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SMELLING (RED) • LIGHT UP FOR A GOOD CAUSE. Louis Vuitton’s teamed up with Bono’s non-profit organisation (RED) to create this perfumed candle. It features sweet, peppery and floral notes and hints of raspberry. All proceeds go towards the Global Fund to fight AIDS.

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RAINBOW TIME • Following the success of the Superocean Heritage ‘57 in April, Breitling has released a limited second edition. The watch features colourful hands and hour markers and updated with a striking blue dial. Part of sale proceeds will go to charities supporting Covid-19 healthcare workers. To support the cause, act fast: only 1 000 pieces have been released. Tick tock.

LOUNGE LIZARD • While you’re daydreaming of being outside and planning your next killer outfit from the comfort of your couch, you can dress for the part. That means rocking something that says leisure, with all the trappings of luxury lifestyle too. When the travel ban’s lifted, you can also wear it on your first mission to make up for lost time in those kicks you haven’t worn yet.

CARTOON CULTURE • Menswear pieces covered with iconography from our childhoods have more street cred, as seen on Gucci’s “Year of the Mouse” (Mickey Mouse, to be exact) and Levi’s Super Mario range. It’s time to start taking ourselves a little less seriously.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MERCH • Band tees were all the rage in the ‘90s. The spillover followed us into the new millennium, too, but now it seems that this generation of youngins are quite obsessed with these, even when they’ve probably (almost certainly) never listened to a single track that band’s ever recorded. We urge you to wear one that actually speaks to your musical palette or past. And there’s nothing wrong with exploring genres other than rock. If all else fails, go for a generic band-style musical tee. Just make sure it’s edgy.

LET US ENTERTAIN YOU • For years, these men have been shaping pop culture and influencing music, sport, business and more. But it doesn’t stop there. Each of them has made a commendable contribution to fashion. These are the most stylish entertainers with fashion labels we love.

The new Sonos Arc is a Dolby Atmos soundbar to transform your TV audio • Want to take your movie nights to the next level? The Sonos Arc is here to level up your home cinema

DUA LIPA MADE THE POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR – THEN HAD TO PROMOTE IT FROM HOME • When lockdown hit London, the Future Nostalgia singer/songwriter did the only thing that felt right: press pause on a planned multi-year album rollout, and start over from the comfort of her Airbnb

THE STORY BEHIND THE WORLD’S MOST EXCLUSIVE COGNAC • Each decanter of Louis XIII cognac is the life achievement of generations of cellar masters. We visited the world’s most patient ones to ask how their age-old outlook and tradition connect to generation ‘right now’

THE DENIAL TWIST • By all accounts, he was in the prime of his life: a handsome young doctor ready to take on the world. Here, Michele Vanzaghi reveals the journey of the diagnosis that changed his life

RAMY YOUSSEF ISN’T JOKING • Ramy Youssef is a Muslim-American stand-up comic with his own raunchy HBO special, a Golden Globe-winning TV show, and a new production deal with A24. And it turns out that...