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Alaïa Shapes Glass into Sculptural Jewellery

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Alaïa Shapes Glass into Sculptural Jewellery With its new Bubble earrings and cuffs, Alaïa transforms hand-blown glass into a study of form, light and transparency. For Alaïa, jewellery becomes an extension of the body and a small-scale exercise in sculpture. The Maison’s new line of Bubble earrings and cuffs explores the expressive possibilities of glass, balancing visual volume with a surprising sense of lightness. Each piece is created by glass artist Simone Crestani in his atelier in northern Italy. The glass is heated until soft and malleable, then individually blown, shaped by hand and delicately tinted. It is slowly cooled to reveal its final form, allowing subtle variations in colour, texture and transparency to emerge. No two pieces are entirely alike. Each carries traces of the hand that shaped it, turning the natural irregularities of the material into part of its character. Sculptural yet light to wear, the collection continues Alaïa’s dialogue between heritage and experimentation, demonstrating how traditional savoir-faire can give rise to distinctly contemporary forms. image courtesy ALAÏA

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ENVELOPE1976 | Oslo Runway 2026​

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ENVELOPE1976 | Oslo Runway 2026 photography Ole Martin Halvorsen image courtesy Envelope1976 photography Stephanie Sikkes image courtesy Envelope1976 photography Ole Martin Halvorsen image courtesy Envelope1976

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Arc’teryx Introduces Sperro SV, Built for Circularity

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Arc’teryx Introduces Sperro SV, Built for Circularity Arc’teryx introduces System 0™, a new framework that reimagines how products can be designed, manufactured, used, repaired, and ultimately regenerated. System 0 represents the next evolution for sustainability in the outdoor industry, as it embeds circular thinking across an entire product lifecycle while maintaining the uncompromising performance standards that define the Arc’teryx brand. The first product being introduced as part of the System 0 platform is the Sperro SV jacket, a multisport mountain-grade hardshell engineered for durability, repairability, and disassembly at end of life. Built with GORE-TEX® Pro Fabric featuring the ePE membrane, Sperro SV was developed with GORE-TEX Brand’s testing expertise to meet their durable waterproof, windproof, and breathable performance standards. Sperro SV is the first product to be certified by TESTEX® Circularity, a leading standard Arc’teryx copiloted as part of this work to fill a gap in circular product standards. The certification confirms the jacket’s capacity for long-lasting wear, quick and easy repair, and its ability to undergo a cutting-edge chemical recycling process to maximize reuse of materials. Sperro SV has been extensively tested by alpine professionals, including the search and rescue teams from Vancouver’s North Shore Rescue. It is reinforced at common failure points and comes with three years of unlimited, out-of-warranty repairs through ReBIRD™. Built to remain in use as long as possible, Sperro SV is Designed to Persist™. Available globally beginning September 4, 2026, through Arc’teryx stores and arcteryx.com, Sperro SV is now Arc’teryx’s most advanced hardshell jacket. image courtesy Arc’teryx

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Dyson Launches the New Corrale CoolShine™ Straightener

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Dyson Launches the New Corrale CoolShine™ Straightener Today, Dyson unveils the Corrale CoolShine™ straightener, a breakthrough in hot-plate styling that redefines how hair is straightened, shaped and finished. Engineered with precision heat control, flexing plates and active cooling, Dyson’s latest hair care innovation delivers glossy, sleek straight results with less heat damage, and is engineered to allow for fewer passes and next-level styling control.  Dyson has combined its pioneering flexing plate technology from the Corrale™ straightener with the new Corrale CoolShine™ cooling attachment for up to 29% less damage. Together, they transform straightening from a process powered by heat alone into next-level styling engineered for performance, precision and hair health.  At the heart of the Corrale CoolShine™ is Dyson’s first-of-its-kind removable cooling attachment, engineered with copper heat-extracting pipes. By drawing excess heat away from hair as you style, the Corrale CoolShine™ helps reduce heat exposure while delivering glossy, sleek straight results and up to 29% less heat damage. Hair is left cooler to the touch, soft and shiny, with up to 154% more shine versus untreated hair.  Dyson’s flexing plates are engineered to adapt around the hair, helping gather and align strands as you style. By improving control and contact across the section, the plates support more precise styling whether straightening, curling or creating waves, while helping reduce the need for repeated heat passes. image courtesy Dyson

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Börshuset Turns 250 – Stockholms Borgerskap Shaped Stockholm’s Business Life

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Börshuset Turns 250 – Stockholms Borgerskap Shaped Stockholm’s Business Life This year marks 250 years since Börshuset was first put into use and the first assemblies were held in the building. Börshuset became an important meeting place for Stockholm’s trade and remains one of the clearest examples of the role the city’s burghers and merchants played in its development. Behind Börshuset was Stockholms Borgerskap, an organisation that still brings together business owners and entrepreneurs and uses its resources to contribute to the development of the city.  Completed in 1778, Börshuset became a central meeting place for Stockholm’s trade and business community. The city’s burghers played a central role in financing, constructing and operating the building, while also contributing to Stockholm’s economy, infrastructure, education and social care over several centuries.  Today, Stockholms Borgerskap is a non-profit and politically independent organisation bringing together around 3,000 business owners and entrepreneurs across industries and generations. Over the past ten years, approximately SEK 20 million has been distributed through scholarships, grants and contributions in areas including education, entrepreneurship, architecture, culture and elderly care. “Börshuset is a tangible example of how Stockholm’s burghers once took responsibility for the city’s development. Today, the conditions are different, but people who dare to start and run businesses, invest and create jobs are still essential to a vibrant city,” says Pia Clark, CEO of Stockholms Borgerskap photography Mattias Ek image courtesy Digitala Stadsmuseet

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Barénia Pleine Fleur – A New Fragrance from Hermès

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Barénia Pleine Fleur – A New Fragrance from Hermès Barénia Pleine Fleur, the new creation inspired by the house’s heritage leather and its absolute quality, redefines the captivating world of the Hermès chypre. For this third creation, Hermès perfumer Christine Nagel offers Hermès woman – a radiant, magnetically seductive woman – a luxuriant floral bouquet tempered by a fresh top note. Embracing and adapting the dictum of Director Artistic of Hermès Pierre-Alexis Dumas that there is “no creation without memory”, Christine Nagel thought back to the hundreds of preliminary trials conducted while developing Barénia. All at once she realised that the white lily was the perfect emblem for a modern, adventurous woman.  The lily lends the scent a unique roundness, evoking the softness of a petal and the stirring sensation of skin against skin. The elegant calyx converses with orange blossom, its more discreet companion, tempering its headier facets to reach a closer accord with this small white flower which graces the bitter orange tree in springtime, a centuries-old symbol of innocence and purity. The refillable Barénia Pleine Fleur bottle is lacquered in an orange-pink hue, and housed in a box marked with a white H against a background matching the shade of the glass. The bottle also bears a silver-toned plate embossed with Clou Médor studs. This eau de parfum will be available from August 2026 in selected Hermès retail outlets worldwide. image courtesy Hermès

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Acne Studios Turns 30 With Friends Shot by Nan Goldin

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Acne Studios Turns 30 With Friends Shot by Nan Goldin photography Nan Goldin image courtesy Acne Studios To mark three decades of Acne Studios, a new campaign by Nan Goldin turns the lens on the people in its creative family, returning to the brand’s foundational material: denim.  For the first time, Acne Studios collaborates with lauded American photographer and activist Nan Goldin, who captures figures from the Acne Studios community in a series of raw, direct portraits wearing a mix of current, archive and re-editions of emblematic denim styles spanning the last 30 years. The distinctive cast was chosen to capture Acne Studios’ founding spirit: one of free expression, creative experimentation and proud individuality.  The multidisciplinary group of creatives includes Ellie Rowsell, Guinevere Van Seenus, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Jordan Hemingway, Juliette Lewis, Peter Schlesinger, Raya Martigny, Rila Fukushima and Sandra Poulson, people who have collaborated with Acne Studios on previous occasions and contributed, in different ways, to what the brand is today.  Coinciding with the campaign, the 30th-anniversary capsule collection of re-edition denim includes the 1996, the latest slim, low-rise cut, the 2009, a bootcut drawn from the period’s iconic fits, and a denim jacket. Each comes in two washes, as if before and after: pristine raw denim is set against pairs that appear to have lived through 30 years of wash and wear.

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A Hot Collaboration: Oatly and The Pepper Quest at Surfers Stockholm

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A Hot Collaboration: Oatly and The Pepper Quest at Surfers Stockholm​ From 25 September to 31 October, Oatly is taking over Stockholm’s Sichuan restaurant Surfers together with The Pepper Quest for a limited-time Chili Challenge. Guests are invited to work their way through some of the restaurant’s spiciest dishes, accompanied by the exclusive Pepper Coco Lemonade, a cooling drink made with the new Oatly iKaffe Coconut Flavour and topped with freshly ground Batak pepper. The collaboration puts Oatly’s latest launch to the test, pairing creamy coconut notes with the intense heat and bold flavours of Sichuan cuisine. image courtesy Oatly, The Pepper Quest & Surfers

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