Birkin-grade crocodile, couture-grade drama, and MENA-made artistry with a balance sheet to match. This is luxury you can bank on.
Some pieces are designed to exit the season as quickly as they entered it. Others - like an emerald-shine Birkin, a Patek with a cockatoo on its dial, or Chanel’s SS13 hula hoop bag - walk straight into permanence. They accrue value, invite obsession, and often, outlive their first owner. From Dima Ayad’s ombré evening column to Salim Azzam’s electric embroidery, this is an edit for the long game - where craft, scarcity, and cultural capital meet.
Dima Ayad | Ombre Strapless Dress
A study in vertical romance, this strapless column slides from deep rose into soft blush without a visible seam. Cut to skim the body while letting the fabric move freely, it’s a piece that draws the eye without clamouring for it—a formalwear investment that doesn’t date.
Hermès | Birkin 25 Emerald Shiny Porosus Crocodile
Porosus crocodile, polished to a vert émeraude gleam, clasped in gold hardware. A Birkin at this level isn’t just a bag; it’s an asset class. Limited by nature and guarded in circulation, it will hold—and likely climb—in value long after its debut.
Patek Philippe | Yellow Crusted Cockatoo
A rare-handcrafts Golden Ellipse with a cloisonné enamel dial so vivid you can almost hear the cockatoo’s screech. Ten exist. Inside, Swiss movement hums away, indifferent to the fact that the dial is as much a painting as it is a face for telling time.
Alaïa | Knit Molded Bodycon Dress
Azzedine Alaïa’s knit engineering is at its most exacting here: a black bodycon dress molded to the figure like architectural cladding. No seams, no fuss, just a sculptural fit that stays in rotation for decades.
Jacques Marie Mage | Casablanca Noir
Limited to 450 pairs, these noir acetate frames nod to 1940s cinema with their wide temples and silver inlays. They’re the kind of sunglasses you build an outfit around—and the kind that invite strangers to ask where you found them.
Chanel | Hula Hoop Bag, SS13
Karl Lagerfeld’s most brazen wink: a classic quilted bag framed by two oversized hula hoops. Ostensibly designed as beachwear, but function here is irrelevant. It’s a showpiece, a conversation starter, and a rare find for collectors who prize Chanel at its most playful.
Guerlain | Majestic Feathers Lipstick – 555
The bullet is refillable, the case enamelled with a plume of peacock feathers. Inside sits a red—shade 555—that feels as ceremonial to apply as it looks on display. An everyday luxury turned into a miniature collectible.
Anippe | Dark Red Top & Pants, SS25
A high-neck silk top paired with floor-grazing trousers, both in a garnet red that deepens under certain light. Architectural without being rigid, it’s the kind of set that travels between day and evening without losing composure.
Harry V | Gold & Diamond Bangles
Slender arcs of 18k gold, punctuated by diamonds placed with quiet precision. Stack them for drama, wear one for understatement—the point is longevity. These are the sort of pieces that migrate between generations.
Ashi Studio | FW25-26 Look 10
Black silk, folded and cinched into architectural planes. It’s not a gown so much as an engineered sculpture—one that demands space around it, whether that’s a gala staircase or a museum floor.
Port Tanger | Irfan Sunglasses in Black
Hand-finished in glossy acetate with a subtle tobacco lens, these frames sit somewhere between classicist and wanderer. They carry the spirit of Tangier in their design—a portable souvenir that doesn’t age.
Kilian | Angel’s Share
Rich with cognac, oak, cinnamon, and tonka bean, this fragrance is housed in a bottle cut to mimic a crystal tumbler. It’s an olfactory heirloom in the making—decadent but never fleeting.
Salim Azzam | Look Two ‘Electric Wings’
Ivory cloth becomes a flight path for hand-embroidered bursts of colour. Lebanese craftsmanship in its most joyful form, marrying heritage technique with a wink of movement.
Youssef Naguib | Custom Shoe Creations
Every pair is an idea turned tactile—winged heels, sculpted mules, or butter-soft boots—built to measure. They’re not just shoes, they’re personalised punctuation marks for a wardrobe.
Born in Exile | Never Love Me Again
Libyan tailoring with a rebellious streak. Denim, suiting, and graphic interventions combine into pieces that feel archival the moment they leave the workroom.
Noora Shawqi | Love in Tokyo
Gold and lacquer meet in miniature architecture for the hand. Each piece in this collection is a jewel and a keepsake, inflected with the soft geometry of Japanese design.
