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Love and Light from Yemen

One of our favourite creative discoveries this winter combines the preservation of an ancient craft with design-led solar-powered innovation. Yemen is known for its rich artisanal heritage but decades of instability and conflict have left [...]
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A Virtual Tour of the Leila Alaoui Retrospective at Somerset House

Somerset House invites you to be guided virtually by the award-winning Ekow Eshun around the first major UK retrospective of works by the late French-Moroccan photographer and video artist Leila Alaoui. Acclaimed for her social [...]
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Auction “To Beirut with Love” by Art for Beirut

The disastrous and deadly explosion which ripped Beirut apart on 4 August 2020 reopened old wounds and will forever remain an emotional scar for the Lebanese people. Today, thousands of Lebanese have joined forces through [...]
Fashion

Fashion’s got game! How luxury fashion is taking over gaming

Luxury fashion has long been associated with inaccessibility: expensive, elitist and exclusive. But its democratisation is well afoot, and in interesting ways. Luxury brands are now reaching tech-savvy, younger audiences through the use of video [...]
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Norlha – handwoven and timeless Tibetan treasures

For centuries, across the Tibetan Plateau on ‘the roof of the world’, the nomads have lived in harmony with their natural surroundings and kept themselves warm in a uniquely natural way. This is thanks to [...]
Interview

Chic Chats #32 – ASKET co-founder August Bard Bringéus

Swedish menswear brand ASKET was launched in 2015 by August Bard Bringéus and Jakob Dworsky, with timeless wardrobe staples built to last. Tellingly perhaps, the duo met while studying business at the Stockholm School of [...]
Fashion

ORIGIN Africa: The fashion label that really is 100% not-for-profit

the UK's first 100% not-for-profit fashion brand, Origin Africa [...]

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The Big (Hearted) Art Auction

In a bid to support The Big Issue’s network of sellers who are currently faced with increased hardship on the streets, a high profile auction went live earlier this month at The Auction Collective. Big [...]
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Environmental Art Series – Takashi Kuribayashi

Takashi Kuribayashi aims to make the unseen visible in his thought-provoking artworks which have been exhibited all around the globe; from his Japanese birth town of Nagasaki, Tokyo and China, to Italy, France and the [...]
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World-class neon art from east London

To applause from around the globe, artist Marcus Bracey has been continuing the illuminating work of his late father, “the Godfather of Neon”. Chris Bracey gained a cult following for his unique upcycled creations which [...]
Interview

Chic Chats #31 – Remake

“Leaders within fashion must acknowledge the industry’s deeply racist system inherited from a violent colonial past.” Lawfully Chic chats to Ayesha Barenblat, founder and CEO at Remake, to hear all about the company’s mission to [...]
Fashion

Making sustainability GLOW

Want to glow this winter? One company’s sustainable, light-reflective adaptable accessories are disrupting the market between traditional high-visibility safety wear, ethical & sustainable production and athleisure. Glow promotes road safety at night while championing style [...]
Fashion

Lowie: feminine, fun and functional 

Founded by creative director Bronwyn Lowenthal, Lowie (an abbreviation of her surname) is passionate about producing thoughtfully designed fashion with the planet in mind. You can be sure the brand is genuine when it talks [...]