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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 reveals biggest garden trends from Japanese Zen spaces to AI design
Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more The world-renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show has once again opened its gates, inviting visitors into a realm where horticultural artistry meets cutting-edge innovation. This year, designers are pushing boundaries, not only with breathtaking garden masterpieces but also by showcasing trends that home gardeners can readily adopt, from serene Japanese-inspired spaces to the embrace of wildlife and even artificial intelligence. Japanese-inspired design Japanese influence in the Tokonoma Garden – Sanymaya no Niwa designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara (PA) A significant theme emerging from the show is the profound influence of Japanese design, appealing to those seeking mindfulness and a deeper connection with nature. Four of the nine large show gardens draw directly from these traditions. Award-winning designer Kazuyuki Ishihara’s Tokonoma Garden – Samumaya no Niwa, for …
Harry Styles’ Stylist Harry Lambert Talks eBay Trends, Shopping Resale
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Celebrity stylist Harry Lambert met Harry Styles in 2014, and they’ve been working together ever since. Lambert, like Styles, isn’t afraid to push the boundaries of traditional menswear, leaning into joyful dressing and nostalgia-fueled fashion moments. And throughout his career — from styling Styles to Bad Bunny — Lambert’s secret has been sourcing second-hand, archival gems from eBay. Earlier this week, Lambert caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to break down what he’s eyeing, what he’s buying and how he’s incorporating eBay’s Spring/Summer 2026 Watchlist Trend Report into his closet (and the closets of his clients). For context, each season, the e-tailer launches what it calls a Watchlist, a data-backed style guide compiling the labels, items and aesthetics currently dominating the conversation (and search trends). The report aggregates consumer purchasing habits to pinpoint what’s most in demand in resale right now — essentially, what pieces are surging, selling and holding value on …
Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals the two ’90s trends she never wants back — and the one she ‘never stopped wearing’
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 49, revealed the two ’90s trends that she would under no circumstances like to see reemerge. The star “can’t look” at one more TikTok video of children asking their parents, “Mom, what were you like in the ’90s,” because there are certain beauty and fashion trends that she doesn’t want people picking up again. She confessed: “There are two things I don’t want back from the ’90s: I don’t want over-tweezed eyebrows back. We all look better with an eyebrow,” per Glamour. The star added: “And I don’t get the choker thing. It just cuts your neck off. It looks like you’re a weird bobblehead. I am not a choker girl. Those are my two.” © Getty ImagesSarah reflected on the ’90s trends she strongly dislikes The Buffy star continued: “There’s the tweezing of your eyebrows. Oh, and then the dyeing of your eyebrows — I did that in the ’90s, which is coming back, the bleached brows. I’m not doing that.” Sarah is right to think so on both beauty fronts …
Why Did The Tradwife Bubble Collapse So Fast?
I think it’s fairly safe to say that the tradwife trend is dying out, and good riddance! For those not in the know, the #tradwife hashtag was a specific lifestyle marketed by Evangelical (and often white nationalist) influencers to impressionable young women. The basic gist of it is a plea for women to ignore their educations, get married young, have kids young, rely on a man who may or may not be there in 10 years, and to become domestic goddesses. For some of us, that sounds like a nightmare. For others, myself included, there’s a lot of allure in being a housewife. Tradwife influencers are a known part of a psyop to try to encourage younger people to join far-right political movements as well as conservative religious movements. And the people who run these psyops have a lot of money, including the Mormon church. Why did the tradwife bubble collapse so fast? Pavel Danilyuk / Pexels For years, women were urged to drop careers in favor of serving a spouse And you know what? …
Baby name experts explain the trends that sent one name flying into the top 10 for the first time
Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more American parents often play it safe when it comes to choosing the moniker that their child will endure for the rest of their life, according to the just-released list of the 1,000 most popular baby names in 2025 from the U.S. Social Security Administration. The top 10 girls’ and boys’ names have barely shifted in the past decade: Olivia has been the number one choice for girls since 2019, while Liam has reigned champion on the boys’ list since 2017. But there is one perhaps surprising contender that just quietly crept into the top 10 ranking last year: Eliana. The pretty name — if this author called Ellie may say so herself — means “my God has answered” in Hebrew and is sometimes used …
Wellness, Clubs & Lifestyle Trends
A Tuesday in March, just past 9 p.m., on Lafayette between Houston and Bond. Merge Pilates is still lit — bodies folded into expensive discomfort behind glass. The bar on the corner has space; the coed bathhouse next door has a line. Across the street, a club takes phones at the door — sticker over the lens, no photos. Call it the L.A.-fication of New York. For years, it was a punchline — the imagined Erewhon in SoHo, the 5 a.m. run club, the $22 mezcal cocktail — until it stopped being a joke. The city that spent decades looking down on Los Angeles is now importing its social architecture: members clubs, wellness temples, curated privacy, the morning as the new night. New York has been quietly absorbing California habits for decades, whether it be through its cuisine or workouts, its surfer fashion or plastic surgery. The pandemic didn’t invent this newer shift; it accelerated it. An Angeleno landing at JFK can now run a week of L.A. habits without altering a thing, hitting the …
Six of the most flattering swimwear trends for summer 2026
Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more For many, selecting the ideal swimwear ranks among fashion’s most formidable challenges, perhaps second only to the elusive perfect pair of jeans. This summer, however, designers are transforming this annual dilemma with a wave of innovative trends, promising to inject excitement into your holiday wardrobe. Runways have showcased everything from sophisticated ruching and daring cut-outs to glamorous hardware, offering fresh perspectives for those planning a swimwear refresh. 1. Ruching and sculpting Leading the charge is the trend for ruching and sculpting, hailed as this season’s answer to body contouring and rapidly becoming a firm favourite. Luxury stylist Oriona Robb explains its appeal: “Ruching is brilliant because it works with your body, not against it; it draws the eye exactly where you want it while …
6 of the most flattering swimwear trends to buy for summer 2026
Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Choosing the best style of swimwear could be one of the most challenging wardrobe dilemmas of all – aside from perhaps finding the perfect pair of jeans. But this summer, designers have flooded the runways with new and interesting trends that may even excite you to try on swimwear, from ruching to cut outs and glamorous hardware. So if you’re currently planning a revamp of your swimwear drawer, here are the best swimwear trends to try this season. 1. Ruching and sculpting Ruching is this summer’s answer to contouring, and it seems to be becoming a firm favourite. “Ruching is brilliant because it works with your body, not against it,” says luxury stylist Oriona Robb, “it draws the eye exactly where you want it while …
Nipples, handsy moments and cloudy grey: the Met Gala 2026 trends we expected
“Nipples, handsy moments and cloudy grey” sounds like a fever dream moodboard – but at the 2026 Met Gala, it was practically a dress code. Under the theme “Fashion Is Art,” the expected trends were all there (including body sculpting silhouettes and corsets), dialled up to surreal extremes: hyper-real corsetry moulded to the body, dramatic headpieces, and a continued obsession with the naked dress in ever more conceptual forms. Then came the unexpected. Designers leaned hard into the body-as-object idea, adding extra limbs, surreal prosthetics, sculpted nipples, facial accessories and moody colourways. H! Fashion shares the standout trends of the Met Gala 2026: both expected and unexpected… Architectural Intimacy With the “Fashion Is Art” dress code celebrating the body in all its forms, figure-baring silhouettes were almost inevitable – but nipples as a deliberate statement moment? Perhaps not. Still, It-girls of the night, including Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian, fully committed to the look, turning exposure into a clear fashion statement. © David Fisher/ShutterstockHailey Bieber © Stephen Lovekin/ShutterstockKendall Jenner Clouds of Grey If …