Tulum Treehouse, a Guggenheim Gallery

IK LAB, the new contemporary art gallery opened in Tulum, Mexico, is a fitting addition to the wellness-and-spirituality-loving beachside town. Set within the grounds of the eco-friendly Azulik resort, the space boasts a truly unique character: its walls are curved, its floors undulate, and its massive glass windows and doors are circular, like new moons.

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A.L.T.

In an early scene from “The Gospel According to André,” the star of the documentary sits on the porch of his home in White Plains, N.Y., with a hat perched jauntily on his head as he surveys a team of tree trimmers. André Leon Talley has spent a lifetime in fashion — reporting on it, critiquing it, admiring it

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Mini’s Mary

If, when in London, bookmark this. London’s Victoria & Albert Museum has announced its next blockbuster fashion exhibition: Mary Quant, the first retrospective of the revolutionary designer in nearly 50 years. You may have heard of Quant, who’s often mentioned in the same breath as the Swinging Sixties, but contemporary fashion owes her so much more. After studying illustration at

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Bago’s Beach Bag Picks

Beach bags used to be an after-thought - something you commandeered from a friend’s summer beach house or retrieved from the depths of your wardrobe, squashed and misshapen and filled with sand. “That’ll do” was the beach bag mantra. It’s only for the beach, after all. But this season, that dictum is over. Loewe and Céline have rebranded the

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She had it in Spades

Kate Spade, the pioneering accessories designer who created one of the world’s first-ever “It” bags in the 1990s, passed yesterday in her Park Avenue, New York apartment. Spade, along with her business partner and husband Andy Spade, led a fashion revolution in the 1990s by establishing one of the first modern accessories brands that did

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