Given the current state of American politics, it was hardly a surprise that designers got political with their collections at New York Fashion Week earlier this month. That fashion activism, however, has seemingly spread across the Atlantic now too. At Milan Fashion Week today, Versace unveiled its Fall 2017 show with a collection that promoted equality, unity, love and strong women overall. There was no subtlety in the message here, beanies reading "

My husband has never cared about much tech hype, but last week, he became fixated on a news segment about Apple’s new Vision Pro headset. “Look how cool these are! I think you’d use them a lot!” he said, as a man demonstrated how the augmented-reality device lets you stare a 3-D dinosaur in the face, lie on your couch watching a movie on the ceiling (why?), or read and write with the words appearing basically inside your eyeballs.

Whether or not you enjoy equestrian pursuits, you’ve probably heard of the Dior Saddle. This little bag was dreamt up by the house’s former artistic director John Galliano, its shrunken saddle shape and stirrup-like ‘D’ charm a "tribute to the elegance of the equestrian universe". One should note, it’s probably not suitable for horse-riding. The Saddle made its first appearance in 1999 in Dior’s spring/summer 2000 ready-to-wear show, slung upon the shoulders of models dressed in Galliano’s provocatively split mini dresses, horsebit-buckled hotpants and sexed-up denim.

The Balearics have their heavy hitters; Menorca, Mallorca and, of course, the flagship ‘White Isle’ of Ibiza, home to more house beats and overpriced margaritas than you can shake a glow-stick at. But this idyllic island chain is more than just parties – and the discerning crowd is turning its eye to the island chain’s quieter little sister: Formentera. How to get thereFormentera is the most southerly of the Balaerics, just under 9 miles away from Ibiza.

The year is 2022, and everything is for sale online, even colors. With Bitcoin, a type of web-based currency, you can buy NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, of apes, avatars, or even the long-lost Semper Augustus tulip, a flower so coveted in the 17th century it once sold for as much as a house before its value crashed back down to earth. Each one comprises a long string of supposedly unique code called a token; you can keep it, or you can sell it to someone else, ideally for more money than you paid, but often it goes for much less.