
<p>An exclusive island, a centuries-old monastery, and one of the most iconic hotel brands in the world—Mandarin Oriental’s arrival in Venice redefines what luxury means in La Serenissima.</p>



<p>Venice, June 11, 2025 — In a move that signals both ambition and elegance, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced it will take over operations of the San Clemente Palace Hotel, a storied property set on its own private island in the Venetian Lagoon. Located just an eight-minute boat ride from the bustle of Piazza San Marco, the 80,000-square-meter island offers a serene retreat amidst the artistic and cultural pulse of Venice.</p>



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<p>This historic site will remain open under current operations until November 2025, after which it will undergo a comprehensive, three-phase restoration led by the British design studio Albion Nord. When it reopens in April 2026, it will do so under a new name—<strong>Mandarin Oriental, Venice</strong>.</p>



<p>“Bringing Mandarin Oriental’s legendary hospitality to Venice is a significant milestone for our group,” said Laurent Kleitman, Group Chief Executive of Mandarin Oriental. “This remarkable property, with its unique heritage and privileged location, aligns perfectly with our vision of creating deeply meaningful experiences. With Venice now part of our portfolio alongside Milan and Lake Como—and soon Rome, Cortina, and Porto Cervo—our footprint in Italy grows even stronger.”</p>



<p>The property, steeped in nearly 900 years of history, includes restored monastic buildings and a 12th-century church surrounded by manicured gardens. Once reopened, the hotel will feature <strong>136 elegantly redesigned rooms and suites</strong> that fuse Venetian charm with Mandarin Oriental’s signature contemporary aesthetic.</p>



<p>“We’re excited to begin a new chapter for San Clemente Palace with Mandarin Oriental,” said Emir Uyar, Vice Chairman of Permak Holding. “This iconic location deserves the refined hospitality the brand is known for. We look forward to welcoming guests to a reimagined luxury experience on one of Venice’s most historic islands.”</p>



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<p>The revitalized hotel will include four distinctive restaurants, offering culinary journeys that blend local tradition with global finesse. Its expanded wellness offerings will feature a state-of-the-art spa with treatment rooms, saunas, steam baths, multi-sensory showers, and tranquil lounges—complemented by an outdoor pool, yoga pavilion, and tennis courts for holistic wellbeing.</p>



<p>Events and weddings will also find a spectacular home here, with extensive indoor and outdoor spaces that embrace the island’s lush natural surroundings. A dedicated kids’ area ensures that even the youngest travelers are entertained in style.</p>



<p>As Mandarin Oriental continues its thoughtful expansion, <em>Mandarin Oriental, Venice</em> promises to become a new icon of refined travel in Italy—where centuries-old history, cinematic views, and modern luxury meet on a private island like no other.</p>


Mandarin Oriental Sets Sail for Venice with San Clemente Takeover


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">It was an ordinary evening for her, and she was alone in her room. The dim light filtering through the curtains wasn’t enough to brighten the darkness within her. On the desk lay dried flowers she had bought for herself, unfinished letters, and echoes of the past. The mark left by love lingered like a deep wound in her heart, both sustaining and consuming her.</h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The comforter on her bed felt like a burden she carried on her back. Even if she rose from that bed, she couldn’t leave it behind; it seemed to follow her everywhere she went. Unable to escape her own darkness, the weight of the comforter pressed down on her shoulders like a reflection of her soul. She stood before the mirror, staring at her own reflection. A stranger’s face… or was it the most familiar one?&nbsp;</h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tears welled up in her eyes as she whispered to herself, “Do you want to be admired, or to be loved?” The question sent tremors through her soul before fading back into silence. Moving to the window, she let the breeze caress her hair as she inhaled the scent of a withered rose in her hand. She allowed the darkness to engulf her, for she realized that searching for light was futile. Beneath the heavy curtain of drama, she fell in love with her own sorrows. For sometimes, the greatest love is hidden in one’s own undoing.</h2>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Directed by</span></em></em></em> Melike Müge Şahin</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em style="font-size: revert; text-align: right; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;"><em><em><span class="font-snell">Styled by </span></em></em></em>Ant Süzer</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Make up by</span></em></em></em> Beliz Ar</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Hair  by</span></em></em></em> Remzi Ateş</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Gaffer</span></em></em></em> Ömer Rauf Aksoy</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">PhotoAssistants</span></em></em></em> Sarp Gürkan, Cansu Şen&nbsp;</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Styling Assistants</span></em></em></em> Eren Çebi, Deniz</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Production</span></em></em></em> Birce Naz Köş, Yağmur Yıldız</p>


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Anohni’s voice isn’t just a musical expression—it’s a calling, an intuition, a space where emotion and ideology collide. Her process is rooted in instinct. She’s not interested in hope, but in truth. In a world where activism is often reduced to an Instagram story, Anohni reminds us of the transformative power of creation. This conversation isn’t about getting lost in her universe—it’s about learning to see more clearly within our own.</h2>



<p><strong>When you write music, do the words come first or does the sound guide the story? What does your writing process look like?</strong><br>I usually write the words separately. It really depends. From my last record I wrote a lot of the music with a collaborator, the producer Jimmy Hogarth. his style of playing guitar really inspired me and we move towards a soulful sound. The words are important to me and usually reflect ideas that I have been mulling over for a long time.</p>



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<p><em>&#8220;</em> My work is a reflection of my life, my perception of the world around me, my feelings and intuitions about what is really happening, and I don’t really separate these different streams.&#8221;</p>



<p>&#8211; Anohni</p>
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<p><strong>Themes like nature, death, identity, and justice have always been present in your work. How would you describe your long-standing relationship with these motifs?</strong><br>My work is a reflection of my life, my perception of the world around me, my feelings and intuitions about what is really happening, and I don’t really separate these different streams. I’m an intuitive person. I find value in focusing on and raising up the things that I care most about. I am lucky to have the opportunity to do that, as I know that many people in this world have not been afforded much time to spend on the things or with the people that they care the most about so being an artist is really a privilege.<br><br><strong>Where do you think activism and art stand in today’s music industry? Is the relationship still sincere, or has it become a marketing tool?</strong><br>I think it really depends on what country or part of the world you’re living in. There isn’t much in the way of activism in a lot of western pop music. On the other hand, Turkey has a very powerful history of traditional music that is has very compelling and revolutionary aspects. I love Selda Bağcan. Black Americans have a long and elegant record of revolutionary music composition. And things are changing all the time. Also, I am sure that there is tons of music from other parts of the world that is riveting and engaging, but I don’t know it. I wish I had more lives.</p>



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<p>&#8221;I want to embrace my life and the present moment for what it is, and look at it squarely, and try to feel what’s really happening.&#8221;</p>



<p>-Anohni</p>
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<p><strong>There’s a powerful melancholy in your music, but also a deep sense of hope. How do you navigate that emotional balance.</strong><br>I’m not really interested in hope. I find it kind of irrelevant as an idea. What I care about is the present, and materiality, and creativity and color and light and life. Hope seems like an Abrahamic concept to me, an idea about a patriarchal and ordered sense of heaven, a guarantee waiting in the distant future, that justifies enduring or engaging with the present. But lots of Christians hope they go to heaven. Lots of right wing people feel hope. I want to embrace my life and the present moment for what it is, and look at it squarely, and try to feel what’s really happening.</p>



<p><strong>Do you believe art has a responsibility to change the world or is that more of a byproduct?</strong><br>I believe what Nina Simone said; an artist should reflect the times in which they are living, you can do that either as a source of insight or as a symptom of unwellness.<br><br><strong>What question you find yourself returning to these days?</strong><br>What will it feel like in 500 years? One day will we be looking out of the eyes of the animals that we subject to so much torture and stress?</p>



<p><strong>In your work how do you see the relationship between healing and pain? Do you believe art can transform trauma?</strong><br>Yes, art can transform trauma. Creativity is like a dreaming state it is medicinal And it is our chemical in its ability to release unwellness, trauma, and tension. It is a dreaming ground.</p>



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<p><strong>Do you have any rituals or habits before taking the stage?</strong><br>I asked the goddess to do whatever she wants with me. Take my body and do whatever you want with it. Invite ghosts to take a dance.</p>



<p><strong>When do you feel most yourself?</strong><br>When I’m asleep.<br><br><strong>What’s something you wish more people knew about you beyond the music.</strong><br>I don’t exist beyond the music.</p>


Anohni and the Poetics of Soft Resistance


<p>Creative directors used to stay.<br>They used to build — not just collections, but languages, systems, silhouettes that outlived trends. A brand’s soul was something you could trace in the way a hemline moved, in the weight of a button. Legacy wasn’t announced — it was quietly layered, year after year.</p>



<p>But permanence is no longer part of the job description.</p>



<p>Take the past year: Alessandro Michele returns — this time not in velvet and brocade, but under the moody lights of Valentino.Demna, who redefined shockwear at Balenciaga, suddenly finds himself on the other side of his own aesthetic cliff. Virginie Viard quietly exits Chanel, leaving behind an archive— and speculation. And Pierpaolo, master of colour-drenched humanism at Valentino, walks into Balenciaga, a house built on distortion and digital detachment.</p>



<p>None of it is accidental. But none of it feels solid either.</p>



<p>Of course, fashion has always evolved. But lately, it feels more like a shuffle than a progression. Designers don’t so much settle into a house as pass through it — leaving behind a few silhouettes, a fleeting mood, a collection title. Sometimes even less.</p>



<p>Houses no longer seem to be searching for a singular vision. They’re after rhythm. Headlines. A face that fits into a carousel post. A spike in attention. A short-term feeling of newness, before the next cycle begins. Vision is welcome — as long as it moves fast and doesn&#8217;t take up too much space.</p>



<p>In this climate, the creative director becomes something between a collaborator and a placeholder. The brand remains the star. Designers orbit it, gently — like stylists, like ghosts, like guest editors of their own legacy.</p>



<p>And yet, there’s something fascinating about this disorientation. Some of the most compelling fashion today comes not from mastery, but from misalignment — that rare moment when a designer is still learning the codes, and something half-formed makes it onto the runway. Not quite polished, not quite sure of itself. Honest, in its own way.</p>



<p>Still, the pace is relentless. There’s barely time to inhabit a vision before it’s archived.</p>



<p>Designers have become modern nomads — not without agency, but rarely with permanence.<br>The houses remain. The names stay intact. The identities, however, flicker — like moodboards refreshed one too many times.<br>And we, the audience, don’t ask <em>“what is this saying?”</em> so much as <em>“who’s next?”</em></p>


Are we still tracking creative directors — or are we just pretending?


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Through sun-washed streets and stares that never end, Paolo Sorrentino unpacks the slow violence of being beautiful.</h2>



<p>There’s a stillness to her, and yet everything around her rearranges itself. People pause mid-sentence. Time dilates. The air turns cinematic. Not because <em>she</em> demands attention — but because everyone’s already decided she must mean something.</p>



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<p>In <em>Parthenope</em>, Paolo Sorrentino doesn’t just construct a character. He builds an atmosphere around her. A frame within a frame. A living question mark.</p>



<p>Celeste Dalla Porta plays the titular Parthenope like a secret too beautiful to trust. Not shy, not seductive, not even fully knowable. Just <em>there</em>. And somehow, that&#8217;s already too much. She walks through Naples like someone who belongs to mythology, not reality — which makes sense, since she’s named after a siren. But this isn’t a fantasy. It’s a reckoning.</p>



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<p>From sun-drunk adolescence to slow, disoriented womanhood, we watch Parthenope live in her own image — even as it’s being used against her. She’s told her beauty will destroy things. That it will open doors she hasn’t knocked on. That it will make people want things from her before she even speaks. She hears it all. And then she keeps going.</p>



<p>What’s radical here isn’t how stunning she is, but how aware she becomes of it — how bored she gets of being a muse, and how tenderly she starts to take herself back.</p>



<p>Sorrentino surrounds her with characters who are tired, broken, faded. Women with surgery scars and men clinging to ideas that expired decades ago. The city itself feels complicit — too romantic to be trusted. But it’s also where she studies anthropology, talks about pain, dances with grief, and begins to write her own interior language.</p>



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<p>The film never gives you full access. There are no confessionals. No epiphanies. Just gestures. Haircuts. Glances that last a second too long. The evolution is in the textures: the tilt of a chin, the retreat into silence, the way her smile slowly migrates from surface to soul.</p>



<p>By the end, Parthenope hasn’t shed her beauty. She’s just stopped apologizing for what it <em>isn’t</em>. She weaponizes grace. She laughs at myth. She refuses the neat little ending the camera wants.</p>



<p>And that refusal? That’s the real climax.</p>



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Parthenope- The Girl Everyone Sees, But No One Know


<p>There’s something undeniably poetic — and disorienting — about the idea of Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga. A designer of softness walking into a house shaped by sharpness.<br>A man of volume, purity, romanticism — stepping into a brand built on irony, distortion, discomfort.</p>



<p>And yet, here we are.</p>



<p>Balenciaga, once the epicenter of post-digital aggression and visual provocation under Demna, is about to enter its next era — one that no one quite expected.<br>Is this a reset? A contradiction? A correction? When fashion houses make radical creative shifts, they’re not just hiring a designer. They’re rewriting their emotional temperature. Piccioli’s departure from Valentino marked the end of one of the last humanist visions in luxury fashion — a world where emotion, color, and classical beauty weren’t seen as outdated, but as radical.<br>To bring that into Balenciaga is either a risk, or a revolution. Maybe both. But the question remains:<br>Can a house like Balenciaga, built on abrasion, digest beauty? And can Piccioli’s romanticism survive the algorithm?</p>



<p>Demna gave the house cultural weight through disruption. His Balenciaga was a mirror — cracked, pixelated, post-ironic. It didn’t comfort; it exposed.<br>Piccioli’s work, on the other hand, speaks to the interior. He designs for the soul, not the spectacle.</p>



<p>So what happens now?</p>



<p>Will Pierpaolo strip the brand of its visual cynicism and replace it with grace?<br>Will he fight to preserve beauty in an industry that increasingly rewards speed over meaning?There’s something quietly thrilling about not knowing. And maybe, just maybe, that’s the most radical thing fashion can offer right now:&nbsp;</p>



<p>Not a statement.<br>Not a slogan.<br>But a moment of suspense.</p>


What happens when softness enters the sharpest room in fashion?


<p>For the first time since Christian Dior himself, the house of Dior is being led by a single creative force — and it’s not who most expected. Jonathan Anderson, once the intellectual darling of subversive minimalism at J.W. Anderson and the surreal romantic at Loewe, has now stepped into a role that rewrites the brand’s internal architecture. Dior Men is only the beginning. For the first time in decades, the codes of menswear and womenswear — so often kept in separate aesthetic chambers — are being placed under one vision.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Anderson isn’t just moving from one house to another. He’s merging two worlds that rarely speak the same language. At Loewe, he built an empire of emotion. Sculptural silhouettes, odd elegance, fashion that didn’t beg to be understood but refused to be ignored. He gave us awkwardness as luxury, craftsmanship as theatre, and made space for beauty that doesn’t ask for approval.</p>



<p>Here’s the question:<br>Can a designer who works in nuance lead a house known for spectacle?</p>



<p>Dior has always been about shape — the cinched waist, the architectural silhouette, the constructed woman. Anderson, on the other hand, has always been about suggestion. He doesn’t sculpt the body; he interrupts it. His design language is more whisper than command. His beauty doesn’t arrive; it lingers.</p>



<p>This tension — between control and confusion, history and dissonance — might be exactly what the brand needs.</p>



<p>In a moment where many fashion houses are shuffling designers like playlist algorithms, Anderson’s ascent feels like a rare thing: an actual creative arc. A decision with depth. There’s also something symbolically radical here:<br>A queer man, known for deconstructing masculinity, now steering one of the most overtly gendered maisons in fashion history.<br>Not just <em>Dior Men.</em><br>Dior.</p>



<p>So what happens when the house of silhouettes is given a soul? We don’t know yet. And that uncertainty — in a moment defined by over-certainty, by aesthetic shouting — might just be fashion’s most elegant move.</p>


Is Dior finally ready for a different kind of auteur?


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">There’s a moment in <em>Anora</em> where the room detonates. Not with an explosion, not with gunfire—just Mikey Madison, a wedding dress, and a pair of Russian goons trying to reclaim their family&#8217;s dignity from a strip club Cinderella. It’s chaos. Beautiful, blistering chaos. And it’s in that moment you understand what Sean Baker’s latest Palme d’Or-winning film really is: not just a satire, not just a tragedy—but a demolition job.</h2>



<p>Set between the blunt fluorescent lights of a Brooklyn strip club and the sterile emptiness of oligarch mansions, <em>Anora</em> is less about love and more about leverage. Mikey Madison—unhinged, seductive, impossible to ignore—plays Ani (née Anora), a dancer fluent in Russian, English, and survival. She’s sharp in a way that scares men who pay for fantasy. She plays dumb, but there’s no confusion about who’s in control. Not really.</p>



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<p>Then enters Vanya, played with a naïve limpness by Mark Eidelstein: a rich boy with more inheritance than self-awareness. He wants Ani to be his girlfriend for the week. She negotiates. They fall into something resembling love—or lust, or loneliness, or maybe a business arrangement wearing a pretty dress. Vegas happens. The contract becomes a marriage certificate. Cue the slapstick heartbreak.</p>



<p>Baker shoots this with the pulse of a bad trip: fuzzy at the edges, darkly glittering at the center. You don’t watch <em>Anora</em>, you stumble through it. It’s all crash and come-up, strip lights and broken glass. Think <em>Pretty Woman</em>, if Julia Roberts had a switchblade in her garter and no intention of being saved.</p>



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<p>Madison’s performance? Unfathomably good. She’s hysterical and haunted, magnetic and monstrous. She makes Ani not just a character but a contradiction. Is she a victim? Is she a con? Does she even know anymore? Baker lets these questions hang like cigarette smoke. By the time the final scene arrives—devastating, uncomfortable, perfect—we’ve stopped asking for answers. We’re too busy trying to breathe.</p>



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<p>What makes <em>Anora</em> sing is not just its blistering honesty, but its understanding of performance—who performs for whom, and at what cost. Ani knows the rules: be pretty, be pliable, don’t bite the hand that funds the fantasy. And then she rips them up, one by one. There’s blood on the pages and mascara on her cheeks.</p>



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<p>This isn’t just a film about class, power, or transactional love. It’s about the price of the happy ending. And the girl who refuses to sell it.</p>



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ANI’S RULES— ‘Anora’ and the Beauty of Breaking Everyone


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Some collaborations, once formed, only grow stronger with time. The creative language shared by Efkan &amp; Oemer is rooted exactly in that kind of bond. Having grown up side by side since childhood, the two brothers have transformed art into a multi-layered form of expression—drawing from skateboard culture and the raw energy of the streets. Their most recent stop on this creative journey, a collaboration with The Bodrum EDITION, reveals the emotional and intellectual connection they build with space itself. What sets them apart is not just their ability to create together, but their ability to think, feel, and evolve as one—fueled by mutual trust, a shared memory, and a multidisciplinary perspective.</h2>



<p><strong>DUYGU:&nbsp;Let’s go back to the beginning—what turned you into Efkan &amp; Oemer? How did it all begin?</strong></p>



<p><strong>EFKAN:</strong>&nbsp;As brothers, we’ve always been connected in some way since we were very young. Our creative journey started quite early—we used to spend hours drawing with pencils and paints, and later began experimenting on canvas together. I remember once starting a piece but leaving it unfinished; the next day, without telling me, Oemer had completed it—and even sold it. That moment made me realize just how deeply we shared the same passion.</p>



<p>After finishing our studies—mine in fashion design, and Oemer’s in communication design—we began working on our first projects and exhibitions. That’s when the name “Efkan &amp; Oemer” really started to take form.</p>



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<p><strong>DUYGU:&nbsp;What does creating together mean to you?</strong></p>



<p><strong>OEMER:</strong>&nbsp;It means a lot to us. We always support one another and know we can rely on each other no matter what. At the same time, we’re each other’s biggest critics—which we believe is what pushes our work forward. Every time we create something together, it takes us right back to those early days of our childhood when we first started making art.</p>



<p><strong>DUYGU:<span style="font-size: revert; white-space: normal;"> Your work has a distinct voice—one that draws from street culture and channels everyday emotions. How does inspiration show up in your creative process?</span></strong><p data-start="242" data-end="756" style="white-space: normal;"><strong data-start="242" data-end="252">EFKAN:</strong> Inspiration plays a huge role in how we create. Even though we come from different backgrounds and have different sources of influence, we always find a way to bring those together into something that reflects what drives us. We travel a lot, and we find inspiration everywhere—in the smallest moments, like walking through the streets with our headphones on, in the everyday. These tiny details spark ideas, and we constantly share them with each other. That back-and-forth really fuels our creativity.</p></p>



<p><strong>DUYGU:&nbsp;When did skate culture first come onto your radar? Were you actively part of it before bringing it into your art?</strong></p>



<p><strong>EFKAN:</strong>&nbsp;We don’t skate anymore—though we wish we still did. But we’ve always had a deep interest in skate culture, and it continues to inspire us. As kids, we used to skate around the neighborhood, and that style has always stayed with us. Back in 2009, I was working at a skate shop, and my boss asked me to paint a board for a charity auction. That moment marked the beginning of our experiments with skateboards as a medium. Since then, they’ve appeared in almost every exhibition we’ve done. It all came to a peak with our 2023 series&nbsp;<em>Broken Boards</em>, featuring heart-shaped designs.</p>



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<p><strong>DUYGU:&nbsp;Can you tell us about your collaboration with The Bodrum EDITION? From the idea to its public debut—how did the process unfold for you?</strong></p>



<p><strong>EFKAN:</strong>&nbsp;In our first conversation with The Bodrum EDITION team, they told us how special the season opening was for them and how they wanted to mark it with a two-day unforgettable event. From the start, they made it clear that art wasn’t just a decorative element for the hotel, but an essential part of its DNA. That vision really resonated with us—because we also believe that art isn’t only about aesthetics; it’s a force that creates emotional connection, provokes thought, and gives space its identity. This shared perspective made the collaboration feel incredibly natural. In the end, every detail of the season’s opening became an experience that truly reflected the spirit of EDITION.</p>



<p><strong>OEMER:</strong>&nbsp;At the time, we were already working on a curatorial project that aligned with similar values. We carefully shaped the selection together with our gallerist. The Bodrum EDITION’s vision of creating a space that lives and breathes art was completely in sync with our own approach to making. Presenting our first exhibition in Turkey within such a refined context held deep meaning for us. The live performance at the opening drew a lot of attention—the connection we built with the audience was both strong and sincere. This collaboration wasn’t just an exhibition; it was an experiential and multi-layered whole. And the fact that we were given complete creative freedom—perhaps the most valuable thing an artist can ask for—made it even more special. Knowing that our works will continue to be on view at The Bodrum EDITION throughout the season only reinforces the sustainability of this dialogue.</p>



<p><strong>DUYGU:&nbsp;What kind of dynamics come into play when creating site-specific work?</strong></p>



<p><strong>EFKAN:</strong>&nbsp;It’s really important that the pieces feel like they belong to the space—that they don’t come across as randomly placed. Especially in a setting like The Bodrum EDITION, we wanted the works to breathe, to naturally engage in a dialogue with their surroundings—as if they had always been meant to exist there.</p>



<p><strong>DUYGU: Sanat ve mimari arasındaki bağı nasıl yorumlarsınız?</strong></p>



<p><strong>OEMER:</strong> Sanat ve mimari benim için derin bir şekilde bağlantılı; sadece biçim ya da bina değil, atmosfer yaratmanın ve duyguları hayata geçirmenin araçları onlar. Sanat ve mimari beraberken, gerçekten insanlara dokunan alanlar ve eserler ortaya çıkıyor.</p>



<p><strong>DUYGU:</strong>&nbsp;What does Bodrum represent in your own reality?</p>



<p><strong>EFKAN:</strong>&nbsp;We spent a lot of time in Muğla and across Turkey during our childhood, which created a deep connection with Bodrum. Even though we were born and raised in Germany, these two worlds aren’t in contrast—they form a layered identity. For us, Bodrum isn’t just a place; it’s a collection of memories and cultural roots that shaped who we are.</p>



<p><strong>OEMER:</strong>&nbsp;In our work, we take the past, bring it back, and reinterpret it—we’re constantly building a bridge between then and now. That’s why&nbsp;<em>“May we meet again”</em>&nbsp;isn’t just a slogan; it’s a promise that times, cultures, and memories will find their way back to each other.</p>



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<p><strong>DUYGU:&nbsp;The clarity of message really stands out in your work. What led you to choose this specific visual language?</strong></p>



<p><strong>OEMER:</strong>&nbsp;The core message in our work tends to stay the same, but as someone with a background in communication design, it feels natural for me to reshape that message through abstraction—through both text and imagery. Since my education was rooted in conveying ideas, I experiment with different fonts and forms to express the same thought in new ways. That allows us to adapt the form to our emotions, and in turn, shape how the audience experiences the message. This way of expressing things has come to define our language.</p>



<p><strong>DUYGU:</strong>&nbsp;If creating is a journey—what’s next for you?</p>



<p><strong>EFKAN:</strong>&nbsp;For us, art isn’t a static concept—it’s a living, constantly evolving process. We feel that interest in art is growing, especially when it intersects with fashion and architecture. These points of convergence are incredibly exciting for us, and we want to keep exploring and shaping those spaces.</p>


Two sides of the same canvas: Efkan & Oemer


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Maria Grazia Chiuri may have been saying goodbye — though Dior won’t confirm — but she wasn’t going quietly. For what may be her last collection at the helm of Dior, Chiuri brought the house back to her birthplace. Rome. Not the chaotic, postcard version, but the Rome of faded aristocracy, half-remembered film stills, and surrealist dreams that hang in the air like cigarette smoke in an old Cinecittà dressing room.</h2>



<p>The show unfolded inside the haunting Villa Albani Torlonia, cloaked in nightfall, mist, and cinematic drama. Think: fog machines, sudden rain, ghostly figures in cream costumes drifting through antique ruins — all captured in a short film by Matteo Garrone, whose collaboration with Chiuri felt more like a séance than fashion promo. You half-expected Anita Ekberg to rise from the fountain in full Dior.</p>



<p>Chiuri knows spectacle. But here, she traded the glossy pomp for something more atmospheric — a hypnotic nod to Rome’s complicated romance with cinema and costume. Using pieces from legendary atelier Tirelli, some of the looks weren’t just inspired by movie heroines, they <em>were</em> their costumes — lovingly remade for the runway. “The Age of Innocence” met “Death in Venice” met “La Dolce Vita” in a carousel of lace, velvet, and silhouettes that slipped between Renaissance ghosts and &#8217;90s icons.</p>



<p>There were slipdresses with scalloped beadwork that felt like relics from a forgotten ball. Capes trimmed in liquid gold fringe. Military-cut coats over sheer gowns. Tailoring so sharp it whispered Marlene Dietrich. The palette was disciplined — cream, black, blood-red — but nothing about the collection felt restrained. It was pure theatre, in every sense.</p>



<p>Ahead of the show, guests were ushered into Chiuri’s other Roman love: the restored Teatro della Cometa. Inside, a <em>tableau vivant</em> paid homage to the Bal Blanc of 1930 — everyone dressed in strict black and white, guests included. Rosamund Pike called it “a production,” Alexandra Daddario called it “a relief.” It was a lookbook-meets-performance-meets farewell party, complete with Natalie Portman and Sarah Catherine Hook playing their parts in white gowns like lost Visconti protagonists.</p>



<p>Backstage, the rumors swirled. Jonathan Anderson has been confirmed as Dior’s new menswear designer. Is women’s next? No one says it out loud. But if this was Chiuri’s last bow, she made it count. Nine years in, she’s tripled revenues, redefined what modern femininity can look like, and turned Dior from museum piece to movement.</p>



<p>Yes, some looks got swallowed by the size of the production — that’s the gamble with grandeur. But Maria Grazia has always known her audience. This was for the women who crave myth with their fashion. Who dress not just for the mirror, but for the role they’re playing that day.</p>



<p>Rome wasn’t just a backdrop. It was the co-star. The theater. The costume. The closing credits.</p>



<p>And Chiuri? She didn’t just stage a show. She wrote her own ending.</p>



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Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Final Dior Act Was a Ghostly, Glittering Dream Set in Rome


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">You left nothing behind. <br>Not even a trace.<br>No headlines.<br> No grand meaning.<br> Just a shift in pace.<br>You’re not looking for clarity. <br>You’re just not pretending anymore.<br>This isn’t escape. <br>It’s release. <br>From timelines. From noise. From needing to be seen.<br>There’s no story to tell. <br>No aesthetic to protect. <br>Only presence—quiet and exact.<br>Somewhere off-route, <br>you remembered:<br>You don’t need arrival <br>to feel complete.</h2>



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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1274" src="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-1024x1274.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-67457" srcset="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-1024x1274.jpg 1024w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-360x448.jpg 360w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-680x846.jpg 680w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-1235x1536.jpg 1235w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-1647x2048.jpg 1647w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-16x20.jpg 16w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-23-1200x1493.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jacket by <strong><em>Jacquemus</em></strong></figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-1024x576.png" alt="" class="wp-image-67459" srcset="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-1024x576.png 1024w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-360x203.png 360w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-680x383.png 680w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-2048x1152.png 2048w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-16x9.png 16w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-29-1200x675.png 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">small leather good by <strong><em>Chanel</em></strong></figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-1024x576.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-67460" srcset="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-360x203.jpg 360w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-680x383.jpg 680w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-16x9.jpg 16w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-25-1200x675.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bag by <strong><em>Prada</em></strong></figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-1024x576.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-67461" srcset="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-360x203.jpg 360w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-680x383.jpg 680w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-16x9.jpg 16w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-27-1200x675.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bag by <strong><em>Gucci</em></strong>, shoes by <strong><em>Roger</em></strong> <em><strong>Vivier</strong></em></figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1274" src="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-1024x1274.png" alt="" class="wp-image-67462" srcset="https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-1024x1274.png 1024w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-360x448.png 360w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-680x846.png 680w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-1235x1536.png 1235w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-1647x2048.png 1647w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-16x20.png 16w, https://cms.basedistanbul.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MERCEDES-CLE-LAYOUT_WEB-LAYOUT-30-1200x1493.png 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Shoes by <strong><em>Roger</em></strong> <em><strong>Vivier</strong></em></figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-text-align-right"><span style="text-align: right;"><span class="font-snell">Accompanied by </span></span><span style="font-size: revert; text-align: right; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;"> </span>2025 Mercedes CLE Cabriolet</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><span style="text-align: right;"><span class="font-snell">Photographed by </span></span><span style="font-size: revert; text-align: right; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;"> </span>Yağız Yeşilkaya</p>


Drive down to the coastline


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Memory can be soft. Lace-lined. Lipsticked. For Catherine Martin — the mind behind some of cinema’s most extravagant costuming — nostalgia is not something to escape, but to dress up and direct. With <em>Grande Envie</em>, her hauntingly tender directorial debut for Miu Miu Upcycled, she doesn’t just reimagine vintage garments — she stages them in a cinematic loop of longing, desire, and quiet excess.</h2>



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<p>Shot like a dream and stitched with contradiction, the project becomes something more than a collaboration. It’s an invitation: to wear your past like perfume, to treat fashion as a séance.</p>



<p>The project is a double vision: part fashion collection, part short film. Set in a decadent château somewhere between the 1920s and the subconscious, the film stars Daisy Ridley, Willem Dafoe, and a cast of wayward souls who drift through bedrooms, staircases, and cigarette-drenched gardens. Everyone looks haunted — but chic. Martin calls it “a love story between eras,” and that tension bleeds into the clothes.</p>



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<p>Upcycled, yes. But also unraveled, rewritten, re-romanticized.</p>



<p>Since 2020, the Miu Miu Upcycled series has transformed vintage garments sourced from global flea markets into limited-edition pieces with new narrative lives. This season, Martin brings her world-building genius — honed on Baz Luhrmann’s sets — into the Miu Miu universe. Think: striped rugby shirts over silk slips, boxer briefs tailored into genderless outerwear, beach pants sewn from secondhand scarves. The silhouettes are playful, the styling intuitive — where utilitarian meets precious, and nothing is what it first appears to be.</p>



<p>“I’m fascinated by how something as simple as a striped tee or a satin slip can hold memory,” Martin says. “We’re not just designing clothes — we’re interrupting timelines.”</p>



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<p>That collision is literal. <em>Grande Envie</em> is haunted by its own past: Daisy Ridley’s character — a long-dead Countess — observes her widower husband’s flirtations from behind the veil of the lens, a phantom watching the summer play out like cinema. This idea of “the past disturbing the present” becomes the collection’s secret lining. The fabric choices, too, echo archival decadence — cottons pulled from 1920s swimwear silhouettes, Chantilly lace drenched in shadow.</p>



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<p>Photographer Michella Bredahl captures it all in a sun-drunk haze. Her campaign images for the collection feel less like fashion photos and more like recovered memories. Models lounge like lost spirits across antique chaises, looking for something — maybe glamour, maybe closure. The styling by Lotta Volkova is intentionally dissonant, creating beauty in the awkward, the mismatched, the overdone.</p>



<p>This is not fashion that demands attention — it seduces it slowly.</p>



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<p>Martin describes her collaboration with Miuccia Prada as “rigorously intellectual and deeply emotional.” And that makes sense. This is not just about recycling fabrics, but about honoring their ghosts. Each piece in the collection — debuting June 7 at Miu Miu New Bond Street in London — carries the DNA of multiple lives, multiple aesthetics, multiple selves. It is both luxurious and lived-in, intimate and impossible.</p>



<p>And that, perhaps, is the real fantasy.</p>


A Story Worn Twice: Catherine Martin’s Ghostly Glamour for Miu Miu Upcycled


<h2 class="wp-block-heading">It was an ordinary evening for her, and she was alone in her room. The dim light filtering through the curtains wasn’t enough to brighten the darkness within her. On the desk lay dried flowers she had bought for herself, unfinished letters, and echoes of the past. The mark left by love lingered like a deep wound in her heart, both sustaining and consuming her.</h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The comforter on her bed felt like a burden she carried on her back. Even if she rose from that bed, she couldn’t leave it behind; it seemed to follow her everywhere she went. Unable to escape her own darkness, the weight of the comforter pressed down on her shoulders like a reflection of her soul. She stood before the mirror, staring at her own reflection. A stranger’s face&#8230; or was it the most familiar one?&nbsp;</h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tears welled up in her eyes as she whispered to herself, “Do you want to be admired, or to be loved?” The question sent tremors through her soul before fading back into silence. Moving to the window, she let the breeze caress her hair as she inhaled the scent of a withered rose in her hand. She allowed the darkness to engulf her, for she realized that searching for light was futile. Beneath the heavy curtain of drama, she fell in love with her own sorrows. For sometimes, the greatest love is hidden in one’s own undoing.</h2>



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<p class="has-text-align-right"><em style="font-size: revert; text-align: right; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;"><em><em><span class="font-snell">Styled by </span></em></em></em>Ant Süzer</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Make up by</span></em></em></em> Beliz Ar</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Hair  by</span></em></em></em> Remzi Ateş</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Gaffer</span></em></em></em> Furkan Dağ</p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">PhotoAssistants</span></em></em></em> Sarp Gürkan, Cansu Şen </p>



<p class="has-text-align-right"><em><em><em><span class="font-snell">Styling Assistants</span></em></em></em> Eren Çebi, Deniz</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Some people are born with a love for drama. Others find it watching their babysitter put on lip liner in a semi-detached house in Essex.</h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">For Nadia Lee Cohen, glamour arrived early and wore Spice Girls perfume. Her name was Julie Bullard.</h2>



<p>Now, years later, Cohen returns to that foundational spark—not with nostalgia, but with narrative control. <em>Julie Bullard</em>, her latest project, isn’t a memoir. It’s a fictional biography, a memory in prosthetics, a love letter laced with irony. Shot by legendary British documentarian Martin Parr and staged as a book and installation at Dover Street Market London, the project is at once high camp and kitchen-sink realism.</p>



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<p>Julie—played by Cohen herself—lives an ordinary life: weddings, roast dinners, hanging laundry. But every gesture is mythologized. Her home, her hair, her heartbreak. It’s all staged with the exaggerated sincerity of someone who remembers growing up bored and looking for magic.</p>



<p>“Julie was the first person who made me aware of the importance of physical appearance,” Cohen says. Blonde, glossy, kind—she was Cohen’s first glimpse of an aesthetic otherworld.</p>



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<p>There’s a morbid twist: in the book, Julie dies. Cohen lies in a coffin, full glam. The funeral is catered by her real-life friend’s mum. It’s part performance, part eulogy, part suburban surrealism. “The death has nothing to do with Julie,” Cohen notes. “And everything to do with me.”</p>



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<p>The collaboration with Martin Parr is a meta loop of British visual language. Parr, known for his sharp, candy-colored sociologies, shoots Cohen’s tableaux as if they’re real—his lens giving her fantasy the patina of truth. It’s a dance between artifice and authenticity, where Argos catalogues and jelly shoes live alongside staged grief and quiet longing.</p>



<p>There’s something moving about the way Cohen curates her inner child’s memories with such precision. The cereal boxes. The wedding canapés. The alien slime egg. It&#8217;s not about retro chic—it’s about how deeply an image can lodge itself in you. How a babysitter&#8217;s hair can become a career.</p>



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<p>Julie Bullard is not just a project. It’s a theory: that glamour is a learned language, that working-class beauty is theatre, that reality is best understood through fictions we build ourselves.</p>



<p>And in this story, the first blonde was everything.</p>



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The First Blonde: Nadia Lee Cohen, Martin Parr, and the Fiction of Memory


<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Matcha lattes have seen a serious rise in popularity lately—so much so that they’ve practically turned into a status symbol. With roots in traditional Japanese tea ceremonies, matcha has now become more than just a drink: it’s a stylish accessory, spotted in perfectly manicured hands from Instagram feeds to city streets.</strong></h2>



<p>The days of curated Instagram stories declaring <em>“I can’t start my day without coffee”</em> feel like yesterday. Coffee, accompanied by carefully arranged books, flowers, journals, and aesthetic breakfast spreads, had long been the official drink of the clean girl era. That is, until matcha came along—a healthier, prettier, and undeniably cooler alternative that quickly stole the spotlight. This green drink turns any clear cup into a photo-op—especially when mixed with strawberry or blueberry syrups that turn it into a pastel-hued spectacle. Love it or not, matcha has found its way into just about everyone’s daily routine. Some are even arguing over who drank it <em>first.</em> Its popularity has surged so rapidly in recent years that Japan is reportedly struggling to keep up with global demand.</p>



<p>Matcha, at its core, is finely ground green tea powder with a rich backstory dating all the way back to the 9th century. Over time, it evolved from a drink into a ritual—adopted by monks, embraced by aristocrats, and woven into the daily ceremonies of samurais. In the early 2010s, matcha was still a niche product, hard to find and known mostly to health-conscious circles. But by the end of the decade, it had fully crossed over into pop culture. These days, no matter where you are, you’ll likely find matcha on the menu—though let’s not talk about the quality.</p>



<p>As Instagram quietly turned into a battleground of subtle superiority, matcha became the unspoken way of saying <em>“I’m better than coffee drinkers.”</em> Whether it’s for the health benefits, the aesthetic, or simply a fear of missing out, matcha is now undeniably part of pop culture.</p>



<p>Yes, matcha is healthy. And sure, it looks good. But what really makes it so popular has less to do with taste—and more to do with what it stands for. Minimalism, clean eating, mindfulness&#8230; matcha manages to pack all of it into one plastic cup. And we’re more than happy to let what we drink speak for who we are. Maybe the next trend will come with a new beverage, a new aesthetic, a new set of values. But for now, matcha is enough to look the part and feel like you belong. These days, it’s not about what you’re drinking—it’s about how it looks on the feed.</p>
