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Charlie Gates

  • Senior Communications & Marketing Advisor, Canterbury Museum
Christchurch
As seen in: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Manawatū Standard, Stuff.co.nz, Sunday News (New Zealand), Sunday Star-Times, The Marlborough Express, The Nelson Mail, The Southland Times, The Timaru Herald and
Award-winning journalist & filmmaker. Senior reporter for Stuff. Personal account. Opinions my own.
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Meet Tolu Coker, the London Designer Reimagining Traditional British Style

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By Charlie Gates, Flora Huddart
| W Magazine Verified
Designer Tolu Coker with models (from left) Adit Priscilla, Rey, and Kukua Williams, all wearing Tolu Coker clothing, gloves, and hats; Manolo Blahnik shoes (throughout). Rather than present her spring/summer 2026 collection on the runway, the British-Nigerian designer Tolu Coker made a short film. Codirected with her brother, Ade Coker, Unfinished Business sees Naomi Campbell and a cast of upcoming Black models quietly inhabiting a bedroom full of wooden toys and family photographs.
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Laura Harrier’s Latest Obsession: The Saint Laurent Y

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By Brynn Wallner, Charlie Gates
| W Magazine Verified
When actress Laura Harrier was in high school, she was voted “best dressed” — but it didn’t make it into the print copy of the yearbook. “They gave it to the person with the second most votes because I had already won another award,” she explains with a self-aware grin. “I guess I won the popular vote, but I lost the electoral college,” she concludes with a contagious laugh, borrowing the vernacular of the post-election moment.
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Art Stars Elmgreen & Dragset Bring Their Sly Subversions to Paris

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By Alex Needham Verified, Charlie Gates
| W Magazine Verified
Michael Elmgreen (left) and Ingar Dragset, in their Berlin studio. Elmgreen wears a Loewe T-shirt, jeans, and shoes. Dragset wears a Loewe top, pants, and shoes; his own belt. Photographed by Charlie Gates “Many of our ideas come from going out, sitting at a bar, and having a drink together,” says Michael Elmgreen, the older and more talkative half of the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset. “We actually did it just last night.” So, how many drinks does it take?
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