

Who doesn’t love to let their mind wander, constructing the perfect house, or compiling the ideal three-car garage? Indeed, it’s a task we set a number of eminent individuals when we asked them to build a three-watch wardrobe – men such as Mr Paul Feig, Mr Teo Yang and Mr Kevin Kwan. But as Watches and Wonders 2021 approached, we thought it was time for us to take on a slightly different thought experiment; one that made full use of the horological breadth on offer. Not “what would you choose?” so much as “what kind of life would you lead if you _didn’t_ _have_ _to_ _choose_?”

Who doesn’t love to let their mind wander, constructing the perfect house, or compiling the ideal three-car garage? Indeed, it’s a task we set a number of eminent individuals when we asked them to build a three-watch wardrobe – men such as Mr Paul Feig, Mr Teo Yang and Mr Kevin Kwan. But as Watches and Wonders 2021 approached, we thought it was time for us to take on a slightly different thought experiment; one that made full use of the horological breadth on offer. Not “what would you choose?” so much as “what kind of life would you lead if you didn’t have to choose?”


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What would life be like if you had all of the world’s latest watches at your fingertips? We took it upon ourselves to imagine a week of such horological excess – and rather liked it

Seven Days, Seven Watches: How To Build A Fantasy Collection



When he’s not touring as part of one of the world’s most successful bands, Coldplay bassist Mr Guy Berryman has plenty to keep him busy, be it designing clothing for his newly launched line Applied Art Forms, publishing cult motoring magazine _The Road Rat_ or restoring and rallying classic cars. A passion for design underpins his every project, which dates back to studying mechanical engineering and architecture at university, and extends to a fascination with the history and functionality of watches. “I really gravitate towards watches, which have some kind of heritage and a sense of gravitas,” he says. “I like to put on a watch and think just for a second, ‘OK, I’m a submariner or a spaceman or a pilot.’ It’s that sense of occasion that a certain watch can make you feel.” For Berryman, the exercise of choosing three watches for a fantasy collection proved to be a test of resistance to temptation. “I’ve basically blown all of my income on cars, and with watches I’m very cautious. I’ve got quite a small collection because I know that if I let myself go, I could have a lot,” he admits. “With cars, you’re very limited by space, but with watches you can get an awful lot in a cupboard…”

When he’s not touring as part of one of the world’s most successful bands, Coldplay bassist Mr Guy Berryman has plenty to keep him busy, be it designing clothing for his newly launched line Applied Art Forms, publishing cult motoring magazine The Road Rat or restoring and rallying classic cars. A passion for design underpins his every project, which dates back to studying mechanical engineering and architecture at university, and extends to a fascination with the history and functionality of watches. “I really gravitate towards watches, which have some kind of heritage and a sense of gravitas,” he says. “I like to put on a watch and think just for a second, ‘OK, I’m a submariner or a spaceman or a pilot.’ It’s that sense of occasion that a certain watch can make you feel.” For Berryman, the exercise of choosing three watches for a fantasy collection proved to be a test of resistance to temptation. “I’ve basically blown all of my income on cars, and with watches I’m very cautious. I’ve got quite a small collection because I know that if I let myself go, I could have a lot,” he admits. “With cars, you’re very limited by space, but with watches you can get an awful lot in a cupboard…”


Coldplay bassist Mr Guy Berryman picks out his fantasy three-watch collection, with timepieces from IWC, Panerai and Vacheron Constantin

My Three Watch Wardrobe: Mr Guy Berryman



If the “short-sleeved shirt” was a person, who would it be? For better or worse, individual items of clothing become associated, sometimes inextricably so, with certain subsets of people: corduroy with natty professors; leather jackets with biker types, and so forth. The same is true of short-sleeved shirts, which variously bring to mind tech support, tourists and, less than ideally, your father’s sartorial ineptitude.

The best short-sleeved shirts for men, including camp-collar shirts, grandad collars, linen and more

Every Short-Sleeved Shirt You’ll Need This Glorious Summer



Spring has officially sprung. And, thanks to the lifting of restrictions, frolicking in fields and parks can resume. The problem is the weather might not always be on your side. A coat, however, is too drastic and bulky for this season’s temperamental ways. Sure, it’ll serve you well when the weather takes a turn for the worse, but what do you do with it when the sun peeks out from behind the clouds? Tie it around your waist? There must be a better solution – and there is. Enter the lightweight jacket, fashion’s answer to keeping spring breezes at bay. But where to begin? Here are seven of the best to see you through until summer. 

Spring has officially sprung. And, thanks to the lifting of restrictions, frolicking in fields and parks can resume. The problem is the weather might not always be on your side. A coat, however, is too drastic and bulky for this season’s temperamental ways. Sure, it’ll serve you well when the weather takes a turn for the worse, but what do you do with it when the sun peeks out from behind the clouds? Tie it around your waist? There must be a better solution – and there is. Enter the lightweight jacket, fashion’s answer to keeping spring breezes at bay. But where to begin? Here are seven of the best to see you through until summer. 


The solution to changeable spring weather? A lightweight jacket. Our top picks include chore, blouson, track and denim jackets from Aries, Moncler, Acne Studios and more

Which Spring Jacket Should You Buy?



If you can cast your mind back to the last time you boarded a plane (don’t worry, we can wait), it probably wasn’t all that pleasant. The 0.01 per cent of us who can glide through a private airport to their private jet aside, being packed into a relatively small space that hurtles through the sky at high-speeds is more like a stuffy, smelly endurance test: how long can you keep your cool before you lose it at the small child repeatedly kicking your seat?

An ode to the iconic airport style of Messrs Muhammad Ali, Paul Newman, Mick Jagger and more

 A Tribute To The Golden Age Of Jet-Setting Style 



Ask a certain kind of music critic about the history of Ibiza, and they’ll say it all began in 1987, when a clutch of British DJs including Messrs Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling first shored up. There, their exposure to house music and, let’s not beat around the bush, MDMA changed the course of British popular culture far beyond the 2000 film _Kevin &amp; Perry Go Large_.

Ask a certain kind of music critic about the history of Ibiza, and they’ll say it all began in 1987, when a clutch of British DJs including Messrs Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling first shored up. There, their exposure to house music and, let’s not beat around the bush, MDMA changed the course of British popular culture far beyond the 2000 film Kevin & Perry Go Large.


The luxury powerhouse drops another sartorial banger of a collection, inspired by the legendary Balearic boutique Paula’s Ibiza

What’s New: LOEWE’s Effortless Hoodie With Hippy Pedigree



To paraphrase Mr Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”, we’ve seen the best days of the last year destroyed by a lack of stylish options. OK, that probably doesn’t accurately reflect the sentiment of the poet’s magnum opus, but our point remains: not being able to dress up (and having nowhere to go) has taken its toll on our wardrobes lately.

Inspired by the style, spirit and adventures of the Beat Generation, Mr P.’s latest offering brings some poetry to your summer wardrobe

Dreaming Of Paris And Tangier: Mr P.’s New Summer Collection

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“Punctuality was very important in my family,” says Mr Kevin Kwan, author of the _Crazy Rich Asians _series of novels. “I’ve always been instilled with an appreciation for watches. It was part of getting dressed up and going out in public, and I feel naked without a watch.”

As a child of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kwan’s first contact with the watch world coincided with the boom in high-tech digital watches. “In those days, it was really fun to have watches as gadgets,” he says. “My brother is five years older than me and I’d get his hand-me-downs: he had a Citizen watch with a touchscreen that could actually do addition and multiplication on the screen. I thought that was the coolest thing.”

“Punctuality was very important in my family,” says Mr Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians series of novels. “I’ve always been instilled with an appreciation for watches. It was part of getting dressed up and going out in public, and I feel naked without a watch.”
As a child of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kwan’s first contact with the watch world coincided with the boom in high-tech digital watches. “In those days, it was really fun to have watches as gadgets,” he says. “My brother is five years older than me and I’d get his hand-me-downs: he had a Citizen watch with a touchscreen that could actually do addition and multiplication on the screen. I thought that was the coolest thing.”


The author behind the wildly successful Crazy Rich Asians series of novels and movies is also an avid watch collector. He picks out his three favourites from Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Baume & Mercier

My Three Watch Wardrobe: Author Mr Kevin Kwan



It has been, Mr Douglas Stuart is telling me, quite the year. Yes, of course, there was (and still is) You Know What. But if there was one viral _thing_ we could all get behind in 2020, it was the Scotsman’s debut novel. _Shuggie Bain_ was the unheralded debut that roared: a word-of-mouth and critically acclaimed sensation that rippled out from New York, where Stuart has lived for two decades and where the book was first published last February, and then round the world.

It has been, Mr Douglas Stuart is telling me, quite the year. Yes, of course, there was (and still is) You Know What. But if there was one viral thing we could all get behind in 2020, it was the Scotsman’s debut novel. Shuggie Bain was the unheralded debut that roared: a word-of-mouth and critically acclaimed sensation that rippled out from New York, where Stuart has lived for two decades and where the book was first published last February, and then round the world.


Shuggie Bain author Mr Douglas Stuart discusses the profound influence a 1980 series of images of working-class Glasgow had on his Booker Prize-winning debut novel

Shuggie Bain: 10 Images That Inspired A Booker Prize Winner



What do you get when a classic London menswear brand retools its offering? Fresh suits, kaleidoscopic prints and at least one pair of serious sunglasses.

When we talk about Dunhill, it’s often in the same breath as old chestnuts such as “classic menswear” or “old-school English tailoring”. This is a brand, after all, that was founded in the late 1800s and has, since then, specialised in bespoke suits, elegant ready-to-wear and luxurious leather goods. For the most part, it has spent the last 100-plus years finely tuning its output, to great success. But Dunhill has its fun, too, as evidenced in the latest collection for spring/summer 2021.

What do you get when a classic London menswear brand retools its offering? Fresh suits, kaleidoscopic prints and at least one pair of serious sunglasses.
When we talk about Dunhill, it’s often in the same breath as old chestnuts such as “classic menswear” or “old-school English tailoring”. This is a brand, after all, that was founded in the late 1800s and has, since then, specialised in bespoke suits, elegant ready-to-wear and luxurious leather goods. For the most part, it has spent the last 100-plus years finely tuning its output, to great success. But Dunhill has its fun, too, as evidenced in the latest collection for spring/summer 2021.


The British luxury brand with a proud automotive history presents its latest forward-thinking menswear collection

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