Beauty

Paris may have wrapped weeks ago, but the runway season isn’t over just yet. Shanghai Fashion Week brought its own eclectic point of view to the fall 2026 collections, with each label adding its own twists to the season’s burgeoning trends. Designers like Yirantian offered svelte takes on suiting, while Markgong’s woman got sexed up for an online...

“Have you tried an adaptogen like saffron?” my psychiatrist asked me during our quarterly check-in after I explained I had been experiencing some pretty glum mood shifts, frayed nerves, and task paralysis due to the mounting stress I was feeling. My normal “reset and recalibrate” methods weren’t working like they normally did.Though I hadn’t then sought out adaptogens...

We style our clothes in unique outfit combinations, tailor our skin-care products to our complexion’s needs; and yet, we long thought our fragrance choices had to be singular. The hunt for a “signature scent” limited the nuance that your daily scent can be customized, too.Fragrance layering allows for infinite scent possibilities beyond the pre-prescribed notes in a single...

A new way to shop is coming to fruition in the age of AI, which dominated discussions at this year’s Shoptalk event in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a few years spent talking about the implications of generative AI — and experimenting with new ways of working with the tech — more companies debuted new tools and formats that...

Last season, a pair of petal-domed earrings proved such a hit that Han Chong recast them as buttons on a red-and-turquoise bouclé jacket for fall. It’s the sort of piece you can imagine a fashion editor unearthing on resale, then throwing over a band tee and micro-shorts for a night out. There’s a real trend for this kind...

Liushu Lei and Yutong Jiang had the vibiest show of Shanghai Fashion Week this season thanks in large part to the thrilled sorority of Shushu/Tong girls that flocked to the Labelhood venue to see it. The core appeal of the brand seemed to be epitomized in Lei’s explanation as to why they’d called this collection The Invented Self:...

Words and images by Cheril SanchezThe first time I recall a connection to Brazil, I was eleven years old. It was 2002 and I was watching O Clone, a Brazilian novela that aired in Spanish on Telemundo in the evenings. I watched it religiously. Two years later, during the FIFA World Cup, I discovered Ronaldinho. He was my...

Shanghai Fashion Week FW26 closed on a symbolic high note with Glenn Martens’ runway show for Maison Margiela, which was a moment that underscored both the designer’s growing resonance in China and the broader transformation underway across the market.This season unfolded against a still-fragile macroeconomic backdrop, yet the mood on the ground felt notably more constructive. Rather than...

Arden Fanning Andrews, Beauty Editor-at-LargeMy 4 Times Square meeting with Anna, circa 2013, was the grand finale of a week of interviews (six, including one with OG beauty queen Sarah Brown). Running low on dry-cleaned looks, I ignored misinformation on best practices for the occasion (Spend $20K-plus on designer! Go blonde! Get a blowout! Don’t wear pants!) and...

Conventional wisdom suggests work and wine-tasting may not go hand in hand, but this listing in the heart of Sonoma Valley says otherwise. This spacious property features a guest cottage and high-speed internet, offering a remote spot to tackle your do-to list before embarking on a winery tour. (However, if you need a break from the home office,...