Burberry’s seasonless clothes usher in fashion’s stream-of-consciousness era
September show breaks with arcane structures of fashion week, putting clothes online and on the catwalk simultaneously
Books
Voynich Manuscript, The Most Mysterious Book, To Be Cloned
The Voynich Manuscript, a manuscript originated between 1404 and 1438 and written in an unknown language, is considered to be one of the world’s most mysterious books. Locked in a vault at Yale University’s Beinecke Library, the centuries-old book remains a secret for the best cryptographers of the world. The weathered book includes stylish writing and … Read more
Reading without books is a pleasure available in multiple and unexpected forms @ mudac
What Will We Be Reading? Reading In All Its Forms @ mudac Mudac – The Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (Lausanne, Switzerland) introduced the first exhibition on reading without books. “What Will We Be Reading?” starts from the idea that, far from disappearing, reading is a pleasure that can now be found in a … Read more
Amazon Kindle Oasis review: the luxury e-reader really is something special
Top-end e-reader is a cut above the rest, rethinking the Kindle design and experience, cutting 20% weight and costing a pretty penny in the process
Sir Elton John and JK Rowling listed as most charitable UK celebrities
Singer donated £26.8m and author gave £10.3m in 2015, though Sainsbury family top list of wealthy givers with £220m
Top 10 amazing facts you didn’t know about Coco Chanel
London Fashion Week starts on Thursday so mark it by getting acquainted with fashion designer extraordinaire Coco Chanel, from her humble beginnings to her last words on her deathbed