Addison! Rihanna! Clairo! Miss Claire Sullivan is for main characters only

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Claire Sullivan used to be self-conscious about how loud and expressive she could be, but through her work on eponymous label Miss Claire Sullivan, she’s gotten over it. The former Vaquera designer, who bowed out of…

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Rick Owens wants you to wear your birth chart like a badge of honour

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. If you’ve ever wondered if Rick Owens is an astrology man, then look no further than his most recent runway show. The American designer just debuted his SS26 women’s collection at Paris Fashion Week, and the…

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Taylor Swift has lost her grip with The Life of a Showgirl

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. When Taylor Swift appeared on her fiancĂ© Travis Kelce’s podcast to announce her 12th studio album, The Life of the Showgirl, the 35-year-old said that the record came from “the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place…

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Loewe SS26: What went down at Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s debut

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. After several sunny days in the French capital, the fashion crowd woke up to dreary grey skies this morning (October 3). Luckily, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez were on hand to inject some much needed colour….

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Givenchy SS26: Everything you missed from Sarah Burton’s sophomore show

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. For the fashion crowd – and particularly the women that make up the industry – Sarah Burton’s AW25 Givenchy debut was an important moment. Besides demonstrating that she understood the Givenchy DNA, the show proved how…

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This exhibition captures the hope and horror of life in Gaza

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This August, Israel killed five journalists in a double-tap air strike at a hospital in Gaza: Moaz Abu Taha, Mariam Abu Dagga, Mohammad Salama, Ahmed Abu Aziz and Hussam al-Masri. Abu Dagga, a 33-year-old photojournalist who…

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