Pierre Hardy, 68, the creator of ultra-sophisticated, self-assured and daringly conceptual high jewellery collections for Hermès.

Philippines-born Joshua Serafin is among a new generation of artists connecting performance with speculative futurism, queer subcultures and postcolonial thinking.

A fried egg, a squirrel’s arsehole or a closely cropped bowling green? Artist Julie Verhoeven, 55, doesn’t view her hair the same way most women do.

In fashion, creative directors may be intrinsic to and inextricable from design, but in the more classic world of jewellery, the notion of artistic direction is still finding its feet. Enter the inimitable Francesca Amfitheatrof, artistic director for watches and jewellery at the house of Louis Vuitton. She’s a force

As spring slid into early summer, the Gucci cruise cavalcade came to London, bringing with it an inescapable dose of BBE (Big Brand Energy).

Even out on the fashion circuit, amid the eccentric carnival of style savants in their eye-popping ensembles, fashion designer and knitwear specialist Edward L. Buchanan, 54, cuts quite a figure.