Simon Porte Jacquemus has named his grandmother as Jacquemus’ first brand ambassador.
Simon Porte Jacquemus has named his grandmother Liline Jacquemus, as the fashion house’s first official brand ambassador. A longtime presence at the label’s shows, she previously modeled for Jacquemus in 2020 and recently appeared in a video receiving the Valérie bag, named for the designer’s late mother. Jacquemus credits her as an early source of inspiration, citing her influence on the brand’s values of family, memory, and origin. The appointment formalizes a relationship that has shaped the label since its beginnings in Provence.
Multiple major companies and investment firms now share joint ownership of TikTok in the U.S.
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has spun out a U.S.-based entity to run the app domestically, complying with a 2024 law aimed at limiting Chinese control in the face of national security concerns. Non-Chinese investors now hold roughly 80 percent of the venture, with ByteDance retaining a 19.9 percent stake and licensing its recommendation technology to the new company. Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake each control 15 percent. They are joined by a mix of tech executives and investment firms that include long-standing ByteDance backers. The U.S. operation will oversee content moderation and data security, with Oracle playing a central role in managing American user data.
For Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter 2026 collection, Pharrell built a prefab house.
For Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter 2026 men’s show, Pharrell Williams staged the presentation around DROPHAUS, a prefabricated home he developed with the Japanese hospitality company NOT A HOTEL. Installed in Paris’ Jardin d’Acclimatation, the transportable structure functioned as both set and concept, framing a vision of futurism grounded in domestic space, durability, and material innovation. The house’s droplet-inspired form echoed throughout the garments’ fluid silhouettes, ripple-like finishes, and crystal details. Across the collection, familiar fabrics and tailoring reappeared through technical processes and material trompe l’oeil effects.
Citing financial difficulties, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is selling its Napa art park.
The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art has put its 217-acre Napa Valley art park on the market for $10.9 million. The property includes large-scale outdoor works by artists central to Northern California’s postwar scene, including Mark di Suvero, Peter Saul, Robert Arneson, and Jay DeFeo. Leaders at the center say a sale could stabilize the center’s operations, with scenarios ranging from a philanthropic buyer who would lease the land back to public ownership through Napa County. Any outcome, they argue, would aim to keep the sculptures on site while buying time to secure a sustainable future.
The architecture world joins in remembering Beyer Blinder Belle founding partner, John H. Beyer.
Tributes from across the architecture community have followed the death of John H. Beyer, the founding partner of Beyer Blinder Belle, who died at 92. Beyer helped shape the firm’s preservation-driven approach, guiding major projects that wove new design into historic contexts, from the revitalization of DUMBO to work at the Frick Collection, the Apollo Theater, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Colleagues credit him with advancing preservation as a central architectural practice rather than a specialty pursuit. His influence endures through the firm he co-founded in 1968 and the generation of architects he mentored.
Today’s attractive distractions:
You can now watch the Secret Mall Apartment documentary on Netflix.
Fashion folk have done the 2016 photo dump challenge and it’s something.
Who do you think the “Broadway veteran” owners of this 31-room mansion are?
Larry Gagosian just wants to look at Jasper Johns paintings, too.
