The Hand-Drawn Hits That Hollywood Isn't Making
Japan and China where hand-drawn features are outperforming CG animated films
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The Devil Wears a Lot More Than Prada
What the looks we’ve seen so far tell us about office fashion and influence
BRANDSCAPES #2. Saint Laurent’s Marrakech
This article is part of a series exploring iconic brands through the places that shaped them - tracing how landscape, memory, and culture become the fabric of a brand's world. This time, we step into one of Morocco’s most magnetic cities, a place that captured Yves Saint Laurent’s heart and became his lifelong sanctuary.
The Return of the Wicked
Fan-fueled strategy, virality, and method dressing: will the press tour build cultural momentum again?
Authenticity Is The New Luxury
From exclusive resorts to casual fine dining, luxury now is all about experience
BRANDSCAPES #1. Jacquemus’ South of France
A guide to the places and feelings that shaped the brand
Substance Core: The Rise of Body Perfection Culture
Inside the new era of sculpted ideals, longevity hype, and the new performance of perfection.
Custom Costumes, Borrowed Charisma
Burberry, despite its clever campaigns, has seen a 6% drop in sales and has fallen from the FTSE 100 index. Other brands, like Roberto Cavalli and Christian Louboutin, are also struggling to stay relevant. The article argues that borrowed fame from celebrities is not enough to guarantee cultural relevance and that brands need to build their own narratives and identities. Why Dressing Pop Stars Isn’t Enough To Build Cultural Relevance
The Creative Director Shuffle
The endless turnover of fashion’s top seats and what it means for the industry.
Everyone Is an Intellectual Now
The rise of performative depth and over-intellectualisation in culture and branding
When Gwyneth Paltrow Is The Crisis Management Strategy
How Brands Are Turning Scandals Into Opportunities. And The Opposite
The course of human events
What good is U.S. diplomacy with Russia? Can democracy live with huge laws passed by just a few votes? & Is it finally dead in Hong Kong? … + The weird end of the U.S.-China trade war. Why Americans are losing interest in news. Music from Michael Gordon. &c. … The member’s despatch, Week XXVII.
Last call
Why are so many people in so many countries around the world drinking less? Tim Naimi on the spread of sobering research about alcohol’s adverse health effects, the tightening of economic pressures, and the myth of the moderate European drinker.
Promises, promises
Getting the questions straight on Trump’s Epstein gamble. … A reckoning in Gaza for the post–World War II humanitarian-relief system. … & How much of a threat is violence toward Syria’s Druze minority—for the country and the Middle East as a whole? … The member’s despatch, Week XXX.
Camping Out
Summer time is funner time with AI.
