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Hotel: The Hotel San José on South Congress Street is close to The Continental Club, and is also a nice place to grab a drink. (The Continental Club has been around since 1955, and is an amazing place to hear live music. I saw Kathy Valentine of the Go-Gos play a farewell concert there with The Bluebonnets, just...

At the same time, the fundamental question remains: do consumers actually want to see themselves online when they’re shopping? And how do these models fit within the future of AI search shopping?Everyone wants to power creator storefrontsAll this AI innovation has sparked an affiliate marketing renaissance, as the global creator economy swells. Goldman Sachs predicts the global creator...

True vintage had a serious comeback in 2025. What do I mean by this? I’m talking about rediscovering lesser known vintage labels, the ones barely known even to those in the know. While hunting down a piece of archival Dior and Chanel will always offer a special sense of triumph, there’s something thrilling about freeing yourself from the usual...

Quiet luxury aside, the products and brands that are trending in the West are also likely to be trending in Nigeria. That’s largely thanks to Nigeria’s young and social media-savvy population, with some 70% under 30 years old. “Nigerians are very trend-responsive,” says Gobir. “We’re in the top five countries that consume social media the most globally, so...

“Consumers no longer blindly accept premium pricing without proof,” says Emilie Bruyere, founder of creative agency Dusc Studio, which has worked on campaigns with Burberry, Marc Jacobs and Audemars Piguet. “In a time of economic pressure, AI fatigue and deep mistrust of brands and influencer marketing, people crave tangibility and credibility that align with pricing.” Today’s shoppers research...

Circulose — the Swedish recycler that rose from the ashes of Renewcell — says its efforts to shore up the recycled viscose supply chain are starting to show promise. It comes at a critical time for next-gen materials, in which investor confidence has been wavering after a series of collapses hit headlines.On Tuesday, Circulose announced multi-year partnerships with...

If 2024 was the year the best lip liners went mainstream, 2025 was the year they evolved. Amid the splashy makeup innovations that saw everything from foundation to eyeliner get a revamp in recent years, lip liner had largely remained the same. Finally given the attention it deserves, a slew of brands are reimagining this humble pencil as...

If I could dress like one person for the rest of my life, it’d be Fran Fine, heroine of the ’90s sitcom The Nanny. Everything she wore was colorful and perfectly coordinated, from the top of her bouffant to the tip of her slingbacks—whether she was in fruit-appliquéd Moschino, rainbow Todd Oldham, or minis from Courrèges, Anna Sui,...

Short hair dominated 2025, but the two cuts in particular that were seen on every celebrity and cool girl we love were the classic bob and the bixie. The bob cut is universally beloved and works on pretty much everyone, which is why it continues to trend every year. “You can tailor it endlessly; soft edges with movement...

Yigal Azrouël is nothing if not consistent. As a designer, he is not necessarily seeking external inspiration, but is someone always looking to expand on the same push and pull of masculinity and femininity, hard and soft. It’s a brief that can grow stagnant, but this season, Azrouël hit a groove, which he will hopefully run with in...