Once grooming and skincare defined the so-called metrosexual—today, straight men embrace sex toys as tools for self-exploration and intimacy. From Sonia Rykiel’s duck-shaped vibrators to Harry Styles’ Pleasing Yourself

From Sunnei’s auction-like finale to Alexander McQueen’s silent salon and Tom Ford’s boardroom battle: each exit reshaped not only a personal career but the direction of entire fashion houses and the industry itself

Inspired by the German school of design, Bauhaus, British photographer Jack Johnstone brings back the human body as a constitutive element of theater and performance

The environmental impact of EV mining: Vince Beiser explains the invisible supply chains, hidden machines, and raw materials behind smartphones, EVs, and modern life

As the Dutch countryside sinks into clay-rich peat, Studio RietGoed turns resilient cattail into a dual solution—restoring waterlogged soils while developing plant-based textiles for tomorrow’s fashion

From December, the EU deforestation regulation will require traceability for leather, viscose, and rubber. If biomimicry has been moodboard language, now every inspiration must come with evidence

From the reuse of a burnt printing house to a forest-laboratory: Stefano Rabolli Pansera recounts Khao Yai Art Forest and Bangkok Kunsthalle through reforestation, renewable energy, water monitoring, and material recycling

A retrospective on whether and how the new creative directors are addressing sustainability – from small independent brands to major fashion houses, from Duran Lantink to Balenciaga

“Outsourcing the consequences of your own bad decisions is not the path.” The illusion of carbon neutrality: why climate change can’t be solved by buying carbon offsets and outsourcing responsibility.

Reforestation through One Tree Planted and resale on The RealReal, Gucci’s ongoing commitment to social and environmental responsibility