The Passenger is a weekly dispatch on travel — places, hotels, restaurants, the strange logistics of being elsewhere. See Something Irving Penn is everywhere in 2026. Three cities, three exhibitions, and the case for making a trip specifically to see him Irving Penn directed his models with two words. Not an expression — he wasContinue reading “See Something – Irving Penn 2026”
Category Archives: Fashion
September Mood Board
Here are the colours (plus colour combinations) and images we love right now. Including Christy Turlington’s new campaign for Giorgio Armani, which is just splendid.
Rei Kawakubo – Comme des Garçons
Rei Kawakubo did not arrive in Paris in 1981 to show clothes. She arrived to make an argument — about the body, about beauty, about what a woman was and was not obliged to be. The argument has not stopped since.
Issey Miyake
Encounters · No. 6 A Piece of Cloth Issey Miyake survived the atomic bomb at seven years old and spent the rest of his life making clothes that felt like freedom. These two facts are not unrelated. By Bergotte On the morning of August 6, 1945, Issey Miyake was seven years old and standing closeContinue reading “Issey Miyake”
Diana Vreeland
Essay · Fashion & Culture The Empress of the Imaginary Diana Vreeland did not edit magazines. She edited reality — selecting from the available world only those elements that met her standard of vividness, discarding the rest without apology, and presenting the result with a conviction so absolute that generations of readers, photographers, and designersContinue reading “Diana Vreeland”
Cool Britannia: Art, Attitude, and the London of the 1990s
It was the summer of 1997 and Downing Street had turned into a nightclub. Tony Blair, barely weeks into his premiership, was playing host not to diplomats but to designers, artists, models, and rock stars. In the garden, Kate Moss smoked cigarettes with Noel Gallagher of Oasis. Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, the enfant terriblesContinue reading “Cool Britannia: Art, Attitude, and the London of the 1990s”
Yves Saint Laurent: The Couturier Who Changed Fashion Forever
Few designers embody the idea of fashion as both art and revolution as completely as Yves Saint Laurent. For nearly half a century, he not only dressed women but reshaped the language of femininity, sexuality, and power. His designs were not merely clothes; they were statements — about liberation, about modernity, about the capacity ofContinue reading “Yves Saint Laurent: The Couturier Who Changed Fashion Forever”
Levi’s: The Story of Denim’s Most Iconic Brand
A pair of Levi’s jeans has travelled from the gold mines of California to the catwalks of Paris, worn by miners, rebels, movie stars, and presidents alike. Levi’s is not just a brand—it is a cultural shorthand, a symbol of rugged Americana and global style, both practical and aspirational at once. Origins in the GoldContinue reading “Levi’s: The Story of Denim’s Most Iconic Brand”
Valentino Garavani (1932–2026)
Italian Couturier and Founder of the House of Valentino Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, the Italian fashion designer known globally as Valentino, died on 19 January 2026 in Rome at the age of 93. He passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by those close to him. Born on 11 May 1932 in Voghera, Italy, ValentinoContinue reading “Valentino Garavani (1932–2026)”
Grace Kelly: The Princess of Style
Grace Kelly remains one of the rare figures whose image has never faded. Actress, princess, and style icon, she embodied a refinement that was at once modern and timeless. From Hollywood soundstages to the palace of Monaco, her elegance was defined not by excess, but by restraint: clean lines, neutral palettes, and the quiet confidenceContinue reading “Grace Kelly: The Princess of Style”
My World of Interiors 