Hong Kong’s culinary scene is a relentless parade of the new, a dizzying cycle of pop-ups and passing fads. Yet few trends have been as noticeable as the rise of the Korean-style cafe. More than just places for a caffeine fix, these establishments have become the preferred social sanctuaries for many, a phenomenon that crescendoed…
Nearly 50 years after she featured on the renminbi banknote, a woman who became known as “one yuan girl” is back in the spotlight due to a recent viral video of her. An influencer in southwestern China’s Guizhou province posted the video on November 26. It featured 65-year-old Shi Naiyin. Shi is an ordinary peasant…
Jess Rae King is a model, writer, and body confidence advocate with over a decade in the Aussie and International fashion world. She’s passionate about challenging narrow beauty ideals and speaking openly about the real stuff- body image, sex, relationships, and the pressure-filled choices women face in their 30s, especially around motherhood and timelines. After…
63 items in this article 63 items on sale! Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Black Friday is here, and we’re updating this story hourly. To find the best deals in every category, follow all of our Black Friday coverage. It’s the most wonderful time of the year for a deal, now that the whole month of November…
Born in 1992, Natali is the youngest daughter of Joe and Cynthia Germanotta. Like her elder sister, she attended the independent Catholic New York City all girls school Sacred Heart. But unlike her sister, who attended NYU Tisch briefly before dropping out to pursue a career in music, Natali attended Parsons School of Design and…
The stars are out in Hollywood tonight for GQ’s Men of the Year 2025 party, and they’re all partying like it’s 1995. Indeed, this year’s esteemed guests and honorees are gathered at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles—as we speak!—to celebrate three decades of MOTY. Given that the official dress code for the evening is…
Protesters outside BHV last week as the Parisian department store prepared to open its Shein shop to the public. Photo: Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Last Wednesday, as the upscale BHV department store in Paris prepared to open its Shein shop, the Chinese ultracheap fast-fashion giant’s first permanent store in the world, a mass of eager…
And then there is Dante, their fifth show of the year and the first time they’ve put men’s and women’s on the runway together. The collection falls somewhere between inside joke and earnest experiment. Kostadinov, who grew up in Bulgaria before moving to London as a teenager, explains that he never really identified with British…
For K-pop star Hongjoong, it all comes back to self-expression. The 27-year-old rapper and producer is the leader, or captain as they call it in the group, of the chart-topping boy group ATEEZ. For the last seven years, he’s been at the forefront of shaping the group in their journey from the underdog group from…
Earlier this year, an invitation arrived to my first black-tie wedding. It felt like a moment I’d been waiting for my entire life. Sure, formal dress codes come with their own set of guidelines, but as a stylist (professionally) and a devoted lover of dressing up (personally), the RSVP elicited a lot more excitement than…