Sabato De Sarno has a new job, and we have a reason to pay closer attention to Icicle. The Chinese luxury brand has appointed Gucci’s former creative director to oversee womenswear, menswear, accessories and eyewear. His first collection is expected for autumn/winter 2027, according to Vogue Business. For those of us who liked what he … Read more
The Met and John Galliano have abandoned a 2027 retrospective after protests over his 2011 antisemitic and racist abuse. Fifteen years later, the cancellation raises a harder question: does public culture still believe in redemption?
Last Thursday, two men did something that sounds more Netflix than Vienna. They bought ordinary entrance tickets to the MAK, walked into Glanzstücke, the museum’s Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition, smashed a display case with a hammer and left with one of the most extraordinary diamond necklaces of the 20th century. No masks. Middle of … Read more
If you are reading this article, we already know something about you: even if you love paper — the smell, the weight, the frankly unnecessary pleasure of turning a glossy page — you probably buy far fewer magazines than your mother did. So do we. Print magazines never really recovered from the digital revolution. We … Read more
Montblanc FW26 is about more than beautifully made travel bags. The new Writing Traveller collection taps into a larger cultural shift towards books, handwriting and analogue life — a rather appealing proposition in the age of AI.
Jonathan Anderson’s Dior Couture Fall Winter 2026 collection did not try to escape the maison’s history. Instead, it bent it into a more tactile, sculptural and emotionally adult vision of femininity — one where beauty has softness, structure and a pulse.
There is something quietly satisfying about watching a young actress arrive in Hollywood without a famous surname attached to her like a designer label. Chase Infiniti’s parents are not movie stars. They are not studio executives. They are not part of the glossy family tree that usually explains why certain faces appear everywhere before anyone … Read more
The Swatch x Audemars Piguet Royal Pop is not just a watch collaboration. It is a colourful pocket watch, a collectible accessory, and possibly luxury watchmaking’s answer to Labubu.
Jonathan Anderson has just given Dior’s historic Medallion Chair a new chapter. And, voilà, the Dior Medallion Chair is suddenly more interesting than another sculptural shoe, trophy bag, or another red carpet dress trying to look like architecture with Wi-Fi. This is not because we suddenly want to replace our wardrobes with furniture. Although, frankly, … Read more
Dior Cruise 2027 arrived in Los Angeles with headlights, flowers, Bar jackets and the ghost of old Hollywood. Jonathan Anderson’s first Cruise collection for the maison was not only about clothes, but about cinema, memory and the strange glamour of being watched.
Lauren Sánchez Bezos became one of the most criticised women at the 2026 Met Gala. But perhaps the real question is not whether she is tasteful enough, elegant enough or morally acceptable enough. Perhaps the real question is why society needs her to be the villain.
Andalusia summer destination #1. Why? A region of layered history, architectural beauty, remarkable food, and summer addresses worth saving.
Zara x Leandra Medine Cohen turns spring style into something sharper and more personal. Less template, more instinct.
Schiaparelli at the V&A is the kind of exhibition that reminds you fashion once had more nerve. Elsa Schiaparelli made clothes with wit, mischief and artistic ambition, and the V&A’s new show gives her the London stage she deserves.
There is something quietly telling about the way trainers have moved from performance objects to emotional companions. We no longer wear them to run faster, but to move through life with a little more ease. With the Sunny trainer, Jimmy Choo signals a Spring/Summer 2026 shoe trend defined by lightness, femininity, and a quiet ballerina … Read more
Zalando did not choose Lily Collins for noise. It chose her for something rarer in fashion now: credibility. The phrase Lily Colins Zalando Ambassador sounds almost too neat at first. Too marketable. Too easy. But the more you think about it, the more interesting it becomes. In February 2026, Zalando named Lily Collins its first … Read more
Why the best Spring/Summer 26 Fashion Campaigns still matter in an age of influencers, sponsored posts, and content fatigue. The Spring/Summer 26 Fashion Campaigns are here, making glossy magazines thicker, prettier, and, for once, worth lingering over. And yes, that may sound nostalgic. In an age dominated by influencers, sponsored posts, and endless soft-selling disguised … Read more
During Paris Fashion Week, my daughter was in Paris with friends, one of them a well-known fashion photographer with Hermès on his portfolio and the kind of eye that can probably spot a weak campaign from across the Seine. While he continues to work for major luxury brands, I found myself thinking about a question … Read more
There is something quietly radical about choosing a pen for Valentine’s Day. The Montblanc Romeo & Juliet Valentine’s Day writing gift arrives as an antidote to predictable gestures; flowers that wilt, jewellery that performs, messages typed and instantly forgotten. Instead, it proposes something slower: writing as intimacy, literature as a shared language. With this new … Read more
There is something quietly overwhelming about Dior Haute Couture 2026, especially when it marks the very first haute couture collection by Jonathan Anderson, now holding the creative reins of Dior womenswear and menswear. Eight collections a year. Endless deadlines. Public scrutiny at an industrial scale. And then, on top of all that: haute couture. One … Read more
There is something quietly telling about the way Alexander Skarsgård appears on a red carpet. He does not rush the moment, nor does he attempt to dominate it. At the Sundance Film Festival, for the premiere of his new film Wicker, Skarsgård arrived in a custom full look by COS, and once again reminded us … Read more
There is something quietly telling about fashion’s recurring need to borrow shock from pornography. Anyone who has taken a basic marketing course knows the old mantra: sex sells. What is mentioned less often is the second part of that lesson: sex is usually deployed when there is little else left to say. In luxury fashion, … Read more
This week, the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos. It’s basically the rich and powerful‘s favourite hangout. Got an invite or did your company drop a cool €28,000 for your ticket? Then, you’ll want to read this. We’re talking about how to look good even when it’s freezing at minus 10°C. But there’s more … Read more