At Dior, Jonathan Anderson now oversees menswear, womenswear, and couture.
Jonathan Anderson now leads all of Dior’s creative divisions—menswear, womenswear, and couture—marking the first time a single designer has done so since Christian Dior himself. The appointment consolidates power at a moment of industry flux and signals a high-stakes bet by LVMH on Anderson’s ability to revive a $9 billion brand under pressure.
A new urban planning manual posits that “creative wellness” is the key to cities prospering.
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning argues that culture should no longer be treated as a niche concern but as essential civic infrastructure. Through global case studies, it outlines how embedding the arts—via tools like cultural land trusts, artist residencies, and storytelling initiatives—can address issues from displacement to public health. The book calls for planners to recognize creative wellness not as a luxury, but as a foundation for equitable, resilient cities.
A “secret” archive of lesbian history holds more than 50 years of art and cultural artifacts.
Tucked inside a Brooklyn brownstone, the Lesbian Herstory Archives has preserved five decades of materials documenting lesbian culture, politics, and everyday life—from erotic zines and protest posters to oral histories and personal ephemera. Founded in 1974 as a radical alternative to exclusionary institutions, the volunteer-run archive remains one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of its kind.
The provisional calendar for Paris Couture Week finds Dior, Valentino, and more absent.
La Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has released a slimmed-down Paris couture calendar for July, with major absences including Dior, Valentino, and Jean Paul Gaultier. The season’s most anticipated shows include Demna’s final collection for Balenciaga and Glenn Martens’ debut at Maison Margiela, while a few emerging names and annual-only participants help fill out the 27-show lineup.
The Louvre will surrender 258 objects from Adèle de Rothschild’s Cabinet of Curiosity.
The Louvre will return 258 items from Adèle de Rothschild’s Cabinet of Curiosity after an inventory error violated the terms of her bequest. The Fondation des Artistes, which now stewards the collection, negotiated the objects’ release after finding they had been improperly held in storage rather than displayed together. While a handful will remain at the museum temporarily, most will rejoin the original cabinet, which is to reopen this fall.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Shaq and Allen Iverson are out to rebuild Reebok’s market dominance in basketball.
After clowning smartwatches, H. Moser & Cie. drops one of its own.
Passively designed microlibraries are inspiring youth literacy in India.
Do you know where in the world Banksy’s newest street mural is?
