Peter Do, Bach Mai, Meruert Tolegen, and more are finalists for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund.
The CFDA and Vogue have named Peter Do, Bach Mai, Meruert Tolegen, and seven other designers as finalists for the 2025 Fashion Fund, with $300,000 awarded to the winner this fall. The finalists will compete in a design challenge mentored by Tommy Hilfiger and participate in a Nordstrom retail showcase ahead of the November 18 gala. This year’s cohort reflects the fund’s continued emphasis on diversity and independent vision in American fashion.
The Paris Holocaust Museum and other sites in the city’s Jewish Quarter have been vandalized.
Several Jewish sites in Paris—including the Shoah Memorial and three synagogues—were defaced with green paint over the weekend, prompting condemnation from French and Israeli officials. No group has claimed responsibility, and investigators are reviewing CCTV footage as part of an ongoing probe. The incidents have deepened concerns over anti-Semitic threats in the city’s historic Jewish Quarter.
For the first time in its 90-year history, the Frick will have a museum café.
For the first time in its history, the Frick Collection is introducing a café as part of its revamped visitor experience. Westmoreland sits in the museum’s Selldorf-designed refit and draws from the Frick family’s private railcar of the same name, with a seasonal menu by Danny Meyer’s Union Square Events and interiors by Bryan O’Sullivan Studio. The café blends art, architecture, and dining in a space that overlooks the restored garden. It will open on June 6.
Since the end of the de minimus tariff exception, Temu’s U.S. users have dropped by half.
Temu’s daily U.S. user base dropped by more than half in May after the White House closed a tariff loophole that had allowed low-cost Chinese shipments to bypass import duties. The company responded by pulling back on advertising and overhauling its fulfillment model, but has struggled to match rivals like Shein in retaining U.S. shoppers. While its domestic outlook dims, Temu has shifted focus to international markets, where user growth has accelerated.
A Roman museum has unveiled a plan to restore a 2,500-year-old Etruscan artifact.
The National Etruscan Museum in Rome will publicly restore its most iconic artifact, the 2,500-year-old Sarcophagus of the Spouses, a terracotta tomb depicting a reclining couple in a banqueting pose. The restoration, which begins with the figures’ lower bodies, will unfold in full view of visitors, combining conservation with digital tools and new scholarship. The project aims to deepen understanding of one of antiquity’s most expressive funerary sculptures while spotlighting the museum as a space of active preservation.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Demna’s latest—and last—for Balenciaga? It’s Britney, bitch.
A Zipline factory tour pulls back the curtain on rigorous delivery drone testing.
From Harrods to Hotel Barrière Fouquet’s New York, Loewe is popping up everywhere.
Adrien Brody is using his downtime to focus on his art.
