Kith’s Regent Street flagship includes Ronnie Fieg’s first restaurant.
Kith has opened a 19,000-square-foot flagship on London’s Regent Street, marking the brand’s first full-scale presence in the U.K. and introducing Ronnie Fieg’s debut restaurant, Ronnie’s. The space brings Kith, Kith Women, Kith Kids, and Kith Treats under one roof while preserving the building’s historic architectural details. Fieg and architect Ben Porto shaped the former adjoining addresses into a two-level retail and hospitality hub that blends London’s heritage with Kith’s evolving lifestyle universe. The store is also launching London-exclusive products, and setting the stage for Ronnie’s to open later this year.
Dior and Gucci will show their Resort 2026 collections in the United States next spring.
Luxury houses are steering their resort calendars toward the U.S. next spring as the market rebounds and high-net-worth buyers return. Gucci will bring Demna’s first cruise outing for the brand to New York, while Dior plans to stage Jonathan Anderson’s debut resort collection in Los Angeles days earlier. The shift follows a broader luxury migration westward, with Louis Vuitton and Chanel also slotting American shows into their lineups. Together, the moves signal a strategic bid to anchor the next resort season in front of a U.S. audience.
Espace Gabrielle Chanel brings mainland China its first library focused on contemporary art.
Chanel and Shanghai’s Power Station of Art have opened Espace Gabrielle Chanel, mainland China’s first public library devoted to contemporary art. The space houses a broad collection of books, archives, and performance resources, and expands the museum’s role as a hub for research and public programming. The initiative builds on Chanel’s cultural partnerships in Asia and reflects the brand’s long-term investment in supporting new artistic practices in the region. By anchoring the Archive of Chinese Contemporary Art, the library positions itself as a platform for both community access and future-facing cultural work.
Both the U.S. and E.U. are significantly scaling back A.I. regulations.
Both Brussels and Washington are shifting toward lighter oversight as they chase economic gains from artificial intelligence. The E.U. is watering down parts of the AI Act and revisiting GDPR to make it easier for companies to train models with personal data, while also delaying key enforcement timelines. In the U.S., lawmakers are pushing a federal plan that would block states from writing their own A.I. rules, effectively clearing the way for national deregulation. The strategy reflects a broader political bet that rapid growth matters more than guardrails, even as critics warn that eased restrictions could widen risks already emerging across the sector.
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, architecture is no longer classified as a “professional degree.”
The administration’s new student loan framework draws a sharp line between graduate and “professional” programs, and architecture falls on the graduate side of that divide. Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, architecture students can borrow no more than $20,500 per year—far below the ceiling reserved for fields such as law, medicine, and theology. Schools may face pressure to adjust tuition, while students who rely on federal aid could struggle to cover the full cost of studio-heavy programs. The shift doesn’t change how states define the profession, but it could reshape who can afford to enter it.
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