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Style • 10 things we love

STYLE • The designer, who has been a trailblazing force in British fashion for more than half a century, loves Italian sculpture, statement socks and travelling with his wife

ICICLE WORKS • Audemars Piguet transforms its Royal Oak icon into a glittering jewellery collection

Written in the stars

THE CRUISE REPORT

OUTSIDE THE BOX • Solving a problem and feel like you've hit a ceiling? You might want to try asking a question instead – because, as Frances Hedges discovers, curiosity is a workplace superpower

RISING FORCE • How Leslie Jackson Chihuly has channelled creativity and a commitment to community into a thriving art foundation

HOW I GOT HERE • The CEO of the Folio Society on her talent for turnarounds

A TIMELESS LEGACY • The Fifties proved to be a seminal period in the history of design, and the era’s sleek and refined look feels as fresh today as it did 70 years ago

The AMBRÉE Fragrance Family

COLOUR BLOCKS • Ptolemy Mann’s vivid Mexico-inspired woven panels light up PAD London fair

KINDRED SPIRITS • A meeting of creative minds brings fresh feeling to Frieze London

UNSHELVED • Elif Shafak’s new female-centric novel threatens to knock a literary great off his pedestal

Woven Together • As an exhibition celebrating their collaboration opens, Celia Birtwell shares the stand-out looks she co-created with her late husband Ossie Clark

RED-LETTER DAY • For anyone who eagerly awaits the postman’s arrival or would like to put pen to paper more often, Martina Calvi’s new book The Art of Snail Mail (£16.99, Quadrille) will get the stamp of approval. Learn how to make a wax seal and stickers for essential envelope elevation, craft a perfect love letter or simply spruce up a standard postcard.

WELL EXECUTED • See a classical masterpiece in dialogue with its maverick reinterpretation at the National Gallery

INTO THE WOODS • The Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata is celebrated for his large-scale installations that interrogate the push and pull between creation and destruction. Intricate and intriguing, his latest structures will take over the Ruinart Champagne & Art Bar at this year’s Frieze London in an exhibition titled ‘Conversations with Nature’. A celebration of reclaimed wood’s natural beauty, it will feature timber objects and models of miniature tree huts built from planks that resemble popsicle sticks.

FRAME OF MIND • The National Portrait Gallery director Victoria Siddall shares her bigger picture

DEEP ROOTS • For Stephen Mangan, tragedy and comedy are the fruits of the same thespian tree

Pillar of society • The model, actress and enduring style icon Marisa Berenson invites us into her artistically imagined Moroccan home

PICTURE THIS • How to frame your art collection for maximum impact

THE POWER OF THREE • Meet the trio behind Ochre, a Pimlico institution for three decades

SPIN A YARN • Kate Jenkins reimagines the trattoria in woollen form

LET IT BURN • How to choose a fireplace, from patinated antiques to beautiful reproductions

SITTING PRETTY • Bazaar's inaugural interiors venture sees archival fashion inspire new fabrics

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