Beauty

I know my friends and family are sick of me asking if they applied sunscreen today—energy better spent encouraging the use of the best moisturizer with SPF instead of trying to shoehorn another step into an already curated skin-care routine. As the old adage says, “Work smarter, not…,” so if your sunscreen isn’t doubling as skin care, it...

When the family moved in, there was a surprisingly small amount to be done. “I wallpapered and painted and put in new carpeting and decorated, but I didn’t want to gut renovate,” Lederman says. The majority of the work happened in about six months, which in the design world, where projects can stretch on for years, was relatively...

Some seasons ago now, balletcore jetéd its way back into fashion with the tentative return of the ballet flat. A full dancewear-inspired wardrobe for the girls followed. But a latex-ed and tutu-skirted Rosalía sees your leotards, wrap cardis, and stirrup leggings and raises you: the prima dominatrixina.The singer, who is in New York for the rescheduled dates of...

Optimization gives way to excessGen Z has been widely characterized as one of the most sober-curious generations, more likely to prioritize gym sessions over late nights out, or macro-tracking over bar tabs. However, that long-standing narrative of restraint may be starting to shift.“The concept I’ve been playing with is what I call ‘nihilistic indulgence’,” says Euromonitor’s Malandrakis. “The...

In a secret location just outside Seoul, a metal fence stretches across a sprawling field, where hundreds of shirts, pants, hoodies, bags, and dresses are laid out like sunbathing vacationers. Over the course of a couple of months, the sustained force of the South Korean sunlight will cause each garment to fade, creating idiosyncratic sun-bleached patterns that designer...

“There is more awareness of the role that Indian artisans play in Western haute couture, but I think it’s just the start of the conversation,” says US-based digital fashion commentator Hanan Besovic. “Too many houses need to acknowledge that a lot of their craft has been done in India. But as far as the perception of fashion goes,...

“Just clothing.” As ridiculously self-evident as that sounds, at MM6 Maison Margiela nothing is ever just anything. Behind its distinctive aesthetic is a methodology and, for those who know how to look, an element of surprise. In this season’s collection notes, the brand described this as “everyday dressing made strange.”Then again, coming up with fresh takes on staples,...

Michael Jordan with his black Ferrari 512 TR and “M AIR J” license plate, Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV in old-school Adidas crouched on a fiery red supercar that didn’t quite look like a Ferrari, Christopher Lambert in a Ferrari 550 and a hitman-smooth trench: Rocco Iannone’s moodboard for this pre-spring collection was especially fueled by US references....

Love is a many-splendored thing, especially when you’re gawking at it from the outside. In this column, we examine the celebrity couples who give us hope for our own romantic futures as we try to learn what we can from their well-documented bonds.It should be clear from my Love Story recaps just how highly I think of Sarah...

Italy may be out of contention at the World Cup, but one thing that they’re certainly in is fashion month. The spring 2027 menswear season kicks off in Florence with the Pitti Uomo fair, a sprawling tradeshow held at Fortezza da Basso, where brands present their latest wares to peacocking dandies. This time around, Dover Street Market’s Kei...