As we have the privilege to celebrate another festive season, why not give your nearest and dearest meaningful gifts that tell a story? This year, we bring you an inspiring and somewhat different gift guide for a chance to meet the makers behind the gifts.
Watches & Jewellery
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s to appreciate every moment of every day. Remember the year’s achievements by celebrating you and yours with a special gift from Boutique Haute Horlogerie at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
Happy Sport was created by a young woman driven by boundless daring and imagination. Introduced by Caroline Scheufele in 1993, the watches bear the stamp of the countless transformations of an era. They embody the free-spirited attitude of contemporary women and of Maison Chopard’s Joie de Vivre principle.
Stellenbosch Visio social editor MIRANDI NEL explores the new Boutique Haute Horlogerie in the Mother City, takes a perfume personality quiz, chats to the folk behind the Karoo Farm Box, finds out more about new transportation service She-Cab, and celebrates Usiko Stellenbosch’s 20th anniversary.
Deep in the desert, a girl danced around a night fire. Taking some glowing embers, she threw them high into the air, where they magically transformed into stars illuminating the pitch-black night, like diamonds in the sky. This ancient folk tale told beside night-time fires under the southern skies gave shape to the new Graff Tribal jewellery collection.
The luxury watch sector continues to drive sales via social media campaigns and virtual interaction as they rely on e-commerce and goodwill to survive the financial constraints of the pandemic. We take a look at these high-end releases. By DEBBIE HATHWAY
Shop handcrafted feel-good items on Luuks!, discover new book Stilspraak: Strijdom van der Merwe en Landkuns, dine at Eendracht’s new eatery and go roller-skating in the Mother City. MIRANDI NEL brings you new stores, new designs and new flavours in and around Stellenbosch.
Over 500 bidders from over 20 countries vied for rare and collectable wines in the opening session of the virtual auction, culminating in a White-Glove sale for Strauss & Co.
Strauss & Co announced details of its much-anticipated autumn sale, due to be held on Sunday 10 and Monday 11 May, including paintings by several important twentieth-century moderns.
Ensuring ethical trade practices is as valid for the manufacture of luxury goods, and especially jewellery, as it is for any other aspect of living