The Met Cancels its Spring 2027 John Galliano exhibit.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled “John Galliano: Horizons,” its planned Spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition, following weeks of industry backlash after the show was announced. In a joint statement, Galliano said he decided it was “best for the exhibition not to take place at this time,” reiterating accountability for remarks he made in 2010 and 2011, which led to his firing from Dior. The exhibition had planned to trace Galliano’s four-decade career while directly addressing his past conduct. Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton said he supported the decision after “extensive discussion,” while Anna Wintour called Galliano’s choice “very courageous.” A new spring exhibition and Met Gala plans will be announced later.
Morocco Design brings a citywide design festival to Casablanca.
A new design festival is aiming to put Casablanca, not Marrakesh, on the global design map. Launching October 5–7, Morocco Design is a citywide, three-day event conceived by design consultant Hanane El Moutii as a festival rather than a conventional trade fair, with showrooms, ateliers, galleries, and hotels across the city opening to visitors. El Moutii, founder of the L.A.-based PR firm Eclat, said she chose Casablanca deliberately, offering a different narrative than Marrakesh’s more established tourist appeal. The inaugural edition will pair international brands including Flexform, Roche Bobois, and Molteni&C with Moroccan talents such as sculptor Hamza Khadiri and interior architect Hicham Lahlou. Villa Sahrai, the event’s hospitality partner, will anchor programming with an exhibition pairing rug atelier Studio Sana Benzaitar with architect Salima Filali. Additional programming includes open ateliers, a curated architectural tour of the city, a special restaurant menu from chef Faycal Bettioui, and a student-focused session at Roche Bobois on positioning creative work globally.
Aesop redesigns its perfume bottles for the first time in 20 years.
Aesop has redesigned its perfume bottles for the first time in 20 years, coinciding with the launch of its newest fragrance, Unforeseen Aer. Creative director Aï Kato, who took the role in 2023, said the redesign wasn’t a departure from Aesop’s philosophy but an evolution of it. The new bottle features a taller, finer silhouette, a domed base, and a basalt-textured cap inspired by Melbourne’s bluestone, designed to sit cohesively within Aesop’s retail spaces. Unforeseen Aer blends petitgrain, eucalyptus, and geranium into a woody, mineral-forward scent with an icy freshness. For Kato, both the bottle and fragrance reflect Aesop’s founding ethos.
Princess Diana’s most famous looks are getting their own museum exhibition.
On November 7, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California, will open “Princess Diana: Love Life Legacy — A Life of Giving,” featuring more than 700 original items belonging to the late royal. The exhibition, a collaboration between the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and the Princess Diana Museum, marks the first public display of collector Renae Plant’s extensive memorabilia archive, previously viewable only through digital tours. Highlights include the iconic black sheep sweater by Warm & Wonderful, which sold for $1.14 million at Sotheby’s in 2023; Diana’s hand-embellished wedding shoes by Clive Shilton; and the peach honeymoon ensemble by Bellville Sassoon. Also on view is the blue velvet Victor Edelstein gown famously worn while dancing with John Travolta at a 1985 White House gala, loaned by Historic Royal Palaces, alongside her beloved “caring dress,” purchased by Plant last year for $520,000.
L.A. Conservancy flags Frank Lloyd Wright’s Sturges House as endangered.
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed George D. Sturges House in Los Angeles has landed on the L.A. Conservancy’s 2026 Watch List for endangered architecture, facing what preservationists call “demolition due to neglect.” Built in 1939 in Brentwood for Lockheed engineer George D. Sturges, the 1,200-square-foot home is the only Los Angeles residence Wright completed in his Usonian style, known for its 21-foot cantilevered redwood deck. According to the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, years of deferred maintenance have left the home’s redwood facades deteriorating, its carport pillars rotting, and its overgrown landscaping a wildfire hazard. Though designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, the house remains vulnerable given intense development pressure in the neighborhood. The property has been owned since 2016 by the nonprofit All Right Now Foundation, which acquired it with preservation intentions that conservancy groups say have gone unmet, including repeated unanswered requests for a preservation plan. The foundation maintains the home is occupied by caretaker tenants, though conservationists believe it has largely sat vacant.
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