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Michele’s fresh vision for Valentino is actually steeped in the house’s rich heritage for the Resort 2025 collection

Part retail, part gallery, the boutique is the perfect place to picture how a Loewe garment might fit in at your own abode.

Drag queens in the South aren’t just putting on a show—they’re fighting for their right to exist

Sistine Stallone’s daring nature leads her to many different places, whether it’s jumping off towering cliffs or paving her way along creative career paths. Refusing to settle for the mundane, Stallone is determined to sample every slice of life, including the realm of reality TV, which she recently entered with The Family Stallone, a new docuseries about her family on Paramount+. 

Unpacking the secrets of travel trends this season on page 14

From the roots of ’90s hip-hop culture, jean shorts are back for the second summer in a row

Transporting us everywhere from near-future totalitarian regimes to the world of New York matchmakers, these flicks prove indie cinema’s pulse is thrumming stronger than ever. 

Daniel Roseberry taps into Elsa Schiaparelli’s ability for reinvention for the house’s latest couture collection

While heritage houses are comfortable dwelling in the past, Destroyer of Worlds (a debut NYFW designer) breeds the apocalypse—and a cultural satire on the state of our world.

CULTURED welcomed Manolo Blahnik to Miami with a dazzling boutique debut—complete with cocktails, covetable new heels, and a pledge to support cutting-edge

Outstanding in the Field took over the event's Rose Garden for its 10th appearance at the music festival.

A new dawn for the modeling industry on page 26

Art-world insiders gathered at the Whitney to celebrate Johanna Fateman and John Vincler, CULTURED's Co-Chief Art Critics

Cindy Crawford kicks off the podcast, bringing the secrets of 1990s fashion to your ears

They’re ugly, they’re boring, and they’re cost effective.

Guests explored the frescoed corridors of Palazzo Donizetti at the third-annual "L’Appartamento" exhibition.

The lineup celebrates the legendary music venue and Hedi Slimane’s music-driven roots

The brand’s latest collection includes hand soaps, creams, and hair mists

Following Virginie Viard’s departure, the French fashion house’s latest collection echoes Karl Lagerfeld design cues

The prints may be psychedelic, but the prices are down-to-earth

The launch of the Elsa Peretti® Bone and Split Rings celebrates her iconic design legacy with Tiffany & Co.

Hedi Slimane ventures into the athleisure lifestyle like never before

Aperture collaborates with Google to support visual storytellers

Floating through the history of the bubble hem, plus how I faked the trend with some safety pins

Converse combines 20 heritage designs for a fusion of sporty silhouettes

Inside the Munich-based label and musician’s travel-centric collaboration

24 artists span across a century of surrealist photography

Louis Vuitton will cast off new nautical men and women capsule collections on July 18, navigating its title partnership with the America’s Cup

The collection embodies the childlike bliss of summer with its “Wet, Hot, Pleasing Summer” collection

Sabato De Sarno infuses Gucci’s rebrand with vibrancy and emotion in his first menswear collection with the brand

The ‘Atlantic’ collection embodies the ocean from captain to coral

The house’s latest menswear collection aims to fuse countryside charm with city sophistication

Formichetti will bring his creative eye to the luxury fashion platform

The brand focuses on the details while introducing their new initiative of precious materials

The brand’s new menswear collection embraces muted tones and striking textures

The house’s recent runway show serves as a modern take on the Givenchy gentleman

A cosmic fusion of earthly influences and extraterrestrial fascination

The maison draws inspiration from artist Isabella Ducrot’s “Big Aura” installation to infuse their own artistic expression

As good as gold, Louis Vuitton’s new pop-up locations celebrating Pharrell Williams’s first collection with the brand stand out brilliantly among the rest

Ringing in the Year of the Dragon, MCM partners with Japanese streetwear brand A BATHING APE®

Dior teams up with Japanese artist Otani Workshop for a creature-contorted capsule collection

The sister restaurant to Cento Pasta Bar lured a crowd for an intimate dinner party and raw preview plate.

For their limited-edition collaboration with Collina Strada, Thebe Magugu, and Mira Mikati, the brand reinvents their classic outerwear to highlight self-expression

Starring friends of the house such as Phoebe Dynevor, Lous & the Yakuza, Shay Mitchell and Nana Ouyang, the campaign gives some serious Y2K energy

Dior starts off the new year redefining a beauty icon

Tommy Hilfiger’s Fall 2023 campaign showcases modern Americana by featuring icons and their families

The brand’s latest collection paid homage to the raw nature of photographer Irving Penn at Copenhagen Fashion Week

The singer partners with environmental non-profit REVERB to solar-power her headlining Lollapalooza set

The brands reunite for another collaboration that showcases a combination of human-made and natural materials

Co-founders Guido Callarelli and Birta Ólafsdóttir to talk about the company’s origins, the importance of retaining artisanal craftsmanship, and obsession-worthy materials

Simmer in the sun with the French fashion house’s new ’60s inspired seaside lifestyle collection

Come on, Barbie—let’s go through all of the outfits during the movie’s premiere tour

The fashion house introduces the first 100% upcycled yarn tote bag at Agora Six Senses Ibiza Hotel boutique

The fashion house escapes to the Hamptons with a party full of celebrities for the launch of the Valentino Escape 2023 capsule collection

Prada’s new FW23 campaign presents “In Conversation with a Flower”—a conversation between a flower and 5 actors and actresses

The latest refillable clean skincare line you need to know

The house celebrates 70 years of the iconic Horsebit Loafer emblem, while unveiling their SS24 collection

In a world of futuristic surfers, ERL tells their story in their new SS24 collection

The fashion house reveals SS24 Amalfi Coast-inspired collection, “Ralph’s Dolce Vita”

In honor of the Serpenti’s 75th anniversary, the jewelry house presents a new celebratory exhibition showcasing its timeless evolution

Chanel hosted the 16th annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner

The list of new releases announced at the WWDC23 is revolutionizing Apple products

The artist and founder of the beloved arts organization threw a semi-centennial celebration for the ages—co-hosted by CULTURED.

This June, Mulberry launches their summer capsule collection, picnic essentials

The actress comes together with Gabriela Hearst for a capsule collection with the French fashion house

The Italian fashion house is thinking “mini” and mighty this season

The Beverly Hills Hotel houses Christian Dior’s pop-up extravaganza for the latest Dioriviera collection

German fashion brand, MCM, has launched their new collection that consists of larger than life monograms

Motorola brings Grammy award-winning Kim Petras and Cirque du Soleil together for the launch of the new razr+

“La Vacanza” is a first in the house’s history, marking a new beginning for the brand.

The house’s latest campaign elicits the power of deconstructed tailoring.

Don’t look back, the future of fashion is ahead.

Dive into a world of watches and watercolor. 

Armitron, a popular watch brand, has teamed up with celebrity stylist and Emmy Award-winning costume designer, Johnny Wujek, for an exclusive watch collection.

From Japanese Victorian ready-to-wear to couture wearable art, Global Fashion Collective showcased four designers for their evening wear NYFW show.

Hidden within a Brooklyn mall, the line to get into Global Fashion Collective’s (GFC) show crowded the front doors. GFC features designers from Japan, Indonesia, Mozambique, Mexico, China, France, and Korea at fashion weeks around the world. The runway, located within City Point BKLYN, was classic—one strip down the middle— and the room was overflowing with high-energy music. Spotlights bathed the front row in light. The young audience pulled their phones out as the lights dimmed and the third show of Global Fashion Collective, the evening wear collections, commenced.

From its beginning for industry insiders to its current state as a social media spectacle, NYFW’s evolved. While some mourn the loss of its exclusivity, others are embracing newfound accessibility.

Melke’s 27-look collection brightened the NYFW line-up with an individualistic, juicy take on ready-to-wear.Melke’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection, titled “Peaches and Pests”, was inspired by the Roald Dahl classic James and the Giant Peach and Tim Burton’s 1996 film adaptation.  Afterpay, the buy-now-pay-later financial service, partnered with IMG to sponsor eight emerging designers at Spring Studios; Melke was one of the eight designers selected.

As the youngest of Generation Z are reaching middle school and the oldest are in the workforce, many television shows have shifted their target audience from our parents to the new consumers. Gen Z, like every audience, is looking for shows that they can connect with—shows that portray people like them or characters that they can relate to on a deeper level.

Are these TV shows and movies successfully relating to Gen Z or are they creating caricatures of Gen Z values?

Donna Tartt, author of The Secret History, begs the question, “Does such a thing as ‘the Fatal Flaw,' that showy, dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?” Like a whisper, a Fatal Flaw lulls itself into the back of your mind. Over time the whisper gets louder. As the whisper becomes a chatter, and eventually a scream, the initial whisper has already constructed the ideology that will be used throughout adult life—all while you were blissfully unaware. 

Through The Maidens' vulnerable, curious, and powerful nature, she has all the tools to manifest the destiny she desires. By maximizing the attributes that The Maiden possesses, she can harness her creativity and handle any obstacle thrown her way. She allows herself to feel her emotions and guide others through shared experiences. Through her rebellious nature, she challenges the world around her. She will never let someone dull her magnetic, youthful aura and she adorns herself regularly. She is power; she is The Maiden.

The monotonous day-to-day experience of picking out an outfit allows for the possibility of self-expression through modifications of your character. Clothes hold power; each entity of clothing draped onto a person's body has properties that allow for manifestations of the person they want to be. When a person curates an outfit, they channel a character or representation of an emotion they are feeling that day.

You bolt out of class, excited to finally head home to relax. Elation boils through you while you roll down the windows of your car and blast music on the way home. You walk inside and plop onto the couch. As you scroll through TikTok, a sharp, sinking feeling reaches the pit of your stomach. You forgot you had a club meeting—along with a million other things because you never wrote it down in your planner.

Fall is finally upon us. Many are scrounging through their wardrobes of "core" aesthetics that have fallen to the graveyard, wanting to emulate the perfect fall aesthetic. If you are having trouble harnessing your inner fall, the easiest way to elevate any outfit is through accessories. After dissecting the outfits on all of our fall Pinterest boards, here are the ten fall accessories you will need to complete any look.

Whether you are the canceler or the one being canceled, we have all taken part in this new age phenomenon. Is it easier for you to “cancel” those who have been put on a pedestal? Someone so far away from you that you won’t see the aftermath of the bandwagon? Many debate if cancel culture actually works or if cancel culture is just a hate club that gives the target more attention (and more money). 

POV: you just finished watching a TikTok video. Finally, after finding a trending sound, coming up with an enticing caption, editing the video, and using hashtags, you can finally post. You did everything right.  You’re checking your notifications every 30 seconds. The likes are coming in slowly, but then someone comments “FYP (For You Page).” Your video is about to blow up! Until it doesn’t.