What’s Happening: The European leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour is leaving no major city untouched, least of all London, where the V&A has sprung into action to organize a show of the popstar’s tour costumes in advance of her August stopover at Wembley Stadium.

The Download: It’s not until August 15 that Taylor Swift will take over Wembley Stadium, but the V&A’s “Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail” seems poised to set London under siege by Swifties as early as tomorrow. Opening on July 27, the exhibition features 16 archival costumes and related ephemera from performances, music videos, and album covers across Swift’s entire discography. It’s not technically a retrospective; a major draw of Eras is that fans are transported through time as the singer takes to the stage in looks that span her entire career, which requires a considerable archive of its own.

The show sends viewers snaking through its permanent collections, where artifacts like the tulle and taffeta confection of a Reem Acra gown Swift wore on the back cover of her re-released Speak Now album are displayed. The Speak Now dress glows ethereally in the Rococo-inflected music room of the erstwhile Norfolk House, for example. And in a Renaissance painting gallery, the cascading lace ruffles of the Zimmermann number from the “Willow” music video nod to the romance of the pre-Raphaelite period that followed. Other artifacts on view include the drag ensemble Swift wore in her music video for “The Man,” and a snake-encrusted microphone from her Reputation tour (“I’ve never displayed a microphone before,” curator Kate Bailey told The Guardian).

In Their Own Words: Together with the recently revamped Young V&A, “Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail” seems to be the museum’s latest maneuver to cater to younger audiences. According to Bailey, displaying Swift’s instruments, like her Reputation microphone and a Speak Now guitar, encourages youngsters to keep their sights set on the power of creativity. “I feel very passionate about bringing that in,” she continues. “She’s a songwriter. This is the guitar. This is all it takes: some imagination, some talent, and you can go wherever.”

Surface Says: If Tate’s Yoko Ono retrospective, Elton John’s “Fragile Beauty,” and that Freddie Mercury Sotheby’s auction are anything to go off of, we’re in the midst of an era of museum shows devoted to music’s biggest stars.

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Munich isn’t particularly known for its adventurous hotel scene, but tides are changing in the buttoned-up Bavarian capital thanks to new entries like Tara Bernerd’s slick Rosewood Munich and the recently opened Koenigshof, part of Marriott’s Luxury Collection. Situated in a new cubic-inspired building by architects Nieto Sobejano that replaces a midcentury structure on the bustling Karlsplatz, the property tempers Munich’s more cosmopolitan proclivities with amenities that give guests ample space to stretch their legs.

Nods to local culture are aplenty—106 wood-paneled guest rooms and suites teem with works by Bavarian artists, welcome cards are illustrated by local designer Alexandra von Frankenberg, and a custom “Munich Serenity” tea blends twelve local herbs. More flavors can be found at the ninth-floor restaurant Greta Oto, helmed by Peruvian chef Michael Cánepa, that transitions into a clubby hotspot serving Amazonian cocktails on a rooftop terrace. To cool down, enjoy a book on the appropriately named Gold Lounge’s sumptuous Warren Platner chairs or head to The Green, where the signature Koenigshof-Torte mirrors the building’s grid-like facade.

Marimekko has imbued a lively home collection with its trademark Unikko print. Last year for its spring/summer presentation at Copenhagen Fashion Week, the brand commemorated six decades of the poppy print with a ready-to-wear collection. The Danish cult favorite has now brought it to a lineup of printed serving trays, sculptural ceramic platters, bath towels, throw pillows, and mugs. Balance out the flower power with the collection’s more minimalist-leaning chunky glassware, striped cotton canvas aprons, and sleek sky-blue ceramics.

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Growing up on a farm on the Texas-Oklahoma border instilled Sarah Carpenter with a vivid imagination that buzzes with grand ideas from even the tiniest sparks of inspiration. That took her to New York, where she studied architecture at Columbia’s GSAPP and eventually founded a full-service interiors firm, Carpenter & Mason, with her husband. Newly rebranded to Sarah Carpenter & Studio, the firm is entrusted by high-profile chefs and restaurateurs to mastermind personality-packed dining rooms that create oases of small-town ambience and, most importantly, offer pleasing backdrops for life to happen.

On July 20, Helen Toomer hosted an annual gathering for Female Design Council (FDC) and Art Mamas Alliance at the artist residency Stoneleaf Retreat during Upstate Art Weekend. More than 100 members and their children attended the get-together, which was co-hosted by FDC founder Lora Appleton and Art Mamas co-founders Toomer and Katy Donoghue. Later in the afternoon, Stoneleaf celebrated its artists in residence Adrienne Elise Tarver, Joiri Minaya, and Moko Fukuyama with Artnoir and Upstate Color.

When was it? July 20

Where was it? Stoneleaf Retreat, Hudson Valley

Who was there? Pamela Council, Jordan Casteel, Megan Skidmore, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Melissa Joseph, and more.

Carl Hansen & Søn believes that iconic design is a combination of simplicity, aesthetics, and functionality brought to life through skillful work with the highest-quality materials. For more than 100 years, the Danish brand has specialized in providing outstanding furniture craftsmanship that brings visionary design concepts to life.

Surface Says: A master of timeless design, Carl Hansen & Søn knows how to balance homeyness with modernity.

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