Paris has officially reclaimed the art-world crown, and the only thing more dazzling than the art is the story behind it. We are talking about Art Basel Paris 25, which is scheduled to take place in October 2025. During the 23rd (Vernissage) to the 26th of October, Paris becomes the art world’s beating heart, proving once … Read more
Fashion Stole My Smile — Until Chanel Brought It Back Victoria Beckham once turned her signature poker face into a joke. Tired of hearing that she never smiled, the witty British designer appeared in public wearing a T-shirt that read “Fashion Stole My Smile.” The truth is, there’s an unspoken rule in fashion about smiling. … Read more
From tradition to activism The Palestinian scarf, or keffiyeh, was born as a practical piece of Middle Eastern clothing. Farmers wore it to protect themselves from the sun and dust. But in the 1960s, under the leadership of Yasser Arafat and the PLO, it took on a new meaning: it became a political emblem of … Read more
COS, in collaboration with the London-based Studio Ashby, presents a multi-city installation project celebrating women artists. This artful lifestyle experience unfolds in COS stores across London, Paris, and Helsinki, offering a fresh and cultural perspective that goes far beyond fashion. Shall we explore? Luxury is When a Fashion Brand Becomes a Lifestyle Experience The New … Read more
This Mother’s Day weekend, a powerful documentary titled Let Them Be Naked will stream globally for the first time, not as a marketing stunt, but as a heartfelt tribute. Filmmaker and sustainable designer Jeff Garner created the film after losing his mother to breast cancer. This tragedy drove him to investigate whether the fashion industry … Read more
Brief Introduction to Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, feminist, social theorist, and existential philosopher, celebrated for shaping feminist literature and influencing the feminist movement of the 20th century. Credited with giving women a ‘voice’, her landmark book “The Second Sex” addresses the oppression of women throughout history. Simone advocated for … Read more
It’s been a week now, and everyone’s still talking about the flop of Disney’s maligned woke remake of Snow White. The film was a disaster with critics and an even bigger disaster at the box office. Here’s a quick rundown of everything that went wrong with Disney’s woke Snow White—and one thing that actually went … Read more
Mathilde Favier, the Public Relations Director at Dior, navigates her role with masterful elegance. A quintessential Parisienne, she distils the essence of this mythic lifestyle into her latest literary offering, “Mathilde à Paris” (French Version) or “Living Beautifully in Paris” (English Version) published by Flammarion. In her book, Favier muses, “To be Parisian isn’t merely … Read more
NYFW SS25 wrapped up today, and one trend has already emerged as the strongest of the season: punctuality. It is no longer fashionable to be fashionably late. During New York Fashion Week, three key moments signalled the end of lateness as a symbol of charm—and, let’s be honest, ego. Meanwhile, punctuality has ascended to the … Read more
Last Friday, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, a group of drag queens and LGBTQ+ individuals, accompanied by children, staged a mocking rendition of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper on a bridge over the Seine. Bishops, world leaders, and social media users have universally condemned this act as shocking and violent. … Read more
Magda von Hanau represents a journey from Brazil to the global stage, embracing her self-coined identity as a “daughter of the world.” Initially gracing the spotlight as a model and actress, she evolved into an accomplished sculptor, photographer, and designer. Hailing from the quaint town of Barra Bonita, she metamorphosed into a figure akin to … Read more
To celebrate Women’s International Day, we selected 14 quotes about women that will show you that even though some men may not fully understand women, the clever ones surely admire, appreciate and cherish us, as they should, of course. You might not think it’s important to know what men think about women, but here’s our … Read more
For the readers of Notorious Mag, think of Old Money as the impeccably aged bottle of Bordeaux wine, tucked away in the cellars of a stately manor, exuding a refined aura of time-honoured elegance. They’re the kind who’d take afternoon tea as seriously as a board meeting, where a “summer home” usually means a centuries-old … Read more
As we dive into the digital age, our ways of connecting, communicating, and consuming have fundamentally changed. For better or worse, we’ve traded department stores for online shopping carts, and now, it seems, we’re trading influencers for “deinfluencers”. A new social media trend that’s rapidly gaining momentum, deinfluencing has turned the conventional ideals of consumerism … Read more
It is fifty years since Pablo Picasso died, on 8 April 1973 at Notre-Dame-de-Vie, his home in Mougins. The body of work that he left behind had a profound impact on the entire 20th century. For this anniversary year, the Musée National Picasso-Paris has invited the British designer Sir Paul Smith, known for his work … Read more
For most girls and women in the world, pink has been, at some point in their lives, their favourite colour. But apart from being a phase we all went through, pink became a major fashion trend, which even earned the name Barbiecore. And what if I told you that right now, 318 women only wear … Read more
Before you call mum for help with laundry, watch this video. Here you will learn the meaning of the symbols on the label of your clothes. And, consequently, you will learn how to wash your clothes without ruining the Acne Studios pullover you got for Christmas. Mum will be proud of you. Almost no one … Read more
First of all, yes, Notorious is spending more time on TikTok than Instagram. But, oh, Mark, it’s much more fun and interesting than Meta. And this story we’re about to tell could only have gone viral on the Chinese platform. Victoria’s Secret song has over 39 million views and has ended up on Billboard’s Hot … Read more
Selena Gomez is back in the news playing the enigmatic Mabel in the latest comedy/crime series on Hulu, Only Murders in the Building, and her wardrobe is as fun as her co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short.In the 10-episode TV show, the three live in a building where someone is murdered. Then, the wacky wannabe … Read more
Fashionistas, rejoice, there are new TV shows about fashion to binge-watch! And the Netflix series and Amazon Prime documentary about the American fashion designer Halston will take you to the glamorous world of the fashion legend in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Ewan McGregor plays the Iowa-born, Indiana-raised Roy Halston Frowick in the 5-episode Netflix series … Read more
The Austrian photographer and curator for photography, Yvonne Oswald, is the next in our series “Notorious Women”. Here, you find women we interview because of the positive impact on society they have through their work, projects and ideas.Yvonne Oswald is the author of one of the most talked-about photography projects. Who hasn’t heard of the … Read more
What better time than now, to start with our Christmas movies watch list! Everybody has favourite films to watch around this time of the year. For many, the movie that puts them into the festive spirit is Love Actually. For others, The Grinch is a common front runner. But this year, the movie list we composed is … Read more
Our Notorious Women series welcomes Monika Kircher, one of the most influential persons in the Austrian economy, who’s just launched the Kärntner Kulturstiftung, KKS. An initiative that will inject up to 200,000 Euros into cultural projects in Austria. That’s music for our ears in times of COVID-19, right? Let’s see the details. What is the KKS … Read more