got clients you would think wouldn’t flinch at the idea. They’ve probably been in scarier boardroom meetings than walking down Savile Row,” she tells me.

“But they find the idea of having no idea of what they want absolutely terrifying.”

That fear is why Wood is offering complimentary one-to-one style sessions, complete with inhibition-lowering cocktails at her new Savile Row penthouse suite, to take the edge off the process. The space is deliberately homely: somewhere you could actually relax, just with Holland & Sherry tweed, soft Italian fabrics from the likes of Loro Piana, a rather handsome Alcantara bomber jacket, and a go-anywhere raincoat made from Ventile, the same high-tech fabric worn by Spitfire pilots in the Second World War.

Suits you, sir

Savile Row will always be associated with suits, but unless you’re attending the Grammys, the rules are clear — colours are limited, and decisions are relatively contained. It’s the rest of the wardrobe where men tend to lose confidence. Once they move into smart casual, the certainty evaporates. Jackets, knitwear, jeans and t-shirts are meant to feel relaxed, but come with more choice and fewer rules… and that creates panic.

“They say, ‘I don’t know what suits me.’ ‘I never knew colours were a thing — I just wore blue and grey.’ Or, ‘I don’t want to be so boring anymore,’ and ‘I don’t want to stuff it up,'” explains Wood.

“Experimenting with colour — they’re quite nervous of that. Most are open to it, it’s interesting, it’s different, but they’re confused about what goes together. So I’ve created pairing notes, so they know the formulas they can use.”

Wood compares how men shop to buying toothpaste: rushed, reactive, and based on what’s in front of them.

“It tends to be a last-ditch attempt, which doesn’t fit, and ends up being a waste,” she says, citing around 30 per cent of the average wardrobe won’t be worn in a year.

“Planning is key, otherwise it’s mad moments of needing stuff, or being drawn to crazy choices you’ll never wear.”

Her solution is to apply Savile Row rules on fit, proportion, and grouping to your entire wardrobe.

“In a world where everything is so fast and technical, nothing beats feeling the fabric or talking to someone,” adds Wood.

“Plus, buying clothes online always tends to go badly, and men are worse than women at returning items.”

The Style Council

Wood says the style sessions are worth £650 and deliberately low-pressure. There’s no expectation to arrive knowing what you want, and no requirement to buy on the day, though most choose to, with capsule collections containing six to eight pieces from four figures and rising. It starts with how a man actually lives, rather than what he thinks he should be wearing. Work, weekends, Wetherspoons (kidding, not kidding), all of it informs the suggestions that follow.

Some arrive with an aspirational reference point, and Chris Hemsworth comes up a lot. Wood’s response is to strip the fantasy back to something workable.

“Most are modest enough to admit they couldn’t look like him in a million years, but want to give it a shot,” she says.

“I don’t particularly consider Chris Hemsworth a style icon, plus it’s more to do with the clothes you put people in.”

A bit like Pinterest and colour wheels used by interior designers, Wood identifies the palette that works with their skin, hair, eyes and personality. Then, instead of working with wildly different seasonal shades (or accidentally discussing maximalist living rooms), prepares a moodboard showcasing a subtle twist on similar tones and suitable styles.

For most people, working with three or four colours is enough before moving on to fittings and fabrics if ordering there and then. Otherwise, a personalised style report is sent over via email afterwards. What surprises first-timers most is how straightforward the process feels.

“Savile Row can be seen as intimidating, so it’s about making it fun and relaxed,” says Wood.

“We do bear hugs and cocktails here.”

Absolute limbs

If the thought of a female Savile Row tailor sizing you up still makes you anxious, Wood has experimented with AI and removing the human element, but quickly found its limits, stressing an algorithm asking for a body shape doesn’t really know you, or instinctively understand whether something is going to look good.

“Limbs were not where they were meant to be,” she says. “Clients were too chiselled.”

Instead, she’s written her thinking down. The Simple Guide to Looking Hot is the logic behind her process. A way of understanding why some clothes get worn constantly, others don’t, and how to stop wasting money on the latter.

“It’s been in the making for five years,” says Wood.

“It was initially going to be a guide to every colour and every skin tone. But in the end, I opted for the simple system I use and how I think about every client’s wardrobe — so you end up with a good understanding of who you are and how to dress.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t need a suit,” adds Wood.

“Tailoring is flattering. It’s a superpower because it can hide things, it can manipulate shapes, and transform bodies. People say to me, ‘Can you make me look taller or slimmer?’, and yes, I can. I’m not joking. If you use clean lines and get the quality right, it does wonders.”

• From remote worker to 'roadman': the rise, fall and reluctant defence of sweatpants

Praise the daffodils, winter is nearly behind us! John Lewis has been showing off its Spring/Summer collection for 2026 and — fear not, you fashion phobic folk — it’s relaxed fits and casual tailoring all the way for those looking for a trendy, seasonal wardrobe refresh.

Across the range — heavily featuring John Lewis’s own-brand staples along with complementary brands stocked by the department store — there’s strong-shouldered suiting with softening textures, colourful accent accessorising, and ol’ faithful shackets and technical pullovers. There’s a touch of preppiness as blazers and boatshoes sit alongside caps and loose-fit jeans. And consider this your official memo that denim is back with a vengeance.

Looking for some inspiration? Here’s our five favourite fits from the John Lewis Spring / Summer 2026 reveal.

1.

Nothing says “DIE WINTER MONTHS, DIE!” than a primary coloured short jacket. Layering up with the red denim with a cornflour blue stipe shirt and cream jeans, it’s light enough in shade to match the blooming season, but with enough weight if a chill kicks in. It’s a full suite of John Lewis own-brand picks here too — the Red Denim Jacket will set you back £69, the Blue Stripe Shirt £49, the Cream Jeans £59, and the John Lewis Boat Shoes £99.

2.

The neckerchief here might be giving “Kneecap goes for a job interview”, but the light texturing to the double breasted Gant Seersucker Blazer (£178) and trousers (£112) offset the bolder accessory colour. A simple Foret T-Shirt (£50) keeps things from getting too stuffy, and the rich burgundy to the G. H. BASS Slingback Loafers (£200) give a touch of heritage classiness to the otherwise unfussy fit.

3.

Trend alert: get yourself a neckerchief, as they were all over the John Lewis SS26 menswear collection. If you’re looking to build a wardrobe from this collection, pairing this one up with the first look sees the cream jeans (here from KIN at £59) shared across the fits. Likewise, that textured finish to the coat (Percival Green Textured Shacket - £179) is a throughline from that GANT blazer, and the Rodd & Gunn White Shirt (£99) could easily go with that first look too. The Dr. Martens shoes (£140) are a wardrobe staple that’ll see you through all year round — though we’re less keen on the studded messenger bag. Relaxed and cosy this one, without looking thrown together.

4.

Got an audition for the next Wes Anderson film? Put Jason Schwartzman to shame with this outfit. It’s a bit more on the spenny side, with the John Lewis Brown Blazer (£349), Stripe Shirt (£69), Tie (£25) and Dark Blue Jeans (£99) alone setting you back a combined £542, alongside the £195 G. H. BASS Loafers. But the preppy look will take you from Greenwich Park to Greenwich Village with the knot of the tie.

5.

A “Dad or Lad” look in the best possible way, the combo of a John Lewis Green Technical Jacket (£99) and Clarks Suede Moccasions (£100) will keep them guessing. Sensible seasonal hooded layering, ready for April showers, in a rejuvenating forest green, elevated by a fancy Louis Vuitton Holdall — £800 pre-owned, yikes — showing a little vintage designer can go a long way.

• From remote worker to 'roadman': the rise, fall and reluctant defence of sweatpants

London’s Fashion and Textile Museum is hosting a deep dive into the dramatic style shifts that helped shape modern menswear, led by Cosprop costumier Amy Eloise Trend.

Taking place on 12 February 2026 from 18:00 to 19:00, the talk will guide audiences through fifty transformative years of fashion, charting the evolution of men’s clothing from the extravagantly decorated looks of the 1780s through to the cleaner, refined tailoring of the Regency era and the romantic, silhouette-driven styles of the 1830s.

Trend will explore how garments, including coats, waistcoats, breeches, trousers, neckwear, hats and footwear developed during this period, while unpacking the cultural influences driving these changes.

The talk examines how figures like the flamboyant fop eventually gave way to the more restrained and influential dandy, helping lay the foundations for contemporary menswear as we know it today.

The event also connects historical fashion with its modern-day recreation, complementing the museum’s exhibition Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop. Visitors will be able to trace links between real historical garments and costumes created for productions including Jefferson in Paris, Onegin and various Jane Austen adaptations.

Trend brings more than two decades of industry experience across theatre and film. Originally trained as a theatre designer, she moved into costume design and has worked with major clients including the BBC and Damien Hirst. Among her career highlights is a personal project exploring the suffragette movement and the history of women’s rights, which was featured in Vogue. Over the past ten years, she has specialised in historical menswear as a costumier at Cosprop, contributing to a range of high-profile productions.

Tickets cost £17.50 and include exhibition entry alongside a complimentary drink. The talk takes place at the Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3XF.

• London gets a sweeping new exhibition on the real history of the samurai

For Spring/Summer 2026, Weekend Offender is leaning fully into the mindset of what made the brand popular, built on terrace culture, football heritage and clothes that are designed to be worn properly, delivering a collection that feels lighter, easier and more adaptable without losing any of its identity.

This season is all about wearability. New silhouettes loosen things up slightly, with fits that feel relaxed but still sharp enough to carry that unmistakable Weekend Offender attitude. Fabrics have been carefully chosen for how they perform in real life.

The colour palette shifts with the season too, trading heavier winter tones for softer, more natural shades. Stone hues, muted greens and washed earth tones dominate, giving pieces that lived-in feel straight off the hanger. It’s understated but considered, allowing the brand’s detailing and construction to do most of the talking.

Layering sits at the heart of the collection, with lightweight jackets, overshirts and over-tops forming the backbone of the range, something we can get on board with. Keep reading from some of the standouts on offer.

• London Design Museum to host A Bathing Ape's NIGO retrospective

Aston Martin has teamed up with Swiss watch heavyweight Breitling in a new multi-year partnership that feels less like a brand tie-in and more like two luxury speed obsessives finally admitting they’ve got loads in common.

The deal names Breitling as the Official Watch Partner of Aston Martin and the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team, eventually delivering a run of exclusive watches inspired by the British car maker’s high-performance machines. The first timepiece from the collaboration is expected to arrive in the second half of 2026.

If the pairing feels oddly inevitable, that’s because the two brands have been circling each other culturally for more than a century. Both built reputations on engineering precision and high-end design, both are deeply tied to motorsport, and both have long leaned into the idea that performance can still look outrageously stylish.

Breitling’s speed credentials stretch back to 1907, when founder Léon Breitling launched the Vitesse chronograph, capable of measuring speeds up to 250mph, wildly ahead of its time and accurate enough to be adopted by Swiss police issuing early speeding fines. Meanwhile, in England, Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford were busy building sports cars designed for hill climbs, eventually landing on the Aston Martin name after a successful run at Aston Hill.

By the 1960s, both brands had cemented themselves as cultural shorthand for sleek engineering and modern luxury. Breitling’s Top Time chronograph famously appeared on Sean Connery’s wrist in Thunderball, becoming the first gadget watch in the James Bond franchise. Around the same time, Aston Martin’s DB5 was carving out its own cinematic legacy in Goldfinger and later Thunderball, creating one of the most iconic luxury pairings in film history without even meaning to.

That shared heritage is something both companies are clearly leaning into with the new collaboration, which will span design, engineering and motorsport involvement. Aston Martin CEO Adrian Hallmark described the partnership as a “showcase of excellence, design mastery and performance”, while Breitling boss Georges Kern emphasised the brands’ shared obsession with proportion, detail and purposeful design.

The partnership officially launches with the Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 Aston Martin Formula One Team edition, marking Breitling’s renewed push into racing partnerships. Expect future limited-run watches tied to Aston Martin road cars and motorsport programmes as the collaboration evolves.

The move also reinforces Aston Martin’s continued expansion beyond cars alone, with the brand increasingly positioning itself as a broader luxury lifestyle name. Alongside building high-performance icons like the Vantage, DB12, and DBX SUV, the company is pushing further into electrified sports cars, including the upcoming mid-engined hybrid, the Valhalla.

For Breitling, the deal strengthens its long-standing links to aviation, motorsport and exploration culture, areas that have defined the Swiss company since its founding in 1884.

Whether the upcoming Aston Martin watch ends up as a motorsport tool piece, a Bond-inspired statement or something that simply looks outrageously good strapped to a wrist remains to be seen. But for many, even seeing these two names together is reason enough to get excited, now we just need to find out who will play Bond.

• London gets a sweeping new exhibition on the real history of the samurai

Streetwear royalty is getting the museum treatment. From the 1st of May 2026, London’s Design Museum will host the first-ever retrospective dedicated to NIGO, the designer widely credited with dragging streetwear out of Harajuku side streets and into the global luxury spotlight.

If you’ve ever clocked BAPE camo, Billionaire Boys Club graphics or the quietly obsessive detailing behind HUMAN MADE, you’ve seen NIGO’s fingerprints. Across a 30-year career, he’s become one of the architects of modern hype culture, blending vintage Americana, hip-hop, Japanese craft and fashion history into a blueprint brands still nick from today.

The exhibition is a proper deep dive, too. More than 700 objects will be on display, including 600 items pulled directly from NIGO’s personal archive, many of which have never been publicly shown before. It tracks his rise from Tokyo’s Ura-Harajuku scene in the early ’90s to his current role as Artistic Director at KENZO, the first Japanese designer to hold the post since founder Kenzo Takada.

Visitors will move through four themed sections, starting with a recreation of NIGO’s teenage bedroom. It sounds niche, but it’s actually key to understanding his entire design language. Expect shelves packed with vintage Levi’s, baseball caps, American pop culture memorabilia, Japanese toys, magazines and music, all the cross-cultural references that shaped the streetwear playbook before it was even a thing.

From there, the show moves into the birth of A Bathing Ape, featuring early BAPE grails, original sketches and the marketing tricks that helped define modern drop culture. Spray-can T-shirt packaging, membership cards styled like credit cards, and early collaborations with names like KAWS, Disney and Nintendo have all been teased.

Later sections explore his wider cultural influence, including work with Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton and Nike, alongside pieces from his KENZO tenure and outfits like Kid Cudi’s Met Gala look. The final chapter focuses on NIGO’s growing interest in traditional Japanese craft, including ceramics he’s hand-thrown himself and a life-size glass tea house built specifically for the exhibition.

It’s shaping up to be less of a fashion exhibition and more of a cultural timeline, charting how streetwear went from underground obsession to global industry, with NIGO sat right at the centre of it.

The NIGO retrospective opens at the Design Museum on 1 May 2026. Tickets are on sale now from £16, whilst members go free.

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Every four years, the Winter Olympics deliver two certainties: gravity-defying athletic feats and national team kits that range from quietly excellent to brave. Team GB usually lands closer to the former than the latter, but even then, not everything designed for elite sport is built for everyday life.

That said, buried among the technical fabrics, performance fits and podium-only layers are a handful of genuinely wearable pieces. The sort of kit that works just as well on a cold commute, a winter walk or a weekend coffee run as it does watching alpine skiing at 7am.

We’ve picked out the Team GB Winter Olympic items that translate best from competition to civilian life, the pieces you could wear tomorrow, no Olympic qualification required.

5. Team GB xploric crew neck sweatshirt

A perfect example of Olympic kit that works off the slopes. This crew neck sweatshirt has just enough Team GB branding to feel part of the Winter Games without screaming “uniform,” and the relaxed fit and soft loopback cotton make it ideal for everyday layering. Whether you’re heading to a coffee, wrapping up after a chilly walk, or just working from home with a bit of national pride, it’s the kind of staple you’ll wear long after the medals are packed away.

4. ParalympicsGB beanie

Cold weather calls for sensible headwear, but that doesn’t mean you have to compromise on style. This knitted Team GB beanie keeps ears warm with a soft, cosy build while nodding subtly to national pride through its pared-back branding. It’s the sort of winter essential you’ll reach for on dog walks, market runs or evenings out when the temperature drops, functional, unfussy and easy to wear with practically everything in your wardrobe.

3. Team GB stacked large lion hoodie (grey)

This is where Olympic fandom meets everyday comfort. The oversized lion graphic gives this hoodie real presence without veering into costume territory, while the cosy fleece fabric means it’s as snug for weekend lounging as it is for brisk winter walks. Team GB fans will appreciate the bold nod to national spirit, but its classic cut and neutral grey make it a heavyweight addition to any casual wardrobe, wear it with jeans, joggers, or basically anything you’re wearing when it’s too cold to care.

2. Adidas Milan 2026 Team GB GFX T-shirt (pink)

Not every piece of Olympic kit needs to be a thermal jacket. This pink graphic tee proves that Team GB gear can be wearable in warmer months too, or layered under a jumper when it’s not. The bold colour and simple graphic mark it out as something fun rather than serious-sportswear-only, and the classic tee shape means it slots straight into any weekend rotation. Perfect with jeans, shorts or tucked into a skirt, it’s a subtle way to show your stripes without ever needing to say a word.

1. Adidas Milan 2026 Team GB pile fleece pullover

If warmth is your priority but you still want something that looks good off duty, this pile fleece pullover is a winner. It’s plush, cosy and built for cold days when even a hoodie feels insufficient, yet its relaxed silhouette and subtle Team GB branding mean it still fits seamlessly into real-world wardrobes. Throw it on with jeans for a weekend walk, or layer it under a coat for oversized-coat weather. This is the kind of piece that makes winter feel a bit more bearable.

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As the countdown to FIFA World Cup 2026 gathers pace, Adidas Originals and BAPE are back together, unveiling a football-focused capsule that blends terrace nostalgia with the Japanese brand’s unmistakable streetwear edge.

The new Originals x BAPE Football Collective pulls heavily from 1990s football culture, specifically the era-defining aesthetics of Japan’s national team, while layering in BAPE’s bold graphics, camo treatments and shark motifs.

It follows the pair’s first football-led collaboration from Fall/Winter 2025, which marked BAPE’s return to the beautiful game.

At the heart of the collection are two standout fan shirts. The first is a long-sleeve, collared top finished in a denim-print fabric, complete with co-branded detailing and a BAPE STA graphic. The second reworks a classic 90s Japanese national team kit, adding BAPE’s flame graphics to the sleeves and a “BAPE 93” back print, a nod to the brand’s founding year.

Elsewhere, the apparel line-up leans fully into BAPE territory. There's an APE HEAD graphic tee, a Trefoil ABC CAMO Green Shark Hoodie, camo jacquard denim jorts, parachute pants and a run of accessories that includes a football scarf-inspired towel, a Trefoil shoulder bag with BABY MILO key chain, a pink ABC CAMO trucker cap, and co-branded GORE-TEX gloves with BAPE STA grip detailing.

Footwear comes in the form of three familiar Adidas silhouettes, all given the BAPE treatment. The adistar HRMY BAPE leads the pack, finished in ABC CAMO Green with a reflective BAPE STA underlay and shark teeth graphics running along the midsole.

The Samba BAPE returns in a fresh colourway following its debut last year, while the Campus 00’s BAPE lands in a clean black finish, punctuated by white BAPE STA branding and classic Three Stripes detailing.

Designed to sit comfortably between football fandom and streetwear culture, the adidas Originals x BAPE Football Collective launches on the 7th of February, available via CONFIRMED, BAPE.COM and select global retailers.

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Nike is getting in on the last dregs of the turbo-blast of excitement for Stranger Things, following its finale, with a themed version of one of its pairs of basketball shoes.

The Stranger Things x Nike Air Foamposite One give one of Nike’s more unusual-looking and expensive pairs a makeover.

Nike’s Air Foamposite One is a shoe that came out in 1997 as a design for NBA star Penny Hardaway.

This Stranger Things collaboration splashes the Upside Down aesthetic onto the substantial sidewalls of the sneaker, with a design that snakes around the back and across the toe box too.

And despite being thoroughly Stranger Things-daubed, the shoes still feature the Penny Hardaway logo on the collar. But it’s flipped 180 degrees because, well, the Upside Down.

This isn’t even the first time in the last 12 months the Foamposite One has been such a graphic special edition.

In early 2025, Nike resurrected the Foamposite One Galaxy, a pair with a bold purple-blue interstellar graphic, in a design concept we originally saw back in 2012. That original run was so popular that people ended up paying thousands of pounds for a pair.

Will the Stranger Things x Nike Air Foamposite One end up similarly sought-after?

These shoes are out on February 13th, with a US listing price of $250, while typical UK pricing for the series is £210.

This is not the first of Nike’s Stranger Things tie-ins. The brand also produced a version of the LD-1000 trainers, as seen in the final season of the show, in a purple and yellow colour config, and other bits of clothing like a WSQK The Squawk T-shirt.

Stranger Things seasons 4 and 5 take up two of the spots in the most popular English-language Netflix shows of all time, only sitting behind Wednesday season 1 and Adolescence. That chart is based on the viewing stats achieved over the first 91 days on stream, helping to explain why earlier seasons don’t get a look-in.

Netflix had around 93 million subscribers in 2016, compared to 325 million at the end of 2025.

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Kicking off 2026 with a suitably interstellar flex, Gerald Charles has unveiled the Maestro 2.0 Meteorite, a watch that doesn’t just look like it’s been hit by a meteor, but is genuinely made from one.

For the first time in the brand’s history, Gerald Charles has crafted a dial from genuine meteorite, using material sourced from the Muonionalusta meteorite, one of the oldest known on Earth, estimated to be more than 4.5 billion years old. In other words, this thing predates planets, life, and every bad decision you’ve ever made.

Available in two versions, a Darkblast-finished black model and a polished silver edition, the Maestro 2.0 Meteorite also marks another first for the brand: it’s the first Gerald Charles watch to feature a small-seconds display. Naturally, it’s been worked into the design in a way that feels anything but conventional.

Measuring 39mm by 41mm with a slim 9mm profile, the watch sticks closely to the Maestro case proportions originally conceived by Gérald Genta himself. The signature rounded octagonal case, stepped bezel and subtle ‘smile’ cut-out at six o’clock are all present, with water resistance rated to 100 metres.

The real drama, though, is on the dial. Ultra-thin layers of meteorite are cut using electroerosion, a process that allows for extreme precision without oxidising the material, then mounted over a dual-layer aluminium baseplate. On the Darkblast version, that base is red anodised; on the silver model, it’s finished in a soft, rhodium-toned opaline. Both are revealed through a jagged, starburst-shaped aperture that radiates from the centre of the dial, creating the effect of a meteorite impact frozen in time.

Look closer, and that ‘explosion’ doubles as the small-seconds indicator, shaped like a star and positioned at six o’clock. It’s rendered in red and orange on the black model, and gold-toned on the silver, subtle, but quietly brilliant. Roman numerals and baton indices appear slightly warped and displaced, as if knocked out of alignment by the blast, reinforcing the cosmic theme without tipping into novelty.

Powering the watch is the GCA2011 automatic calibre, produced by Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier. At just 3.7mm thick, it beats at 28,800vph and delivers a 50-hour power reserve. Flip the watch over, and you’ll find circular graining, Côtes de Genève, colimaçon finishing and gold engravings, alongside Gerald Charles’ trademark honeycomb rotor motif.

Each version comes with two straps, one rubber, one Velcro, colour-matched to the dial and fitted with quick-release spring bars, secured by a Grade 5 titanium buckle.

Limited to just 100 pieces per version, the Maestro 2.0 Meteorite is priced at around £18,000 for the silver model and £19,000 for the Darkblast edition. Not cheap, obviously, but if you’ve ever wanted a slice of deep space on your wrist, this might be as close as it gets.

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