Anne Hathaway, Natalia Vodianova and Natalie Portman are showing something strangely radical in 2026: pregnancy after 40, lived visibly, beautifully and without apology.
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
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.
Paris at Easter is crowded, secular, and full of tourists on the surface. But underneath, the city still holds extraordinary Catholic places and Holy Week traditions, from rue du Bac and Sainte-Clotilde to Notre-Dame, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and the elegant ritual of Easter brunch.
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