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…
Viktor & Rolf’s designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren helped celebrate Wednesday night’s opening of a retrospective of their work at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. More than 100 examples of their designs are on view in “Viktor & Rolf. Fashion Statements,” which highlights the Dutch designers’ ability over 30-plus years to create haute couture that…
Maxwell Vice: NYFW SS26 – Part 145 Images Welcome to the Fashion Week Photo Diary, a series where local photographers document the faces, places and parties surrounding their city’s catwalk shows. “I took shrooms at a very terrible runway show that I will not name, and decided to Citi Bike home,” says Maxwell Vice, recounting…
Martin Powers, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, is a renowned art historian and sinologist specialising in the history of social justice in China. He is the author of four books (including two that won the Levenson Prize for best book in premodern Chinese studies) and numerous articles. His recent work, China and England:…
SHOP ASHLEY TODAY PROJECT COMMUNITY COVERAGE. TONIGHT AS WISN 12 CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. TONIGHT, GERRON JORDAN INTRODUCES US TO THE DESIGNER STITCHING TO HER ROOTS. THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF THE COLLECTION, SO I’M EXCITED TO FINISH IT FOR MILWAUKEE FASHION DESIGNER NOEMI CHAVEZ CONTRERAS. WITH EVERY STITCH SHE SEWS, I TAKE PIECES…
China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) is often described in terms of its booming economy, global finance, or engineering marvels. However, a new exhibition at the Guangdong Museum of Art shifts the lens, showing how art can capture the cultural heartbeat of this dynamic region. The “Contemporary Art Exhibition of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater…
The new gen in fashion – Autumn 20258 Images Fashion may feel like it’s in crisis mode right now, but its future is in the hands of a new generation – and if they have anything to do with it, it’s actually looking quite bright. This is especially true of London. The city is known…
The cinema of Clara Law12 Images When a generation of young filmmakers harbouring bold creative ambitions and a desire to tell stories about the changing modern world stormed the Hong Kong industry in the 80s, one of the most dynamic movements in world cinema was born: the Hong Kong New Wave. But as a new…
Fashion retail, just like the rest of us, is going through a rough time right now. Every day it seems like more and more brands – from emerging designers, to established houses, to leading multi-retailers – are shutting up shop, while even massive conglomerate-backed names are suffering through monumental drops in sales. The landscape paints…
What to See ‘Reign of Fashion’ The artist Bradley Theodore is hosting a live painting show on Thursday at Clarendon Fine Art in Mayfair, where he will be painting an Hermès Birkin bag in his colorful style, followed by an exhibition running until Sept. 29 inspired by Marie Antoinette, who is also the subject of…