DUBAI LUXURY WEEKLY EDIT
Eight things we’re into right now — the objects, fashion and finishing touches making everyday life feel considerably more interesting.
This week’s Dubai Luxury Weekly Edit started with a simple idea: the pieces worth noticing are not always the loudest ones. Sometimes it is a Smeg soda maker that makes a kitchen counter suddenly feel considered, a Christofle object you have absolutely no intention of hiding in a cupboard, or a pair of Tom Ford aviators that quietly fixes everything else you are wearing.
Elsewhere, Dries Van Noten is making us reconsider collegiate dressing, Acne Studios is reopening the skinny-jean conversation and Self-Portrait is giving pearls exactly the attitude they have been missing. These are the pieces currently shaping the TBM mood.
The New Home Ritual
The best interiors are rarely built around grand gestures. They are built around the things you touch, use and see every day — preferably things that make even the most ordinary routine feel a little more considered.
Smeg has always understood the strange power of a genuinely beautiful appliance. The soda maker is entirely practical, but the soft colour, polished detailing and sculptural proportions make it something we would happily leave out permanently. That distinction matters: once an object occupies visual space every day, it becomes part of the interior whether you planned it that way or not.
The same thinking runs through Sister’s Aroma and L’Objet. The Hotel Palo Santo candle has the sort of polished, slightly decadent look that instantly gives a room more atmosphere, while L’Objet turns the simple business of storing small things into an excuse for another beautiful object.
For us, this is where luxury at home becomes interesting: not more things, simply better ones.
DISCOVER SMEG AT FARFETCH →
Then there is Christofle. Warm walnut against a pearl-like metal handle feels traditional and slightly unexpected at the same time — exactly the tension that stops a decorative object becoming too formal.
Technically, it is a walnut bowl. We would be perfectly happy leaving it completely empty on a coffee table.
That might be our favourite kind of luxury: something useful that is beautiful enough not to need a purpose.
DISCOVER CHRISTOFLE →The New Uniform
Fashion rarely changes overnight. The interesting part is spotting the moment when familiar pieces suddenly start looking right again.
Dries Makes Prep Interesting Again
The sweater vest has spent enough time in fashion’s rotation to become familiar, but Dries Van Noten has a talent for shifting familiar ideas just far enough. The saturated colour and striped V-neck give this one a collegiate mood without making it feel remotely school-uniform.
We like the tension of wearing it over a very crisp white shirt and letting the rest of the look fall away into wide, relaxed tailoring. It is polished, but not precious.
The pieces we tend to keep longest are often the ones that make things already in the wardrobe feel new again. This does exactly that.
SHOP DRIES VAN NOTEN →And Yes, The Skinny Jean
After years of oversized denim, the return of a much leaner silhouette suddenly feels less shocking than inevitable. Acne Studios’ 2013 skinny jean is exactly the version we want to revisit: dark, narrow and more rock ’n’ roll than polished.
The crucial difference is styling. We are not interested in recreating a 2012 outfit. We want them with an oversized blazer, sharp boot, long coat or an intentionally oversized knit.
Wide-leg denim is not disappearing from our wardrobe. Fashion is simply becoming interesting enough to make room for both again.
SHOP ACNE STUDIOS →
Pearls, Without The Primness
Pearls are back in a very different mood — less inherited jewellery box, more personality piece.
Self-Portrait takes something traditionally delicate and stretches it into an unapologetically decorative earring. That is exactly why it works. The pearls still bring softness, but the scale removes any trace of being overly polite.
These are the earrings for the simplest clothes in your wardrobe: a black dress, white shirt, sharp tailoring or a bare neckline. Hair back, jewellery on, everything else becomes secondary.
We will always choose jewellery that changes the whole look rather than merely completing it.
SHOP SELF-PORTRAIT →The Forever Aviator
Some accessories belong to a trend. Others simply become part of the way you dress.
Tom Ford has made an oversized aviator part of its visual vocabulary for so long that the shape almost feels immune to fashion cycles. The 1211 has the scale we want, tortoiseshell framing and softly tinted lenses that give it enough seventies attitude without turning into costume.
And in Dubai, sunglasses are not really a finishing touch. They are part of the daily uniform. That makes the difference between something fashionable and something you will actually reach for constantly particularly important.
This is the pair we would put on with almost nothing else happening — because sometimes sunglasses should be doing the work.
SHOP TOM FORD EYEWEAR →The Edit At A Glance
Happy shopping — see you next week.
xo
