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Manasi 7 Redefines Valentine’s Day: A Celebration of Self-Expression This Valentine’s Day, Swedish beauty brand Manasi 7 is shifting the spotlight away from traditional romance and toward a more profound muse: the individual woman. Challenging the celebration of being chosen, the brand has unveiled a signature makeup look designed to honour inner strength and authenticity. The message is clear: love is not a performance or a metric of value, but a feeling that begins within. Founder Susanne Manasi is leading this shift, emphasising that a woman’s worth is entirely independent of her relationship status. “Love has never been a measure of a woman’s worth,” says Manasi. “This Valentine’s Day, I wanted to celebrate women’s self-expression, inner strength and the freedom to be exactly who they are.” The curated Valentine’s Day look focuses on high-performance, organic ingredients that enhance rather than mask the wearer’s features. The kit features four staple products: Botanical Face Oil Armonia: A potent foundation of 24 certified organic oils designed to mimic the skin’s natural microbial activity, ensuring a rejuvenated, luminous base. All Over Colour Dianthus: A versatile 4-in-1 cream colour. This shade offers a buildable, “flawless natural” flush for cheeks and lips. All Over Shine Cristallo: A non-sticky, shimmer-free balm used to add a dewy, high-gloss finish to the eyes, lips, or face. Precision Mascara Obsidian: A rich, emollient formula inspired by Japanese Binchōtan charcoal and Himalayan Shilajit, providing delicate definition and intense fullness. By moving away from the “partnered vs. single” dichotomy, Manasi 7 is positioning its Valentine’s look as a tool for self-care and personal truth. Whether a woman is partnered, single, or somewhere beautifully in between, the look is intended to serve as an extension of her own voice.

Galleri Glas presents the artist Maja Witt in the exhibition Nattbok – Dagbok. Maja Witt, born in 1964, is a painter based in Gustavsberg, where she lives and works. Her practice is grounded in the tradition of painting while engaging freely with its contemporary possibilities. Witt’s work investigates space, structure, and materiality, allowing colour, fragmented form, and accumulated traces of time to meet in shifting, layered compositions. She holds an MFA from Konstfack and has also studied philosophical aesthetics and literary studies at Stockholm University. In Nattbok – Dagbok at Galleri Glas, Witt continues her exploration of painting’s liminal states, where material, memory, and time overlap and gradually dissolve into one another. By tearing away, relocating, and reinserting layers of paint into new works, she approaches painting as both an act of remembrance and transformation. Multiple temporalities coexist within these pictorial spaces. Something is in the process of emerging while something else has just begun to disappear. Fragments and remnants search for new constellations, and the painted surface becomes a site where colour simultaneously adheres and slips away. It is a space poised between language and silence, between thought and dream. Maja Witt has previously exhibited at institutions including Liljevalchs, the Nationalmuseum, Sven-Harrys Art Museum, Botkyrka Konsthall, and Vara Konsthall. Her work is represented in public collections such as Stockholm County Council, Mångkulturellt Centrum, and Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening. She has received grants from, among others, the Längmanska Cultural Foundation and BUS, and has been an artist in residence at Ricklundgården in Saxnäs. Read more about the exhibition here  photography Per Mannberg

INUIKII X Rouje Present MontAmour: Tailored for Urban Winter Life   INUIKII and Rouje unveil MontAmour, a new take on the Classic Low. Presenting an exclusive joint launch of the iconic winter boot, the Classic Low has been reinterpreted with updated silhouettes, double lacing, and a signature balance between Alpine function and a timless elegance – creating a boot that feels both familiar and entirely new.    The collaboration brings together two brands with distinct identities but a shared approach to design. INUIKII’s focus on warmth, durability and craftmanship meets Rouje’s instinctive Parisian style, resulting in a piece that reflects both practicality and character. MontAmour carries the comfort and protective feel of INUIKII’s original model, refined through Rouje’s eye for subtle details and feminine ease.   The campaign is set in Paris, moving from the streets of Burres Bergeyre to the steps of Sacré-Cœur. The city becomes the backdrop for a boot made for real winter life. Cold mornings, slushy sidewalks and weekends spend shifting between the city and the outdoors. MontAmour is designed with this rhythm in mind, blending Alpine function with a relaxed Parisian feel.   This collaboration brings together sport-inspired design and an urban look. MontAmour is warm, practical and easy to wear. While still being a statement piece for any winter occasion.    The MontAmour boot is priced 240 EUR and is sold exclusively at Rouje and INUIKII.  Image courtesy of INUIKII x Rouje

Chanel Reintroduces Coco Crush in a Cinematic New Campaign Chanel unveils the return of Coco Crush with a new 2026 campaign, Hide and Seek, celebrating the maison’s iconic fine jewelry collection through a cinematic narrative of chance encounters and rediscovery. Set within the legendary Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, the film reimagines the hotel as a playful yet intimate stage for Coco Crush, where movement, emotion, and design intersect. Directed by Gordon Von Steiner, the campaign explores the tension between pursuit and escape, capturing the quiet thrill of discovery that defines the collection’s enduring allure. Starring Mona Tougaard, Lulu Tenney, Mathilda Gvarliani, Akon Changkou, and Qun Ye. At the heart of the campaign is the appointment of American artist and singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams as Chanel’s newest house ambassador. Appearing alongside longtime Chanel ambassador Jennie, Abrams brings a sense of emotional intimacy and modern elegance that aligns seamlessly with the spirit of Coco Crush. Her debut marks a continued dialogue between Chanel Fine Jewelry and contemporary cultural voices, reinforcing the collection’s place at the intersection of craftsmanship, emotion, and modern expression. Image Courtesy of Chanel