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    Louis Wise

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      HTSI
      Six chic ways to wear a belt

      Updating your look is a cinch this season

      Max Mara camel-hair and silk Teddy coat, £3,370, handsewn double-faced broadcloth dress, £1,150, leather belt, £810, and wool yarn turtleneck, £350
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      HTSI
      The masterful Manolo Blahnik

      The legendary designer reflects on swinging London, new beginnings and the tenets of timeless style

      Manolo Blahnik at his company’s new headquarters at 31 Old Burlington Street, surrounded by shoes and sketches. He wears a suit by Anderson & Sheppard
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      FT SeriesHTSI’s holiday gift guide 2023
      16 buys for stylish guys this Christmas

      Give him loafers, limoncello and a big bucket of crisps

      Studio Nicholson leather Donovan shoes in oxblood, £395
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      Photography
      10 life lessons from a pop-art nun

      Corita Kent created waves in 1960s Los Angeles with the vibrant screen prints she made while still a Catholic nun. What does her photography reveal about her approach to life?

      A self-portrait of Sister Mary Corita (aka the artist Corita Kent) in her nun’s habit and headpiece. Her face is obscured by the camera she is holding to take the shot
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      HTSI
      Five green tees with unlikely ingredients

      From crab shells to algae, today’s eco tops have the strangest of provenances

      Sheep Inc 8-Bit Sheep T-shirt, £110
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      The Aesthete
      Art collector and app creator Hélène Nguyen-Ban’s favourite things

      The Docent founder on Alaïa jeans, Plaq chocolate and ‘the Elon Musk of Africa’

      Hélène Nguyen-Ban in her London home
    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      HTSI
      Everyone’s going big for Indian miniatures

      With a slew of exhibitions and auctions, these tiny jewel-like paintings are now banking huge sums

      A hunting party, 18th century, £200,000-£300,000, Christie’s
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      FT SeriesIcons only – the HTSI autumn arts special 2023
      Artist Anthea Hamilton: ‘Camp architecture really hits all my buttons’

      The Turner Prize nominee on Kendrick Lamar, her Loewe scarf and beloved collection of bricks

      Turner Prize nominee Anthea Hamilton at home in London
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      FT SeriesIcons only – the HTSI autumn arts special 2023
      How I spend it... three artists share their obsessions

      The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr, musician Sudan Archives and actress Bernadette Peters tell the stories behind their very different passions 

      Sudan Archives at Bridgewood & Neitzert, London
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      FT SeriesIcons only – the HTSI autumn arts special 2023
      The sensational Sarah Lucas

      Irreverent, smutty, feminist, frank. Ahead of a major Tate show, the artist remains an unrepentant punk provocateur

      Sarah Lucas with sculptures from her Bunnies series in her studio in Framlingham, Suffolk
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
      Why menswear needs Martine Rose 

      Long an industry favourite, the designer is now hitting the mainstream. She talks clubs, Clarks and being courted by the luxury giants

      Designer Martine Rose in her studio in London
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      FT SeriesWomen’s fashion special AW23
      Everybody loves Julie de Libran

      The Paris-based designer, formerly of Prada and Louis Vuitton, introduces the friends and family who inspire her

      Photographer and filmmaker Sonia Sieff, pharmacist and Julie de Libran collector Zina Thaifa, writer Amanda Sthers, atelier CEO Fanélie Phillips, and Julie de Libran in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. All shoes throughout by Manolo Blahnik
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      HTSI
      Chanel’s British muse

      A V&A retrospective uncovers one of the designer’s greatest passions

      Anne Gunning wears Chanel to marry Anthony Nutting in 1961
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      HTSI
      Why we’re agog for clogs

      The orthopaedic shoe beloved of dentists and gardeners has become a fashion favourite. But which footwear tribe do you belong to?

      Ganni’s SS22 campaign
    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      HTSI
      Art to save the planet: the #CreateCOP prize returns

      The annual award highlighting work on an environmental theme is open to submission

      Sustainable Traditions by Nicholas Bennett, the CreateCOP winner in 2019
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      How To Spend It In...
      A whisky distiller’s guide to the West Highlands

      Annabel Thomas, founder of Nc’nean, on rural Scotland’s isolated beauty, otter spotting and exceptional cheese

      Annabel Thomas on the Morvern Peninsula
    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      HTSI
      The short life and many loves of Stephen Tomlin

      A new exhibition sheds light on the lesser-known Bloomsbury sculptor

      Stephen Tomlin (second from left) in June 1926
    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      HTSI
      Gâteau at the château: Lord Rothschild’s latest folly

      Waddesdon Manor’s latest installation is a vast wedding cake by artist Joana Vasconcelos – that you can get married in

      Lord Rothschild and Joana Vasconcelos outside the Wedding Cake
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      HTSIHTSI spring travel special
      Match the luggage to the TV character

      What would Logan Roy, Wednesday Addams, Jack Ryan and co carry on the plane?

      Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya in The White Lotus
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      FT SeriesThe world according to Kate Moss
      Demi Moore’s guide to Sun Valley, Idaho

      The actor’s mountain getaway is perfect for skiing, summer symphonies and binge-watching Line of Duty

      Demi Moore with her dog, Pilaf, in her garden
    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      HTSI
      Whither the wallet?

      The traditional men’s coin purse may be slimming down – but it’s not wasting away 

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      HTSI
      See the canvas. Get the T-shirt

      Let the museum be your muse this season

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      HTSIHTSI spring menswear special
      Is he wearing foundation?

      Men’s make-up is set to be normalised this year. We test the foundations of this claim

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      HTSIHTSI spring menswear special
      Schitt’s Creek meets high fashion: Dan Levy and SS Daley’s new eyewear

      The Canadian comedy star and the British designer have found a shared focus

      Steven Stokey-Daley (left) and Dan Levy in the Royal Suite at London’s St Pancras Hotel. Stokey-Daley wears DL Eyewear x SS Daley Cloudsley in Khaki, $200. SS Daley upcycled-silk James shirt, £500. Levy wears DL Eyewear x SS Daley Charlton in Umber, $200. SS Daley cotton shirt, £550
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      FT SeriesHTSI spring arts special: creatives in their communities
      How Salman Toor became the art name to know

      The Pakistan-born painter made his work more personal - and it started selling for millions.

      The Loved Ones, 2022
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