Bottega Veneta Debuts Soft Functional Style at Milan Show

This is Beirut 28/09 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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British designer Louise Trotter showed her debut collection for Bottega Veneta in Milan Saturday with a collection focused on "soft functionality", with structured clothes in supple, draped fabrics. In front of an audience that included actresses Uma Thurman and Julianne Moore, the models wore leather coats and suits with wide shoulders as well ...

SpotlightCinema Hits the Runway

Bélinda Ibrahim 27/09 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Fashion and cinema have long shared a mutual fascination, but during Milan Fashion Week in September 2025, the dialogue reached a new level. Gucci unveiled its ‘La Famiglia” collection not through a traditional runway show, but with a short film titled The Tiger, directed by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn, starring Demi Moore, Julia Garner and ...

Georges Khabbaz Shines at the Hamburg International Film Festival

This is Beirut 27/09 13:35 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanese actor and playwright Georges Khabbaz is taking part in the 32nd edition of the Hamburg International Film Festival in Germany with two major films in which he plays leading roles. The first, A Thousand Secrets, a Thousand Dangers, directed by Oscar-nominated Canadian filmmaker Philippe Falardeau, was chosen as the festival’s opening ...

Italian Luxury Faces Turmoil as Armani Era Closes

This is Beirut 27/09 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The first Milan Fashion Week without Giorgio Armani marks the end of an era in Italian luxury, at a time when houses across the sector are already in transition. After defending his independence throughout his life, the legendary designer, who died this month aged 91, entrusted his heirs with the task of selling his group. He cited French ...

Ivory Coast Launches Major Art Space in Historic Coastal Town

This is Beirut 27/09 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A new contemporary art museum has opened in Ivory Coast's UNESCO-listed beachside town of Grand-Bassam in a building that is a remnant of its colonial past. Twenty-eight artists from nine African countries feature in the inaugural exhibition of paintings, sculpture, photography and design at La Maison de l'art (The House of Art). The former post ...

Patrick Watson’s ‘Uh Oh’: A Soundtrack to Unsettled Times

This is Beirut 26/09 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Top-streaming Canadian singer Patrick Watson says he called his new album Uh Oh, which released Friday, to capture the sense of fatalistic doom felt by many people when they wake up and read the news. The bilingual 45-year-old multi-instrumentalist, whose ballad Je te laisserai des mots is the most-streamed francophone title ever on Spotify, said ...

SpotlightWhen Fashion Brings Masterpieces Back to Life

Bélinda Ibrahim 26/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Fashion Week is no longer merely a stage for new silhouettes. It has become a platform where art and clothing engage in a dynamic dialogue, each collection telling its own story. Every season, on the runways of Paris, Milan, London and New York, artistic references abound. Fashion draws from the great masters, summons icons of painting, sculpture ...

From Survival to Revival: The World’s Last Beetling Mill Eyes a Bright Future

This is Beirut 26/09 17:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The noise is deafening and the work can be lonely, but to William Smyth, who toils in the world's last commercial linen "beetling" mill, his job is unique. "There's nothing modern about it, I'm doing the same now as they were doing 100 years and more ago," said Smyth, 59, at the mill in Northern Ireland in a village some 45 miles (70 kilometers) ...

Pop Art Brings Royal Tradition to Life in Luxembourg

This is Beirut 26/09 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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As Luxembourg awaits the coronation of a new Grand Duke, local artist Jacques Schneider is planning to jazz up the occasion with a splash of pop art. A set of new "monarchical" paintings are among the works on show at a retrospective on Schneider's 20 years in the art industry that opened on Thursday in Berchem, a small town in the south of the ...

Spotify Leads Industry Effort to Label AI Involvement in Music Creation

This is Beirut 25/09 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Spotify on Thursday unveiled several measures to encourage artists and publishers to be more transparent about their use of artificial intelligence, as well as to limit certain abuses. The Swedish platform is recommending that musicians and producers comply with a new standard developed by the Digital Data Exchange (DDEX), a consortium of leading ...

Comic-Con Goes Global: Málaga Hosts Inaugural International Edition

This is Beirut 25/09 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Warriors, wizards and other costumed characters flooded the streets of Malaga in southern Spain on Thursday for the opening of the first San Diego Comic-Con held outside the United States. Mirroring the famous California event, the four-day convention will feature blockbuster film presentations, prominent figures from the worlds of comics and ...

Snoop Dogg to Perform at AFL Grand Final in Melbourne

This is Beirut 25/09 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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American rapper Snoop Dogg said he was "in love" with Australian Rules football on Thursday, ahead of his performance at the sport's grand finale. The 53-year-old will take to the stage at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, which will be jammed with up to 100,000 fans watching Geelong face Brisbane. "I've been coming to this country for ...