To top
20 Mar

HOW TO DO AMSTERDAM IN STYLE (Hypebae)

Welcome to Local Hype, a travel diary where we compile a curated list of our “Hometown Heroes” for you to enjoy. Featuring the buzziest hotels, restaurants and local treasures that we’ve experienced for ourselves, with suggestions from the city’s locals. Next on the agenda? Amsterdam. The ultra-cool city is the perfect place to explore all year round, no matter what type of holidaymaker you are. Filled with buzzy wine bars, eclectic galleries and vintage shops, Amsterdam is definitely a must-visit for fashion fans, art lovers and foodies. In terms of getting there, Eurostar is undoubtedly the easiest option. In fact, the travel company recently launched its new terminal in Amsterdam, reintroducing direct services to and from London with a total journey time of just over four hours. Opting...
Continue readingContinue reading
20 Mar

Santorini Travel Guide 2025: Where To Stay, Eat And Explore (ELLE UK)

  Francesco Riccardo Iacomino//Getty Images Santorini has long held a reputation across the globe as one of the most luxurious and romantic destinations for couples – often those who are soon-to-be-engaged at sunset on the island, we might add – searching for breathtaking (read Instagrammable) holiday photos taken among the blue-topped white domes of the island’s most coveted coastlines. Located to the south of Athens and Mykonos, Santorini was once the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which occurred in the 4th Century, with the last eruption taking place just seven decades ago. As the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, the island – named by the Latin Empire in the 13th Century as a...
Continue readingContinue reading
20 Mar

6 SUMMER BEAUTY TRENDS YOU’LL WANT TO MAKE YOUR WHOLE PERSONALITY (NYLON)

When it comes to experimenting with your look, there’s getting a fresh haircut or trying a new shade of lipstick — and then there’s embracing an aesthetic so wholeheartedly that it’s like stepping into a new identity. This spring and summer, especially, we’re seeing a handful of enticing archetypes, from the shimmering mermaid to the soft goth, that could become your whole personality — if you let them. Below, get to know six key personas to consider embodying this spring season. ART-SCHOOL DROPOUT JULIA FOXRACHPOOT/BAUER-GRIFFIN/GC IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES DRIES VAN NOTEN SPRING/SUMMER 2024MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES DOJA CATCHRISTIAN VIERIG/GETTY IMAGES ENTERTAINMENT/GETTY IMAGES KIKO KOSTADINOV SPRING/SUMMER 2024INSTAGRAM/@SIDDHARTHASIMONE Where are the rules that state your eyeshadow needs to match on both eyes, or that lipstick can’t be slime green? “The art girl...
Continue readingContinue reading
20 Mar

GIGI HADID & GABBRIETTE ARE RABANNE’S GOLDEN GIRLS & MORE PARTY PHOTOS YOU MISSED (NYLON)

It’s a great day to be a party girl. We’re not only covering exciting events in this edition of FOMO, but our very own Lauren McCarthy just documented her Paris Fashion Week soirées, dinners, and early-morning bashes in our first Going-Out Diary. We’ll still be bringing the FOMO when we can, of course, as there are plenty of parties we can’t make it to that are still worthy of your eyeballs. Below, a few gatherings we were at (and some we were not) from a week full of gag-worthy fashion news and smoked salmon blinis. RABANNE & GIGI GO GOLDEN Gigi Hadid was fresh off a plane from Paris Fashion Week to stop in at the Million Gold pop-up in Flatiron, where the new Rabanne fragrance was passed around. After a photo op,...
Continue readingContinue reading