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The Hoodie: Western fashion’s most politically loaded garment

February II (2019) by Devan Shimoyama, image courtesy of Het Niuewe Instituut The humble hoodie may have begun as a functional garment, but it has

Opinion

Björk in the swan dress at the 2001 Oscars is iconic – but is it camp?

Marjan Pejoski’s swan dress, from the Autumn/Winter 2000-2001 collection, on display at the Met Presaging the politicisation of the red carpet in the #MeToo era,

Design

Grace Wales Bonner discusses her Serpentine exhibition, crossing cultures and her ultimate ambition

Designer and artist Grace Wales Bonner shows Priya Khanchandani around her new Serpentine Gallery exhibition   Grace Wales Bonner eschews attention. Yet for someone who

Design

Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85, leaving design legacy in fashion, photography and furniture

Karl Lagerfeld by Stefan Strumbel Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion designer best known as the creative director of Chanel, has died at the age of 85.

Design

Hussein Chalayan searches for ‘blind spots’ between design, fashion and sculpture

Hussein Chalayan’s SS17 collection. Photo: Chris Moore @ catwalking Pioneering fashion designer Hussein Chalayan sits down with Icon’s editor Priya Khanchandani to discuss bodies, cultural

Design

Building fashion: ‘I don’t believe we will use scissors for the rest of human history’

Fashion has so far resisted the pull of digital technology, but now architects and designers are joining forces to revolutionise the industry’s way of working,

Architecture

Obsession: The scarf

High fashion might represent the ultimate luxury for some of us, but the endless possibilities offered by an unstitched length of fabric is far more

Opinion

Manus x Machina at The Met

A show in New York juxtaposes handmade and technologically fabricated fashion, challenging the assumptions we make about each method, says Anja Wohlstrom The Costume Institute

Opinion

Delpozo

The Madrid fashion brand combines bright colours and graphics with clean cuts, writes Christie Bakker Delpozo captures and combines exceptional dichotomies – indulgent volumes go

Design

High heels

Businesswomen, kings and medieval Asian warriors have all understood the symbolic power of heeled footwear. And its impracticality only seems to add to its allure

Design

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Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

Arkitek & Noom 30: Redefining Professional Connection

Editor’s Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture

How designers turn raw materials into objects at Aram’s Mould exhibition

Ele Harper-Colman wins the CDW Award at New Designers 2025

Cape Town Furniture Week celebrates contemporary craft for its fourth edition

Earl of East and Sampha debut Sensory Nectar candle

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture




Architects

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture

YOD Group designs contemporary Ukrainian mazanka guesthouses

Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book

LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO

How architecture studio DEDRAFT revamped a mid-1960s modernist house

MoDusArchitects completes contemporary Alpine home in Val di Non

Fondazione MAST kicks off 7th edition of Foto/Industria with a citywide exploration into the meaning of home

Triennale Milano transforms a historic Milan venue into a design-driven stage where music and collaboration lead the way


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Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

Editor’s Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture

How designers turn raw materials into objects at Aram’s Mould exhibition

Ele Harper-Colman wins the CDW Award at New Designers 2025

Cape Town Furniture Week celebrates contemporary craft for its fourth edition

Earl of East and Sampha debut Sensory Nectar candle

Design Interventions reshape Clerkenwell Design Week for its 15th edition

Editor’s Picks: The Scandinavian design launches from Stockholm Design Days



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Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

Arkitek & Noom 30: Redefining Professional Connection

Editor’s Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture

How designers turn raw materials into objects at Aram’s Mould exhibition

Ele Harper-Colman wins the CDW Award at New Designers 2025

Cape Town Furniture Week celebrates contemporary craft for its fourth edition

Earl of East and Sampha debut Sensory Nectar candle

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture