Last October, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute announced its next fashion show, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the political landscape looked very different. Kamala Harris, the first female vice president and the first Black woman ever to top a major-party ticket, was in the final weeks of her campaign for the White House….
Translated by Roberta HERRERA Published March 31, 2025 The 2025 edition of the Andam Prize (National Association for the Development of the Fashion Arts) introduces a jury infused with artistic and cultural sensibility. Under the presidency of Sidney Toledano—the esteemed LVMH executive and president of the French Fashion Institute (IFM)—this year’s panel includes a lineup…
Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging app Telegram who was charged in France last year with a range of crimes related to illicit activity on the app, has been allowed to temporarily leave the country. Mr. Durov had been barred from leaving France, but the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday that the investigative…
The Trump administration has asked researchers and organizations whose work is conducted overseas to disclose ties to those regarded as hostile, including “entities associated with communist, socialist or totalitarian parties,” according to a questionnaire obtained by The New York Times. The online survey was sent this week to groups working abroad to research diseases like…