Pandora Launches Bridgerton-Inspired Jewelry Collection
Pandora has announced a new jewelry collection created in collaboration with Netflix and Shondaland’s series, Bridgerton.
The 14-piece collection, named ‘Rules to Love By‘, draws on visual themes from the Regency-era drama. It features motifs inspired by the period, reworked into contemporary jewelry pieces. Materials include recycled sterling silver, 14k gold plating, cubic zirconia, crystal accents, and freshwater cultured pearls.
The promotional campaign features actors Hannah Dodd (Francesca Stirling) and Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton), photographed by Tim Walker and styled by Harry Lambert.
Jennie Farmer, Chief Marketing Officer at Pandora, stated: “Collaborations like this are central to our strategy of connecting with consumers through culture and storytelling. Our partnership with Netflix and Shondaland on the global phenomenon Bridgerton reimagines the elegance and symbolism of the Regency era through a contemporary lens, while reinforcing Pandora’s commitment to responsible craftsmanship.”
The Pandora x Bridgerton collection will be available online and in Pandora stores globally from January 15, 2026.
Bridgerton Season 4 is scheduled to premiere in two parts. Part 1 will be released on January 29, 2026, with Part 2 following on February 26. Pandora jewellery will appear in the second part of the series.
This is Pandora’s second collaboration with Netflix, following a Stranger Things capsule collection launched in 2024.
PUMA and LGN Reimagine the Mostro as a Minimalist Ballet Flat
PUMA has unveiled its latest collaboration with French designer Louis Gabriel Nouchi (LGN), presenting a new iteration of the brand’s archival Mostro silhouette. The design reworks the bold 1999 hybrid sneaker into a low-profile, minimalist ballet flat.
The collaboration strips the original Mostro back to its essential form. The new version is a lace-less slip-on defined by a studded upper, a textural detail that references the distinctive spiked sole of the original model. This dot-like pattern provides tactile contrast across two tonal colorways.
An elastic strap across the forefoot is designed for ease of wear, emphasizing functionality. The rubber sole retains the aggressive grip pattern of the original Mostro, grounding the design in its sports-inspired roots, which initially drew from track-and-field and surfing aesthetics.
According to PUMA, the laceless slip-on design also represents a continued focus on accessibility, allowing for easier on-and-off wear.
The PUMA x LGN Mostro Ballet now available in select PUMA retailers.
Dior Cruise 2025-2026: A Roman Homage to Cinema and Craft
On May 27, 2025, Dior unveiled its Cruise collection in the beautiful gardens of the historic Villa Albani Torlonia in Rome. For this event, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri crafted a collection that delves into the cultural and cinematic depths of the Eternal City.
Named La Bella Confusione—a phrase suggested by writer Ennio Flaiano to director Federico Fellini for his film 8 ½—the collection acts as a synthesis of a particular moment and location, intertwining references from Italian cinema, theater, and art history.
Chiuri’s inspiration stemmed from the figure of Mimì Pecci Blunt, a notable socialite in 20th-century Rome, Paris, and New York. The collection envisions the essence of the extravagant balls Pecci Blunt once hosted, creating what the house describes as a “visual fusion of all the arts.” This theme of disguise and theatricality blurs the lines between past and present, living characters and historical specters.
The resulting garments merge elements of historical costumes with modern design. Vests inspired by menswear, some adorned with lapels, are combined with long, flowing skirts and tailcoats. The silhouette is further examined through dresses crafted from fine lace, those featuring bas-relief patterns, and military-style jackets embellished with black trim and buttons.
A striking color palette grounds the collection. White emerges as a recurring motif, showcased across a variety of materials ranging from heavy to light. This is accented by short dresses in black and red velvet, paying homage to the Fontana sisters, the Roman atelier famous for dressing Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita. One dress features gold velvet, while other pieces, like chasuble-like dresses, resonate with more ecclesiastical undertones.
Chiuri’s Roman heritage is central to the narrative, reconstructing the city’s characters and mythology through her lens. The collection aims to favor poetic intuition and magical realism, creating what the house terms a “new network of stellar affinities.”
A Dialogue with Cinema’s Ghosts
The cinematic theme extended beyond the garments themselves. Italian director Matteo Garrone, a fellow Roman who previously collaborated with Chiuri on The Tarot Garden film in 2020, created a new short film for the presentation. Titled Les Fantômes du cinéma, the film furthers their dialogue on the cinematographic qualities of fashion.
Drawing inspiration from Antonio Petrangeli’s 1961 film Fantasmi a Roma, the project explores clothing’s ability to connect different eras. For the film, Chiuri selected iconic outfits from the archives of the renowned Roman costume house Tirelli. Founded in 1964 by Umberto Tirelli, the atelier has preserved the craft of historical dressmaking for cinema. The selected pieces, replicated in off-white tarlatane, evoke characters from the films of Federico Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini, serving as a tribute to the role of the costume designer and the liminal space between fashion and costume.
Craftsmanship and Architectural Details
The collection’s construction highlights a dialogue between haute couture and ready-to-wear techniques. Embroidery and plant-inspired friezes recur throughout, extending what Dior describes as “the theater of nature,” a theme often explored by Chiuri. Bas-relief patterns, inspired by the drawings of artist Pietro Ruffo, appear on certain creations.
Other details include laser-cut leather mimicking lace and allusions to classical marble sculptures, referencing the works housed within the Villa Albani Torlonia, some of which were recently exhibited at the Louvre. Two sculptural trompe-l’oeil dresses feature intricate vermicelli beading, using a gradient of shades to create shadow and contour.
The collection represents a convergence of Roman and Parisian craftsmanship, blending the enchantment of masked balls with the cinematic heritage of the Tirelli archives and the technical expertise of the Dior ateliers at 30 Montaigne.
The BOSS Paradox: When Order Meets Disorder on the Milan Runway
For Spring/Summer 2026, BOSS staged a meditation on duality that was part fashion show, part performance art, and entirely immersive. Presented at Milan’s industrial Fonderia Macchi, the collection—titled “The BOSS Paradox“—explored the tension between precision and chaos, tailoring and movement, the manufactured and the organic.
Under the creative direction of Marco Falcioni, the house transformed a foundry into a philosophical playground. The result was a collection that refuses to pick a side, instead finding cohesion in contrast.
Architecture Meets Choreography
The collection’s foundation draws from two seemingly disparate wellsprings. On one hand, the geometric clarity of 1960s German industrial design and architecture—minimalist, precise, unadorned—manifests in sharp silhouettes and architectural tailoring. On the other, the freedom of twentieth-century contemporary dance and the unpredictability of modern art inject elements of fluidity and controlled chaos.
These influences do not compete; they converse. A crisply constructed jacket gives way to a flowing, almost liquid trouser. Structured shoulders soften into draped fabrics. The collection suggests that contemporary dressing requires fluency in multiple languages: the language of order and the language of release.
The Art of Decay
The scenography itself evolved into a character within the story. Dutch artist Boris Acket redefined the space with an installation named “Aesthetics of Decay,” a fragile foil structure crafted to crease, crinkle, and slowly disintegrate throughout the presentation. With every gentle gust of air or model that passed by, the material transformed, bending light across both the garments and the audience.
Acket refers to the piece as a “non-human performer,” one that lives, breathes, and ages in real time. It served not merely as decoration but as an active participant, fostering a constantly changing dialogue between the static and the transient—a fitting metaphor for a collection focused on impermanence and evolution.
AI as Collaborator
Extending the paradox into the digital realm, BOSS engaged four multidisciplinary artists to interpret the collection’s themes through artificial intelligence. Creative director Sybille de Saint Louvent, visual designer Andrés Reisinger, artist and director Joann, and poet-researcher Sasha Stiles each produced works that explore the collection’s contrasts through their respective lenses: fashion, architecture, imagination, and poetry.
The resulting digital artworks—a luminous, chromatic necktie; fabric-draped architecture inspired by Milan; fantastical reimaginings of everyday objects; a flowing audio-visual poem—served as both teaser and companion to the physical collection, suggesting that the paradox extends beyond the garment and into the very tools of creation.
A Cast of Thousands
The show drew more than 600 guests, with a front row that read like a cultural census. Brand ambassadors David Beckham, Aaron Pierre, Ishaan Khatter, and Khaby Lame were joined by a constellation of talent including Meghann Fahy, Corey Mylchreest, Hande Erçel, Chloe Bailey, and athletes Alica Schmidt, Mats Hummels, and Yusra Mardini.
But perhaps more telling was the runway itself, which featured an eclectic mix of models and creatives: curator Neville Wakefield, artist Ludovic Nkoth, collector Karen Boros, photographer Ryan McGinley, dancer Francesco Mariottini, and artist Eliza Douglas all walked, blurring the line between observer and observed. Model and campaign star Amelia Gray and content creator Lena Mantler also appeared, while K-pop superstar S.COUPS closed the show to an eruption of flashbulbs.
Front Row Guests
The Takeaway
The BOSS Paradox collection ultimately suggests that identity—like fashion—is not required to be consistent. The tailored and the fluid, the permanent and the decaying, the human and the algorithmic can coexist. In a cultural moment that often demands rigid positions, BOSS offers a more nuanced proposition: that we contain multitudes, and that our clothing might reflect that.
As Falcioni notes, the collection is “a tribute to creativity, and a further exploration of BOSS’s relationship with the art world.” It is also, perhaps, a reminder that the most interesting statements are often the ones that refuse to make a single statement at all.
Nature Meets Technology: PUMA and Salehe Bembury Unveil the Velum
The partnership between PUMA and Salehe Bembury has embarked on a new journey. After a sneak peek at Paris Fashion Week in June 2025, they have officially unveiled the Velum—Bembury’s inaugural lifestyle silhouette for the brand.
This shoe marks a shift away from traditional sneaker design, embracing what the designer refers to as “biomorphic” aesthetics. Instead of sharp angles and geometric shapes, the Velum showcases an organic form that seems to have evolved rather than been built. The lightweight engineered mesh upper is enveloped in a sculptural printed cage—a feature Bembury describes as “5D-printed”—which gives the shoe a tactile, flowing surface along its profile.
Performance Meets Poetry
The inaugural colorway, named “Rhubarb,” embodies Bembury’s distinctive approach to color. Renowned for his daring and often surprising color selections in past collaborations with New Balance and Crocs, the designer here chooses a deep, plant-inspired red that appears both organic and artificial—a perfect contradiction for a shoe that challenges those limits.
For Bembury, the Velum represents a culmination of his design philosophy, which frequently draws from patterns found in nature—fingerprints, ripples, organic growth—and translates them into wearable structures. The “5D-printed” cage, with its curvilinear ridges, recalls everything from sea coral to bone structure, while the mesh beneath suggests permeability and breathability.
The PUMA x Salehe Bembury Velum debuted on February 7, 2026. Available at PUMA.com, PUMA flagship locations, and select PUMA retailers globally.
UGG Taps Central Cee and Su Yiming for Spring 2026 Campaign
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — UGG is moving into the spring season with a new footwear collection and a pair of global ambassadors who embody the brand’s expanding reach.
The Southern California-based label, a division of Deckers Brands, announced the launch of several new silhouettes this week, building on the popularity of its Tasman line. To introduce the styles, UGG has enlisted British rapper Central Cee and Chinese Olympic snowboarding champion Su Yiming as the faces of its latest campaign.
This spring, the brand is introducing the Tasman Lace, which features a dual-lace system allowing for multiple styling options, available in Chestnut and Black. A limited-edition Tasman Albite is also being released, with only 2,000 pairs available globally. The shoe incorporates hand-done leather whipstitching and carries an individual number marked on the footbed.
Alongside the Tasman variations, UGG is introducing a new silhouette called the Otzo Clog. Designed as a dual-gender style, it combines nubuck leather with the brand’s signature wool lining.
The campaign imagery reflects the brand’s global positioning. Central Cee appears in front of a wall of clocks displaying times in major cities worldwide, while Su Yiming is photographed in minimalist settings that put the focus on the footwear.
The new spring styles are available now at UGG.com, UGG retail stores, and select wholesale partners internationally.
The choice of ambassadors connects UGG to distinct cultural spheres. Central Cee, the west London rapper, released his debut album Can’t Rush Greatness in January 2025. The project followed a series of successful mixtapes and collaborative singles, including “Sprinter” with Dave and “BAND4BAND” with Lil Baby. He is currently nominated for three BRIT Awards.
Su Yiming brings a different dimension to the campaign. The snowboarder gained international recognition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, where he won gold in the men’s big air event at age 17, becoming China’s first Olympic champion in the sport.
The campaign positions both figures within UGG’s broader narrative of reinvention. According to the brand, the pair was selected to represent “elevated versatility” and an ability to adapt across different environments and cultures.
A New Collective: Express Unveils “The Expressionists”
For a brand that has spent over four decades dressing the American workforce and weekend crowd, the concept of community has always been more than a marketing buzzword. This spring, Express is formalizing that relationship with the launch of “The Expressionists,” a curated social-first collective designed to spotlight the multifaceted nature of modern style.
Announced this week out of Columbus, Ohio, the initiative brings together an eclectic mix of stylists, athletes, content creators, and even Express employees themselves. The common thread? A shared investment in fashion as a vehicle for personal identity.
“Our community has always been at the center of everything we do at Express,” said Joe Berean, SVP of Marketing & Creative at the brand, in a statement. “The Expressionists celebrate the people who bring our clothes to life every day. Their creativity makes the brand feel personal, relevant and of the moment.”
The program officially kicked off during Super Bowl weekend with a roster of talent that bridges the worlds of sports and entertainment. Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs and model Nicole Anderson were featured alongside Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Hollywood Brown, all styled in the brand’s spring offerings. They were joined by campaign regulars Barbara Palvin and Dylan Sprouse, signaling a shift toward a more sustained, narrative-driven approach to partnerships.
The collective’s debut coincides with New York Fashion Week, where Express has partnered with digital style authority Who What Wear to host an immersive styling suite in Manhattan. The activation offers influencers and media an early look at the spring collection, which includes the tailored Editor Collection, Modern Tech suiting, and a range of elevated tops and denim.
Attendees spotted at the event include Summer House’s Ciara Miller, Southern Charm’s Venita Aspen, and Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard’s Jordan Emanuel, alongside Andrea Denver, Sonya Esman, and Natalie Lim Suarez. Each guest was dressed head-to-toe in Express, providing a real-time study in how the same collection can be interpreted for the high-energy setting of Fashion Week.
https://sovrn.co/1ajmy45Rolling out throughout Spring 2025, the initiative will span social media, digital experiences, and live events. Express also plans to deepen its investment in social commerce, with livestream shopping events, in-store activations, and digital shop-in-shop experiences slated for the coming months. The goal, according to the brand, is to bridge the gap between inspiration and transaction, allowing consumers to discover, shop, and ultimately, #DressToExpress.
FARFETCH Celebrates Ramadan & Partners with AMI PARIS for Lunar New Year Capsule
For the upcoming Ramadan season, FARFETCH is spotlighting Arab talent with an exclusive curation of nearly 100 pieces dedicated to modest dressing. The edit, launching in early February and running through April, blends international labels like Isabel Marant, Missoni, and Malone Souliers with regional designers including Saiid Kobeisy and Dubai-based Baruni, the latter debuting its “Amira” collection inspired by One Thousand and One Nights. Kidswear brands Tutu du Monde and La Stupenderia are also featured, catering to family celebrations. The initiative arrives as the platform reports a 62 percent increase in modest wear searches during Ramadan, reflecting the cultural moment’s growing influence on luxury consumer behavior. The campaign stars Romy Nassar and Cyrus Amini.
FARFETCH is ringing in the Year of the Fire Horse with an exclusive capsule collaboration with AMI PARIS. Launched January 19th, the collection includes sweaters, hoodies, and T-shirts featuring intarsia-knit horse motifs and embroidered logos. The drop anchors a broader Lunar New Year edit celebrating themes of renewal and prosperity, with additional capsules from Burberry, Diesel, Etro, Marc Jacobs, Marni, Moncler, Thom Browne, and Tory Burch. The platform aims to serve as a destination for festive dressing, blending streetwear with symbolic palettes tied to good fortune.
