Ring the changes

DURING A TIME OF RAPID DISRUPTION, A RISING COMMUNITY OF WOMEN ARE RETHINKING THE FUTURE OF THE ART WORLD IN IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING WAYS. FRIEZE DIRECTOR EVA LANGRET INTRODUCES THE ARTISTS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES POWER PLAYERS TO KNOW

A cohort of female-led labels has cracked the code for getting dressed in 2025

THOUGHTFUL DRAMAS. NAIL-BITING THRILLERS. RAZOR-SHARP COMEDIES. THIS AUTUMN’S RISING ACTORS AND THEIR STANDOUT PERFORMANCES WILL KEEP YOU HOOKED. HANNAH FLINT MEETS THE STARS OF TOMORROW

AFTER DECADES AS A QUIET ARCHITECT OF AN UNMISTAKABLE COOL AND TIMELESS AESTHETIC FOR CULT LUXURY LABELS, NADÈGE VANHEE STEPPED FIRMLY INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WITH HER ARTISTIC DIRECTORSHIP OF HERMÈS. TEN YEARS AFTER HER FIRST COLLECTION FOR THE MAISON LANDED IN STORES, SHE’S ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN TO HAVE ACHIEVED MEANINGFUL LONGEVITY ATOP ONE OF FASHION’S MOST STORIED BRANDS. NOW HER VISION IS CLEARER THAN EVER

WHETHER SHE’S CRAFTING CULTURE-DEFINING MOMENTS ON THE RUNWAY OR SPEARHEADING INNOVATIVE BRANDS, DAME PAT McGRATH’S MASTERY KNOWS NO BOUNDS. NOW, WITH A NEW ROLE AT THE HELM OF LOUIS VUITTON’S FIRST BEAUTY VENTURE, SHE GIVES KENYA HUNT A GLIMPSE INTO HER CAPTIVATING UNIVERSE

For Batia Ofer, the Art of Wishes founder and Royal Academy Trust chair, a magnificent Madrid property and its expansive gardens offered a blank canvas for a beautifully curated display of art