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Puma fails to block registration of Tiger Woods-backed Sun Day Red trademark in Singapore

In a judgment delivered on March 13, the registrar dismissed Puma’s opposition, finding that the brand marks are more dissimilar than similar and that there is no likelihood of consumer confusion.

Love, luxury, and a $1m dispute: When a couple fought over watches and handbags

The value of the collection was almost 20 per cent of the couple's total cash savings and investments of over $5 million.

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Clothing label Barehands launches capsule collection with actress Lim Shi-An

Barehands' Analogue capsule collection, a collaboration with actress Lim Shi-An.

The devil isn’t just wearing Prada for movie sequel – she now sports niche brand Sasuphi

(From lef) Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Singaporean Wei Koh becomes first Asian to chair Oscars of the watch world

Mr Wei Koh, publisher, entrepreneur, TV host and watch journalist, is the first Singaporean and the first Asian to hold the role.

Oscars Watch Party: From Cartier Crash to Rolex sparkle, how the stars wore time on the red carpet

(Clockwise from top left) Kevin O'Leary, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Pedro Pascal and Amy Madigan at the Oscars on March 15.

Stars like Blackpink’s Jennie shine, clothes dazzle in Chanel’s butterfly-inspired Paris show

Models present creations by designer Matthieu Blazy as part of his Fall/Winter 2026/2027 Women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 9, 2026.

‘Anyone who hates me or the brand can call me’: Hublot CEO on critics, BTS’ Jungkook and new directions

Hublot’s courtship of Jungkook (right) took about 18 months, beginning just weeks after Mr Tornare (left) joined the brand in September 2024.

New Zealand reopens luxury housing market as rich foreigners eye safe havens

Starting March 6, holders of the country’s so-called golden visas will be allowed to buy or build homes worth at least NZ$5 million (S$3.8 million).

Law professor David Tan donates 82 designer jackets worth over $350k to S’pore’s National Collection

Law professor and collector of luxury jackets David Tan with some of the 80 of his 300 jackets that his donating to the National Museum, which plans to stage an exhibition of some of these jackets in 2027, photographed before the archival specialists arrived at his home to collect the jackets on Feb 24, 2026.

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