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Finally mine. 5035J. Some call it an ugly duckling but its perfect size-wise for my wrist. The condition and warm gold color, i love everything about it.

11 complications across four faces: a flying tourbillon, an instantaneous perpetual calendar with grande date, day, month, leap year and day/night, jumping digital hours, a minute repeater, northern and southern moon phases, draconic and anomalistic lunar cycles, and month and year displays.

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Slide 1,3 Dior

Slide 2,4,6,15 Robert Wun

Slide 5,12 Chanel

Slide 7,17 Elie Saab

Slide 8 Imane Ayissi

Slide 9 Alexis Mabille

Slide 10,14 Georges Hobeika

Slide 11 Viktor and Rolf

Slide 13 Tony Ward

Slide 18 Maison Margiela

Catherine the Princess of Wales wore today a Jenny Packham gown and a necklace that hadn’t left the vaults in 90 years.

For the world premiere of Digger in London this evening, the Princess of Wales chose a rarely seen necklace, the Queen Mother's Amethyst Sautoir Necklace.

The heart shaped amethyst and diamond pendant is over a century old, it was a gift from Queen Alexandra to her new granddaughter-in-law Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon upon her wedding day in 1923. Two years later, Elizabeth wore it during the mourning period after Alexandra's death two years later.

The amethyst necklace was first pictured almost 90 years later on Queen Camilla in 2012 at the Skyfall premiere.

Dress made from recycled black velvet and live flowers provided by local florist, Anthony Maslo; bag and jewelry made from hand-blown, reclaimed glass.

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Just back from a fantastic stay at Les Prés d’Eugénie, and I thought it deserved a post here because it really delivers on the kind of experience I think a lot of people on this sub look for.

The biggest thing for me was the overall atmosphere. It’s very refined and unmistakably French, but never flashy or overdone. The luxury is in the details: beautiful interiors, immaculate gardens, excellent service, and above all a real sense of calm. It feels elegant without trying too hard.

We stayed in a suite, which was excellent: spacious, beautifully done and completely in keeping with the property. It’s the sort of room you’re actually happy to spend time in rather than just use as a base.

Food is obviously a huge part of the experience. The 3 Michelin star restaurant remains the headline dining experience, but what surprised me was just how good the food was throughout the property.

There are two other restaurants worth mentioning. L’Orangerie, which now has a Michelin star of its own, is a more contemporary option and was excellent. Then there is La Ferme aux Grives, which is much more rustic and convivial, but still very much part of the experience.

A few personal food highlights from our stay:

• truffle dim sum
• tuna with foie gras
• and the flan, which was genuinely to die for

I’d also strongly recommend doing one of the cooking classes. They have a proper dedicated cooking school, with everything from shorter workshops to masterclasses. We really enjoyed it. Definitely book ahead.

One thing I’d particularly recommend is combining Eugénie with a night at their Beach House d’Huchet on the Atlantic coast, a little over an hour away.

It’s a completely different experience: two private lodges hidden behind the dunes, with a private chef and housekeeper, and the Atlantic essentially at the end of the garden. You can surf, go horse riding along the beach, or just spend the day between the dunes, ocean and house.

I would absolutely do at least one night there if you have the time. The contrast works brilliantly: refined country-palace luxury at Eugénie, then much more relaxed and barefoot luxury on the wild Landes coast.

Overall, this is probably not the property I’d choose if you want buzzy, scene-y luxury. It’s much more about quiet, food, service, gardens and a very particular kind of refined French elegance.

For anyone doing Bordeaux and heading south towards Biarritz, I think it’s well worth building Les Prés d’Eugénie into the itinerary rather than treating it simply as somewhere to stop for dinner.