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Do you have an emotional support bottle — plus more trends to know

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The Sunday Times

This season the fashion set have happily swapped their baguette bags for bottles: recently EmRata was spotted with a Pikachu water bottle in one hand and phone in the other, while Dior, Givenchy and Ulla Johnson are just three of the brands doing luxury water holders with straps, to be carried like (instead of?) a cross-body bag.

Now Olivier Rousteing has unveiled a collaboration between Balmain and Evian, taking the trend to new heights. The new look for summer, then? Turbo hydration.

Natasha Poonawalla at the 2022 Met Gala, a sari by Raw Mango and Lady Gaga in a silk jersey version
Natasha Poonawalla at the 2022 Met Gala, a sari by Raw Mango and Lady Gaga in a silk jersey version

From this Friday the Design Museum, in Kensington, is taking a long-overdue look at the sari. The first large-scale exhibition of its kind in the UK, The Offbeat Sari reveals its changing meaning in south Asian culture. “The sari is experiencing what is