Art
Flights of fancy, bolts of beauty, and true imagination
Return To Sender: How BUZIGAHILL’s Slow Fashion Builds Community In Uganda
Inclusivity and openness lie at the heart of BUZIGAHILL’s community in a way that goes far beyond corporate buzzwords…
The Last Straw: How Penny Maltby Preserves A Dying Craft
‘I love spending hours on my own working with straw: the sound of it, the rustle, and its smell. I find it quite ritualistic to prepare…’
‘We’ve Always Been the Silent Creators’: Reclaiming Heritage In A Global Fashion Economy
‘I want non-Indian people to wear my brand. I want them to respect Indian fashion the same way people respect Italian textiles…’
‘Turning Struggles Into Legacy’: UDGN’s Cultural Threads Runway
Histories and futures were woven together at Cultural Threads SS26, a runway staged by Unity in Design Global Network (UDGN) at London Fashion Week…
‘A Rebellious Act’: Are Young People Reviving Antiques?
My long-held assumption was that antiques and young people rarely mixed, but we may well be living in a new age of interest in the past…
The Mills Fabrica: A Scientific Spectacle
Fabrica X presents the science in a way that transforms a jaded Londoner into an eager child at a magic show…
Kutnia: In Touch with Tradition
In London, where the brand colour has got to be a kind of pigeon grey, owning something as vibrant as Kuntia’s designs says that you will not be subdued...
Consider the Word: Elegant
Consider the word ‘elegant’ and try to conjure up a figure more refined than the 19th century English dandy...
Jessica Worrall: Decoding Fashion through Collage
How you present yourself always matters, and no one understands this better than Jessica Worrall, a decoder of fashion language...
Modern Masterpieces: Exploring Emotion & Nature in Jewellery
Jewellery, in its most transcendent form, can be sculpture, art object, pure fashion accessory or good luck charm...
Beautiful Objects: The Queen’s Gloves
Cornelia James, a young Austrian Jewish girl newly graduated from the Vienna Arts Academy, flees the country. She comes to England as a refugee with no clothes and no money. What she does have, is a little case of coloured calfskins…
Solving the Mystery of V&A’s ‘Monkey Woman’
Behind the scenes of V&A's vast collections, the ones hidden from exhibitions and audiences, secreted in storage, I found a particularly curious object...
Vogue Legends: Two Editors & Their Antics in Love
In 1926, both Dody and Madge were unceremoniously fired. Their lesbian relationship made for an easy scapegoat. However, much was suspicious...