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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: A model walks the runway at the Thom Browne Spring 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Exit Art on September 9, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images for IMG)

Where high-fashion meets tennis

By Monica Ainley, for CNN

Hijras -- transgender women -- live on the periphery of society in Bangladesh. "Since the Mughal period there have been hijras. They are a very old community," says artist Tayeba Begum Lipi.

Here, a transgender woman called Shamim dances after her sex change surgery in Mahbubur Rahman's video Time in a Limbo, 2014-15 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.

The secret lives of trans Bangladeshis

By Payal Uttam, for CNN

In their art, Tayeba Bagum Lipi and Mahbubur Rahman highlight the experiences of Dhaka's alienated hijra community.

Emma Watson's fashion mission

By Derek Blasberg, for CNN

Actress-turned-activist Emma Watson explains why sustainable fashion is a feminist issue.

This sunlight sensitive mural, drilled into a New Delhi wall by Indian street artist 'Daku', is designed to change with the position of the sun.

How this mural disappears at night

By Roshni Majumdar, CNN

In Delhi, one building gleams with an off-beat piece of art -- but only when the sun shines.

Tamila lingerie set from the Agent Provocateur Soire collection, SS 2015, Model Eniko Mihalik

The unseen history of underwear

By Angelica Pursley and Holly Vear, for CNN

As London's V&A museum launches their landmark underwear exhibition Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear, we interview the creative director of Agent Provocateur, one of the exhibition's key sponsors, to talk fashion, femininity and feeling sexy.

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The A-Z of film

By Thomas Page, for CNN

Don't know your Kubrick from your Kurosawa? Confounded by Cannes and a New Wave newbie? CNN Style takes you through our A-Z of film.

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