Gold can serve as a “potential bridge” between conventional and new forms of finance, Hong Kong’s treasury minister has said, highlighting the need for the city to provide more opportunities for the digital asset market to grow. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu also said on Wednesday that Hong Kong had…
It begins with a transcendental “sunburst” motif associated with divine light, which gradually dissolves into fields of poppies laced with both a sense of beauty and underlying violence, recalling the British coercion that drove Chinese opium trade and registering its darker consequences of pleasure and addiction. Across the shifting sequences of the nine-minute cycles, the…
Hong Kong is aiming to sharpen its competitive edge as an offshore yuan hub, an asset and wealth management base, and a digital-asset front runner under Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s budget released on Wednesday. Market participants largely welcomed Hong Kong’s renewed push to strengthen its position as an international financial centre, after Chan highlighted…
In her welcoming speech, Sheikha Mayassa championed the collective resilience region’s designers. “The MENA region has endured one of its most challenging chapters in decades,” she said. “Many of our countries, our people, and our creatives have been tested in ways that defy description. And yet, what continually moves me is the strength of our…
And then there’s Marianna Vergara, founder of Merci, c’est vintage, whose decades-long love affair with pillbox hats has shaped her style. “I’ve always loved accessories that carry character and presence. It has such quiet power,” she says. “You can’t wear one without confidence. I always say the weirder the hat, the better!” As seen on…
The trend started gaining traction on the fall 2025 runways: at Miu Miu, the bra tops came coyly layered under knit cardigans, while Givenchy’s colorful, satiny bras were paired with elegant embroidered skirts. With thick straps and luxe-feeling fabrics, the styles are true statement pieces, designed to peek out from under a favorite jacket or…
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…
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…
Following a long journey that kicked off in June, the winner of the 2025 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was revealed to be Ashlynn Park of Ashlyn, who exactly a week ago took home the Emerging Designer of the Year honor at the CFDA Fashion Awards. The news was announced by model Alex Consani tonight at an…
The fashion world descended upon the historic Altos de Chavón Amphitheater in La Romana, Dominican Republic, for a weekend celebrating the Latin American Fashion Awards. The biannual ceremony returned for its second edition with Donatella Versace as president of the jury, which also included Karla Martinez de Salas, Head of Editorial Content at Vogue Latin…