Michelle Yeoh was named Asian Filmmaker of the Year and Ann Hui received the Camellia Award as the 31st Busan International Film Festival opened on 6 October.
Saint Laurent's all-gold show, Prada's 63 skirts and a season of belts: the three big ideas from the spring/summer 2027 collections in Milan and Paris.
How a Reno tailor's copper rivets, an 1873 patent and a generation of teenagers turned hard-wearing work trousers into the world's favourite jeans.
De Beers takes full control of Gahcho Kué, Canada's last working diamond mine, as Botswana and industry analysts point to a recovery in diamond demand.
From Egyptian necklaces and Roman seal rings to the 3,500 garnets of the Staffordshire Hoard and the Victorian craze for Bohemian pyrope, a short history of garnet.
Nana Mouskouri has received Germany's Order of Merit from President Steinmeier in Berlin, while Mary Hopkin is set to collect the Welsh Music Inspiration Award in Cardiff.