Category: Lifestyle & Culture

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Mum had been on thin ice for a while,” Joe tells me. The 29-year-old decided to go ‘no contact’ with his mother a little over a year ago, but, as he explains, the cracks had been…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In 2006, Danish magazine editor Eva Kruse had a vision: to put Copenhagen on the map as the world’s fifth fashion capital. 20 years on, and with the help of current CEO Cecilie Thorsmark, COO Isabella…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Since 2026 began, everyone on social media has been talking about the year of the Fire Horse. But what does it really mean? Here, astrologer and author Alice Sparkly Kat debunks some of the biggest myths,…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. It was almost two years ago now that Maya Wigram, daughter of famed fashion designer Phoebe Philo, made her catwalk debut for Burberry, closing the brand’s AW24 show in a floor-length tartan skirt and belted leather…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. I was six years old when Britney Spears shaved her head in 2007. Pictures of her smiling as she took clippers to her dark brown hair were splashed across the front cover of every gossip magazine,…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Irina Werning understands how powerful hair can be. The Argentinian-born artist, now based in London, has spent almost two decades photographing South American women and girls with long hair. This ongoing series, Las Pelilargas, explores how…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “I think this album is the afters, where you finally have a chance to have a cigarette with me,” says pop artist Sissy Misfit. It’s a fitting framing for her latest project, SISSY FXXXCKING MISFIT –…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. From Hercules to Jane Eyre, countless literary heroes illustrate the significance of turning 18. On the cusp of adulthood, like a cliff’s edge, you could either take flight or fall. This significance is true for Dean…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Last year was a whirlwind for Sudanese-American model and former Dazed cover star Anok Yai. Crowned 2025’s Model of the Year, she opened Ferragamo, Coperni and Hugo Boss, closed Ralph Lauren, Fendi, Vetements and Messika, and…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Out of all the European fashion houses, Versace has had a pretty eventful 12 months. First up, back in March 2025, Donatella Versace said goodbye to her creative director role after 27 years at the top….