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The elephant family afternoon tea at The Petersham

Petersham Nurseries in Covent Garden is inviting guests for a new afternoon tea as part of the Nurseries’ partnership with the Elephant Family charity. Proceeds are being donated to the charity’s Co-Existence campaign, which aims [...]
Fashion

Virtual personal shopping sites: improving our wardrobes and our sustainability credentials?

Are virtual personal shopping sites improving our wardrobes AND our sustainability credentials? One year of pandemic living has dramatically changed how consumers engage with fashion – and we’re not just talking about adopting a 24/7 [...]
Art

Prix Pictet’s Confinement and Hope

As we soak up regained freedom of movement and the joy of wandering around reopened galleries, the more time-starved art lovers amongst us should note there are still some brilliant works being showcased online. Two [...]
Fashion

Is pre-order fashion the way we’ll all soon be shopping?

In a world where everyone is worried about waste, one of the issues plaguing traditional fashion brands and fast-fashion retailers alike is how to stop over-production. Enter the pre-order model, increasingly being adopted by smaller [...]
Luxury

Featuring EQUI – a Walpole 2021 Brand of Tomorrow

Launched in summer 2018, Equi (a reference to equilibrium) has already been awarded the very impressive accolade of being named one of Walpole’s 2021 Brands of Tomorrow.   [...]
Art

Art in the Age of Now

Over 40 of London’s most esteemed contemporary artists are taking over a formerly deserted historic building for an exciting new multi-disciplinary exhibition, and admission is free. ‘Art in the Age of Now’, overseen by the [...]
Fashion

Wardrobe classics get a sustainable revamp

After a year of pandemic living, a lot has changed, especially when it comes to how we shop. With retailers shuttered, we’ve discovered new, eco-friendly ways to consume fashion through video games and fashion rental [...]

Chic Chats

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Art

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 [...]
Art

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 [...]
Fashion

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 [...]