Gucci’s got a brand new creative director!

After months of speculation, Sabato De Sarno has taken the top spot at the Italian house

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From Marine Serre, to Comme des Garçons, and Wales Bonner, here’s a guide to everything that went down at the AW23 menswear shows

PETA thinks the Schiaparelli outrage is stupid, and it has a point

Despite all the angry internet users and anti-fashion conspiracy theorists, the charity described Daniel Roseberry’s couture collection as ‘fabulously innovative’

Alva Claire was the best thing about Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s show

The model expanded the designer’s vision of the babetastic 00s

Does wellness have ableism at its core?

Wellness is everywhere – but the industry can be guilty of harnessing our fears around chronic illness and disability to sell us products

Men’s Fashion Week AW23 wants to bring back Elvis hair

From black grease paint to milky white lenses, we round up the season’s most striking beauty looks

Mochi Hanfu is reimagining traditional Chinese beauty for today

After falling down the hanfu rabbit hole in lockdown, the artist is carving out a space to appreciate and reinterpret traditional Chinese culture

This new medieval art show wants to skewer gender norms

Hypha Studios’ latest group art show in an abandoned supermarket promises medieval karaoke, ‘flaccid’ knights and chain mail underwear

10 photo projects that reveal the reality of sex work

We gathered together ten compelling photo projects engaging with the complexities of sexual labour

Ten thrilling photography exhibitions for 2023

From a landmark survey of contemporary African photography to Viviane Sassen’s retrospective in Paris, here’s a round-up of the photography shows you need to know about this year

Why the Golden Age of Streaming is dead

As the streaming service announces that it will be cracking down on password sharing, this could be the final nail in the coffin

Holy Spider: why this Iranian neo-noir is attracting so much controversy

Director Ali Abbasi talks about his new film, Holy Spider – an evocative exploration of misogyny in Iran, which follows the real-life story of early 00s serial killer Saeed Hanaei

The story behind Babylon, the best or maybe worst film of 2023

‘It was insane’: We speak to director Damien Chazelle and stars Margot Robbie and Diego Calva about the divisive new Hollywood epic

New Music Friday: 6 albums to stream this week

27Delly delivers a genre-spanning EP, Swedish label YEAR0001 share their compilation album, and dancehall legend Popcaan returns

You need to hear Crosslegged, the artist making ‘uncomfortable’ DIY pop

Ahead of the release of her new album Another Blue, the musician explains why freedom comes from confronting what troubles us

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You need to hear Samia, the New York songwriter who touched a whale’s mouth

As she gears up for the release of her second album Honey, the artist talks magic pens, horrible glances, and defeating The Witch King of Angmar

We’re entering an age of ‘psyop realism’, but what does that mean?

Psyop memes are taking over social media, in particular across post-ironic meme pages, where anti-establishment currents are supercharged

Inside the secret Facebook groups where women review men

‘Are We Dating The Same Guy?’ groups are a space for women to share their dating horror stories – but is this another instance of surveillance culture going too far?

George Santos: a list of lies from America’s new queen of scamming

From allegedly defrauding a dog with cancer to performing as a drag queen, the Republican Congressman has recently been embroiled in a breathtaking array of controversies

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How to stop social media ruining your self-esteem

Social media platforms are failing us and protective legislation is struggling to keep up – so how can you look after yourself?

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Why ‘ignorant style’ tattoos are an act of queer defiance

A defiant and transgressive act against the status quo, crude DIY tattoos have been taken up by the queer community as a proud symbol of their outsider status

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