The new Sotheby’s magazine sounds extremely promising. Helmed by former WSJ magazine editor, Kristina O’Neill, the print bi-monthly – landing in September – will cover art, fashion, luxury, culture and tech. With Kristina’s track record, it’s already creating a bit of a buzz. Watch this space for updates. (No images yet, so this will have to do from Lucas Oliver Mill’s IG.) WORDS: Disneyrollergirl / Navaz Batliwalla IMAGE: Collector Walls / Lucas Oliver Mill NOTE: Most images are digitally enhanced. Some posts use affiliate links and PR samples. Please read my privacy and cookies policy ..read more

Everyone’s talking about Carven Pre-Fall 2024. These “straight-up”-style look book photos are an excellent styling research tool, offering wardrobe inspo even if you’re not planning to buy anything. If you are planning to shop, it’s giving The Row style at more accessible prices. I’ve not seen Carven up close enough to see the quality, but I have high hopes. The wool gabardine coat, bonded cotton mac and crease-front tailored pants (a major emerging trend for next season, remember) are whispering to me. OK, the schlumpy slippers not so much… WORDS: Disneyrollergirl / Navaz Batliwalla ..read more

Really good to see all these high street and fashion brands embracing the repair economy. M&S is the latest to team up with Sojo on offering a Deliveroo-style clothing repair service to customers – M&S Fixed by Sojo*. From August, Marks & Spencer customers can book a repair service through a dedicated online hub, allowing access to a range of repair services including zip replacements and invisible knitwear mending (from £5, with repaired items returned to customers within 7-10 days). Levi’s has also embraced the repair trend. Its Regent Street store has placed its Levi’s Tailor S ..read more

I’ve not done a beauty round-up for a while, so here’s an update of the summer products and intel on my radar… SARAH CREAL BEAUTY.  Shout-out to my buddy Jane for this news drop. Sarah Creal, the joint founder of Victoria Beckham Beauty (who arguably made the products as fabulously formulated as they are) has created her own product line (below). According to Jane, Sarah Creal Beauty is aimed at mid-life women and is expectedly elevated and efficacious. Not available in the UK yet but U.S readers can shop here. Read more here. THE FLAT LAY IS BACK. Glossy reports that the 2016-era flat ..read more

News just in: Smoking is – allegedly – cool again. Thanks to Cigfluencers and its ilk on Instagram, we’re being subjected to the great and glam of Hollywood and their smoking habits. From Paul Mescal and Natalie Portman sharing a fag break to Chloe Sevigny in Charlie XCX’s ‘360’ video, the vibe is knowingly decadent and deviant. We’re all aware that smoking kills, stains your teeth and gives you foul breath. But those long white sticks drooping from a fingertip are indelibly linked in our brains as the height of old-school sophistication. I mean – Marlene Dietrich! Onto the merch. It’s not a ..read more

My SS24 trend report picked up on the major appetite for leather, and of course Hermès comes top of the leather lust list. Hermès just showed the second ‘chapter’ of its AW24 collection in New York – a seductive, cinematic portrayal of wearable-yet-sexy (for straight-laced Hermès) leather trousers, jumpsuits, outerwear and abundant Mapplethorpe-esque caps that some thought dominated the show, but I rather loved. (Once a stylist always a stylist.) Dior paid a similar tribute to Manhattan recently – although slightly less well received. Anyway, expect to see variations on the black leather jump ..read more

“Access to this world is aspirational and offering a piece of it at a more affordable price point expands the customer base significantly. Now, the casual visitors over the weekend…can say they bought something at Art Basel and can signal their membership in the art tribe.” Naomi Rea, Artnet News acting editor-in-chief, Vogue Business Sarah Andelman’s latest venture at Art Basel is a “Colette” for the art set. It makes perfect sense. Opening this week, the Art Basel Shop is a physical-only (aka no online presence) ‘ephemeral concept store’ for Basel-goers, selling gift-shop style art memorabi ..read more

I’m halfway through watching Eric on Netflix thanks to a few gushing Facebook recommendations. I don’t watch many streamed series. A combination of shattered attention span and a default anti-hype setting means I prefer to wait till the fuss dies down and then I… don’t get round to it. Anyway, I’m liking Eric (above), the 80s crime drama about a dysfunctional puppeteer whose son goes missing and the various sub-plots woven within. I’m particularly enjoying the early-80s New York setting, cultural references, cinematic colour grading and ace music score, along with the suspenseful pace of the ..read more

Everyone’s got their hot take on who will replace Virginie Viard at Chanel. While Chanel sales are up, speculation is that’s more down to price hikes and beauty purchases than Virginie’s designs (I can verify Chanel’s skincare is the best!). The online criticism of Virginie’s collections can’t be good for brand image, even if the heritage is seemingly bulletproof. Many people – understandably – hark to Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel as the benchmark and look to a return to that golden era of wit and spectacle. But I feel Chanel is looking for a reset. The recent mega-popular exhibitions cementing Ga ..read more

As Ibiza season kicks in, I’m reposting my article for Faith Fanzine that was originally published in print last summer. It seems the heady, hedonistic days of 80s rave and club culture are never far from a fashion designer’s moodboard. As photographer and former Time Out clubs editor Dave Swindells celebrates his fourth print run of photobook, IBIZA 89 (above), we mused on what the scene symbolised and why it’s an eternal source of style inspo Lairy Day-Glo tops, psychedelic-print long-sleeve tees, G-Force lookalike handknits on whirling dervish dancers and bob-haired boys in supersize silk ..read more