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,…
Glittering ball gowns, tailored skirts and ornate jewelry usually fill most fashion exhibitions—but not this show at The Met. Instead, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s fashion exhibition this year focuses on menswear, featuring sumptuous suits, perfectly tailored pants and patterned outerwear. For the past six months, the sprawling exhibition has drawn crowds to the Upper East…
LONDON — 1955 will go down in history books as Cecil Beaton’s annus horribilis and also the making of him. The British photographer’s most fashionable and prolific photographic years were between 1927 to 1956. He took thousands of photographs of aristos, actresses, literary types and socialites for Vogue magazine until it came to a halt…
In just under 10 minutes, thieves stole “priceless” jewelry from the Apollo Gallery after using a truck-mounted ladder to break into a second-floor window of the Louvre Museum. Sources: Google Earth (basemap); Paris prosecutor The New York Times The Break-In To get to the second floor, two robbers climbed up a monte-meubles, a truck-mounted electric…
On Monday evening (Oct 6), while all eyes were on Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut, Palestinian brand Trashy Clothing began a livestream of its own. Just as it did last season, for SS26 the Jordan-based label launched a film showcasing its new collection. Titled Bikini Diplomacy, the film gives us a front row view of the…