Boudicca armour, chiffon nuns’ habits… It must be love, Westwood style
Vivienne Westwood and her husband, Andreas Kronthaler, celebrate their quarter-century together with a ‘homage’ show
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The £3bn rebirth of King’s Cross: dictator chic and pie-in-the-sky penthouses
Google HQ, boutique shops in old coal sheds, gasholders offering wedge-shaped flats at sky-high prices … as the vast project comes together after 18 years, our critic gives his verdict
Bentley is exploring the future of British luxury in the year 2050
Bentley and the Royal College of Art (RCA) announced details of a design collaboration aimed at exploring the future of British luxury in the automotive sector. Bentley has always been a leader in luxury. The British luxury manufacturer is looking for ideas and concepts that could potentially lead them in new and interesting directions. … Read more
39ft Riva Rivamare: This is not a boat for the shy and retiring
As an open-top dayboat, the 39ft Riva Rivamare is sheer perfection. Riva Rivamare announced as the most beautiful powerboat at the 2018 London Boat Show. 2018 London Boat Show sees the UK debut of Riva’s latest and most glamourous addition to their dayboat/weekender line-up, the 39ft Rivamare. The best part of owning one of these … Read more
London to host self-curated Azzedine Alaïa exhibition next spring
Design Museum to launch retrospective on late Tunisian couturier ‘who expressed timeless beauty of the female form’
The top 10 architecture and design events of 2017
It was a year that celebrated new dawns. From plywood to postmodernism, from the return of council housing to a Cornish art gallery, our critic picks his highlights