Divya Bala

The style menu was set when Pantone announced Peach Fuzz as the colour of 2024, describing the light orangey tone as “a gift to the senses . . . creating a symbiotic relationship between taste, sight, touch, and scent.” It is also an apt description of the fresh new fashion ahead. At the Burberry spring/summer 2024 show, creative director Daniel Lee drew inspiration from English meadows, with open-back dresses blossoming with strawberries and cherries. At Valentino, outgoing artistic director P…

The Amsterdam-based artist loves “oversized fits”, early-morning dips and Cy Twombly’s Bacchus series

“The thermal profile of the eye is more unique than a thumbprint,” says Lauren Bowker, founder of London-based material science company The Unseen. She is currently describing the basis for the company’s recently launched thermoreactive eye shadow – a world first – that will see the colour look different on each person. It’s not the most significant world first on her agenda. That is reserved for a black algae colourant that has already won an IFSCC Sustainability Challenge award. Non-toxic, su…

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A fun, freer spirit of dressing has enveloped the French capital

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