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The Hoodie: Western fashion’s most politically loaded garment

February II (2019) by Devan Shimoyama, image courtesy of Het Niuewe Instituut The humble hoodie may have begun as a functional garment, but it has

Opinion

Björk in the swan dress at the 2001 Oscars is iconic – but is it camp?

Marjan Pejoski’s swan dress, from the Autumn/Winter 2000-2001 collection, on display at the Met Presaging the politicisation of the red carpet in the #MeToo era,

Design

Grace Wales Bonner discusses her Serpentine exhibition, crossing cultures and her ultimate ambition

Designer and artist Grace Wales Bonner shows Priya Khanchandani around her new Serpentine Gallery exhibition   Grace Wales Bonner eschews attention. Yet for someone who

Design

Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85, leaving design legacy in fashion, photography and furniture

Karl Lagerfeld by Stefan Strumbel Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion designer best known as the creative director of Chanel, has died at the age of 85.

Design

Hussein Chalayan searches for ‘blind spots’ between design, fashion and sculpture

Hussein Chalayan’s SS17 collection. Photo: Chris Moore @ catwalking Pioneering fashion designer Hussein Chalayan sits down with Icon’s editor Priya Khanchandani to discuss bodies, cultural

Design

Building fashion: ‘I don’t believe we will use scissors for the rest of human history’

Fashion has so far resisted the pull of digital technology, but now architects and designers are joining forces to revolutionise the industry’s way of working,

Architecture

Obsession: The scarf

High fashion might represent the ultimate luxury for some of us, but the endless possibilities offered by an unstitched length of fabric is far more

Opinion

Manus x Machina at The Met

A show in New York juxtaposes handmade and technologically fabricated fashion, challenging the assumptions we make about each method, says Anja Wohlstrom The Costume Institute

Opinion

Delpozo

The Madrid fashion brand combines bright colours and graphics with clean cuts, writes Christie Bakker Delpozo captures and combines exceptional dichotomies – indulgent volumes go

Design

High heels

Businesswomen, kings and medieval Asian warriors have all understood the symbolic power of heeled footwear. And its impracticality only seems to add to its allure

Design

Editor's choice

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Ukrainian creative studio Gushka creates woollen items that bring a new life to ancestral crafts

Meet Studio Bovti: The German design duo expressing their inner child through experimental curiosity and a playful aesthetic

ICON 216 : Autumn/Winter 2024

Faye Toogood discusses the inspiration behind her new furniture collection for Poltrona Frau

EDIT Napoli returns for its sixth edition celebrating an array of global design talent

A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center puts on show a bold response to rising waters

Design Council names five leading ambassadors for World Design Congress 2025




Architects

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center puts on show a bold response to rising waters

LA practice Kadre Architects uses design as a street-level tool for social change

A new book by Stefano Casciani offers an insight into Piero Lissoni’s work

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design

From the archives: Innovative landscapes inspiring children’s imaginations

This multi-residential project by MODA cultivates community through urban farming


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Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Ukrainian creative studio Gushka creates woollen items that bring a new life to ancestral crafts

Meet Studio Bovti: The German design duo expressing their inner child through experimental curiosity and a playful aesthetic

Faye Toogood discusses the inspiration behind her new furniture collection for Poltrona Frau

EDIT Napoli returns for its sixth edition celebrating an array of global design talent

Design Council names five leading ambassadors for World Design Congress 2025

Kirkby Design partners with Teklan on its latest collection of outdoor fabrics

Harriet Allure uses scent to invoke a sense of nostalgia and connection to heritage

Conscious creativity, community and craft: Six highlights from this year’s London Design Festival


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Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Ukrainian creative studio Gushka creates woollen items that bring a new life to ancestral crafts

Meet Studio Bovti: The German design duo expressing their inner child through experimental curiosity and a playful aesthetic

ICON 216 : Autumn/Winter 2024

Faye Toogood discusses the inspiration behind her new furniture collection for Poltrona Frau

EDIT Napoli returns for its sixth edition celebrating an array of global design talent

A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center puts on show a bold response to rising waters

Design Council names five leading ambassadors for World Design Congress 2025