内容摘要：People bid farewell and lay flowers in the coffin of fallen Ukrainian serviceman Vadym Popelniuk, born in 1991, during a religious service in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

People bid farewell and lay flowers in the coffin of fallen Ukrainian serviceman Vadym Popelniuk, born in 1991, during a religious service in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Chiuri departs as the first woman to lead Dior since its founding in 1947, having redefined the house’s codes and opened the door to a new chapter at one of fashion’s most influential brands. Her exit comes amid a broader wave of creative upheaval across the industry. Pierpaolo Piccioli, her former co-creative director at Valentino, was recently named artistic director of Balenciaga — after Alessandro Michele, known for his maximalist, gender-fluid reinvention of Gucci, was appointed to succeed Piccioli at Valentino in 2024., who stepped down from Bottega Veneta last year, will debut at

this fall, succeeding Virginie Viard — whose unceremonious departure shocked the industry.The recent round of high-profile exits and appointments has amounted to fashion’s most dramatic game of musical chairs in years — and it’s giving the industry whiplash.The moves reflect a period of transition for major fashion houses as they adapt to shifting consumer expectations, slower luxury growth, and the demands of a digital-first market. At least half a dozen top houses have changed creative leadership in the past year alone — a sign of the mounting pressure on designers to deliver both artistic vision and commercial results in an increasingly unstable landscape.

Chiuri’s shows spanned continents, from Mumbai to Kyoto, each celebrating craft and community. But for her final collection, Resort 2026, Chiuri returned home to Rome — staging the show at Villa Torlonia, enveloping her guests in ritual white, and invoking the spirit of Italian cinema with a film by Matteo Garrone. The choice of her native city, paired with the all-white dress code, signaled a deliberate full-circle moment; an intimate farewell and a subtle hint that Chiuri was preparing to close her chapter at Dior.Dior has not yet named a successor, but speculation centers on Jonathan Anderson, who recently took over Dior’s men’s collections.

Chef Phila Lorn was not necessarily aiming for “quote-unquote authentic” Cambodian food when he opened Mawn in his native Philadelphia two years ago. So when he approached some Cambodian teen patrons, he braced himself for questioning.

“Someone’s going to say something like, ‘That’s not how my mom makes her oxtail soup,’” Lorn said. “So I walk up to the table. I’m like, ‘How is everything?’ And the kid looks up to me and he goes, ‘It doesn’t even matter, dude. So glad you’re here.’”for her Halloween extravaganza.

and the Oscars race lacking a “Barbenheimer” moment, what’s there to look forward to in 2025? Well, “Wicked Part Two,” for one.Taylor Russel poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ and the opening ceremony of the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Aug. 28, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Taylor Russel poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ and the opening ceremony of the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Aug. 28, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)Hannah Einbinder arrives at the fourth annual Academy Museum Gala, Oct. 19, 2024, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)