I guess it would take Taylor Swift to make it official: 2024 is the year of the diss track. January ended with an all-out blood bath (and, mostly, a horror show) between Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion after years of subtle shots between the two. Then Ice Spice and Latto entered the ring, and … Read more
Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, dropped today, and it’s full of the kinds of astute observations about millennial existence that we’ve come to expect from the pop star. Case in point: in her duet with Florence Welch, “Florida!!!”, she sings: “My friends all smell of weed or little babies.” Can you imagine … Read more
Her sartorial transformation is just one of many in the Regency romp’s next chapter: there’s also Colin himself, who returns from his European adventures as a more rugged and worldly suitor, trading his Bridgerton baby blues for earthier shades; Eloise, whose outfits begin to mirror the flamboyance of Cressida’s; and Kate Bridgerton, née Sharma (Simone … Read more
When Marie Kondo revealed to the world last January that she had “kind of given up” on tidying now that she’s a mother of three, the quotes went viral—and understandably so. For a cleaning guru, whose book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and subsequent Netflix shows have given rise to a decluttering empire, the … Read more
16. Put a belt on it In the tradition of just about everyone else in the mid-Noughties, Beckham reiterates a desperate plea for women to nip a belt over men’s shirts and extra-long knits to give the illusion of an hourglass silhouette. She said she often does the same with David’s sweaters during the summer … Read more
As if conquering the makeup landscape wasn’t enough, Charlotte Tilbury is about to turn the fragrance world on its head. Not satisfied with launching one fragrance, Tilbury has developed a line of six perfumes called Collection of Emotions. The clue is in the name: this is no ordinary set of scents–according to Tilbury, they have … Read more
HBO Exploitative to the planet and the women who have starved themselves to fit into its childlike clothes, Brandy Melville is positioned as the ultimate fast-fashion empire. Pap shots of Kaia Gerber and Kendall Jenner are spliced with drone shots of hellish landfill sites in Accra, Ghana. The point is made obvious: fashion brands like … Read more
A confession: sometimes, at a press event, my mind wanders. And the latest launch by new French skincare brand Neur/ae, owned by Sisley Paris, is no exception. The location–the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, a spectacular wow-factor building with a domed glass ceiling–transports me along book after book of leather-bound spines, past the more … Read more
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When British Vogue dropped in on Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding for a glass of white Burgundy back in 1998, the author wasn’t quite sure what would become of the vaguely autobiographical character she’d created. “I don’t know what will happen to her,” she said, cozied up in the candlelit living room of her Notting … Read more
Control freaks have had a bad rap. I should know: I am one, just like Kristen Stewart, my sister in arms, who recently revealed—in her signature rockstar drawl—that she’s “like, a total control freak” on the Smartless podcast, while discussing her desire to direct films instead of act in them. “If I could just design … Read more
