Celebrating the completed restoration of the Spanish Steps in Rome, key benefactor for the project, Bulgari, hosted an extravaganza of a performance ahead of the landmark reopening to the public.
Handcraft rules at Milan Fashion Week: Peter Dundas at Roberto Cavalli decorates every surface for a Coachella-meets-Marrakech 1970s extravaganza.
On 10 November for one day only, 40 top chefs from around the world anonymously swap kitchens for the Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle – improvising an 8-course tasting menu in unfamiliar surrounds.
On London's Old Bond Street, jeweller Nirav Modi has debuted its first European flagship boutique – an Atelier Marika Chaumet-designed space teeming with high jewels and signature collections.
In advance of its Abu Dhabi flagship showroom – scheduled for early 2017 – British car marque Aston Martin has opened an immersive brand retail space in the city at the Avenue at Etihad Towers.
Burberry put on more than a show at LFW – its Makers House demonstrating individual crafts from passementerie making to calligraphy, in a specially designed shop setting. Open until 27 September.
See it, buy it at LFW from Aspinal of London in the new immediately available collection made in collaboration with Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery – including this vintage style, two-colour calf or croc snap-bag.
At Bali's hospitality-centric Nusa Dua district, The Mulia, Mulia Resorts & Villas has launched The Unity Garden – a 2,000sq m beachfront venue with endless ocean and Geger Temple views.
Spot the shoe (and bag): Charlotte Olympia celebrates her Brazilian roots at London Fashion Week with a shoe and bag collection in tropical fruit shades, and some rather suggestive 1940s-style dancers.
In the 1960s, an air hostess working for the British Overseas Airways Corporation lined her Globe-Trotter suitcase with glamorous hotel labels – inspiration today for the brand's bags, including this dinky vanity/handbag.
Bespoke Italian tailoring start-up Lanieri has just opened its debut German atelier on Munich's Türkenstrasse – the brand's 7th studio to open since beginning online-only in 2012.
London Fashion Week's small but creative opening day presentations are already setting an agenda: primary colour (Teatum Jones and Three Four), innocent freshness (Steven Tai) and gender-fluid clothes.
