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Dua Lipa’s wedding was a couture showcase with five designer looks spanning a London town hall ceremony and a three-day celebration in Sicily. The main event dress was Chanel haute couture — 480,000 hand-embroidered beads, 25,000 feathers, 1,155 hours of needlework — making her Matthieu Blazy’s first custom bride.

Sotheby’s is auctioning 1,000 Karl Lagerfeld sketches, with the first lot hitting the block this fall. The drawings span decades of work for Chanel, Fendi, and his own label. They’re estimated to fetch between $200 and $3,000, meaning some of fashion’s most iconic ideas cost less than the clothes they became.

Apple is putting cameras in AirPods for release in 2027. The earbuds are built for spatial awareness, not selfies — though the optics of face-mounted lenses on the subway are worth considering. Somewhere, Google Glass is whispering “I told you so.”

Art Basel’s Unlimited sector opened with a 19-foot Kusama flower sculpture, Tracey Emin’s salvaged Margate hut on a ramshackle pier, and Niki de Saint Phalle’s 13-foot phallic obelisk — originally made to promote condom use during the AIDS crisis. If you’re in Switzerland, clear your afternoon. If not, consider booking a flight.

Google buys into A24. Google is putting ~$75M into A24, its first stake in a movie studio, as part of an AI research partnership with DeepMind to build new filmmaking tools. The studio most synonymous with handmade, director-driven cinema is now co-developing generative tools with the company behind Veo. Vibes-based movies, meet prompt-based tech.

Burberry took over Corner Bistro for the World Cup, turning the beloved West Village burger joint into a branded British pub. Daniel Lee, Ella Emhoff, and Myha’la showed up for England’s 4–2 opener. Maybe fashion’s next frontier is the pub.