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NGV hosts The Picasso Century, with over 170 works by Picasso and contemporaries

March 5, 2022/10.19

Header image: Tim Carrafa; above image: Getty Picasso artworks appearing in The Picasso Century. Above: Portrait de femme, 1938 (Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d’art moderne–Centre de création industrielle; gift of the artist, copyright ©1947 Succession Picasso/Copyright Agency; photo © 2022 Centre Pompidou, MNAMCCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. RMN-GP). Mère et enfant, 1907 (Musée national Picasso–Paris; donated in […]

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SMoss’s third Capt Blackpool book, The Jade Lion, out now

March 4, 2022/0.28

  As many of you know, our travel editor Stanley Moss has penned a number of fiction titles, among them two novels starring Capt Harry Blackpool, a veteran of His Majesty’s Guards and a secret agent, and storylines that take you on a grand tour of 19th-century society (and a little of the 18th in […]

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Eternal Nineties exhibition pays homage to the era of the supermodel

February 26, 2022/0.00

Above, from top: Sylvie Castioni: Dans les draps de Léa Seydoux, 2010. Jacques Burga: Valentina Hites, 2021. Pierre-Alban Hüe de Fontenay: Margot, rue de la Croix Nivert, 2019. Jacques Burga: Charlotte Lawrence, 2021.   Running from February 26 to March 9, 2022, Galerie Duret in Paris (7bis rue des Saints-Pères, 75006) is paying tribute to […]

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French designer Thierry Mugler has died, aged 73

January 24, 2022/1.11

Mugler   Above: Thierry Mugler, as pictured in the house’s official announcement of his passing. Header image: Mugler at le cirque d’hiver 20th anniversary autumn–winter 1995–6 finalé.   Mere days after the death of André Leon Talley came news that French designer Thierry Mugler, 73, passed away Sunday. The cause of death was not given. […]

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Kendall Jenner models for Messika as its new muse

January 21, 2022/16.07

© Chris Colls   Kendall Jenner’s first shoot for Messika, photographed by Chris Colls, has appeared, showing the house’s jewellery on the model against a summery, beach background. Jenner has become designer Valérie Messika’s new muse, replacing Gigi Hadid. The new campaign, with Jenner donning a swimsuit or a jacket, is meant to signal freedom, […]

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André Leon Talley, former Vogue editor-at-large, dies at 73

January 19, 2022/5.48

André Leon Talley as pictured on the cover of his 2020 memoir, The Chiffon Trenches.   The enigmatic former Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley, 73, has died in hospital in White Plains, New York, from an unknown illness, according to his literary agent. Born in Washington, DC in 1948 but raised by his maternal grandmother […]

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Eating our way through Paris—encore

December 25, 2021/11.09

Wait around long enough in Paris and you’ll stumble upon evidence of a new ephemeral culinary concept. This season it’s nomadic restaurants. They pop up here and there, not intended to last that long, run by adventurous young chefs, usually on the pricey side. Exciting, inventive menus can be found, the most popular cuisines being […]

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Caudalie’s gift sets make Christmas shopping more sustainable

November 15, 2021/9.59

  With consumers prioritizing sustainable living over the past couple of years, planet-friendly products are in high demand, especially with Christmas around the corner, marking the beginning of the holiday shopping frenzy. Caudalie has risen to the occasion and prepared eco-designed and fully recyclable gift sets filled with their most popular products. Caudalie saved 17 […]

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Valentina Sampaio named Armani Beauty’s newest ambassador

November 3, 2021/23.31

Mikael Jansson   Valentina Sampaio is the new face of Armani Beauty, with her first campaigns for the brand’s 2022 line, photographed by Mikael Jansson. Sampaio will notably promote Lip Power, Armani Beauty’s new lipstick. She joins Cate Blanchett, Barbara Palvin, Zhong Chuxi, Adria Arjona, Alice Pagani, Greta Ferro, Madisin Rian, Ryan Reynolds, Jackson Yee […]

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