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5 Nov

Prada Group CEO Touts ‘Cultural Point of View’

by Beautifaire101
Beauty, Featured
When Prada opened a Prada Caffè at Harrods in London earlier this yr, it didn't take this extension into hospitality frivolously. “We tried to be as credible as possible,” Prada Group chief executive officer Andrea Guerra told the WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit in Recent York, noting it deployed historic Italian pastry shop Pasticceria Marchesi, founded in 1824 and now the group’s food and beverage platform. “Yes, those places are Instagrammable places. But those places also should be filled with experiences and emotions. You go there and also you eat well, and also you eat the way in which Prada sees Italian food. So it’s not only a gimmick — there may be culture in it.” In his opinion, “you may...
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8 Oct

How worms became this 12 months’s slimiest cultural obsession

by Beauty Tips
Beauty, Featured
From ‘would you continue to love me if I were a worm?’ memes to pop songs and TikTok parasite cleanses, worms are wriggling into popular culture – but why? Worms are in every single place. From the earth under our feet to the deep sea, the wriggling invertebrates are omnipresent, essential to our existence and ecosystems. In recent times, worms have also infiltrated the cultural zeitgeist with increasing prominence.  Last October, Heidi Klum caused a stir by turning as much as her annual Halloween celebrations dressed as an earthworm. Terms like ‘worm-pilled’, ‘wormcore’ and ‘worms for brains’ have also began to frequent our vernacular, and the everlasting query ‘would you continue to love me...
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8 Oct

These photos explore the ‘cultural power’ of the naked

by Beauty Tips
Beauty, Featured
LGBTQ+ collectives in Taiwan and Berlin have teamed as much as present ‘Temple of the Body’, an interdisciplinary group exhibition that appears at nudity as a type of cultural and political expression Earlier this yr, Taiwanese artist Yun-Pei Hsiung conducted an experiment at Pawnshop, Taipei’s underground nightclub. Inspired by the novel nude art of Yayoi Kusama and Yves Klein, he initiated an immersive painting workshop, inviting clubbers to enter a protected space adjoining to the dancefloor, undress, cover themselves in paint, and use their bodies as their artistic tools. Once complete, the artworks were displayed on the partitions and the doors to the dancefloor were opened, transforming the space right into a gallery. “We...
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23 Jun

Josie Natori Named Chairman of Asian Cultural Council’s Board

by Beauty Tips
Fashion, Featured
PULLING UP A CHAIR: Never one with a shortage of things to do, Josie Natori is taking over one other hefty responsibility. The Asian Cultural Council’s board of trustees has elected the dressmaker as its latest chairman. Removed from a newcomer to the organization, Natori, who was born within the Philippines, has served on ACC’s board since 1995. Five years later she helped establish its Philippines Foundation and ACC’s affiliate office in Manila. That location is considered one of the organization’s five international offices. Having began her namesake company 46 years ago, Natori, chief executive officer and chief creative officer, is as tireless as ever. She routinely flies forwards and backwards between her homeland and her home base in Recent York. After...
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