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Holy Horology

Everything began by a mass or service on Tuesday April 10, the day before the opening of BaselWorld. At the end of the day, a small el-egant crowd gathered at the Elizabethan Kirche in Basel, squeezing together on the church benches under the high and colourful stained glass windows.

Design works: Ko Shiou Hee: K2LD Architects, Singapore

Ko Shiou Hee began his career with Morphosis, then moved on to Kohn Pederson & Fox, followed by IM Pei in the US, before returning to Asia. He then spent two years in Tokyo as a design consultant.

A party for Tsumori Chisato, big bling, premium denim and good old gents

Tsumori Chisato's collections, filled with whimsical illustrations, bright colors, ruffles, bows and other little-kid tendencies may look more like the pages of a children's book than high-end fashion. But her clear success and influence among sophisticated grownups is worthy of a gold star. Just before Tsumori's June show to celebrate her brand's 20th anniversary her first Tokyo show in seven ...

Thom Browne steals the thunder at Paris Fashion Week

The designer's Paris debut was a standout in a week of fashion show standouts. Signs point to big things ahead for the decade-old American label. It wasn't easy to steal the thunder from the European menswear designers this season: Raf Simons staged an exquisite 15th anniversary show that touched on themes from the last decade and a half of collections, Italian textile maker and clothing label ...

'Cheapest and best watch of all time'

Nicolas Hayek, who died last week at the age of 82, helped save a Swiss watch industry that was still reeling from the Japanese onslaught. His "10 franc watch" became a worldwide phenomenon.