• Phillips’ $340 Million Watch Season Shows Collectors Want More Than Rolex

    Phillips’ $340 Million Watch Season Shows Collectors Want More Than Rolex
    The watch auction world is not short on hype at the best of times. Every season brings another record, another rare reference, another room full of people pretending they are not emotionally attached to tiny mechanical objects that cost more than houses.
    But what Phillips just pulled off is harder to wave away.
    The auction house closed the first half of 2026 with more than $235 million (~$340 million AUD) in watch sales across Geneva, Hong Kong and New York, the strongest six-month period in wa
  • Haaland Brought The Birkins And Norway Brought The Viking Row

    Haaland Brought The Birkins And Norway Brought The Viking Row
    Footballers used to arrive at tournaments with headphones, a wash bag and the same nervous airport tracksuit as everyone else. Erling Haaland appears to have packed an Hermès archive instead.
    Norway's striker is already hard to miss at six-foot-five, scoring goals like it bores him slightly, looking like someone designed him after watching too much Viking cinema. At this World Cup he has become a talking point before the whistle even blows, and not for his pressing stats.
    The bags. Not j

Follow @Fashion_NewsAU_ on Twitter!