A nightclub in eastern China has teamed up with local authorities to offer a marriage registration service, with electronic music festival tickets as a special gift. The Huangpu district civil affairs bureau in Shanghai has partnered with the nightclub INS Land to offer marriage registration and appointment services during two weekends starting on November 14….
Paul Mpagi Sepuya presented by LAND Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Untitled (2020-120), 2020. Color Laserprint Collage on Strathmore Bristol 100lb vellum paper, 19 x 24 inches. (Photo by Paul Mpagi Sepuya) Living leaves behind fragments, our personal archive of notes and recorded memories. In “Excerpts & Fragments,” the new exhibition presented by Los Angeles Nomadic Division,…
More than a year after Mary McFadden’s death, the designer’s work is being spotlighted via two different initiatives. On Saturday, some of McFadden’s jewels were officially unveiled through a donation to the museum in Chestnut Hill, Pa., that is known simply as Woodmere. And earlier this month, the majority of her archive was moved to…
It’s safe to say that the world has been hit by Chanel fever. Three weeks ago, new creative director Matthieu Blazy made his debut for the French maison, presenting the label’s SS26 ready-to-wear offering at Paris Fashion Week. The collection was a huge success, with almost every corner of the internet praising Blazy’s modern take…
Claude Monet’s Water Lilies can feel like a dream until you stand in his garden at Giverny, the Japanese bridge arching over the pond, wisteria hanging low, light scattering across the water exactly as he painted it. It’s uncanny, like walking into the brushstrokes of the canvas. Artist homes around the world hold that same…
66 Runways and seasonal collections don’t drive fashion’s power anymore. The industry has pushed into technology, entertainment, and art, building cultural and economic dominance through these partnerships. What started as clothing has morphed into a web of symbols, tech innovations, and cultural capital. Tech Is Fashion’s New RunwayFashion brands pour cash into tech partnerships…
It’s been 12 years since A$AP Rocky released “Fashion Killa”, with a video featuring fashion’s favourite popstar, Rihanna. They may not have been dating at the time, but fast forward to 2025 and the couple have just welcomed baby number three. Not only that, the rapper is now a veteran “fashion killa” – as announced…
It’s the fashion news that the industry has been expecting for a decade: Graces Wales Bonner is headed to a major luxury house. Today (October 21), it has been announced that the London-born fashion designer has been appointed menswear creative director at Hermès. This follows last week’s news that former creative director Véronique Nichanian would…
Forget the adage that “cleanliness is next to godliness”. Graffiti – of a sort – is now welcome at the spiritual home of global Anglicanism in southeast England, much to the ire of US Vice-President J.D. Vance. A new exhibition of graffiti-style artworks posing ordinary people’s questions to God now adorns the hallowed walls of…
In Bastar, the Naxal epicentre of India in Chhattisgarh, you start your day with a serving of chapda, chutney made with red ants. Men stare at you blankly, and you return the gaze with suspicion. Are they sizing you up? Might you be a conspirator of the state? With every turn of your rickety Bolero,…