It is January 5th and, already, the pressure is on. My social media is flooded with posts warning which prints, colours and silhouettes I MUST invest in before the season’s over – enough already! I do wonder, however, if these harmful trend predictions will still exist in the same format come this time next year? It’s well known that the aesthetic trends which gain the most traction are usually rooted in broader cultural and economic shifts, and, after 2025’s storm of fast fa

Photo from Wikimedia Commons The Emperor of Gladness , an Ocean Vuong novel published in May 2025, is a work of American fiction. But is it any more fiction than whatever promises America makes to its inhabitants, if not to the world?  A severe shift from the epistolary, poetic form of  On Earth, We’re Briefly Gorgeous  (an inescapable title in an English Lit classroom) and the experimental poetry collections published in previous, Vuong attempts to write the quintessential A

When speaking of fashion legends, Valentino Garavani stands alone. His name is synonymous with opulence, elegance, and timeless beauty, qualities that earned him the title of the Last Emperor of Fashion.

In her final essay, Nikita David annotates the style of 'I Love LA' offering some useful insights into the psychology of an LA influencer

Travel to the Caucasus through the work of four artists from Azerbaijan and surrounding regions. Blending myth and form these artists produce evocative commentary on contemporary issues, national identity and belonging, bringing it all together at the Gazelli Art House.