Attitude Loves: From male nudes to fine fragrances, here’s 8 things we adore right now

This month’s Attitude Loves line-up has it all. Whether it’s gorgoeus new fragrances from Issey Miyake Parfums and Chanel, the best new tech from Samsung, or a stunning new exhibition that documents the legendary Blitz club in Soho, here’s the eight things that we’re loving right now.

The Chancery Rosewood

The Chancery Rosewood is bringing fresh glamour to Mayfair. Occupying Grosvenor Square’s iconic former American Embassy, it’s had a chic facelift by architect Sir David Chipperfield and interior genius Joseph Dirand. With 144 luxe suites blending heritage charm and contemporary style, guests can enjoy standout dining — including a branch of New York’s famed Italian-American eatery Carbone — as well as the rooftop Eagle Bar offering epic city views, and a subterranean wellness haven at Asaya Spa, which includes a 25-metre swimming pool. Promising London an injection of cultural buzz and hyper-personalised luxury, it’s set to become the hottest address for tastemakers craving a slice of sophistication.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7

After six years in the foldable game, Samsung seems to have finally perfected the formula with the release of its new Galaxy Z Fold7. Gorgeously thin at just 8.9mm when folded, the flagship resembles a regular smartphone in size, unfurling to reveal a glorious 8-inch display perfect for enjoying videos, reading books or comics, and split-screen multitasking. Its triple-lens camera array includes a 200-megapixel main shooter (the same one found in its S25 Ultra sibling), while Samsung’s suite of Galaxy AI tools allows for seamless object removal in photos, erasing background noise from videos, transcription and summary of voice recordings, and much more.

Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic

The new Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic blends timeless style with cutting-edge health and wellness technology. This stylish smartwatch features the return of its beloved physical rotating bezel and a durable stainless steel case, offering a premium and comfortable feel on the wrist. A standout new feature is its incredibly bright display, now peaking at 3,000 nits, ensuring perfect visibility no matter how sunny it is. More than just a beautiful accessory, the watch is a true health partner, with an expanded suite of BioActive Sensors that offer advanced tracking for everything from running form and sleep patterns to a unique Antioxidant Index test, providing a comprehensive overview of your wellbeing.

Le Sel d’Issey Eau de Parfum

Le Sel d’Issey Eau de Parfum is the latest release from Issey Miyake Parfums, channelling “the warm intensity of salt”. This new chapter builds on last year’s Eau de Toilette with a deeper, more intense profile, reinvented by perfumer Quentin Bisch. A woody, marine fragrance with dry amber notes, it blends seaweed, oakmoss, incense, cedarwood and an amber accord for a long-lasting scent that ignites the senses. Reflecting the energy of the elements, the bottle features a sharp, minimalist design with a gunmetal cap and recycled glass. It’s also vegan, refillable and made with 94 per cent naturally derived ingredients, including upcycled cedarwood and seaweed.

Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Attitude is thrilled to continue its nine-year partnership with the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which returns for its 19th edition in Cardiff this October. To celebrate the festival’s 20th anniversary next year, the Best British category is expanding from 15 to 20 shorts, with new award categories including performance, writing and producing — all shining a spotlight on emerging UK talent. This year’s programme includes Sleazy Tiger, featuring Alan Cumming playing a fictionalised version of himself in James Ley’s debut short film on the humour and complexity of queer dating. Alongside the main event, Iris on the Move will tour 35 venues across the UK, featuring special anniversary events in Newcastle, Manchester, Brighton and Edinburgh.

Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif

With a campaign fronted by Hollywood dreamboat Timothée Chalamet, Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif pushes the boundaries of the house’s iconic fragrance with a more powerful, more enigmatic take on the masculine scent. Created by in-house perfumer Olivier Polge, this new interpretation strips things back to a dense, amber-woody core, led by rich sandalwood and layered with labdanum for leathery, resinous depth. Housed in a deep blue, minimalist square bottle, it’s a concentrated blend of raw materials and refined vision, marking the most intense evolution of Bleu de Chanel to date.

Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s

How is the Blitz Club, a 50-person-capacity Soho nightclub that closed four decades ago, still a talking point today, not to mention the subject of a major London Design Museum exhibition opening on 20 September? Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s asks that question, and the answer is: its inherent queerness. Through rare photographs and artefacts, plus first-hand accounts by the people who lived it — including Culture Club’s Boy George (pictured) — the exhibition allows you to trace the cultural influence of the Blitz Club, from fashion and music to the most out and proud of the younger trans and gender-diverse community today. This is the epitome of LGBTQ+ time travel.

The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869–1939

Tracing queer identity back to 1869, when the word “homosexual” was coined, newly released book The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869–1939 is a groundbreaking global survey of LGBTQ+ art at the dawn of the modern era. Edited by art historian Jonathan D. Katz, this 400-page volume brings together more than 300 works from over 125 artists across 40 countries, from Claude Cahun and Tamara de Lempicka to Egon Schiele and Beauford Delaney, as well as essays from leading voices in queer and art history. Through paintings, sculpture, photography and film stills, the book charts how artists across the world resisted, registered and redefined sexuality in an age when same-sex desire was transforming from behaviour into identity. Richly illustrated, it’s an essential record of queer visual culture, reframing how we see art, sexuality, colonialism and resistance.