Individuality! Opulence! Soft power! Romance! The spring/summer 2025 collections brought many ideas into focus, but perhaps the biggest takeaways from fashion month were a renewed sense of softness, new maximalism, and a return to personal style. This is a notable shift away from fashion centered on minimalism, quiet luxury, and practical wearability, which has dominated […]
Nobody knows where the martini – that most classic of cocktails; gin and vermouth with an olive garnish – actually came from. There are debates. Some say it was created in the 1860s, at the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco, by the bartender Jerry Thomas. Others could have sworn it was named after a bartender called Martini di Arma di Taggia, who […]
The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève award ceremony is the most hotly anticipated event of the Swiss watch industry calendar, where the crème de la crème of watchmakers presents their best timepieces. The 2024 edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) saw 57 luxury Swiss watch brands go head-to-head at a glittering award […]
The Chinese fast fashion giant is being investigated in Italy over its sustainability claims. Italy’s antitrust watchdog is investigating the online fast fashion giant Shein for potentially making misleading claims about its sustainability practices. The country’s independent competition authority said in a statement that the greenwashing probe would focus on Infinite Styles Serves Co. Limited, […]
“Memorabile. Ipermoda” at Rome’s MAXXI Museum Rome showcases iconic fashion designs and explores their evolution and impact on culture. What makes fashion “memorable”, such that it is an engine of change in society? And how does fashion itself reflect that society, responding to social, political, economic and cultural evolution? These are some of the themes at the […]
Tyra Banks, Kate Moss and her daughter Lia, Gigi and Bella Hadid, and Carla Bruni all took part in the Victoria’s Secret show, making a comeback with a promise to celebrate “all women”. Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show has made its highly anticipated comeback. For their first fashion show since 2018, the fashion house marked its first […]