The Story Lens: Fashion, Form & Culture

Inside fashion, art, design, and culture: defining moments, groundbreaking projects, and emerging voices.

The Story Lens: Fashion, Form & Culture

The Memory of Time: Seiko’s Legacy, 145 Years Later

145 years after its beginnings in Tokyo, Seiko turns to gold, blue and purple to explore the relationship between its watchmaking heritage, technological innovation and Japanese culture.

The Story Lens: Fashion, Form & Culture

Why Does Fashion Want to Serve Us Coffee?

A cup, a table, and a reason to stay. Fashion is finding in cafés a new way to turn its worlds into places we can inhabit, not simply admire.

The Story Lens: Fashion, Form & Culture

CHANEL’s le19M: Savoir-Faire Arrives in Shanghai

Savoir-faire does not endure by standing still. In Shanghai, le19M brings two craft traditions together to discover what can happen when they begin to exchange ideas.

The Story Lens: Fashion, Form & Culture

Smart Glasses Are Here. Are We Ready to Live With Them?

Smart glasses promise to integrate technology into everyday life more naturally than ever. But their growing popularity is also raising new questions about privacy, consent and how we share space with others.