The Cartier Women’s Initiative 2019: Seven trailblazing female entrepreneurs, seven ways to change the world

    The 2019 Cartier Women’s Initiative brought together and honored some of the world’s most dynamic, forward-thinking and socially conscious businesswomen. The awards ceremony was held in San Francisco on May 2, 2019. Founded in 2006 by Cartier luxury house, McKinsey & Company and INSEAD Business School, the Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual … Read more

Flushed with success: solid-gold toilet to be installed at Blenheim

Visitors will be able to spend 18-carat gold penny when artwork arrives at country house in autumn

V&A car exhibition to mark ‘most important 20th century object’

Museum will feature 15 vehicles from the Ford Model T to the Patent-Motorwagen No 3

Sneakers time: Basketball-inspired LV Trainer are Virgil Abloh’s first sneakers for Louis Vuitton

Virgil Abloh’s passion for sneakers is finally materialized in the LV Trainer – the first collection of sneakers for luxury house Louis Vuitton. The sneaker is made in Louis Vuitton’s Fiesso D’Artico Ateliers in Italy.  First unveiled last year on the runway, Virgil Abloh’s first sneakers for Louis Vuitton have become one of the most … Read more

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks

What happens when a forklift goes through your Picasso? By Andrew Dickson

Still fresh as a daisy: Mary Quant’s era-defining fashion

Her exuberant clothes catered to women’s new sense of freedom in the 60s and a V&A retrospective shows Mary Quant is as relevant as ever

• My Mary Quant gem: women on the treasures they donated