Home

News

Culture

Latest Articles in Culture

Dior launches web series of inspiring women

Christian Dior Parfums and creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri have launched a new series of short videos inspired by exceptional women. The video portraits showcase women who embody what it means to choose their own destiny, show grace and determination while having a meaningful impact on those around them. #Diorstandswithwomen #Diorchinup...

7 Apr 2021

Culture

Salvatore Ferragamo exhibit explores the art and craftsmanship behind silk

Luxury Italian fashion company Salvatore Ferragamo has released a new exhibit titled Silk, exploring the creative process and importance of silk for the fashion house. Showcasing at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence, the exhibition dives through its archives to illustrate the long creative process behind different silk prints used for...

29 Mar 2021

Culture

Western brands face China backlash over political statements

Nike was the recipient of Chinese backlash after the sporting goods giant stated it does not use cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, where currently an international human rights crisis is ensuing with the alleged forced labour camps of the Uyghur people. On Weibo, China’s most popular social media channel, a retaliation against Nike began when...

25 Mar 2021

Culture

Louis Vuitton launches two new travel photography books

Louis Vuitton has added two new additions to its ‘Fashion Eye’ book series, which invites artists worldwide to create travel journals, illustrations, and photography devoted to a country, region, city, or place. This spring, Louis Vuitton adds Kyoto by Mayumi Hosokura and Normandie by Jean Moral. According to the brand, photographer Mayumi...

24 Mar 2021

Culture

A new Louis Vuitton exhibition in Tokyo celebrates its collaborations and creative partnerships

Louis Vuitton is celebrating over 160 years of creative exchanges and artistic collaborations with its latest exhibition in Tokyo. Tracing a rich and pioneering journey, the exhibition draws particular focus to the enduring admiration and inspiration between Louis Vuitton and a multitude of celebrated Japanese artists and acclaimed personalities...

23 Mar 2021

Culture

Hugo Boss launches new music platform for inspiring artists

Hugo Boss’ brand Hugo has unveiled a new music platform, named ‘Hugo Louder’, that is meant to “amplify the voices of inspiring artists and young talents who want to change the world“. It thus draws on the brand’s ethos, which is closely linked to popular culture, especially music. In a monthly series, Hugo Louder will give artists around the...

16 Mar 2021

Culture

Hedi Slimane to show solo exhibition in Shanghai

Celine’s artistic director, Hedi Slimane, is to hold a solo exhibition of his work as a multi-disciplinary artist at the Almine Rech gallery in Shanghai. The exhibition, titled “Sun of Sound”, will run from March 19 to April 30, and mark the first time Slimane has shown solo works in China. In addition to Hedi Slimane influencing an entire...

9 Mar 2021

Culture

'In the making': an exhibition exploring fashion behind the windows of De Bijenkorf

‘After an eventful year, spring inspires us with an appetite for something new. Something beautiful, something special that is lovingly crafted.’ Under that philosophy, De Bijenkorf presents the window exhibition ‘In the making’ from March 9 to June 9, 2021, according to a press release. De Bijenkorf is a chain of high-end department stores in...

8 Mar 2021

Culture

Gucci announces more recipients for its changemakers grant

Gucci Changemakers North America has announced the second round of recipients for its five-year Impact Fund. The Changemakers Council selected 15 non-profit recipients who will receive grants up to 50,000 dollars to help create new or existing initiatives that support social, cultural, and economic issues throughout North America. Gucci stated...

1 Mar 2021

Culture

Design Museum to place spotlight on sneakers with new exhibition

The Design Museum in London is launching its long-awaited exhibition focusing on sneakers this April, featuring designs by Nike, Adidas, Puma, Converse, Balenciaga, Comme des Garcons and Y3, Kanye West and A-Cold-Wall*. ‘Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street’ will take visitors on a journey through the design process and uncover the icons and...

17 Feb 2021

Culture

Vans introduces new livestream broadcast channel 66

Vans has launched a digital livestream network broadcasting weekdays from Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Mexico City. Channel 66 will be available to audiences worldwide and offers live audio and video broadcasting featuring DJ sets, talk shows with pro skateboarders, workshops, live musical performances, sports coverage, fashion news,...

16 Feb 2021

Culture

London's arts and culture sector hit hardest by Covid-19

As the Chinese New Year holiday sweeps Asia this week, the key travel and shopping celebration many retailers have come to see as a sales opportunity, will bypass the UK. London, which in 2019 was voted one of the world’s top shopping destinations, remains closed to most international visitors. It comes as no surpise that new research published...

1 Feb 2021