A loss for the World of Wearable Art community: Mandi Kingsbury, 1971–2024
Carolyn Enting looks at the astonishing life of former WOW Supreme Award winner and international stylist Mandi Kingsbury, who passed away on Saturday […]
Grace Han reopens London flagship store; Gabriella Wilde and Zoë Zimmer among VIPs
Grace Han had been forced to close her store during the pandemic, but found out that ‘when one door closes, the heavens open new ones for you’ […]
The UK tabloid media are in Prince Harry’s crosshairs in ITV’s Harry: the Interview. Jack Yan gives his reaction to the Prince’s frank interview with Tom Bradby […]
A personal tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II
Founder and publisher Jack Yan looks at HM Queen Elizabeth II’s significance to him and his family […]
The British Consul-General in Los Angeles and Universal Music Group hosted a garden party to commemorate HM Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne […]
Sweden’s king of swimwear, Panos Papadopoulos, reveals all in his new autobiography
Toward the end of next week, Panos Papadopoulos’s autobiography, Panos: My Life, My Odyssey, comes out in London, with an event in Stockholm following. This is an intimate memoir about Panos’s rise, from childhood poverty in Greece to the ‘king of swimwear’ in Scandinavia. Not only do I have an advance copy, I collaborated […]
In brief: Living Nature Radiance Night Oil scores award; vegan releases from the Route, Biotulin
The Route, the vegan skin care brand founded by a nurse, is launching its first sunscreen, the Shake & Shield, on April 1. It’s rated at SPF 50 (PA+++), blocking 99 per cent of UVA and UVB radiation, and contains a patented Kleair technology to help boost antioxidants to fight free radicals. The Skin Cancer […]
Prince William visits Expo 2020 Dubai for UK National Day
HRH Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has visited Expo 2020 Dubai as part of its UK National Day. It marks his first official visit to the UAE. The celebrations featured the Queen’s Baton Relay, which is passing through the national pavilions of British Commonwealth countries. Prince William also highlighted two Royal Foundation programmes, […]
Bulgari launches B.Zero1 Rock Chain collection; Lilly zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg among VIPs
Franziska Krug/Getty Images Bulgari held an event for its B.zero1 Rock Chain jewellery collection at the Alhambra on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin on Friday, attended by VIP guests including members of the aristocracy, actors, models, and influencers, with rapper Ufo361 (the stage name of Ufuk Bayraktar) providing live music, Alexander ‘Ali’ Schwarz from Tiefschwarz the […]
Kristen Stewart wears spring 1988 Chanel haute couture re-creation on Spencer poster
There’s been a tremendous amount of interest in Diana, Princess of Wales of late—especially around the time of what would have been her 40th wedding anniversary to HRH Prince Charles. The Crown has added to interest in the People’s Princess, and the latest encroachment on her memory is Pablo Larraín’s Spencer, a biopic with Kristen […]
