So far, the fashion and beauty trend dominating December is gothic elegance – largely thanks to our preoccupation with the excellently executed new Netflix show dedicated to the Addams Family, Wednesday. Given how small-screen characters are increasingly inspiring fashion and beauty trends, this comes as no surprise. But vampy chic make-up was also sent down the autumn/winter 2022 runways – with bewitching smoky eyes and muted palettes at Bora Aksu, Halpern and Max Mara, as well as the spring/summer 2023 catwalks of Alessandra Rich, Rochas and Chanel, where plummy lips and sooty eyes sat against clean, fresh skin.

Cesta Collective is not your ordinary fashion label. Cofounders Erin Ryder and Courtney Fasciano are building their brand like a community project. The fashion industry vets are working with female artisans in Rwanda to support local economies and focusing on sustainable sourcing for a greener future. Below, BAZAAR.com talks with Ryder and Fasciano about their unique take on the basket bag and why each of their handmade pieces is something truly special.

About two hours away from Salt Lake City, out in the sprawling desert, bands of wild mares and stallions roam free. Some are descendants of Pony Express escapees, while others have simply never known a life in captivity. I have spent some time around horses in my life—I rode them at summer camp as a teen—but I have never seen horses quite as strikingly beautiful as the ones that gallop across the dry, barren landscape of Utah.

Protagonista indiscusso dei commerci tra Asia ed Europa a partire dal Quattrocento, il tessuto damasco vanta origini antiche che coinvolgono l’intero Oriente. Il suo viaggio è infatti iniziato in Cina per poi toccare l’India, l’Iran, la Grecia sotto Costantinopoli e, infine, la Siria, nella cui Capitale ha trovato non solo il nome, ma anche le maestranze più abili nel realizzarlo. A lungo tratto distintivo dei nobili e della Chiesa, è stato utilizzato per decorare palazzi civili ed edifici di culto, diventando poi una stoffa per l’abbigliamento.

Visiting Denise Hale at home in San Francisco is a bit like being teleported to early-19th-century Paris. With its extravagant moss-green silk velvet walls, moody gold-frame paintings by Redon, Vuillard, and Degas, and imposing Russian imperial bronze doré candlesticks, Hale's living room is a Proustian confection so perfectly rendered, it's almost a shock to see the Golden Gate Bridge glittering outside the windows. "It's my base, my retreat," she says, holding court amid an array of Chinese famille rose and Kangxi porcelain, elegant Japanese silver crane sculptures, and Italian Baroque gilt-wood consoles.