How skin whitening reveals the depth of the beauty industry’s colourism

With skin-whitening products being discontinued, is the beauty industry actually beginning to address its issues with dark skin tones?

Global expansion of Hugo Boss’ online concession business in full swing

  HUGO BOSS takes its online fashion business to the next level. The ongoing expansion of its own online operations is of strategic importance for HUGO BOSS and one of the Group’s key growth drivers. Investments in this channel have been significantly stepped-up over recent years, thus successfully laying the foundation for fully exploiting its … Read more

Worth the hype: are Dior’s Air Jordans the most-wanted trainers of all time?

The fashion house’s update of Michael Jordan’s classic footwear is set to bring joy to sneakerheads and point the way forward for luxury shopping. Is this the restart of hype?

Great designers thrive in difficult situations: Virtual Grand Prix Selection for Lexus Design Awards 2020

    “Great designers thrive in difficult situations, and help individuals and society deal with unexpected change,” – Paola Antonelli, Italian author, editor, architect, and curator. The luxury automotive brand continues its support of next-generation creators on this new platform. Lexus announced that the luxury brand is adapting their Grand Prix judging for the Lexus … Read more

Sotheby’s reopens doors with auction of a Stanley Spencer wartime gem

The 1940 painting, Cottage Garden, Leonard Stanley, is expected to fetch more than £300,000 when it goes on sale in July

The future of the arts: ‘The world is coming into visual art on a human scale’

Our art critic longs to see paintings in person once more, and looks to a future where exhibitions may run longer and borrow less from abroad