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RECENT
John Kilroy, Cosmetic Formulator and Founder of Foundry on Building a British Luxury Beauty Brand From a Saxon Water Mill in Somerset
Foundry, the new British luxury beauty brand created by cosmetic formulator and perfumer John Kilroy, builds its entire identity around that transparency. It launches from a former Saxon water mill in Frome, Somerset, with an edit of skincare, bodycare, and fragrance that sits as comfortably in the language of high science as it does in the Somerset countryside that physically surrounds it. What makes Foundry genuinely distinct from the wave of science-led brands that have de
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FASHION
Isha Ambani Met Gala 2026: The Gold Sari, the Nizam's Jewelry, and the 1,800-Carat Blouse Built From Her Mother's Collection
Every detail of Isha Ambani's Met Gala 2026 look, from the gold-woven Gaurav Gupta sari painted by a National Award-winning Pichwai master to the 1,800-carat blouse envisioned by Nita Ambani and built from the family's jewelry archive, the Nizam's sarpech, and the bronze mango by Subodh Gupta, the only artist whose work appeared on two separate Met Gala looks on the same night.
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Sudha Reddy's Met Gala 2026 look took 3,459 hours, involved 90 artisans, and drew on a 3,000-year-old textile tradition. It was the most labor-intensive Indian look on that carpet.
The Hyderabad philanthropist returned to the Met Gala with a Manish Malhotra creation rooted in Machilipatnam Kalamkari, Telangana's cultural symbols, and a $15 million tanzanite from her own collection. Here is every detail.
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Manish Malhotra Wore His Entire Career to the Met Gala 2026. It Took 960 Hours and 50 Artisans to Build It.
Manish Malhotra has dressed Bollywood royalty, Hollywood names, actual royalty, and some of the most photographed women in the world. For 35 years he has been the person standing behind the camera, behind the fitting room door, behind the star on the red carpet. At Met Gala 2026, for the first time on fashion's biggest stage, he stepped in front.
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BEAUTY
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BOOKS & ART
7 Essential Books That Define a Curated Bookshelf in 2026
Fashion. Architecture. Watches. Cars. Interiors. Photography. Design Philosophy. One book from each world that belongs in every serious collection.
Colonial Layers at 47A Khotachiwadi: Shadows of Empire
Tucked inside Khotachi Wadi, one of Mumbai's few surviving heritage villages with Portuguese-British roots, 47A is currently showing Shadows of Empire, a two-person exhibition featuring Kolkata-based artist Jit Chowdhury and Mumbai-based photographer and painter Kaushal Parikh. The show opened on March 21st and runs until April 19th. The two artists come from entirely different backgrounds and work in entirely different mediums, which is precisely what makes the pairing inter
Line as Witness: A Solo Exhibition by Yusuf at Black Cube Gallery, New Delhi
Sanya Malik's Black Cube Gallery and Shantanu Sharma present Line as Witness, a solo exhibition by Bhopal-based artist Yusuf, running from 29th March to 11th April 2026 at Sunder Nagar, New Delhi. The show brings together acrylic paintings, mixed media explorations and sculptural forms accumulated over decades of practice, and is open to all by prior appointment between 11am and 6pm. Yusuf has spent his career treating the line not as a formal device but as the fundamental un
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