Chinese President Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun, was a Communist Party official for more than seven decades—from the Communist Revolution through the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, the Tiananmen Square protests and beyond. In the first English biography of Xi Zhongxun, The Party’s Interests Come First, Professor Joseph Torigian uncovers the story of his…
Melanie Dunea has another genre-bending project. The award-winning photographer and Mood Studios founder, whose career has spanned portraiture, fashion and food photography is melding all of her previous subject matters into one. Called “Amuse-Bouche,” the volume features models dressed in various delicacies fabricated and styled as clothing. The book, limited to 500 copies — 250…
PARIS – Fashion and philosophy may seem like unlikely bedfellows, but when Alessandro Michele met Emanuele Coccia, they immediately spoke the same language. The creative director of Valentino and the philosopher resumed their long-running conversation on stage for an event at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris to mark the release of the French edition…
Doechii in Louis Vuitton (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) The Met Gala is always something of a performance art spectacle. The 2025 edition was no different. What was unique was that it sought to celebrate not just clothes or ideas, but an entire culture. The Met Gala stepped outside the typical focus on couture womenswear to highlight…