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BusinessToday
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BusinessToday
Craft Meets Creativity in Louis Vuitton's Latest Gem Drop
Louis Vuitton will be unveilling its 2025 high jewellery collection, Virtuosity, this summer. Comprising 110 one-of-a-kind pieces, the collection is structured around 12 distinct themes and presented in two overarching categories: The World of Mastery and The World of Creativity. Together, they explore a transition from precise craftsmanship to imaginative freedom, expressed through the maison's signature design codes. The World of Mastery opens the collection with Savoir, centred around a striking triangle-cut 30.56-carat Australian black opal necklace, complemented by a 28.01-carat emerald drop. This theme includes earrings, a ring, and a bracelet. Following Savoir, themes such as Protection, Keeper, Maestria, Monumental, and Apogée explore ideas of knowledge, guardianship, and expert craftsmanship, showcasing rare gemstones like rubies, sapphires, alexandrite, and a remarkable 30.75-carat Brazilian emerald. A transitional chapter titled Connection shifts the mood from mastery to imagination. Diamond-set rope motifs and luminous pearls bridge the gap between technique and artistic vision. In The World of Creativity, fluid design and expressive form take hold. The Motion series channels movement through wave-like compositions of sapphires and diamonds, including a notable 35.68-carat Sri Lankan sapphire. Florescence introduces modular necklaces adorned with tourmalines and diamonds. Meanwhile, Joy brings together multi-hued sapphires and tourmalines in vibrant yellow gold settings. One of the most playful expressions, Aura, reimagines the LV Monogram flower using pink-toned tourmalines and incorporates pieces such as a convertible necklace, a watch, and even a belt. The collection culminates in Eternal Sun, a remarkable necklace composed of 46.13 carats of yellow diamonds sourced over seven years. Its centrepiece is a 14-carat round yellow diamond, accompanied by a 3.88-carat LV Monogram Star cut diamond, and can be worn six different ways. Throughout Virtuosity, recurring motifs like Damier patterns, chevrons, kite shapes, and the LV Monogram star and flower cuts provide a cohesive thread. The collection tells a story of evolution—from meticulous craftsmanship to liberated artistic expression—reflecting Louis Vuitton's ongoing journey in design and identity. Related
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Good Friday sees debut instalment of new James Herriot walking tour
A new James Herriot walking tour has launched in Thirsk. The tour offers people the chance to explore the hometown of the world-famous veterinary surgeon and author, Alf Wight OBE, better known as James Herriot. The inaugural walk took place on Good Friday at noon. Future tours will take place every Friday, subject to availability, for £5 per person. A combined ticket to visit the museum and take the walking tour will be £10. Beginning at the World of James Herriot, the tour takes participants through key locations in Thirsk that inspired Herriot's beloved All Creatures Great and Small books, films, and television series. A spokesperson added: "From the original veterinary surgery to significant town landmarks, this immersive experience will offer fresh insights into the life and legacy of James Herriot." Thirsk became the fictional Darrowby in All Creatures Great and Small. For more information, please visit
BBC News
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
First known letter by King James VI of Scotland to go on display
The first known letter written by King James VI of Scotland - penned when he was no more than seven years old - is to go on display later this rare document - held by National Records of Scotland (NRS) - joins other items as part of an exhibition to mark 400 years since the his brings together precious documents with artworks, clothing and jewels to create an "immersive experience".The World of King James VI & I opens at National Galleries Scotland: Portrait in Edinburgh on 26 April. The display offers a special look into the life of the king who became the first to unite the crowns of England and on 19 June 1566 in Edinburgh Castle he became King of Scots when he was just 13 months old after his mother - Mary, Queen of Scots - was forced to as a "shrewd ruler" he became King of England in 1603 following the death of Elizabeth I. He was then known as both James VI of Scotland and King James I of England. He died on 27 March 1625 and was succeeded by his second son, documents going on display help tell his story from his early days through to his time ruling the much wider kingdom. Among the papers going on show is a childhood "thank you" it, young James expresses gratitude to his guardian's wife, the Countess of Mar, for sending him Alan Borthwick, head of medieval and early modern records at NRS, said: "These records are rarely seen in public."They help us understand James's remarkable story, from becoming king of Scots as a baby, his mother's exile, his childhood and going on to become the first monarch to rule Scotland, England and Ireland."
