https://www.scmp.com/rss/522046/feed Anna Wintour is a highly influential figure in global fashion. Having served as US Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief for 37 years, she transformed the magazine by featuring celebrities and championing new designers, making it a powerhouse. In her current roles as Global Editorial Director of Vogue and Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast, she oversees all worldwide publications, including Wired and Vanity Fair. She is also renowned for chairing the Met Gala, a significant fundraiser for the Metropolitan... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press You certainly do not have to tell Beyonce this: fashion, when deployed properly, is nothing less than art. Now, the fashion-forward superstar will have another chance to make the point. When she co-chairs the Met Gala in May, all eyeballs will be glued to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see how one of the most watched women on the planet, in her eighth gala appearance, interprets the dress code: “Fashion is Art”. The museum announced the dress code on February 23, along with some... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3344398/met-gala-2026-beyonce-nicole-kidman-venus-williams-among-co-chairs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3344398/met-gala-2026-beyonce-nicole-kidman-venus-williams-among-co-chairs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:25:18 +0000 Reuters Reuters Valentino, Italy’s haute couture “emperor”, was laid to rest in Rome on Friday, with the distinctive red ‌he championed in his collections echoed in splashes of crimson among the black-clad mourners. The biggest ‍names in fashion – including Donatella Versace, Tom Ford and Maria Grazia Chiuri – gathered in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, a church designed by Michelangelo and built on the ruins of ancient Roman baths. Valentino’s co-founder Giancarlo Giammetti, dressed ⁠in a sharply... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341069/stars-fashion-and-film-bid-farewell-haute-couture-emperor-valentino?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3341069/stars-fashion-and-film-bid-farewell-haute-couture-emperor-valentino?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:50:36 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre Doha, the capital of Qatar, was the epicentre of the fashion world over the weekend. The day after an award ceremony to announce the winners of the latest edition of Fashion Trust Arabia – a competition for emerging designers from the Middle East and North Africa – luminaries from the fashion, art and entertainment worlds congregated at the Museum of Islamic Art to pay homage to Franca Sozzani’s legacy at the inaugural Franca Fund Gala. When Sozzani passed away in 2016 due to a rare form of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3333946/vogue-italias-franca-sozzani-honoured-inaugural-franca-fund-gala-doha-anna-wintour-and-more-listers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3333946/vogue-italias-franca-sozzani-honoured-inaugural-franca-fund-gala-doha-anna-wintour-and-more-listers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:17:36 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre Some of the biggest names in fashion, art and entertainment descended on Doha to celebrate rising talent from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at the seventh edition of Fashion Trust Arabia (FTA), held over the weekend in the capital of Qatar. The first initiative of its kind in the Middle East, FTA began in 2018 under the patronage of honorary chair Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, and co-chairs Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani and Tania Fares. Every year, a jury comprising luminaries... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3333885/fashion-trust-arabia-2025-who-won-years-celebration-rising-talent-middle-east-and-north-africa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3333885/fashion-trust-arabia-2025-who-won-years-celebration-rising-talent-middle-east-and-north-africa?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:22:54 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Victoria Beckham’s self-titled Netflix documentary series comes two years after the immense success of her husband and former football player David Beckham’s documentary Beckham, which saw a record-breaking 3.8 million viewers tune in during the first week of its release on Netflix. The three-part docuseries, which launched on the streaming platform on October 9, follows the run-up to the fashion mogul’s 2024 runway show in Paris for her eponymous brand. As the series unfolds, the 51-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3328554/victoria-beckhams-netflix-docuseries-bombshells-spice-girls-fame-david-beckham?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3328554/victoria-beckhams-netflix-docuseries-bombshells-spice-girls-fame-david-beckham?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:00:19 +0000 Gloria Tso Gloria Tso Fashion week has officially come and gone in Milan, where Demna showed his debut collection for Gucci via a short film titled The Tiger, and Giorgio Armani held its first show following its founder’s passing earlier this month. The brand’s outing was a tribute to the long-time designer’s legacy and a showcase of his final designs for the house. Here are some stand-out celebrity looks from Milan Fashion Week this past season, from Demi Moore’s knockout appearance at Gucci (and performance in The... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3327197/15-stand-out-celebrity-looks-milan-fashion-week-meryl-streep-dolce-gabbana-demi-moore-gucci?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/celebrity-style/article/3327197/15-stand-out-celebrity-looks-milan-fashion-week-meryl-streep-dolce-gabbana-demi-moore-gucci?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:48:54 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani’s work spanned the worlds of celebrity, fashion and power. His death announced Thursday at age 91 has elicited an outpouring of tributes. Ralph Lauren “I have always had the deepest respect and admiration for Giorgio Armani, not only as a designer who never strayed from his vision, but as a man who loved his family and friends, and his homeland in such a special way. Though he was an icon of the world of fashion, he lived with great humility and a love of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3324416/giorgio-armani-dies-91-ralph-lauren-julia-roberts-and-others-remember-fashion-legend?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3324416/giorgio-armani-dies-91-ralph-lauren-julia-roberts-and-others-remember-fashion-legend?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:41:20 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa After nearly four decades at the helm, Anna Wintour announced in June that she was stepping down from her role as editor-in-chief at Vogue. The announcement surprised the fashion industry, which is already undergoing a shift as brands like Loewe, Dior and Gucci undergo major leadership changes. American Vogue has since announced that Chloe Malle, 39, has been appointed to succeed Wintour, who will remain Vogue’s global editorial director and chief content officer at Condé Nast. Malle, the new... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3324199/meet-parents-vogue-editor-chloe-malle-actress-candice-bergen-and-french-filmmaker-louis-malle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3324199/meet-parents-vogue-editor-chloe-malle-actress-candice-bergen-and-french-filmmaker-louis-malle?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:05:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Anna Wintour ended weeks of fashion-world speculation on Tuesday when she named Chloe Malle her successor as head of editorial content at Vogue – but the most powerful person in the business isn’t going anywhere. Wintour, 75, remains chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director of American Vogue and its 28 other editions around the globe. Malle may be stepping into Wintour’s low-heeled slingbacks, but she’ll report to the original wearer while taking over day-to-day... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324090/chloe-malle-steps-anna-wintours-shoes-editor-vogue-ahead-new-york-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324090/chloe-malle-steps-anna-wintours-shoes-editor-vogue-ahead-new-york-fashion-week?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:06:55 +0000 Annie Brown Annie Brown Perhaps it’s due to a collective nostalgia for glory years we did or didn’t experience, a necessary source of escapism in rather grim times, or because we really do want to find out if celebrities are just like us, but recent years have witnessed a boom in celebrity memoirs. Not just celebrities either, but high-profile editors, tycoons and assorted influential people have been putting pen to paper (or their memoirists and ghostwriters have) to capture not only their life and work, but also the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3319987/naomi-watts-graydon-carter-5-celebrity-memoirs-worth-your-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3319987/naomi-watts-graydon-carter-5-celebrity-memoirs-worth-your-time?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:00:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg For someone who has been famous since the late 1990s, Victoria Beckham is surprisingly busy in the 2020s. After many years in the red, her eponymous fashion company Victoria Beckham Holdings Ltd, is back on the road to profitability – no small thing for an independent luxury fashion brand. Beckham also introduced a successful fragrance line two years ago, and became the accidental star of a Netflix documentary series about her husband David Beckham. Her charming, funny cameos showed a playful... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3319099/victoria-beckham-upcoming-netflix-documentary-she-says-david-beckham-talked-her-her-patek-philippe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3319099/victoria-beckham-upcoming-netflix-documentary-she-says-david-beckham-talked-her-her-patek-philippe?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:00:09 +0000