What should you bring when invited for a weekend at a beach house, country estate or on a boat? These guest gift ideas strike the right balance between thoughtful, useful and discreetly luxurious — with a few reminders about what never to arrive with.
The new Queen Elizabeth II fashion exhibition at Buckingham Palace presents the late Queen’s wardrobe as more than ceremony. It reveals clothes as diplomacy, discipline, memory and a distinctly British idea of public grace.
Why anti-ageing has become beauty’s most elegant illusion Eternal youth is the chicest fantasy money can buy. It arrives in frosted glass bottles, in clinic appointments, in refrigerated peptide vials, in polished promises whispered across TikTok, Instagram and private wellness circles. It tells us that ageing is not a fact of life, but a problem … Read more
On 1 June 2026, Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100. A neat, round number for a woman who was never allowed to be neat or round in meaning. She had to be soft and sharp, innocent and erotic, available and untouchable, silly enough not to frighten men and clever enough to make the whole machine … Read more
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 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
The Reading Trend: Why Books Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Artificial Intelligence The return of reading might be the most unexpected trend of 2025/2026. From Miu Miu’s Literary Club in Shanghai to Gen Z turning libraries into social sanctuaries, books are suddenly the most desirable objects in a world dominated by artificial … Read more
Rosalía’s Lux Album Message: Why This Era Is Different A few weeks have passed since Rosalía released LUX, and the initial hype has settled into something far more interesting: a cultural moment. If her previous eras were about sound, performance and aesthetic revolution, LUX is about revelation.Not a religious sermon, but an invitation. A search. … Read more
Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States, has released a new book, The Look. Co-written with her longtime stylist Meredith Koop, the book revisits the outfits that shaped her eight years in the White House. Designers who worked closely with her share anecdotes, creative notes, and personal memories, making Michelle Obama’s The … Read more
Some stories simply refuse to stay quiet, no matter how many times history tries to bury them. Elisabeth Lederer’s is one of them; a tale of beauty, power, art, and survival that links Vienna’s Secession era to the modern luxury world. If her portrait by Gustav Klimt feels haunting, it’s because her life was exactly … Read more
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
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
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
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