McQueen directors: ‘Fashion creates icons, then isolates them’

The makers of a new doc about the late designer tell how they set out to present a nuanced picture of an insecure man and his joyful adventures

Manon Wertenbroek for La Prairie: A tribute to Niki de Saint Phalle ar Art Basel

La Prairie at Art Basel: Manon Wertenbroek x Niki de Saint Phalle. A groundbreaking 20th century Contemporary artist, Niki de Saint Phalle is a key artistic inspiration for La Prairie; her striking use of cobalt blue throughout her work is the inspiration for the rich, translucent cobalt blue vessels of the La Prairie Skin Caviar Collection. … Read more

JW Anderson applies his passion for art and craft to the iconic Chuck 70 Toy

  The latest Chuck 70 from Converse and JW Anderson questions what makes art anyway. The Converse x JW Anderson Chuck 70 Toy is the exuberant result of the Irish-born designer’s life-long obsession with objects — evidenced now by his collecting of ceramic sculpture. It is within Anderson’s curiosity about how things are made that … Read more

Balmain 2.0 to deliver a compelling brand experience to the growing Balmain Army

After being named Balmain CEO in April 2017, one of the first things Massimo Piombini focused on was an acceleration of the luxury fashion house’s digital capabilities to offer an enhanced customer experience. The result of these efforts is a new Balmain digital house. The second-generation Balmain.com aims to deliver a compelling brand and shopping … Read more

Ready for liftoff? Two flying taxi startups got Pentagon funding

Exclusive: Self-flying vehicle firms got $2m last year, as US military envisions taxis as more Blade Runner than Back to the Future

Burberry blames falling sales in UK and Europe on stronger currencies

Luxury fashion house says higher exchange rates for pound and euro are deterring Chinese tourists