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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: The best Black Friday gift imaginable? Jewellery owned by Prince - a 'love symbol' pendant at US$58,500 and Versace bracelets for US$12,500

You can do better than that 1999 super deluxe reissue: five pieces of jewellery owned by Prince - including two bespoke 'love symbol' pendants worn onstage - are now on sale at New Orleans' M.S. Rau Antiques

Five pieces of jewellery owned by Prince - including two bespoke 'love symbol' pendants worn onstage - are now on sale at New Orleans' M.S. Rau Antiques. Prince. Photo: Instagram/handout

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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Cats can act? Taiwan International Cat Film Festival celebrates felines in the movies - featuring stars like Sissi the Red Cat and Busao the Cat

Taking place February 14-16, the Taiwan International Cat Film Festival celebrates movies about cats by experimental directors including Bill Morrison, Carolee Schneemann and Guli Silberstein

Are you ready for a cat film festival? Really - the Taiwan International Cat Film Festival is actually a thing. Photo: Getty Images

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WWD: Bonnae Gokson on Refreshing Sevva and Her Formidable Fashion Career

The swanky restaurant and bar from Hong Kong's most fashionable foodie reopens with great drama.

Bonnae Gokson. Courtesy photo.

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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Sperm requests and 20-hour weeks: how cats can get famous on Instagram - and make their owners some money

One cat goes hiking, another loves to swim the Australian waters and one even helps to fight climate change, but all these cats are social media influencers with huge followings.

Simon the cat, with his human JJ Yosh, is one of the famous Instagram cats. Simon has 280,000 followers. Photo: Instagram @backpackingkitty

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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: A 'haunted' Hong Kong flat: American tenant tries to get to the bottom of some ghostly goings-on

The smell of cigarettes, jammed locks, a collapsed bookshelf: messages from beyond the grave or just bad luck?

Inside the Prince Edward flat that Bennett Marcus shares with his husband. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

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TOWN & COUNTRY: Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Lunar Brooch Is For Sale

Armstrong's wife wore the custom-made piece to meet Queen Elizabeth in 1969.

Courtesy Rau Antiques

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WWD: Art Basel Hong Kong Sets City Into Frenzy

The international art fair and its many parties jolted the city with Dior, Fendi, Swarovski, Balmain and Prada all joining in on the fun.

Now in its seventh year, Art Basel Hong Kong is growing up, but it isn't slowing down.

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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: What it's like: How Taiwan's female DJs put a new spin on a male-dominated industry

If the 2019 Red Bull Music 3Style World DJ Championships in Taipei is anything to go by, women are working twice as hard to make their mark on the music industry.

DJ RayRay, from Taiwan, was one of the female DJs performing at January's male-dominated 2019 Red Bull Music 3Style World DJ Championships held in Taipei.

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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS - THE 10 BEST AND MOST FUN FASHION BOOKS OF 2018

Whether you're looking for a coffee table tome with stunning photography, a compendium of the history of sneakers, or a riotous novel sending up the world of glossy magazines, the fashion world released a book for you - or a friend - in 2018.

A photo of model Kate Moss from the book Kate by Mario Sorrenti and Dennis Freedman. Photo: Mario Sorrenti

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SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: WHAT IT'S LIKE: BEING A BRITISH ETIQUETTE COACH TO WEALTHY CHINESE

Most clients from China seek the whole package, including body language and deportment, how to greet people formally and how to present oneself correctly.

With the rapid ascent of growing economies such as China, people are increasingly exposed to different cultures, and British Etiquette Tutors offers lessons in how to behave with refinement.

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BLOOMBERG: SECRETS OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST GIN COLLECTION

Singapore's Atlas bar is housed in a 7,400 square foot Art Deco space and aims to rival Raffles, thanks to a world-class gin menu.

Jason Williams, the bar's gin master, is dwarfed by the three-story gin tower. Photographer: Franz Navarrete/Bloomberg

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HOW EMPLOYEES ONLY MOVED TO ASIA - STAFF INCLUDED

Singapore's Atlas bar is housed in a 7,400 square foot Art Deco space and aims to rival Raffles, thanks to a world-class gin menu.

At Hong Kong's new Employees Only, many of the workers and customers are New York expats. Photo: Courtesy of Employees Only

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A RARE PIECE OF JEWELRY THAT BELONGED TO WALLIS SIMPSON GOES UP FOR AUCTION

The rare, fresh-water asymmetrical pearl was once just the clasp for her purse.

Photo: Getty Images

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THE MAN BEHIND 'THE DOGIST'

Meet the master of getting beautiful pooches to work the lens.

Photo Credit: Elias Weiss Friedman

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EXCLUSIVE: IS THIS THE MOST FASHIONABLE CHURCH EVER?

A writer goes inside Hillsong -- a spiritual refuge for models, editors and Justin Bieber.

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These American Flags Are So Rare They Cost More Than a House

Jeff Bridgman, the foremost antique flag dealer in the United States, has a client roster that includes Jon Bon Jovi, Mike Bloomberg, Barbra Streisand, and Ralph Lauren. Here, a few of his rarest pieces.

Photo Credit: JEFF R. BRIDGMAN ANTIQUES, INC

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Inside the Downfall of Tinsley Mortimer

Inside the Downfall of Tinsley Mortimer

Photo Credit: http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a5858/tinsley-mortimer-arrest/

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Twenty Dollars at a Time, Employees Only Team Opens Bar in Panama

A longtime emergency fund led to the debut of The Strangers Club

Photo Credit: https://ny.eater.com/2017/8/22/16180110/employees-only-new-york-emergency-fund

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Twenty Dollars at a Time, Employees Only Team Opens Bar in Panama

The Rarest, Most Extravagant Bags and Jewels at Christie's Hong Kong Auction

2008 Hermes Diamond Birkin 25; Photo Courtesy of Christie's

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The Roving Sex Party Coming to the Hamptons This Summer

Not at this estate - another one. Photo: MariadaDesign/Getty Images