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The human thread: South African designer Thebe Magugu was a speaker at the Abu Dhabi Culture Summit.

The Soul in the machine: Holding onto our humanity in a tech-driven world

In a world rushing toward automation, one city’s cultural celebration reminds us that connection, spirit and story are still our most vital technologies

World stage: South African designer Gugu Peteni (centre) thanks the audience after showcasing one of her collections at the New York Fashion Week on 11 September 2024.

Gugu Peteni: A story of creativity, identity and breaking barriers in fashion

The designer is redefining global couture with her bold range and storytelling

Not-green glamour: Pusha T on the runway during the Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week on 16 January. Photo: Francois Durand/Getty Images

The high price of high fashion

The industry takes an enormous toll on the environment and there is a pressing need for more sustainable options This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…

The Kith and Columbia Quarter Zip fleece is just the thing for exploring the great outdoors.

Objects of Desire: Bring the outside In

Ring in nostalgia with some outdoor gear and summer vibes

Something from Louis Vuitton’s first newborn range makes the ultimate gift for a stork party. Photo: Supplied

Objects of Desire: Eyes on you

Up the ante with objects that demand your attention

Carry your gear in a trunk shaped like Louis Vuitton’s headquarters.

Objects of Desire | Audacious Aesthetics

Designs that up the ante of the everyday

Louis Vuitton confirmed on Tuesday that Oscar and Grammy Award-winning music producer Pharrell Williams will succeed the late Virgil Abloh as menswear creative director.
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Pharrell Williams to Louis Vuitton: The right move at the right time

What does Louis Vuitton’s appointment of Pharrell Williams tell us? Expect the unexpected

Objects of Desire: Humour and verve

Fashion is fun and you can’t take it too seriously

Living like a king: LVMH chief executive Bernard Arnault and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend John Galliano’s show for Dior at Paris Fashion Week in July 2012. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

The wolf in cashmere

Series King of Dreams tells the cautionary tale of how Bernard Arnault used LVMH and fashion to expand his power

City of slight: Ashley Park as Mindy and Lily Collins as Emily. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix

One Show Two Takes: Emily in Paris Season 3

It’s still shallow and unrealistic, and the acting is not the best, but the show makes for great vacuous escapism

Virgil Abloh walks the runway during the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 20, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Designer Abloh opened the door for Africa fashion

Abloh, who died on Sunday, was the first major black designer to be recognised in an industry often criticised for its lack of diversity

Africans abroad: ‘Reddening of the Greens or Dog Sleep Manifesto’ by Kemang Wa Lehulere

The South Africans in Paris make most of ‘Being There’

Despite a major exhibition of art from the tip of Africa, post-apartheid painters are still largely ignored

History unfolds: Stills from Bianca Baldi’s video installation Zero Latitude that features the bed made from French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza.

The art of telling our history

Two local artists eschew the elitist view of ?Africa’s past and tell the story of the continent through the eyes of ordinary people.

Cape Town-based artist Athi-Patra Ruga.

A window of opportunity for artist Athi-Patra Ruga

Athi-Patra Ruga hopes to mesmerise passers-by when they look at his tapestry display for Louis Vuitton on the Champs-Elysées in Paris.

Karl Lagerfeld’s supermarket show has been described as normcore.

Boringly normal is the new cool

The new hip is #normcore. One of the descriptions is a move back to normalcy; someone being "conciously bland".

Crocodile bites show why your Birkin bag is so expensive

As demand for crocodile skin handbags increase, luxury goods companies such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci are making acquisitions to secure croc supply.

Biggest passenger jet takes off for inaugural service

The Airbus A380, the world’s biggest passenger plane, took off Tuesday from Singapore’s Changi Airport for its inaugural commercial flight to London, the jet’s first European…