https://www.scmp.com/rss/523373/feed Diane von Furstenberg is a Belgian-American designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Best known for creating the iconic wrap dress in 1974, she founded and chairs her eponymous global fashion company, DVF. She previously served as President and Chairwoman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) from 2006 to 2019. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tara Loader Wilkinson Tara Loader Wilkinson If you’re looking for a lengthy debate about the merits of authentic cuisine, ask a Bahamian about their grandmother’s recipe for guava duff. The national dessert of the Bahamas, the duff is a steamed, doughy dumpling furrowed with fresh mashed guava (canned fruit is not acceptable, we are told), served piping hot and swimming in rum-spiked butter sauce. After listening to our waitress wax lyrical, we had to order one at Daddy Joe’s, more a living room than a restaurant in North Eleuthera, on... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/travel/article/3339196/eleuthera-and-harbour-island-bahamas-taylor-swift-slips-away?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/travel/article/3339196/eleuthera-and-harbour-island-bahamas-taylor-swift-slips-away?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:11 +0000 Divia Harilela Divia Harilela Like almost every other arena of design, the world of interiors has long been lured by the beauty and power of the animal kingdom. Displaying hunted animals goes back centuries to the days when hanging skins was viewed as a status symbol. Royals and other elites even chose specific animals depending on the characteristics and traits they supposedly represented. While real skins have thankfully fallen out of vogue, interior designers are still enticed by a walk on the wild side, using animal... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/design/article/3333891/animal-print-interiors-how-embrace-your-wild-side-while-keeping-it-classy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/design/article/3333891/animal-print-interiors-how-embrace-your-wild-side-while-keeping-it-classy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:14 +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 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 Hyewon Lee Hyewon Lee Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former journalist Lauren Sánchez’s three-day wedding is well under way, despite pushback from Venice protesters that prompted a last-minute change of venue. The ceremony is rumoured to be taking place on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore today, June 27, with around 200 A-list guests expected to attend. Here’s what the high-profile guests wore yesterday, on the first day of the lavish celebrations. The bride was spotted wearing a gold corset dress by Schiaparelli,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3316100/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-wedding-day-1-discover-who-wore-what-leonardo-dicaprio-tom-brady-and-oprah?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3316100/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-wedding-day-1-discover-who-wore-what-leonardo-dicaprio-tom-brady-and-oprah?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:39:30 +0000