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The Fall 2025 Fashion Month circuit is currently underway and right now all eyes are on Milan where designers are showcasing their upcoming fall collections. DSquared2, however, drew major attention to the beauty front thanks to none other than the forever-iconic Naomi Campbell, who closed out the brand’s show. The supermodel strutted down the runway…

HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images As the fashion cycle returned to London this week, the Brits put out the biggest beauty trends we’ll be seeing for the next six months. From the braided knots and “Strange Fruit” makeup at Tolu Coker, to Lauryn Hill and Naomi Campbell at Burberry, these are all the best beauty…

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Spring is on the horizon, bringing with it fresh fashion and beauty trends poised to transform looks everywhere. From innovative hairstyles to chic accessories, Spring 2025 is set to be all about experimentation and self-expression. Leading the charge is the intriguing letterbox bangs, which is quickly becoming the go-to hairstyle for the season. This trendy…

Following a quiet week in London, Milan Fashion Week arrives in a state of flux: with two of its biggest houses, Gucci and Fendi, without creative directors (the latter for its womenswear collection with Silvia Venturini Fendi still heading up menswear and accessories), there is the slight feeling that this is an in-between season as…

London-based model Alexsandrah Gondora understands the power of being in “two places at the same time” thanks to her AI replica. Advertisement “She’s doing the hard work so I don’t have to!” she says. Fashion designers and retailers can book her digital double for photo shoots without her having to travel or physically be there,…

It’s a grey Wednesday afternoon in January and Marni’s creative director Francesco Risso is standing in his office in Milan reading fragments of a poem. ‘Beauty is a white rabbit scampering across your yard,’ he orates. ‘You chase it, though you fall short, capturing it in the mad rush, you find yourself somewhere wondrous.’ It’s…

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