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Fashion

Fashion Before the Feed: What a Working Model Sees First

In castings and fittings, Leyla Ucar spots 2026 trends first: Scandi streetwear, bootcut denim, reworked lace, polished grunge beauty.

Casting Is Fashion’s First Language 

Luxury speaks first through casting: restrained faces, quiet power, and cultural literacy shaping campaigns long before the clothes.

The Work of Time on the Louis Vuitton Monogram

From trunks to pop culture, the Louis Vuitton Monogram turns 130: a study in heritage, reinvention, and the quiet power of recognisability.

The Appeal of Being Unreadable in Fashion

Sunglasses aren't just shade—they're a technology of distance: sculptural frames, dark lenses, and the chic power of withholding.

Film/Music

Living In Between: Carson Allen on Identity, Instinct, and Craft

An intimate editorial with Carson Allen on working between Seoul and Los Angeles, creative instinct, cultural nuance, and finding identity beyond borders.

When Softness And Power Collide: Olivia Dean’s Path To Success

A fashion-forward profile of Olivia Dean, where airy neo-soul meets fearless style—from The Art of Loving to runway-level stage looks.

BRAT Summer Goes Cinematic

Brat’s lime-green afterglow turns filmic as Charli XCX expands into A24’s The Moment—dark glamour, world-building, and pop-star reinvention.

A Hollywood-Shaped Christmas: How American Movies Built Our Holiday Fa...

From It’s a Wonderful Life to Home Alone, Hollywood turned Christmas into a global moodboard—snow, romance, redemption, and cozy nostalgia

Culture

Talking People and the Art of the Unscripted

An intimate look at Talking People, where unscripted performance, presence, and audience connection redefine contemporary theatre.

The Toxicity of WIEIAD Culture on Social Media

WIEIAD videos look harmless, yet calorie counts and body checks turn feeds into performance—fueling comparison, misinformation, restriction.

Breaking Up With the Apps: Inside London’s Dating Events

London’s anti-app dating scene is booming: speed dates, women-first parties, and unstructured socials that make connection feel human again.

Why French Pharmacies Feel Like a Luxury Without Trying

French pharmacies deliver quiet luxury: curated skincare staples, pharmacist guidance, and less decision fatigue—Gen Z’s calm alternative.

Beauty

How Reviews Shape the Year’s Beauty

TikTok review culture turns gloss, stains, dupes and "empties" into doctrine—pushing glass skin toward glitchy glam, with Gen Z leading.

Beauty Rituals and the Calm in Digital Culture

GRWM videos turn makeup into rhythm—timed gestures, palettes, and camera-ready composure that teaches calm under constant visibility.

Dior Addict and the Changing Meaning of “Addiction” in Beauty

Dior Addict’s 2026 pivot reframes 'addiction' as habit: Rosy, Peachy & Purple Glow plus Lip Glow Oil, made for intimacy and repetition.

Blush as Narration: How Korean Screen Romance Rewired Beauty

K-dramas taught us to read blush like dialogue: warm, diffused, and alive. From screen romance to UK trends, emotion leads the face.

Creative

Living In Between: Carson Allen on Identity, Instinct,and Craft

Actress Carson Allen reflects on living between Seoul and Los Angeles—where nuance, discipline, and instinct shape her craft.

METAMORPHOSIS  

A poetic fashion editorial exploring transformation, identity, and renewal — Metamorphosis captures the beauty of change and becoming.

PATTERNS

“Patterns” explores post-Soviet carpet motifs through memory, texture, and emotion — a visual reflection on home and childhood warmth.

Karybut

HYGY spotlights Karybut’s Vyadzmarki — a debut fashion collection blending witchcraft, folklore, and modern silhouettes

Events

LEAFF 2025: Opening Night, Nostalgia & a Little Fangirling

At the London East Asia Film Festival 2025, Ha Jung-woo, John Woo, and Chow Yun-fat lit up Leicester Square in a night of nostalgia, cinema, and connection.

Threads in Common — A Fitzrovia Mural Stitching Past and Present

Oliwia Bober’s 13.5-metre mural Threads in Common celebrates Fitzrovia’s makers, weaving London’s textile history into today’s creative community.

Hello Kitty Steps Into the Ring: Sumo & Culture in London

Hello Kitty becomes ambassador for London’s Grand Sumo Tournament, uniting Japanese tradition, pop culture, and nostalgia under the Royal Albert Hall dome.

Paris Turns Pink: BLACKPINK’s Fashion, Fireworks & Full Spectacle

Paris turned pink as BLACKPINK delivered couture fashion, dazzling visuals, and powerful music in a Stade de France show fans will never forget