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Product Review: 0.3% Pure Retinol Face Serum by /PHD/ Proven Honest Derma
We have covered /PHD/ Proven Honest Derma before and every product from this brand has impressed us. The 0.3% Pure Retinol Face Serum is no different. Fragrance-free, milky in texture, and genuinely suited for every skin type in the house.
Shweta
Jul 292 min read


Product Review: Rosemary Hair Growth Spray by Oshea Herbals
We received this product for review from the brand. Monsoon is genuinely one of the worst seasons for hair. The humidity weakens roots, the scalp gets oily faster, hair fall increases, and finding a product that actually helps rather than weighs everything down is harder than it sounds. The Oshea Herbals Rosemary Hair Growth Spray arrived at exactly the right time, and two weeks in, it has made a quiet but noticeable impression.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 282 min read


Ken Price, Alien Terrain, Trondheim, Norway by PoMo
PoMo presents Alien Terrain, the first solo exhibition in Norway of American artist Ken Price, bringing together 14 late-period ceramic and bronze sculptures that sit between bodily form and imagined terrain.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 82 min read


Airyday: The Australian Suncare Brand Betting on Wearability to Fix Britain's SPF Habit
Australian suncare brand Airyday has launched in the UK with six wearable SPF 50 "Skinscreens," aiming to close the gap between how much people care about skincare and how rarely they actually wear sunscreen.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 82 min read


Architects of Liberation: MoMA's First Survey of Modernism in Western Africa
MoMA's Architects of Liberation traces how newly independent West African nations used modern architecture, from trade fair pavilions to civic buildings, to imagine sovereignty and identity beyond colonial rule. On view through 2nd January 2027.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 82 min read


Yashica's Funtastic Keychain Camera Adds a Selfie Screen to the Y2K Mini-Cam Craze
Yashica has entered the Y2K mini-camera craze with the Funtastic Keychain Camera, a 22-gram digital camera that doubles as a wearable charm. Its flip-up selfie screen sets it apart from rivals like the Kodak Charmera, and licensed Hello Kitty and Snoopy editions turn a lo-fi gadget into a collectible, all for under $30.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 72 min read


Holiday Homework, Method Delhi: An Exhibition Asking What Childhood Looks Like Beyond Mass Production
Method Delhi presents Holiday Homework, a LOAM exhibition supported by the Ardee Foundation, asking what childhood looks like once it is no longer shaped by mass production. Bringing together 18 artists alongside open-call finalists and student contributors, the show reframes childhood as a site of cultural production rather than consumption. On view from 19 July to 23 August 2026.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 72 min read


Rami Kadi's "Bataille Dorée" Turns Couture Into a Study of Handwork
Maison Rami Kadi unveils Bataille Dorée, its Fall/Winter 2026/27 couture collection and a tribute to Western craftsmanship. Across 40 looks, the Lebanese couturier layers crochet-inspired embroidery, pony hair, and fringes of crystal and semi-precious stone against a palette of warm browns, muted greens, and deep wine tones.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 62 min read


Banana Club Leans Into Craft and Comfort for the Warm-Weather Season
Banana Club's latest menswear leans on handworked detail and warm-weather fabrics, spreading its argument across embroidered shirts, comfort-led tailoring, knitted polos, and occasion pieces. The label bets on a contemporary customer who wants craft he can wear lightly and clothes that move easily between settings, just as he does.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 62 min read


At Villa Necchi Campiglio, Tod's Makes the Case for Quiet Italian Luxury
At Milan's Villa Necchi Campiglio, Tod's stages its men's Spring–Summer 2027 collection, The Italian Wardrobe. Creative Director Matteo Tamburini makes the case for a quiet, unostentatious luxury built on Made in Italy craft, introducing the Pashmy leather project, the new Red Dot sneaker, and fresh readings of the Gommino.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jul 62 min read


Product Review: Sweatgo Solution by Salve Pharmaceuticals
Ask anyone who sweats excessively through the summer how embarrassing it can get, and the answer will not be pretty. Soaked shirts, damp palms, and the constant anxiety of being in public or on the field—it is a confidence issue as much as a comfort one. We received this product for review from the brand, and since none of us on the team personally deal with hyperhidrosis, we handed it over to someone whose friend does. And when we say "sweats a lot," we mean it literally. Th

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jun 152 min read


Resort Review: Resort Country Club, Manesar: A Million Square Feet Where the Peacocks Wake You
A sustainable escape just 45 minutes from Delhi, where the rate they offer includes games, pools, and animal rides. Resort Country Club, Manesar I woke up at Resort Country Club, Manesar, to two peacocks, which is not a sentence I expected to write about a weekend so close to Delhi, and yet there they were in the tree outside our premium suite, entirely unhurried, behaving as though the morning was theirs and I was the guest who had wandered into their arrangement rather than
Shweta
Jun 144 min read


Product Review: CodeSkin Hyaluronic 7+ Serum
The hyaluronic acid serum category in India is crowded enough that standing out requires doing something genuinely different. Most HA serums deliver surface hydration and stop there. The Hyaluronic 7+ works across seven molecular weights simultaneously, from high molecular weight forms that sit at the surface and lock moisture in, to low molecular weight forms that penetrate deeper layers to hydrate from within.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jun 102 min read


Book Review: Let Money Chase You: Smart and Simple Ways to Build Lasting Wealth by Indrazith Shantharaj
A review of Let Money Chase You by Indrazith Shantharaj — a refreshingly honest, jargon-free guide to building lasting wealth. No get-rich schemes, just simple, doable steps toward financial peace for anyone who's ever lost sleep over money.
Shweta
Jun 93 min read


Book Review: Letters From Your Therapist: On Love and Loss by Kareena Mehta
A moving review of Letters From Your Therapist: On Love and Loss by Kareena Mehta — a tender, deeply human book on therapy, grief, and love that speaks directly to South Asian readers. Part letter, part poetry, entirely honest.
Shweta
Jun 93 min read


Bindu & Rekha: An Art Exhibition Featuring Sai Akhil Anand
Bindu & Rekha by Sai Akhil Anand runs from 14 to 30 June 2026, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (closed Mondays), at the Sandeep & Gitanjali Maini Foundation, 38 Maini Sadan, Mezzanine Level, 7th Cross, Lavelle Road, Bengaluru .
Alisha M
Jun 93 min read


Tried & Tested: The Skincare Worth Your Money
We get many products across our desks, and most are just okay—and "okay" doesn't make this list. This list isn't everything we've tried; it's the handful that actually worked well enough for us to keep using and recommend. From a pigmentation serum that delivers to a baby shampoo we'd trust, here are the ones worth your money. Our team has tested each one — click through for the full review. For Brightening & Pigmentation Alpha Arbutin 2% Depigmentation Serum — Proven Honest

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jun 73 min read


11 Self-Help Books Worth Reading in 2026 — That We've Actually Read
The self-help shelf is crowded, loud, and full of promises. For every book that genuinely shifts how you think, there are ten that repackage the same advice in shinier covers. So instead of handing you another recycled list of titles we've never opened, we've done something different: every book here has been read and reviewed in full by our team. No filler, no guesswork — just the ones we think are actually worth your time, grouped by what you're looking for. Whether you're
Shweta
Jun 63 min read


Parmigiani Fleurier Carillon Tourbillon Anniversaire: A Grande Complication in Five Pieces to Mark Thirty Years
Parmigiani Fleurier was founded in 1996 by Michel Parmigiani, a watchmaker from the Val-de-Travers trained in La Chaux-de-Fonds whose early career was built on the restoration of historic timepieces for the Sandoz Family Foundation. One of those projects, a carillon pocket watch made by Perrin Frères in the early nineteenth century, forms the direct inspiration for the Carillon Tourbillon Anniversaire, a grande complication limited to five pieces to mark the brand's thirtieth

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jun 52 min read


Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph 007 First Light: When a Video Game Produces a Real Watch
Omega's relationship with James Bond stretches back to 1995, when Pierce Brosnan first wore a Seamaster in GoldenEye. In the three decades since, the Seamaster Diver 300M has appeared across multiple Bond films and spawned several collector editions tied to the franchise. The newest addition to that lineage arrives from an unexpected direction—not a film set, but a video game.

Style Essentials Edit Team
Jun 52 min read
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