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John Galliano Met Retrospective Cancelled

The designer withdrew from the exhibition, planned in his honour, amid mounting backlash over antisemitic remarks. ‘I have decided, with great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not to take place at this time,’ Galliano said in a statement.

Luxury

John Galliano Met Retrospective Cancelled

The designer withdrew from the exhibition, planned in his honour, amid mounting backlash over antisemitic remarks. ‘I have decided, with great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not to take place at this time,’ Galliano said in a statement.


Sustainability

The Great Sustainability Rebrand

At this year’s Global Fashion Summit, the industry reframed sustainability around its financial value and presented it as a business survival strategy.

Sustainability

The Great Sustainability Rebrand

At this year’s Global Fashion Summit, the industry reframed sustainability around its financial value and presented it as a business survival strategy.


Media

Ahead of the Met Gala, a ‘Ball Without Billionaires’

A fashion show co-organised by labour unions served as a protest against this year’s Met Gala. The theme? ‘Labour is art.’

Media

Ahead of the Met Gala, a ‘Ball Without Billionaires’

A fashion show co-organised by labour unions served as a protest against this year’s Met Gala. The theme? ‘Labour is art.’


Media

At the Met Gala, Dandies Owned the Night

In the first Met Gala that centered Black style, there was a collision of modern culture and history from embellished capes to bedazzled canes and grillz.

Media

At the Met Gala, Dandies Owned the Night

In the first Met Gala that centered Black style, there was a collision of modern culture and history from embellished capes to bedazzled canes and grillz.


Media

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style is the Met’s Costume Institute Spring 2025 Exhibition

The Costume Institute announced Wednesday that the theme of its Spring exhibition will celebrate the history of menswear through the lens of the Black diaspora.

Media

Superfine: Tailoring Black Style is the Met’s Costume Institute Spring 2025 Exhibition

The Costume Institute announced Wednesday that the theme of its Spring exhibition will celebrate the history of menswear through the lens of the Black diaspora.


Beauty

Met Gala 2024 Beauty Trends: Boho Princesses and Bling Queens Embrace Garden Fairytale

While light on obvious social stunts, the 2024 Met Gala still had its share of trending beauty moments this year.

Beauty

Met Gala 2024 Beauty Trends: Boho Princesses and Bling Queens Embrace Garden Fairytale

While light on obvious social stunts, the 2024 Met Gala still had its share of trending beauty moments this year.


Media

At the Met Gala, the Fantasy Was Intact

Despite threats of disruption from protests, the Condé Nast union and TikTok’s legal woes, the event continued as planned with attendees dazzling in bespoke and archival ensembles.

Media

At the Met Gala, the Fantasy Was Intact

Despite threats of disruption from protests, the Condé Nast union and TikTok’s legal woes, the event continued as planned with attendees dazzling in bespoke and archival ensembles.


Luxury

This Week, Tapestry Takes on the FTC; Politics Threaten to Intrude on the Met Gala

The Coach owner’s results will provide another opportunity to stick up for its acquisition of rival Capri. And the Met Gala will do its best to ignore the TikTok ban and labour strife at Conde Nast.

Luxury

This Week, Tapestry Takes on the FTC; Politics Threaten to Intrude on the Met Gala

The Coach owner’s results will provide another opportunity to stick up for its acquisition of rival Capri. And the Met Gala will do its best to ignore the TikTok ban and labour strife at Conde Nast.


Technology

The Met Gala’s TikTok Headache

TikTok’s first time sponsoring the glitzy event comes just as the US effectively deemed the company a national security threat under its current ownership, raising complications for Condé Nast and the gala’s other organisers.

Technology

The Met Gala’s TikTok Headache

TikTok’s first time sponsoring the glitzy event comes just as the US effectively deemed the company a national security threat under its current ownership, raising complications for Condé Nast and the gala’s other organisers.


Luxury

Quiet Luxury Has No Place at the Met Gala

An event built on viral moments is unlikely to move the discourse around stealth wealth forward. Plus, what else to watch for this week.

Luxury

Quiet Luxury Has No Place at the Met Gala

An event built on viral moments is unlikely to move the discourse around stealth wealth forward. Plus, what else to watch for this week.