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Dior launches web series of inspiring women

Christian Dior Parfums and creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri have launched a new series of short videos inspired by exceptional women. The video portraits showcase women who embody what it means to choose their own destiny, show grace and determination while having a meaningful impact on those around them. #Diorstandswithwomen #Diorchinup...

7 Apr 2021

Culture

Salvatore Ferragamo exhibit explores the art and craftsmanship behind silk

Luxury Italian fashion company Salvatore Ferragamo has released a new exhibit titled Silk, exploring the creative process and importance of silk for the fashion house. Showcasing at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence, the exhibition dives through its archives to illustrate the long creative process behind different silk prints used for...

29 Mar 2021

Culture

Western brands face China backlash over political statements

Nike was the recipient of Chinese backlash after the sporting goods giant stated it does not use cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, where currently an international human rights crisis is ensuing with the alleged forced labour camps of the Uyghur people. On Weibo, China’s most popular social media channel, a retaliation against Nike began when...

25 Mar 2021

Culture

A new Louis Vuitton exhibition in Tokyo celebrates its collaborations and creative partnerships

Louis Vuitton is celebrating over 160 years of creative exchanges and artistic collaborations with its latest exhibition in Tokyo. Tracing a rich and pioneering journey, the exhibition draws particular focus to the enduring admiration and inspiration between Louis Vuitton and a multitude of celebrated Japanese artists and acclaimed personalities...

23 Mar 2021

Culture

Hugo Boss launches new music platform for inspiring artists

Hugo Boss’ brand Hugo has unveiled a new music platform, named ‘Hugo Louder’, that is meant to “amplify the voices of inspiring artists and young talents who want to change the world“. It thus draws on the brand’s ethos, which is closely linked to popular culture, especially music. In a monthly series, Hugo Louder will give artists around the...

16 Mar 2021

Culture

Hedi Slimane to show solo exhibition in Shanghai

Celine’s artistic director, Hedi Slimane, is to hold a solo exhibition of his work as a multi-disciplinary artist at the Almine Rech gallery in Shanghai. The exhibition, titled “Sun of Sound”, will run from March 19 to April 30, and mark the first time Slimane has shown solo works in China. In addition to Hedi Slimane influencing an entire...

9 Mar 2021

Culture

Design Museum to place spotlight on sneakers with new exhibition

The Design Museum in London is launching its long-awaited exhibition focusing on sneakers this April, featuring designs by Nike, Adidas, Puma, Converse, Balenciaga, Comme des Garcons and Y3, Kanye West and A-Cold-Wall*. ‘Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street’ will take visitors on a journey through the design process and uncover the icons and...

17 Feb 2021

Culture

London's arts and culture sector hit hardest by Covid-19

As the Chinese New Year holiday sweeps Asia this week, the key travel and shopping celebration many retailers have come to see as a sales opportunity, will bypass the UK. London, which in 2019 was voted one of the world’s top shopping destinations, remains closed to most international visitors. It comes as no surpise that new research published...

1 Feb 2021

Culture

Colette, Mon Amour, a timely reflection on an iconic retail experience

As the fashion industry looks forward to a post-pandemic world in which we consider stepping out to visit our favorite stores, will the experience of shopping still feel good after months spent exclusively browsing product on our screens? Will the brick and mortar experience feel like a special event after such sustained abstinence? These...

28 Jan 2021

Culture

Fashion’s recipes from the kitchens of Phillip Lim to Missoni

Given the recent unpalatable events and news, some lighter reading can't hurt. That was perhaps the thought of American fashion designer Phillip Lim when he published his out-of-print cookbook during the pandemic. The culinary ebook, the proceeds of which have been donated to charity, taps into the surge in home-cooking at a time when...

30 Nov 2020

Culture

The Met Museum's latest exhibition, sponsored by Louis Vuitton, traces 150 years of fashion

The latest exhibition at the New York Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute traces a century and a half of fashion. About Time: Fashion and Duration, will be on show until February 7th, after a five month delayed opening from May due to the coronavirus. Tracing fashion from 1870 to the present, the exhibition employs Henri Bergson’s concept of...

3 Nov 2020

Culture

Iconic fashion publication i-D celebrates 40th anniversary

Forty years ago, in the autumn of 1980 to be exact, Terry and Tricia Jones founded the iconic style publication i-D from the top floor of their West Hampstead home. One of the few influential titles that still survives (in a slew of cultural style zines like The Face and Blitz) most have folded or just fizzled out. i-D was unique in that it...

29 Oct 2020