25 Cultural Things to Do Now, Inspired by the Spring 2026 Shows

You should watch American Gigolo because Louise Trotter reimagined the Bottega Veneta clutch Lauren Hutton carried in the iconic 1980 movie and had the legend in her front row.

You should read Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence, because Anna Sui was thinking about the novelist, who entered self-imposed exile in 1919—a “savage pilgrimage,” he called it—after enduring harassment for suspicions of spying during World War I. “He ended up in Taos, New Mexico, at Mabel Dodge Luhan ranch, which was this literary and creative enclave of Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe. Millicent Rogers [the Standard Oil heiress and fashion plate] was coming around at that time, and it was a kind of utopia where they could have their alternative lifestyles and live very freely, not be constrained by society.”

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

You should take a closer look at 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which Dynasty and Soull Ogun cited as inspiration for their collection and L’Enchanteur’s first runway show.

Angelina Jolie, at the Los Angeles premiere of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

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