Exclusive interview with Clara Elfort-Louis, Mode en Demeure Mode en Demeure was born from a shared heritage, that of Lola Melendez and Jordi Gomis, both deeply influenced by the elegance of their parents. For Lola, it was a mother who embodied the chic sophistication of the 1950s. For Jordi, a father whose presence recalled that…
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Min-Ji Kim is a London-based gender neutral fashion designer with roots in Korea and America. Her work challenges gender norms through bold colours, unconventional materials, and boundary-pushing silhouettes. Min-Ji Kim holds an MA from London College of Fashion and a BFA in Textiles from RISD. Drawing on her cross-cultural identity, she builds garments that celebrate…
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From the ‘Chic Boy’ to the ‘Macho’: Rethinking Men’s Beauty Archetypes in Fashion Across men’s beauty archetypes, the image of the male body is changing, but only in a limited way. It may seem more diverse, but in reality, there is still no single clear idea of what the “ideal” man in fashion looks like.…
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Pacha Salomon on instinct, rarity, and building a modern cabinet of curiosities Born between Paris and Venice, Pacha Salomon, founder and creative director of Antic Tonic, grew up surrounded by antique objects, artworks, and art books. Raised by an eccentric father, she developed an early sensitivity to rarity, instinctive collecting, and objects that seem to…
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Inside Pauline Gudet’s fictional system of recognition Pauline Gudet is a Paris-based artist and filmmaker working across art performance, installation, and video. Her practice explores how institutional, corporate, and bureaucratic systems shape identity, visibility, and self-worth. In “Femme à la recherche d’un prix” (2026), she stages a fictional authority, the Official Authority of…
A new fashion language from Beata Rydbacken Beata Rydbacken is a Swedish emerging fashion designer known for her oversized hair clips, hyperrealistic hair accessories, and playful visual universe. Her unique style quickly went viral on Instagram. Rydbacken gained attention through exaggerated accessories. These blur the line between fashion object, styling experiment, and internet image.…
From May 30 to October 11, 2026, the Kunstmuseum Basel / Gegenwart presents Testimonies to the Near Future, a major exhibition showcasing the work of Cao Fei. The immersive retrospective explores nearly three decades of artistic creation. Firstly it is a space where reality, fiction, technology, and collective imagination converge. Occupying the entire Gegenwart building,…
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LOVE at the Bastille Design Center During Paris Art Week, Art-Icon turned one of the city’s most iconic venues into a meditation on desire, identity, and human connection. Art-Icon presented “LOVE” at the Bastille Design Center during Paris Art Week. The exhibition, Art-Icon stood out as a highlight of the week. Curated by Danila Tkachenko…
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Matthew David Andrews on building immersive worlds from personal history Matthew David Andrews works at the intersection of memory and spectacle, where autobiography is filtered through theatrical excess. Moreover, drawing on Essex carnival culture, Venetian references, and fragments of lived experience, he constructs collections that feel like staged worlds. These collections are emotional,…
Les Moulins a former paper mill in Seine-et-Marne becomes one of France’s most singular contemporary art spaces. Twenty years ago, three friends made a choice. Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi, and Maurizio Rigillo, founders of Galleria Continua in San Gimignano. Together, they drove out to Boissy-le-Châtel and saw something others might have missed: four industrial hangars,…
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Why this week’s Ocean Gala in New York matters more than ever. There are moments in New York when the city feels connected to something much larger than itself. This week, guests will board Peace Boat in New York Harbor for the Ocean Gala & Blue Innovation Reception. They will step onto a vessel set…
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Between Bone and Porcelain: The Sculptural World of Hyoid Studio Situated somewhere between jewelry, sculpture, and contemporary art. Hyoid Studio has developed a distinctive visual language in which porcelain becomes a living material. Founded by an artist drawn to organic forms. The brand takes its name from the hyoid bonethe, most fragile bone in the…
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The Intimate World of Ionut Razvan Emerging from Bucharest’s new wave of avant garde fashion, Ionut Razvan is quickly establishing himself as one of the most emotionally charged voices of his generation. A graduate of the National University of Arts Bucharest in 2023, the young Romanian designer was awarded the Fashion Department Prize for Best…
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A Restored Estate Between the Ventoux and the Luberon Settled between the Ventoux region and the Montagne de Lure, in one of the most unspoiled corners of the Luberon Natural Regional Park, Domaine Les Davids is far more than a simple vineyard. It is owned and lovingly restored by Belgian entrepreneur and patron of the…
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Conversation with Silviya Solovyeva, co-founder and designer behind Solove Solove is a design brand co-founded by designer Silviya Solovyeva. It brings together vintage aesthetics and contemporary silhouettes through a personal and intuitive approach to fashion. Built around form, texture, and storytelling, the brand creates collections that feel both nostalgic and modern. Solove balances…
Whether you are looking for a vinyl-fueled night in Belleville, a dance floor hidden beneath ivy-covered vaults, or a sun-soaked afternoon that turns into a party, Paris has a place for you. Here are the best dance bars in Paris to let the music take over. Le Discobar: a Paris bar for dance and music…
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Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, is hosting its first fashion exhibition: “L’Imagination au Pouvoir” (Imagination at Work), dedicated to Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. Open through August 23, 2026. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is a creator whose inventiveness knows no limits. He has never belonged to a single discipline. His work has always moved freely across boundaries, offering a personal…
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Serpentine and The FLAG Art Foundation have announced Japanese poet Gozo Yoshimasu as the winner of the inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize. The jury gathered in London on April 23rd to reach their decision and award Gozo Yoshimasu. It included Michelle Kuo, Venus Lau, and Hans Ulrich Obrist from Serpentine, Jonathan Rider from…
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Between intuition and curation is the vintage brand Anemonia Anemonia was born from a friendship, a shared sensitivity, and the feeling that something was missing. Friends since the first day of high school, Eleonora and Linda spent years dreaming and creating together while following very different academic paths. But the deeper they went, the more…
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The Italian Radical Design group returned to Salone del Mobile 2026 with an exhibition that marks a new chapter in its story. This year, Gufram, Memphis, and Meritalia® came together in a single environment. They abandoned the idea of individual brand spaces. In doing so, the movement called Italian Radical Design brought its signature collaboration…
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Why the Galápagos belongs on every serious traveller’s list and why it will outlast every other destination you’ve ever loved. No photograph, no documentary, no amount of research prepares you for the moment a marine iguana walks across your foot and keeps moving. Indifferent, unhurried, entirely unbothered by your existence. Or for the silence of…
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Mains d’Avenir How does exceptional craftsmanship come to life? How does an embroidery design take shape, a hat find its form, or a fashion jewel reveal its unique character? From June 5 to 7, 2026, Le 19M will answer these questions through the fourth edition of Mains d’Avenir. This event entirely focuses on discovering the…
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Between Seaside Fantasy and Contemporary Discomfort: Kourtney Roy From February 20 to September 20, 2026, Kourtney Roy presents an immersive exhibition in Paris at the Cité de l’économie. Where mass tourism becomes a stage set, a performance space, and a mirror reflecting our contemporary desires. Through sun-drenched, hyper-saturated images filled with artificial glamour and ambiguous…
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Between Paris and Berlin, Upznshit is a Different Vision of Upcycled Fashion Born between the creative energy of Paris and Berlin, Upznshit is not simply an upcycled fashion brand, it is a manifesto for a more instinctive, joyful, and human approach to clothing. Founded by Marie Megel, it is built around the transformation of existing…
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From June 10 to September 13, 2026, Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) will present the exhibition Photography in All Letters in Paris celebrating the bicentenary of photography. Photography in All Letters brings together works by 36 artists from the corporate collection of Neuflize OBC, as well as the MEP collections, the exhibition celebrates nearly…
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Quetzalcóatl Park is the creation of Javier Senosiain, a celebrated Mexican architect known for his organic architecture inspired by nature and pre-Columbian culture. “ Human beings must not detach themselves from their primal impulses, from their biological being. They must remember that they originate from a natural source and that the search for their home…
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WAÏ has spent more than a decade asking a question that feels increasingly urgent in modern life: what creates belonging in a world where so many people feel disconnected from one another? The artist, cultural curator, and founder of BABËL, born Wael Mechri Yver, has built his work around music, movement, and human connection. His…
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Max Coulon’s exhibition at Galerie Romero Paprocki in Paris From April 30 to June 6, 2026, Max Coulon presents “L’un dans l’autre“, an exhibition that brings together a strange, almost theatrical assembly of figures. Part animal, part human, part architectural fragment, these sculptures seem to belong to a world that is both familiar and slightly…
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Paris Perfume Week 2026 – a fragrance lover’s dream come true! Imagine a beautiful, historic building in the centre of Paris. Filled with the most exciting assortment of new and undiscovered fragrance brands. Imagine you are allowed to spend three days sniffing, talking to fellow fume heads and immersing yourself in the joy of scent.…
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Stylus Reinvents the Art of Listening with an Acoustic Salon In the vibrant streets of New York, at 48 Clinton Street, Stylus is preparing to open as a unique private members club and acoustic salon. The new venue is dedicated to ephemeral arts and innovation. Through a program designed to animate the Lower East Side…
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