‘i’m a natural rule-breaker’

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

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

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

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Mary Portas at ‘Harvey Nicks’

Supermodels, stellar designers, all-night parties and endless Champagne – the 90s was a decade like no other, and Mary Portas saw it all. Here, she charts her fashion journey from window dresser to legendary creative director at Harvey Nichols