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This Week in Luxury: Burberry’s winter collection, Breitling celebrates an anniversary, and Bentley now offers sustainable leather

By Hannah Choo 2 September, 2024

In our weekly series, we bring you the latest in luxury news around the world. This week’s highlights: Montblanc continues a legacy, Guerlain brings the spa home, and Dyson’s first hair care formulations

Burberry’s winter 2024 collection is full of craft and technique grounded in functionality. Photo by Burberry

Burberry’s winter 2024 collection

Across portraits inspired by the landscapes and people of the UK and Ireland, Burberry‘s winter 2024 collection is full of craft and technique grounded in functionality. Expect earthy colours and fashion that gets the job done. Think trenches in moleskin, wool and leather; multi-layered field jackets; and the Stomp Boot built with a shower-proof rubber sole.

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The exclusive Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 Singapore Flagship Edition. Photo by Breitling

Breitling celebrates first anniversary of Raffles City flagship

The new Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 Singapore Flagship Edition has been launched, not just to celebrate an anniversary but to honour Breitling’s most iconic timepiece, which has been the choice of aviators and tastemakers for 72 years. A work of art in style and function, this exclusive Navitimer features a 43-mm stainless steel case with a bronze dial, the Breitling Manufacture Calibre 01, water resistance of up to 30 metres and 70 hours of power reserve. It is limited to only 60 pieces worldwide.

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Bentley’s sustainable leather is produced with tanning agents free of harmful heavy metals, minerals and aldehydes. Photo by Bentley

Bentley now offers sustainable leather

Bentley Motors recently became a part of Leather Naturally (and the first automotive member ever), an international NGO dedicated to promoting the use of certified, responsibly sourced leather. As part of its ongoing commitment to becoming a global leader in sustainable luxury mobility, the luxury British marque now offers sustainable leather as an option for customers. Utilising a sustainable leather tanning process that uses an organic by-product of the olive oil industry, this leather is produced with tanning agents free of harmful heavy metals, minerals and aldehydes.

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Montblanc’s ‘legacy’ goes green

The Montblanc Star Legacy is back again in the form of two new limited-edition timepieces: an Automatic Date and a Chronograph Day & Date. Limited to 800 pieces each and available in 43mm stainless steel cases, both watches feature open casebacks (for greater appreciation of the mechanics), water resistance of approximately 50 metres and Montblanc’s interchangeable strap system (with options for a stainless steel bracelet or green calf leather strap).

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The Fundamental Oil, the cornerstone of the new Orchidée Impériale Morpho-Protocol. Photo by Guerlain

Guerlain brings the spa home

Combining two decades of research in skincare and facial techniques, Guerlain now allows you to bring a signature facial treatment home. The new Guerlain Morpho-Protocol, comprising three products—The Fundamental Oil, The Neck and Décolleté Cream, and The Mask—is rich is Orchid Morpho-Peptide TM. This unprecedented technology, which contains the highly regenerative Orchid Totum TM molecular extract, allows skin cells to regenerate and the skin to return to its youthful state. With The Fundamental Oil, for instance, one can look up to six years younger, and with The Neck and Décolleté Cream, one can achieve “Botox-like” qualities.

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The Dyson Chitosan range. Photo by Dyson

Dyson’s first hair care formulations

Dyson’s next step in the world of beauty lies in its first-ever wet line styling products—the Dyson Chitosan range, comprising of the Pre-Style Cream and Post-Style Serum. As the name suggests, the hero ingredient, Chitosan, is a complex macromolecule derived from the cell walls of oyster mushrooms. It is what that flexibly locks in styles without stickiness, brittleness or crunch, allowing hair to move, flex and recall its style, even if the day’s drenched in humidity. One can also achieve a much hydrated hair with up to 50 per cent less frizz, a promise not many products can offer.

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