Fashion Paul Smith’s Foundation, The British Council and Projekt have announced Creative DNA x Studio Smithfield , a new peer-to-peer exchange programme bringing together fashion designers from the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa. Rooted in collaboration rather than hierarchy, the initiative is designed to foster long-term creative and professional relationships through shared learning, cultural exchange and sustained industry access. The programme will see six designers: Solome As

Fresh from a playful, character-driven shoot, Fetscher sits down to talk about momentum, theatre as ritual, comedy as resistance, and the kind of work that stays with people long after it ends. Despite the growing visibility of his career across stage and screen, he does not experience it as forward motion.

Fashion The Hôtel Colbert de Torcy in Paris felt like stepping into a private residence rather than a fashion presentation. Michael Rider’s first full menswear collection for CELINE arrived with a quiet authority, framing the house’s classic codes through the lens of the present. The 1640 mansion, with its high ceilings, carved wood, and muted grandeur, became an extension of the collection itself: intimate, considered, and precise. It was a space that allowed the clothes to