15 October, 2025

Trend report: what to wear for AW25

Wales Bonner aw25

Here’s my theory. The 2020s hasn’t actually started properly because the first five years were stalled due to Covid and its after effects. Fashion-wise, could we be at the turning point now, with all the big runway debuts ringing in major changes (we hope)? Let’s see. For now, I’m still in my classics era, so I’m spotlighting the people and brands doing that really well, including the labels to target for the best pieces at non-crazy prices. Plus, a 90s shoe revival, some beauty updates and what’s on my culture wish list… (more…)

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1 October, 2025

Random Recs: Uniqlo’s secret sauce, Studio Nicholson, craft influencers, a secret Negroni Salon

Fantastic Man Autumn 25

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ Craft influencers. In a backlash to flattening algorithms and A.I. slop, young creatives are finding value in the imperfect qualities of analogue, tactile pastimes. Vogue Business reports on the craft creators transforming niche hobbies like scrapbooking (hi!) and journalling into fledgling brands and media platforms. (more…)

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21 July, 2025

Random recs: a Phoebe store, the Versace exhibition, Conde Nast-algia and my summer Supergas

Phoebe Philo store Carlos Place

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ PHOEBE PHILO (above) is returning to Mayfair. I confess I’ve found it harder to engage with Phoebe’s brand without the traditional catwalk show, look book images, or physical retail. So having an IRL store in London is welcome news. (more…)

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17 July, 2025

See this: Blusher: Makeup, Art and Materiality

Blusher exhibition Leicester

Do I need a trip to Leicester? Yes, yes, I think I do!

Cathy Lomax has curated this beautiful exhibition, Blusher: Makeup, Art and Materiality at Leicester Gallery, De Montfort University (until 6 September).

Featuring work by artists including Cary Kwok, Lisa Milroy and Rose Wylie, alongside Mary Modha’s ‘Glossy Monsters’ lipstick sculptures and Stacey Greene’s familiar photographs of worn lipstick bullets (below), it aims to look at make-up through an art lens instead of the frivolous, consumerist one we’re used to. (more…)