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• Class portrait

  Billie JD Porter on how social media images celebrating luxury lifestyles are perpetuating dangerous misconceptions about wealth and poverty

• Linda McCartney’s Unseen Polaroids

  In an excerpt from Linda McCartney. The Polaroid Diaries published this Autumn, the former NME writer and frontwoman of The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde reflects on a photoshoot with her late friend

  par Chrissie Hynde
• Gaby Sahhar

  Why the South London multi-disciplinary artist is refusing the gentrification of queer spaces in London.

  par Rebecca O'Dwyer
• Martina Cox

  The New York-based designer subverting the traditionally feminine language of homemaking and crafts through playful, upcycled and bespoke garments.

  par Kathryn O'Regan
• The Fall of the Wall

  A new exhibition at C/O Berlin looks at the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall on the city’s techno scene

  par Sirin Kale
• Between Palestine and Israel

  A new fashion trade route

  par Angela Waters
• Louise Trotter

  The new creative director of Lacoste is responsible for bringing the classic heritage tennis brand to a new audience through laid-back knitwear, a new view on the brand’s crocodile logo and military tailoring, to name a few things. Here, she talks with SLEEK Editor-in-Chief Grace Banks about how it all comes together

  par Grace Banks
• Farah Al Qasimi

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  par Kathryn O'Regan
• Bahçe

  Following the success of her novel, Walking on the Ceiling, published in April, Turkish-born, Paris-based author, Aysegül Savas presents a short story, Bahçe (The Garden), in Turkish and her own translation in English

• Noor Tagouri

  As Trump continues to attack journalism, new methods of reporting are coming to the fore. From exposing the domestic realities of sex trafficking in the US to her podcast Sold In America and calling out Vogue on Instagram, Noor Tagouri is using digital storytelling to change the way we get news

  par Grace Banks
• Double up

  We took Uniqlo’s new Cocoon trousers to the Ebro Delta on the Mediterranean Sea in Spain, and asked dancers Candela Capitán and Rocki Salam to dance in them, proving their curved wide-legged seams create flexibility, art and community

• Flower freak show

  The verve behind Jean-Paul Gaultier’s iconic Eighties’ campaign imagery is having a renaissance. From his Fashion Freak Show to a revival of his corsets made famous by Madonna, the style he pioneered is back in vogue. To launch his new floral scents, La Belle and Le Beau, we decided to create a tribute to JPG’s enduring sensual aesthetic

• Chi Cao Hanh

  Berlin restaurateur Chi Cao Hanh of the iconic Asian- fusion DUDU franchise takes the CUPRA Ateca for a drive around her favorite places in the German metropolis

  par Marc Krause
• In Paris with you

  The stately boulevards of Paris play host to the new BMW i3s Edition RoadStyle - rendered in black with the new and exclusive colour shade E-Copper, this sporty car sets the agenda

• Francesca Allen x Tin Gao

  For me, the images feel more about breaking down boundaries between myself and Tin, getting to know each other through the medium of photography and becoming friends through that. A story of two strangers who would not otherwise be friends, meeting and learning about each other. I like to explore the idea of whether a photograph can be a true representation of someone. Tin styled herself using her own clothing, and also a few items from my own wardrobe. I feel like we got to know each other very intimately and in a very quick period of time