Egyptian designer Fatma Mostafa moves freely between painting, embroidery and jewellery, creating miniature works of art inspired by nature, memory and her native Cairo.
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A wedding, a rock star, a fashion legend, a master painter and 700 photographs. From the Marais to La Villette, Paris is putting on quite a show this season. Five exhibitions to get off the sofa and cross the Seine. Remember MeSeven…
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A heel without a heel, Aurélie Dupont’s pointe shoes, Usain Bolt’s spikes, a shoe imagined by David Lynch for Christian Louboutin… at Printemps Haussmann in Paris, more than 200 pieces tell the story of footwear as an object of desire, power, performance,…
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Cover: William Klein, Bikini, Moscow, 1959 © William Klein Photography, contemporary art, fashion: Milan is making the most of Fashion Week with a wave of new artistic offerings. From William Klein’s electric cities to Charmaine Poh’s digital identities, from Shilpa Gupta’s political…
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Forget members’ clubs. From perfect Guinness in Soho to Sunday roasts in Maida Vale, live music in Newington Green and fashion kids drinking in Tottenham, the city’s coolest rooms right now come with pints, carpets and last orders. THE PHENOMENONSoho: The Devonshire…
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Self-taught, Baltimore-raised and long operating outside fashion’s official system, Menyelek Rose has spent more than a decade cutting clothes apart and finding new forms inside them. As MENYELEK just unveiled The Narrator in Brooklyn, reconstruction becomes both method and story. At 28,…
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FASHION LONDON “The Burberry Trench: Crafting an Icon” V&A South Kensington — Prince Consort Gallery Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, United Kingdom September 21, 2026 – January 3, 2027 “CHANEL, le19M and The King’s Foundation Métiers d’Art Fellowships Exhibition” The Garrison Chapel…
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What happens when seventeen years of obsession go under the hammer? As dot COMME prepares to move its vast archive from Melbourne to Paris, 265 pieces from Octavius La Rosa’s extraordinary Comme des Garçons collection are heading to auction in London. CITY…
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At the Rencontres d’Arles, the exhibition Ghana! Dreaming Independence, 1957–1976 traces the way a newly independent country shaped its identity through images. Its curator, photography historian Damarice Amao, speaks to CITY about a long-term research project spanning official archives, photobooks, banknotes and…
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There is a moment when a tag stops being vandalism and starts becoming history, not because it has changed, but because the city around it has. This summer, Paris becomes the latest stop for Beyond the Streets, the international exhibition that, after…
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Fabric offcuts, Moroccan rugs, and an idea that became iconic: from her Paris studio, Calla Haynes has reinvented the babouche as a contemporary object of desire, bringing together craftsmanship, upcycling and slow fashion. Before it became a babouche brand, Calla was a…
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In Marseille, the Mucem is dedicating an exhibition to one of the most singular figures in French fashion. More than a retrospective, “Mossi Traoré, la mode aussi” explores a universe shaped as much by haute couture as by popular cultures, urban arts…
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Author of some of the most striking fragrance trails in contemporary perfumery, Quentin Bisch has established himself as one of the most influential creators of his generation. Through his creations, he has received numerous distinctions, yet he continues to move forward without…
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In a city where noise can drown out nuance, Jazzhole has long been a refuge, a portal into the sonic, intellectual, and spiritual depths of the Black world. Founded by Kunle Tejuoso in the early 1990s, the iconic Lagos bookstore and record…
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