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Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag goes on sale
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Asian painters were ‘othered’ in Paris a century ago. Now, the art world is taking note
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No designer captures the zeitgeist more than he does. Now he’s taking over Dior
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Rarity over perfection: Why jewelers are championing ‘ugly’ gems
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In this museum space, the objects are yours to touch
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This ‘Sex and the City’ dress achieved cult status. But it has controversial origins
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This fragrance company is trying to recreate the scent of extinct blooms
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70 years ago, ‘The Seven Year Itch’ cemented Marilyn Monroe as a Hollywood goddess. See how 2:06

Arts

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Rare 19th-century condom with erotic etching goes on display at Dutch museum
Macron wax statue stolen from Paris museum for anti-Russian protest
How motherhood is being reframed in art
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New Stalin monument in Moscow subway stirs debate
Indian author Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker Prize with short story collection
Jim Morrison’s stolen grave bust found after 37 years
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Who took ‘Napalm Girl’? World Press Photo ‘suspends’ attribution of historic Vietnam War image
‘Fun, crazy and ludicrous’ images of Cannes before camera phones
Marlene Dumas painting sets new record for living female artist

Architecture

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He drove a bulldozer at Asia’s first World Expo. Now, he’s one of the event’s star architects
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Condo owners sue over New York skyscraper they say is riddled with ‘thousands of severe cracks’
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Shortlisted designs for Queen Elizabeth II’s official London memorial unveiled
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Why the Chrysler Building is an Art Deco icon
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Designing the Serpentine Pavilion is an architect’s dream job. Meet the woman behind this year’s building
Jun 5, 2025
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Construction of world’s tallest abandoned skyscraper to resume after a decade
Apr 25, 2025
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Vatican puts Sagrada Família architect on the path to sainthood
Apr 15, 2025
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See inside Lenny Kravitz’s luxurious Parisian mansion
Apr 15, 2025

Fashion

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Remember when Liz Hurley wore ‘that’ dress?
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Remember Angelina Jolie’s bombshell leather Versace dress?
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Look of the Week: Rebecca Black dresses for a shotgun wedding at the AMAs in Vegas
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Celebrities are embracing flat shoes on the red carpet
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Kim Kardashian and the checkered history of celebrity courtroom dressing
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Look of the Week: Alexander Skarsgård flips the script on thigh-high leather boots
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She spent $2,600 on a designer bag from a trusted store. Was it a fake?
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Remember when Salma Hayek ‘took a chance’ by wearing a fuzzy cardigan to Cannes?

Design

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What the best ads of the 2000s reveal about American culture
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Feats of fantasy: This software engineer codes self-twirling and illuminating gowns
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Labubu: The ‘kind of ugly’ plush toy that has taken the world by storm
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Yrjö Kukkapuro, designer whose iconic chairs were sat on by ‘almost every Finn,’ dies age 91
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Now you can have Martha Stewart in your garden
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A brief history of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop

Beauty

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Is Kylie Jenner’s surgery revelation a setback for beauty standards?
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Opal Suchata Chuangsri from Thailand crowned Miss World 2025
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After 50 years, Thailand finally strikes down strict rules on students’ hair lengths
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Why men are shaving off their eyelashes
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Fake tan, fancy nails: How marathons became a catwalk for beauty
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25 years on, Patrick Bateman’s unsettling morning routine is normal
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For Subscribers ‘I want to reclaim my skin’: Why these people are removing their tattoos
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TikTok withdraws controversial ‘chubby’ filter

Luxury

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Sotheby’s postpones auction of jewels linked to the Buddha after India calls for their return
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Once cast as a dying craft, watchmaking is enjoying a quiet resurgence
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Letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000
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The latest trend in watches might surprise you
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Hermès overtakes LVMH to become the world’s most valuable luxury company
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Amid a ’70s design revival, colorful hard-stone watch dials make a comeback
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Better by Design
A spotlight on inspiring creatives and their ambitious projects shaping the future.

Popular Videos

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A couple walked from opposite ends of China’s Great Wall and met in the middle. Then they broke up
In 1988, the artist and her lover trekked from opposite ends of the Chinese landmark and met in the middle. Her new exhibition revisits the epic 90-day performance.

Photography

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What life is like in one of the remotest places on Earth
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Striking photographs document environmental decay on world’s largest lake
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In this birthday party portrait, teenage girls celebrate in secret in Afghanistan
Mary Ellen Mark
A photographer gained rare access to Mumbai’s red-light district in the 1970s. Here’s what she saw
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In Gregory Crewdson’s photographs, an enduring, haunted vision of American life
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The mysterious New York nanny who helped shape 20th-century street photography