Get to know Dutch artist Ilze Buziau
Dutch artist Ilze Buziau creates intriguing sculptures and figures that are strangely familiar and otherworldly. She describes her work as made up of “fragile figures and thin lines” which are “monuments to personal history and memories, fascination and attraction for shapes, texture and fat.” A graduate of The Hague in her native Holland, her work…
Meghan Markle’s new diamond ring from Prince Harry has a very special meaning
Share 11th Jun 2019 The Duchess of Sussex paused her maternity leave last weekend in order to join the royal family’s celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday. The entire family were out for Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the official birthday of the British sovereign. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined the Duchess of…
Inside a jewellery designer’s colourful city wedding
“Stephen proposed on a yacht just off Hamilton Island,” says jewellery designer Christie Nicolaides, of the namesake label. “It was the last day of our holiday and we spent it swimming and lazing in the sun.” Although they’d had an island proposal, the couple knew they were destined for a city wedding, after falling in…
Meet the curator reimagining the way we view fashion and art
Image credit: Grégoire Alexandre Olivier Saillard sits on a sofa bed in the attic of his parents’ house in Pontarlier – a small town in eastern France near the Swiss border – surrounded by clothes from his four sisters. It’s the late 1970s and a precocious Saillard, aged 12, is creating his own fashion magazine,…
Street style highlights from London Fashion Week Men’s spring/summer 2020
Hot on the heels of New York Fashion Week Men’s, the industry’s editors, buyers and influencers are heading to the second stop on fashion’s biannual menswear calendar: London. From 7 to 10 June, the city’s buzziest emerging brands will show their spring/summer 2020 collections alongside more established names at the BFC’s Truman Brewery venues and…
Kirby: Those who dismiss the women’s game are a minority
Fran Kirby says the record-breaking television viewing figures for England’s victory over Scotland on Sunday shows that those who dismiss the women’s game are a minority. According to the BBC, the World Cup contest in Nice, which England won 2-1, was the UK’s most watched women’s football game of all time. It attracted a peak…
Wright explains how Arsenal have been ‘left in a mess’
Ian Wright thinks Arsenal have been left “in a little bit of a mess” after important players contracts were allowed to expire. Aaron Ramsey will leave the Gunners this summer to join Juventus as a free agent after his contract in north London was allowed to run down. The Welshman is theoretically enjoying his peak years…
Meeting ‘imminent’ as Chelsea line up Newcastle boss Benitez
Chelsea are ready for shock talks with Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez over the possibility of replacing Maurizio Sarri as their new manager. Sarri secured Champions League qualification by finishing third in the Premier League and then won the Europa League, yet it has been a difficult debut season that has seen his methods criticised.…
Man Utd target De Ligt says it ‘would be nice’ to join Barca
Ajax defender Matthijs De Ligt has hinted that he would prefer a move to Barcelona over any other suitors this summer. Teenage sensation De Ligt has been strongly linked to Barcelona, Manchester United, Juventus and Paris St Germain, but the in-demand defender is in no rush to make a decision. Asked after the Nations League final what colour shirt…
Southgate: England have got to find another edge
Gareth Southgate knows England need to keep raising the bar if they are to have a shot at Euro 2020 glory, which is why the Three Lions boss is changing the mindset of a group that could soon welcome new faces. A year on from reaching the World Cup semi-finals in Russia, the side’s extra-time…