DESIGN

Architecture, fashion, furniture and fine type

London 1996: The greatest fashion show on Earth

Gunfire, war, hip hop, a Satanist architect, a church in Spitalfields and the most incredible clothes that London had seen in a decade – Mark C.O'Flaherty remembers Alexander McQueen's finest moment

Hong Kong Hype | Duddell’s

by Lisa Richards

The Ilse Crawford interior is ravishing. And the terrace, above Shanghai Tang, is a Hong Kong CBD hot spot. But what's up with the kitchen at Duddell's?

Brooklyn Beard Oil is a thing

by Civilian New York City

"Forget about beards being over. For those of us without any discernible chin, this isn’t a band wagon, this is a life long commitment"

Redesigning Gotham – Roman and Williams | Viceroy New York and The Monarch Room

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Roman and Williams' latest projects are masterpieces of noir Manhattan

Possibly America’s finest diner

by Civilian New York City

The perfect expression of a purely American aesthetic

Sicily in the shades

by Civilian London

The brightest new sunglasses we’ve seen for the summer season cry out for a headscarf, capri pants, a moped and a pistachio gelato

Scharf on Scott | Downtown, Outer Space

by Civilian New York City

Designer Jeremy Scott’s S/S14 collection, Teenagers from Mars, incorporates a collaboration with pop artist Kenny Scharf, the often undersung contemporary of Haring and Basquiat, and stalwart of the 1980s New Wave, New York City, downtown club scene