Skopje’s modernist and Brutalist buildings reveal a city shaped by reconstruction, public life and the changing politics of taste.

Between a new book and a Paris exhibition, Alaïa and Dior meet through form, memory and the quiet discipline of couture.

As screens become endless and increasingly weightless, print is returning as something people can hold, keep and live with.

From Schiaparelli’s surreal anatomy to Gaultier’s re-edited eyes and lips, Vivienne Westwood’s hand-painted gaze and Balmain’s beaded faces, fashion has long returned to the body as fragment, surface and symbol.

At Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026, fashion houses once again translated their codes into interiors, objects and installations, turning archives, materials and rituals into spatial stories.

Cloud Dancer and Rosso Ancora meet as two colours that speak to the mood of 2026: one carrying the quiet promise of a new beginning, the other holding memory, depth and emotion.

A collaboration at sea where colour, craft and table culture reshape hospitality, turning design into part of the setting and the memory of the journey.

After years of polished minimalism, fashion and visual culture are returning to something darker, more theatrical and emotionally charged. Through dramatic silhouettes and the enduring cult language of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, glamour feels expressive again.

From the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express to the new Orient Express Corinthian, two journeys revisit the atmosphere and ritual of historic travel in different ways.