The YSL wardrobe of dancer Zizi Jeanmaire

‘All she had to do was come on stage and everything burst into life, fire and flames’ — Yves Saint Laurent on Zizi Jeanmaire The YSL wardrobe of the impossibly chic Parisian ballerina, chanteuse and fashion muse is offered online until 26 January

Mythbusting: 3 Persistent Patek Philippe And Rolex Myths Debunked

The rise of the internet, and the consequent evolution of the watch-watching community, from its early days on forums and chat rooms into fully-fledged horology-related blogging and online retail empires, all fueled by social network apps like Instagram and Facebook, has inevitably amplified the phenomenon whereby certain objects come to exert an extraordinary hold over the collective imagination.