Fashion & Beauty
Our design-minded take on the worlds of fashion and beauty includes insider news, features and interviews, which spotlight rising talent, the industries’ leading figures, and the latest products and innovations
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These enlightening fashion documentaries will give you a style education
Selected by the Wallpaper* style team, the fashion documentaries to add to your watch list as you settle for quiet winter days at home – from a glimpse behind the curtain at fashion’s best-known houses to a trip back to the hedonism of the 1990s, and a rare Wim Wenders collaboration with Yohji Yamamoto
By Jack Moss Published
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The Wallpaper* style team pick their fashion moments of 2024
The Wallpaper* style editors reflect on their best fashion moments of 2024, from Rick Owens’ 200-strong Hollywood epic to an Eyes Wide Shut-inspired JW Anderson show, and a slicked-back beauty look at Saint Laurent
By Jack Moss Published
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A guide to the best fashion stores Copenhagen has to offer
Wallpaper* picks the must-visit fashion stores in Copenhagen – from big-name boutiques and historic department stores to local labels and the best in second-hand, each presenting a fresh take on Danish design
By Sophie Axon Published
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Giant cats, Madonna wigs, pints of Guinness: seven objects that tell the story of fashion in 2024
These objects tell an unconventional story of style in 2024, a year when the ephemera that populated designers’ universes was as intriguing as the collections themselves
By Jack Moss Published
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How 2024 brought beauty and fashion closer than ever before
2024 was a year when beauty and fashion got closer than ever before, with runway moments, collaborations and key launches setting the scene for 2025 and beyond
By Mahoro Seward Published
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Hangover recovery kit: bounce back from festive celebrations
From liver-saving drops to vegan Berocca, our hangover recovery kit has everything you need to get back on an even keel
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Vans’ West End store turns skatepark, with a 200 sq m travertine ramp
Part store, part community hub, Vans West End in London ramps up its skateboarding credentials with a design by Andrea Caputo Studio
By Simon Mills Published
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Sexual wellness gifts designed for the bedside table, by Maude, Nécessaire and more
These sexual wellness gift ideas designed for the bedside table include the museum-worthy ‘Spot’ vibrator by Maude, and Nécessaire’s hyaluronic acid-based ‘The Sex Gel’
By India Birgitta Jarvis Published
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Loafer bags to sock shoes, 2024 was all about the mashed-up accessory
Wallpaper* fashion features editor Jack Moss reflects on the rise of the surreal hybrid accessory in 2024, a trend which reflects the disorientating nature of contemporary living – where nothing is quite what it seems
By Jack Moss Published
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‘It feels like something out of a movie’: Studio I-IN designs the Tokyo office for Japanese haircare brand Kinujo
Studio I-IN’s design for the head office of Tokyo-based haircare brand Kinujo includes a striking hemispheric desk, a fluted marble wall and porous natural lighting
By Daven Wu Published
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Wallpaper* beauty editor Hannah Tindle’s eclectic gift guide
Wallpaper* beauty editor Hannah Tindle ideas for festive gifting include a scalp-stimulating hairbrush, a mid-century ‘party’ ashtray and an archival poster for Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut
By Hannah Tindle Published
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20 years of Dover Street Market’s transporting in-store installations, from giant elephants to soft toys
As Dover Street Market, Rei Kawakubo and Adrian Joffe’s radical London concept store, celebrates its 20th anniversary, we look back at ten of its most colourful installations, crafted alongside Simone Rocha, Jonathan Anderson, Martin Parr and more
By Orla Brennan Published
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The wait is over: Matthieu Blazy is Chanel’s new creative director
Matthieu Blazy has been appointed as the new artistic director at Chanel, after a critically lauded and commercially successful tenure as creative director of Bottega Veneta
By Jack Moss Published
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Alaïa’s secret new London café and bookstore is inspired by the art of hosting
Housed on the third floor of Alaïa’s London flagship, the intimate space – inspired by Azzedine Alaïa’s famed hospitality – includes a Violet Cakes bakery and a bookstore by Claire de Rouen
By Jack Moss Published
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‘Music is in the DNA of the brand’: AV Vattev on creating this year’s loudest accessory
Rising London designer AV Vattev – who has recently outfitted Charli XCX and Troye Sivan for their viral ‘Sweat’ tour – talks about the influence of music on his ‘bold and unapologetic’ collections
By Jack Moss Published
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‘I want to push it forward’: Dries Van Noten’s new creative director is Julian Klausner
A member of the Dries Van Noten design team since 2018, Belgian designer Julian Klausner has been promoted to creative director after the namesake founder’s exit from his eponymous label earlier this year
By Jack Moss Published
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Inside Dior’s ‘Gold House’ in Bangkok, a spectacular celebration of Thai art and craft
Daven Wu takes a trip to Bangkok to discover ‘Gold House’, a gilded new concept store from Dior which is rooted in both Parisian savoir-faire and artisanal Thai craft, featuring a café, gardens and showstopping gilded facade
By Daven Wu Published
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Introducing Flora Danica, a new Danish perfume house bottling the philosophy of hygge
Flora Danica is a newly launched fragrance house rooted in Danish culture both past and present
By India Birgitta Jarvis Published
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‘120 years of artistry, of character’: How Paula Gerbase is breathing new life into historic Danish design house Georg Jensen
Paula Gerbase, the newly instated creative director of Georg Jensen, speaks to Wallpaper* about bringing the 120-year-old silversmith into a new era
By Jack Moss Published
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‘Terror of Beauty’: artist Sarah Amrani explores AI technology as a tool for self-expression
‘Terror of Beauty’ by Sarah Amrani, a new exhibition at Foam, examines how technology is shaping beauty standards. Zoe Whitfield speaks with the artist for Wallpaper*
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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The finest fashion books for style enthusiasts
The fashion books taking pride of place on the Wallpaper* style desk, from enticing photographic tomes to rare limited-edition titles. Here, the Wallpaper* team pick the best new releases, doubling as a festive gift list for style savants
By Jack Moss Last updated
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JW Anderson and Pleasing design a balloon-inspired collection of nail polishes and more
JW Anderson and Pleasing launch an uplifting new capsule collection featuring balloon-inspired metallic nail polishes and a take on the viral rainbow cardigan
By Hannah Tindle Published
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Bottega Veneta drafts Venetian artisans for its unique ‘Bottega for Bottegas’ project, a gift list of local craft
Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta has sought out six craftspeople from in and around Venice to create precious objects – from playing cards to jigsaw puzzles – which arrive just in time for festive gift-giving
By Jack Moss Published
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Agnès Varda, Luca Guadagnino and Wim Wenders: why Aesop’s love affair with cinema is more than skin-deep
Aesop’s new 2024 Christmas campaign celebrates its long love affair with cinema. Laura Havlin speaks with the brand’s director of global retail design Marianne Lardilleux to discover why film is inherent to its DNA
By Laura Havlin Published
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Chanel heads to Hangzhou, China for a poetic Métiers d’Art 2025 show
This evening in China (3 December 2024), Chanel travelled to Hangzhou’s much-mythologised West Lake, a Unesco World Heritage site, for a show that highlighted the extraordinary craft of the house’s artisans
By Jack Moss Published
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Fashionable Christmas baubles to accessorise this year’s tree, from Bottega Veneta to Loewe
Selected by the Wallpaper* style team, a gleaming array of Christmas baubles for fashion fans featuring fantastical designs from Bottega Veneta, Loewe, Prada and more
By Jack Moss Published
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‘The ingredients have to work’: Six musicians on the key to crafting the perfect runway soundtrack
Chris Erik Thomas discovers the secret recipe to creating an impactful runway soundtrack from some of fashion’s leading producers, DJs and musicians who work with names from JW Anderson to Prada
By Chris Erik Thomas Published