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What is luxury, anyway? What is style? These are not the most enduring questions, perhaps, but they are worth considering. So, for this supplement, we have asked Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egyptian businessman, to define what luxury means to him, Melanie McDonagh to explain the stylish significance of smoking, and several experts to write about that most obvious extravagance, jewellery.

Elsewhere, Nick Wheeler tells men what they should wear at weddings, Harry Mount takes a turn down Mount Street, Mary Wakefield has her feet nibbled by fish, Beatrice Marre asks what makes the perfect christening present, and there’s much more. Please have a read, and look out for our next Luxury & Style edition in November.

7 Marriage material

Nick Wheeler

9 Rolls-Royce’s Ghosts and Phantoms

Charlotte Metcalf

14 Slim watches Simon de Burton

18 Q&A Leo de Vroomen

20 Mayfair calling Harry Mount

22 Luxury in the Lords Robert Gore-Langton

24 Art jewellery ClaireAdler

26 Fish pedicures Mary Wakefield

29 Hunting boots Michael Kallenbach

30 Recycle your rings Clemency Burton-Hill

33 Tips on tipping Mark Mason

36 A gift from the godparents

Beatrice Marre

38 Villas abroad Jo Fernandez

42 Savoy grilling Alistair Horne

44 Alarmed by smoking Melanie McDonagh

46 A guide to panache Mohamed Al Fayed

49 Wonders of tanzanite

Marisa Bell

50 Apple of my i Will Heaven

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