A display of @commedesgarcons at this year's @independent_hq has us considering what really makes a masterpiece.
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At the @festivaldecannes , a historic annual celebration of cinema, American supermodel @altonmason has been demonstrating a different type of artistic mastery: The art of the open shirt.
It's a delicate craft with many varied and intricate elements. For example, how many buttons should be left undone? How much chest should be exposed? Do you dangle a pendant necklace in between the clavicles or leave the sternum bare?
Outside the 5-star establishment @martinezhotel on Wednesday, Mason seemed to answer a few of those key questions.
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Questions around what to expect at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival have so far largely focused on two things: The Hollywood-shaped hole in the official selection and “The White Lotus,” which is currently shooting its fourth season on location at the festival.
This year, the storied celebration of film held on the French Riviera will look a little less “Mission: Impossible,” which premiered on the Croisette in 2025, and a little more international as European and Asian directors such as Pedro Almodóvar, Nicholas Winding Refn and Ryusuke Hamaguchi take center stage.
But Tuesday’s opening night of the festival proved that the red carpet will not have that same Hollywood-shaped hole. The fashion is already as glittering as ever, with jury member @demimoore , along with fellow actors @janefonda and @maikamonroe all arriving for opening night dripping in sequins.
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The Gold Gala (@goldhouseco ) held on Saturday in Los Angeles is a celebration of Asian Pacific talent — and the red carpet is often a visual extension of that.
Many stars wore looks leaning into their cultural heritage and by Asian designers. Actor @priyankachopra wore custom Amit Aggarwal (@amitaggarwalofficial ) — which showcased the delicate Chikankari embroidery technique crafted from a vintage sari. “KPop Demon Hunters” star EJAE (@ejae_k ) wore a stunning gown by Korean brand Leje (@leje.official ) that included 1,000 pieces of mother-of-pearl and was inspired by peonies and the brushstrokes of an ink painting.
This year’s event celebrated the non-profit’s annual list of 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders across various industries. Chopra, actor @jetli , actor Charles Melton (@melton ) as well as Olympic freestyle skier @eileengu were among those that picked up special honors.
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From dangling deer sculptures and toilet-themed installations to protests outside the Russian pavilion, this year's Venice Biennale was remarkable in many ways. The 61st edition's preview was defined by packed crowds, Qatar unveiling the first new Giardini pavilion in decades, and controversy over whether Russia and Israel should be excluded amid the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. CNN's Fiona Sinclair Scott reports.
Generally speaking, you can't sit on the art in a museum. But in one gallery of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (@mcachicago ) — which is currently staged to resemble a karaoke bar complete with a disco ball, stage and jukebox — three plastic chairs, upholstered with the face of Puerto Rican superstar @badbunnypr , are waiting for you to rest between songs.
@edrasoto 's "BB Chairs" — outfitted in bootleg fabrics featuring the singer with sunglasses and buzz cuts — have been a tongue-in-cheek nod to both the plastic white chair ubiquitous to the island and the performer's deep connection to his home.
"I had this idea a whole year before I made them," she said. "I was doubting myself. I was thinking maybe this is too on the nose."
But friends excitedly reached out to Soto when Bad Bunny released the now history-making, @grammys Award-winning album "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS." The album cover featured two empty white lawn chairs — an evocative symbol of home and belonging in Puerto Rico — and they had significance to Soto's practice, too.
"The furniture that I grew up with was wicker and plastic," she explained. "I asked myself what my chair would look like if I was making a chair." She said she couldn't relate to high-end materials, and began thinking about the fantasy of luxury in both the practice of upholstery and the colorful, if culturally inaccurate, images associated with the tropics.
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Deborah Davis, author of “Strapless, John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X” reveals the scandal behind the 19th century painting that inspired @laurensanchezbezos Schiaparelli gown on the red carpet.
The return of @bts.bighitofficial in March, nearly four years after they went on hiatus for mandatory military service, has highlighted a key question for the K-pop industry: What comes next?
This current generation has arguably grander ambitions – some of which beg the question: Does K-pop need to be Korean at all?
For instance, @blackpinkofficial 's recently released mini-album "Deadline" is almost entirely in English. And new groups are debuting in other parts of the world, some with members that have no ties to South Korea.
"There's more global collaboration, and work within the K-pop world to become globalized, within every generation," said Danny Chung, the songwriter behind several major Blackpink hits.
Some of this is happening in other musical genres, too, with social media increasingly shaping how we consume and produce music. But it's especially true of K-pop, which is "ever-changing," said Chung, who also works in the Artists and Repertoire (A&R) team for record company The Black Label.
Experts say this fluidity could fuel the industry's aim to expand beyond borders and neat categorization.
"It's a forever moving target to try to define the genre of K-pop," Chung said.
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Although the Met Gala is known for its over-the-top looks, this year was unexpectedly conservative considering the "fashion is art" dress code.
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Controversy aside, hundreds of stars ascended the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala on Monday evening, bringing a range of interpretations to this year’s dress code, “Fashion is Art.”
Sculptural gowns, sultry lace, bold crimson creations and countless feathers made up the night’s most memorable looks courtesy of A-list stars like @beyonce , @badgalriri , @haileybieber , @kendalljenner , and many more. As always, whether or not every star was perfectly on theme for fashion’s biggest night is left to interpretation.
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