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Cosmopolitan
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
12 summer outfits to wear with silver shoes, because metallics are trending this season
Silver shoes are no longer just for party season! After featuring on the spring summer 2025 runways at designers including Alexander McQueen, Dior and Miu Miu, the trend has been picking up pace IRL with many a stylish celebrity (hi, Florence Pugh, plus Lorde and Iris Law, too) as well as fashion insiders getting in on the look in various different forms. We're talking metallic fashion trainers, gleaming Mary Janes and the to-be-expected chrome strappy sandals. Yep, the trend is surprisingly wearable. Whether you choose to dress up your denim, offset floaty dresses or offer just a glint under sweeping hems of wide-leg trousers, silver shoes provide the perfect finishing touches to *so* many summer outfits. Don't believe us? We've rounded up all the best street style to provide you with endless silver shoe outfit inspo you'll want to recreate ASAP. Prepare to shine bright. It can be hard to know what colour accessories to wear with floral prints, with multiple hues competing for attention in the busy pattern. Luckily, silver is a neutral, so is almost guaranteed to go while matching the lightness of the flower motifs. Let your shoes act as a colour pop in a double denim ensemble. Silver flip flops are the perfect in between of not too bright but eye-catching enough thanks to their soft metallic hue and the sandal's minimal silhouette. Lace skirts and dresses are everywhere right now, and we love the idea of wearing them with trainers to toughen up the look. The silver hue of your shoes will stop the contrast from feeling too heavy. A monochrome outfit is the easiest way to look chic and expensive. Case in point: Mahalia's tonal grey look that's perfectly finished with coordinating silver accessories. Whether you opt for heels or flats to wear with your mini, silver shoes with a pointed toe will elongate your legs – a go-to fashion styling trick for a failsafe flattering 'fit. Monotone dressing is no doubt a trend, but when the one colour you choose is white, your ensemble can end up looking very clean. Introducing an unexpected but edgy silver shoe will instantly elevate your overall look. What goes better with silver than silver?! A slouchy pair of jeans separating your silver top from your silver ballet flats is key to making this outfit feel laid back and effortlessly cool. From summer date nights to wedding guest dressing, silver mules provide the perfect finishing touch to your summer dress. If you're known for wearing black, black and only black (guilty!) try switching your go-to hue for navy blue in the summer months. It's just as wearable but slightly softer, and looks great when paired with silver shoes. With *so* much silver introduced into one outfit in the form of knee-high boots, you can't go wrong with a denim midi to keep the look wearable. Go all out in sequins with silver shoes adding maximum shine! Fashion is really all about having fun with your clothes, and we dare you not to have a good time when you're channelling a disco ball. Lean into the preppy connotations and style your silver Mary Janes with a midi skirt for a chic day-time 'fit. Follow Alex on Instagram. Alexandria Dale is the Digital Fashion Writer at Cosmopolitan UK. Covering everything from the celebrity style moments worth knowing about to the latest fashion news, there's nothing she loves more than finding a high street dupe of a must-have designer item. As well as discovering new brands, she's passionate about sustainable fashion and establishing the trends that are actually worth investing in. Having worked in fashion journalism for six years, she has experience at both digital and print publications including Glamour and Ok!
The Guardian
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Fancy a masterpiece? Just pop one in your basket! V&A's new open-access outpost will thrill art-lovers
On a table in a study room at the new V&A East Storehouse, a silk-embroidered Alexander McQueen dress decorated with Hieronymus Bosch paintings has been laid out for me to see intimately. Creatures from The Garden of Earthly Delights cavort and gurn in my face, including a bird monster perched on a high stool that defecates out sinners. Ah, the privileges of a critic – except it isn't my special experience at all. This opportunity for a personal encounter with an exquisite object is available to everyone and anyone, free of charge, as part of this unprecedented reinvention of the Victoria & Albert Museum that is V&A East Storehouse. It isn't even difficult to arrange. All you do is look up the collection online and, if an object is in the Storehouse, you add it to your cart of up to five treasures, place an order, and in a fortnight they will be available for your private delight. You can choose anything from theatre posters to Renaissance paintings to shoes. If they're movable they will be brought to the study room, if not you go to them. I recommend the Ajanta paintings in the ground floor storage facility where I found one towering over me, its damaged parts covered with what looked like sticking plasters, adding to the mystery of this great mass of red and green out of which emerge sharply portrayed people. It's a full-size copy of one of the Ajanta cave paintings in India – one of 300 made for the V&A in the late 19th century by a team from Bombay School of Art. By the time I found this tremendous document of world art, I was already floating. Curators traditionally decide how to contextualise and arrange a museum's objects and most invidiously how much of a public collection is on view and how much hidden in stores. Here everything is on view, at the time and in the arrangement of your choosing. If you can't be bothered with the Order an Object service, you can simply wander this cabinet of curiosities for the people, exploring the nation's Victorian attic. After you enter through heavy protective doors, lungs full of tar fumes from the roadworks along the perimeter of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the artworks start coming immediately in a walkway stuffed with sculptures including a bust of Dante – which is ominous given his Inferno has a gate inscribed 'Abandon hope all you who enter here'. But this Dante leads to enchantment. You stand nervously on a glass floor looking down on a massive yet elegant colonnade built in the 1630s for the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (creator of the Taj Mahal) for his personal hammam in the Red Fort at Agra. What a rare, sensual treasure. The wonder of the Storehouse is the way it makes you feel close to art, as if you owned it – which is as it should be with a national collection. There is abundance everywhere you look – Andalusian column capitals, a statue of Buddha, a giant Georgian doll's house – mixed as randomly yet lovingly as objects in someone's home. Their beauty is unleashed, free of captions, asking only to be enjoyed. That goes plus size for The Biggest Picasso in the World. Two colossal women are running on a beach, their powerful limbs thick and fleshy, hand-in-hand, hair flying. In Picasso's small original 1922 painting Two Women Running on the Beach, they are heroic, but here they are actually giants. It was copied for the 1924 Ballets Russes production Le Train Bleu in just 24 hours. Picasso was so impressed he signed it as an authentic Picasso – his signature, too, is colossal. What does it all mean? I suppose it would be possible to dismiss this as a brainless treasury, the reduction of great art to blissful entertainment. But when you open up the entire contents of a museum collection and show them as a single aesthetic marvel, the museum itself becomes the object of scrutiny. Seeing Bodhisattva, Donatello's Virgin Mary and, in my private study selection, an Islamic astrolabe (an ancient astronomical instrument) all in the same place, you can't help wondering how they all got here. The V&A East Youth Collective Community wondered too. In a side aisle, their selection of apparently random global treasures are connected by one thing: 'An enslaver we choose not to name,' says the text, who spent an ill-gotten fortune on these things. Sign up to Art Weekly Your weekly art world round-up, sketching out all the biggest stories, scandals and exhibitions after newsletter promotion From one point of view everything here can be seen this way – this enslaver's collection is a microcosm of the sins of a colonial museum. By opening itself up so completely, V&A East Storehouse offers critique as well as celebration. Is that propagandist? Only if you can show how a global collection formed by Victorian Britain when we ruled the waves somehow doesn't have anything to do with the British empire. Still, it would be better history to name the enslaver. This is what the museum of the future looks like – an old idea that's now been turned inside out, upside down, disgorging its secrets, good and bad, in an avalanche of beautiful questions, created with curiosity, generous imagination and love. The V&A East Storehouse, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, opens 31 May
Vogue
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Kate Middleton's Nautical-Inspired Look Is Straight Out Of Princess Diana's Playbook
Kate Middleton's wardrobe has been all coat dresses and fascinators of late, amid the VE Day commemorations and Buckingham Palace garden parties. The theme continued at today's naming of HMS Glasgow, where the royal—who has always been keenly aware of the messages that her fashion choices can semaphore—dressed in keeping with the naval surroundings. For the occasion, Kate opted for a navy coat dress, featuring a white trim, by Suzannah London, teamed with a matching wide-brimmed hat and nude pumps. The look had a decidedly retro feel about it—and in fact harks back to a similar Catherine Walker look that Princess Diana wore back in 1993, for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. After all, diplomatic dressing in royal circles is nothing new. Princess Diana in 1993. The current Princess of Wales has herself sported a number of nautical-inspired looks over the years, from the navy pencil skirt and white blouse, featuring gold-button detailing, by Alexander McQueen that she wore to a charity sailing event back in 2016 to her beloved Breton stripes, which she's been photographed in countless times over the years. While we're unlikely to see her latest look being embraced by the fashion set any time soon, it's proof, if we needed any, that the Princess can master Sloane Ranger style and royal dressing with equal ease.
Metro
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
What to do in London if you didn't get tickets to Chelsea Flower Show
Welcome back to The Slice! It's that time again. Time for London to be decorated in all sorts of floral delights for the Chelsea Flower Show. And if you didn't get tickets to the official events, we've got lots up our sleeve. From a gorgeous Baskets In Bloom menu at MiMi Mei Fair, to a Bridgerton-esque afternoon tea at Sketch (with a string trio as the perfect backdrop). We're also letting you in on the fun at Flukes, the brand-new games hall from Big Penny Social in Walthamstow. And we indulge at neighbourhood spot Tozi, trying their signature dish – buffalo ricotta ravioli in a buttery black truffle sauce. Spoiler: it's as luxurious as it sounds. Read on for a whole range of recommendations for 24-26 May, handpicked as always by The Slice. The Slice is your weekly guide to what's happening in London, so if you're looking for restaurant reviews, drinks deals or just a great new exhibition to visit on a rainy Saturday in the capital, we've got you covered. Click here for this week's edit of the best things to do in town. The Slice newsletter also a brand new look! We'll still be in your inbox every week, bringing you all the very best things to eat, drink and do in the capital. So if you want get the next edition before anyone else, sign up here! If you want to do it all on the cheap, you can also find our latest batch of exclusive hand-picked offers in partnership with Time Out here. If you're looking for something to do this weekend, here are 11 of the best activities, dining, and drinking spots in the capital. By Beatrice Aidin Rarely do I gasp at the sight of dim sum, but the vibrant beauty of the green garlic, chive and chicken and ruby-red crystal morel trio has us snapping away on our phones. They taste as good as they look – and are not only great value but utterly delicious. We're seated in the chic Chinoiserie-style dining room, and we indulge in Sichuan Suffolk corn-fed chicken with cashew nuts – its kick of dried chilli is just right. Their vegetarian options are equally special, like the clay pot black bean aubergine. Each dish is served with olive fried rice and crunchy seasonal vegetables (set menus often get you on the sides). For pudding, the refreshing coco mango vegan sundae felt just like heading into the Mayfair sunshine. Baskets in Bloom menu, from £34pp. 55 Curzon St, Mayfair, W1J 8PG. Book here. Best for: fashion meets Chelsea Flower Show Sticks 'n' Sushi is embracing this year's Chelsea Flower Show theme with a stunning installation of a floral display by the legendary late Alexander McQueen. The sushi restaurant is drawing inspiration from McQueen's Spring 2001 'VOSS' collection influenced by dusky purple kimonos featuring exotic birds dancing through an oriental garden. To celebrate, they have launched a limited-edition cocktail, Kimono Bloom, made with Akashi Tai Yuzushu, St Germain and strawberry shrub. Kimono Bloom cocktail, £14. 19-25 May. Sticks'n'Sushi Chelsea. Book here. Best for: feeling like you're in Bridgerton Sketch In Bloom isn't technically tied to the Chelsea Flower Show, rather it's a floricultural celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday. Enter through a clematis-strewn pergola fluttering with pages from Austen's novels, and step into the Library, where a giant wisteria tree awaits. In the iconic rose gold dining room, staff in Regency-inspired dresses serve afternoon tea, while a string trio worthy of a Bridgerton ball plays in the corner. Miniature spring delights on your silver cake stand include a daisy-shaped apricot tart, lavender macaron and an adorable mousse cake disguised as a strawberry. Even the iconic Pod bathrooms are blooming, watched over by a giant topiary Jane on a throne of ballet pink roses and lilac delphiniums. Afternoon tea, £115pp including a glass of Champagne Pommery Brut Royal. Until June 1. 9 Conduit St, Mayfair. Book here. Best for: floral fun London's chicest floral festival is here. It's Chelsea in Bloom, where you can gaze at 115 different floral displays across the streets of Chelsea. It's the perfect way to soak up the floral fun. Take in stunning installations like giant yellow wellies beneath umbrella canopies in Sloane Square and Elton John-inspired sunglasses on Sloane Street. The Cadogan Arms is joining the celebrations, with a floral installation, a special cocktail menu in partnership with Casamigos and an edible flower-topped dessert. Chelsea In Bloom, 19-25 May. Find out what else is on here. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crosstown (@crosstown) Celebrate Chelsea Flower Show with CROSSTOWN'S limited-edition doughnuts. We're eyeing the Lavender Crème Brûlée, filled with silky lavender buttercream and custard, and the Pistachio & Salted Caramel Cookie Cup. The sweetest sip in town… available from all CROSSTOWN stores and online later this week. By Sophie Laughton Go down the unprepossessing bus stop side of Victoria station and you'll find neighbourhood gem Tozi. It's a poster child for warm Italian hospitality, with complimentary fresh bread and gorgeous Sardinian wine by the glass. It's all very La Dolce Vita… literally. They're projecting the 1960s classic onto the wall above the kitchen. Share your way through the cicchetti menu: delicate yellowtail carpaccio, fresh and simple salads, and a delicious selection of Italian meats and cheeses. Their springtime special, Rustichelle with peas, asparagus and Tuscan pecorino, is vibrant, green and earthy, but it's not a patch on their signature dish: perfect pasta parcels of buffalo ricotta in a buttery black truffle sauce. Continue the green theme with Tozi's take on London's trendiest ingredient – a silky, nutty pistachio tiramisu. Bellissima ! Cicchetti from £9.75. 8 Gillingham St, Pimlico, SW1V 1HJ. Book here. Set in the upstairs area of the cavernous warehouse setting of Big Penny Social in the reliably trendy east London neighbourhood of Walthamstow, Flukes promises enough interactive games, craft beer, and cocktails to make for the perfect birthday celebration or corporate get-together. It's a bit more expensive than simply putting your pound down at the local pub, but the interactive darts board with a projector, screen, and array of games is a competitor to the likes of Flight Club. The design of the pool table area can make gameplay a little awkward with people coming and going, but the atmosphere and bar food more than make up for it. Though the private karaoke rooms could use a lock (interruptions mid-warble aren't ideal), the brand-new equipment and proper soundproofing mean this spot is likely to become justifiably popular. Darts, shuffle and karaoke, £10pp per hour. Pool, £15 per hour. Upstairs at Big Penny Social, 1 Priestley Way, Walthamstow, E17 6AL. Book here. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kudu (@kudurestaurant) Peckham's Kudu is getting a new home in Marylebone after eight years in the neighbourhood. This is your last chance to catch their tasty plates at the old location with their limited-edition 'Best of Kudu' menu. First in the series is Christina Soteriou's Sumac and pomegranate stewed cherry slushy – £1 of each slushy will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians. Available from 1 June. Find out more. Honest Burger has teamed up with DOOM to celebrate the release of DOOM: The Dark Ages. And they're bringing the heat. The new DOOM burger features double smashed beef patties, double American cheese, bacon, sweet onions, pickles, black garlic mayo, crispy onions and hot sauce from The Rib Man. Plus, chances to win prizes like two Xbox consoles wrapped in DOOM graphics, and more! Keep an eye on Honest Burger's Instagram to take part. Are you a natural chatterbox? Can't go a day without a podcast in your ear? The Podcast Show at the Business Design Centre in Islington features live podcast stage shows, 150+ speakers, after parties and even a chance for you to pitch your own podcast idea. Get your tickets here. The London Cycling Festival takes place this Sunday, and there are tons of ways you can join in. Expect bike markets, family friendly activities, and live music. Find out where your local events are. The most Tony-nominated play (13 nominations) ever is back! After a smash hit run on Broadway, Stereophonic is transferring to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre for just 20 weeks. More Trending The play invites the audience to immerse themselves in the process of a band on the brink of blowing up, as they struggle through recording their new album set from 1976 to 1977. Expect booze, jealousy, songs coming together and relationships falling apart. Duke of York's Theatre, Covent Garden. 24 May-20 September. Book tickets here. MORE: What's Cooking? I worked in cabin crew for 12 years — avoid these five foods on planes MORE: I rarely buy drinks from Co-op — but £7.35 bottle blew me away
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
A Look Back at Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding
14 years ago today, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Kate Middleton, had their royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London, marking one of the most highly anticipated royal weddings since then-Prince Charles and Princess Diana got married in 1981. The couple's wedding brought together much of the royal family, including Prince Harry, who served as his brother's best man, as well as Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and many others. More from WWD Kate Middleton Suits Up in Holland Cooper on Wedding Anniversary With Prince William for Scotland Trip Kate Middleton and Prince William's 14 Most Iconic Matching Moments: A Celebration of Style and Love How Ukrainian President Zelensky Chose His Clothes for Pope Francis' Funeral Leading up to the event, much speculation surrounded which designer Middleton would tap for her gown. The honor ultimately went to Alexander McQueen designer Sarah Burton, who went on to dress the princess on numerous occasions over the last decade before departing McQueen for Givenchy in September 2024. Middleton's dress embodied the modest, ladylike style she's become known for during her time in the royal family. The Victorian-inspired dress was designed with an ivory lace bodice paired with a high lace collar and long lace sleeves. Her satin skirt featured a nine-foot train, which was carried by her sister Pippa Middleton, who equally made an impact at the wedding in a fitted ivory-hued dress also designed by Burton for Alexander McQueen. Lace was a crucial design component of Middleton's wedding gown. The dress featured lace that was handmade at London's Royal School of Needlework based at Hampton Court Palace and was appliquéd with individual flowers that were hand cut from the lace. The bodice and skirt were designed from hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace. Buckingham Palace released a statement on Middleton's dress after the royal wedding, stating the dress 'pays tribute to the arts and crafts tradition. Ms. Burton's design draws on this heritage, giving the cut and the intricate embellishment a distinctive contemporary and feminine character.' Burton also released a statement on the wedding dress: 'It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. It was such an incredible honor to be asked, and I am so proud of what we and the Alexander McQueen team have created. I am delighted that the dress represents the best of British craftsmanship. Alexander McQueen's designs are all about bringing contrasts together to create startling and beautiful clothes and I hope that by marrying traditional fabrics and lacework, with a modern structure and design we have created a beautiful dress for Catherine on her wedding day.' Middleton paired the Alexander McQueen dress with Queen Elizabeth II's Cartier Halo Tiara, which the queen's father, King George VI, commissioned in 1936 for his wife shortly before he assumed the throne. The tiara is set with 739 brilliant and 149 baton diamonds, according to the Royal Collection Trust. The accessory follows the tradition of royal women borrowing from Queen Elizabeth II's extensive tiara collection for their royal weddings. The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, wore the Queen Mary Bandeau Tiara at her royal wedding to Prince Harry in 2018 and the queen's granddaughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice wore the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara and Queen Mary's Fringe Tiara, respectively, at each of their weddings. After their ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Prince William and Middleton joined other members of the royal family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace where they shared a kiss as spectators cheered them on from below. Later in the day, the couple held the evening reception, where Middleton again looked to Burton to design her dress for that occasion. Burton's design was more modern than the first, featuring a sweetheart neckline, jeweled belt and satin skirt. Middleton paired the dress with a white cardigan. 14 years following their 2011 nuptials, Prince William and Kate Middleton spent their anniversary on the first leg of a two-day trip to Scotland. The couple opted for casual, suit-style outfits on the first day of their tour, with the Princess of Wales wearing a double-breasted blazer in brown, courtesy of Holland Cooper. Over the course of their 14-year marriage, Prince William and Kate welcomed three children — Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, who just celebrated his seventh birthday. The last few years of the couple's marriage have also seen health struggles and challenges. The Princess of Wales publicly disclosed her cancer diagnosis in March 2024. 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