Beauty

For some, working with soil evokes nostalgia for childhood summers, smelling thorny roses in bloom and plucking ripe tomatoes off the vine. For others, it might recall memories of a specific person. Aloe vera, for example, will always remind me of my grandmother, who grew the the medicinal plant to sooth my sunburns and scratches. Gardening is the...

When in Rome, do as Dakota Johnson does.That seems to be a lesson Jessie Buckley is taking to heart. Over the weekend, the two actors—next set to star together in Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters—linked up in Rome, where each opted for disparate takes on the same warm-weather outfit formula.Johnson stuck to her more minimal style in a...

“Costume Art,” the upcoming exhibition at The Met, considers clothing in relation to works of art in the museum’s collection using the “dressed body” as the point of connection. Curator in Charge Andrew Bolton’s aim, he writes, is “reframing fashion as a primary site of visual and social formation”—rather than as an illustrative or lesser one. This elevation...

Sult is an interesting case study. Co-founded by Milly Goldsmith and Henry Porpora, the brand has built its following through unfiltered storytelling on social media, sharing everything from how the founders matched on Hinge, reconnected a year later, and ultimately began developing the idea for an electrolytes brand, each investing £10,000 before launch. Visually, Sult leans into bold,...

As AI creeps into their practice, creative industry professionals are being forced to take a stance, develop policies, and navigate new client expectations. “You are seeing a divergence in the marketplace,” she says. “Those who say it’s all about cost, and those who say it’s all about human creativity.”Changing expectationsIn the middle of it all are the agents...

Are there too many reboots and sequels coming out of Hollywood these days? Indubitably. (My kingdom for some original IP!) But you’ll never catch me complaining about a brand-new installment of my favorite 1998 witchy-sister romp, Practical Magic—especially since Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, and Dianne Wiest are all reprising their roles as the Owens girls.We’ve now...

In the six months since I wrote about my journey to quitting weed, I can’t tell you how many friends and acquaintances have approached me at parties or DMed me on Instagram about wanting to do the same thing. Though I’m not sure I’m qualified to help anyone else gauge their boundaries with marijuana, it’s an honor whenever...

Is that Anne Hathaway at The Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere in New York? Yeah. It is.Hathaway and her stylist Erin Walsh have paid homage to her character Andy Sachs throughout the film’s globe-spanning press tour. At their kickoff in Mexico City, Hathaway’s thigh-high Stella McCartney boots called back to her makeover montage in the Runway closet; and...

If you’ve fallen deep down the K-beauty rabbit hole and consider yourself someone who knows their stuff—whether it’s navigating the best finds at Olive Young or understanding the difference between ampoules and essences—you likely already know that a Korean hair routine is just as layered as its approach to skincare.Aside from the clarifying shampoos and nourishing masks that...

“I’m sorry, do you have some prior commitment? Some hideous skirt convention you have to go to?” Such is a snarky line that Emily Blunt delivers as Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada, a character who would rather faint than wear something hideous. Her glamorous look for the sequel’s New York premiere tonight was no exception.Making her...