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Kim Kardashian on building a brand: ‘I pick the fabrics. I come up with all of the marketing. I do every last thing’

Kim Kardashian has built an impressive business empire in recent years from her skincare label to intimates brand – but there are plenty who doubt her business prowess, she says

New Chanel retrospective exhibition shows how the suit became cool

Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto is the latest exhibition to launch in London’s Victor and Albert Museum – here’s what to expect

The Renovator: ‘The builders thought we were mad. They hadn’t seen it done before’

Mona Fox has made her mark on the interiors corner of Instagram by documenting the renovation of her 1864 Victorian home. She explains the thrill of bringing the house back to life in the social media space – and breaking renovation rules along the way

Piece by Piece: Simone Rocha on the art of building a brand

In an exclusive interview ahead of her 27th collection at London Fashion Week, the Irish designer talks balancing art and business, making work that lasts and her drive to dare

Stranger things: A round-up of the best and quirkiest international exhibitions this autumn

From NASA’s satellite imagery to the story of the skateboard, pair these fascinating curations with a weekend away for a proper cultural reboot

Laragh McCann: ‘The climate crisis is a challenge for all of us, but it is also a time of incredible potential for positive change’

Laragh McCann modelled for everyone from Chanel to Prada for over a decade, but her outward success masked a deep unhappiness until she found her cause and her medium. Now a celebrated filmmaker, she reflects on channelling her love of art and sustainability into a new piece of work that will tour Europe and land in IMMA later this month.

Walk the Line with Neil Jordan: ‘The Ireland I grew up in was an almost entirely literary culture. In many ways I dove into film to get away from that’

The Oscar-winning film director on the leap from fiction to film, creative control as a director, and inspiration for his latest novel ‘The Well of Saint Nobody’

Shoppable livestreams might be TikTok’s next big thing – here’s everything you need to know

TikTok is doubling down on its in-app retail features, with a particular focus on shopping through users’ live streams

One of the world's oldest auction houses launches online with direct artist-to-collector platform

Phillips auction house will launch Dropshop this month, a buy-now platform in which collectors can purchase fine art

Equalitees: Ireland’s first slow fashion ‘protest brand’ launches with apparel line

Irish social enterprise We Make Good launches its homegrown apparel and T-shirt line Equalitees to “tackle pressing social issues”

Walk the Line with Jacqueline O’Mahony: ‘In another life I’d like to have been a wrangler, but in this life I’m a writer, and that’s that’

On the back of Jacqueline O’Mahony’s second book release ‘Sing, Wild Bird, Sing’, the author talks refining her focus, literary inspiration, and writing being an arduous labour of love

‘She is the artist of my life’: reflections on how Beyoncé has reclaimed Black narrative

Freelance arts and culture journalist and co-founder of the GALPAL Collective Ashley Chadamoyo Makombe charts the significance of Beyonce’s Renaissance album as it celebrates a year on the airwaves

A life in pictures: Sinéad O’Connor

The Irish singer-songwriter’s death at 56 was announced on 26 July, having spent over 30 years at the vanguard of music, culture and activism

A life in style: Mick Jagger at 80

An archetypal rock‘n’roller, Jagger was also a master at defining his era through a louche, lean style that was all his own. As the singer celebrates his 80th birthday, here are just some of his defining looks over the decades.

LVMH to sponsor Paris Olympics in a first for luxury group

The owner of Louis Vuitton is pouring €150 million into the Olympic and Paralympic games, the biggest sponsorship commitment of any company

Barbie: the real story behind the world’s most famous doll

As Greta Gerwig’s Barbie hits the big screen, here’s a look back at the disparate history behind the doll

Major Warhol retrospective announced for Dublin this autumn

Hugh Lane Gallery and Dublin City Council have announced Ireland's largest-ever Andy Warhol exhibition – the first to open in 25 years

Luxury leader LVMH opens an impressive five-storey cocktail bar in Paris

The new stylish emporium, Cravan, opened after Pharrell Williams’ debut show for Louis Vuitton during men’s Paris Fashion Week

Walk the Line with Siobhan MacGowan: ‘Our home was alive with wit and a love of language’

The author and sister of the Pogues’ singer Shane MacGowan talks growing up in a house full of books, her previous life as a bandleader and assistant to Van Morrison, and her latest novel, The Graces

New collection of rare Bardot photographs captures star at height of fame

With candid moments on-set and off, Being Bardot includes more than 150 photos, some of which have been unseen until now