Vivienne Westwood, Hermès and Elie Saab
In a day of teaming rain, protests marches and traffic, Paris witnessed three shows by designers determined to think out of the box when it came to their brand’s DNA …
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These are the best holiday lights in the Bay Area
Visitors walk through the Deacon Dave light display. Deacon Dave’s display has grown to include nearly 880,000 lights, the most of any home display in the Bay Area. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate.com …
Breitling buys watchmaker Universal Geneve in first major deal
By Bloomberg Published Dec 13, 2023 Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling AG is making its first major acquisition, buying Universal Geneve in an attempt to revive a brand that has faded …
Nicole Kidman, oversize as ever, and an original collaboration with Erewhon
For the first show in its history in Los Angeles, Balenciaga kept the event a secret. On Friday, journalists and guests received a package containing a silver ingot in the …
Audemars Piguet pulls watch from charity auction amid governance questions
By Bloomberg Published Oct 20, 2023 Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet withdrew its donation of a unique timepiece from the upcoming Only Watch auction in Geneva after questions surfaced about the …
The quirky Oakland bar co-owned by Green Day’s former manager
When old-school Rockridge dive bar Ye Olde Hut became the craft cocktail-serving Rockridge Improvement Club in 2016, the neighborhood didn’t take too kindly to the changes at first. People shot the …
His work is all over SF. But this secret society head is now forgotten
Haig Patigian in 1927 with his newly created bust of tennis star Helen Wills Moody. The bust now belongs to de Young Museum. (Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images) Anyone …
Rolex prices drop as cheaper watches outperform: Subdial Index
By Bloomberg Published Oct 3, 2023 Prices for pre-owned Rolex watches kept falling on the secondary market last month while entry-level models and brands like Cartier and Omega fared comparatively …
SF’s millionaire anti-pickleball crusader has her own private court
People play pickleball at a public court in Brooklyn, New York, on Sept. 16, 2022. A woman in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights neighborhood launched a petition last week to shut …