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Haider Ackermann’s talent for conjuring atmosphere in fashion is so powerful that he once held a menswear collection in almost total darkness, explaining that he wanted us to “smell the clothes.” The result was pretty much universally adoring industry applause. Over a decade later at Tom Ford, the designer’s presentation format for commercially essential pre-collections is similarly counter-intuitive:...

Earlier in the day, on their panel ‘Luxury’s New Value System: How Changing Consumer Behaviors Are Reshaping Brand Priorities’, Mosseri and Ripley also discussed the importance of knowing their customer. The two New York staple brands were built in very different ways: Still Here is all-in on physical retail, while Christopher John Rogers’s brand world is built through...

When you lose a parent, grief becomes a quiet presence at every milestone. Happy occasions like birthdays, graduations, or a new home don’t feel quite like they should, each one ever so slightly tainted by the thought that someone so important is missing. I lost my mom when I was 17: the terminal diagnosis was quick, leaving us—me,...

I headed to the Union Square farmers market. From Halal Pastures and Norwich Meadows Farm, I collected eight varieties, ranging from thumb-​size La Rattes to a breed developed by Stone Barns’ Dan Barber and Cornell University plant breeder and geneticist Walter De Jong called Upstate Abundance. Visiting from Spain, I didn’t have a kitchen of my own in...

The FIFA World Cup isn’t all fun and games: between the catchy anthems and actual displays of athletic prowess is also some very serious fashion.No, I’m not referring to the jerseys—although this year’s Nike-designed ones are admittedly pretty great—but to the wives and girlfriends (or, as we’ve come to lovingly know them, WAGs) of the soccer players, who...

As soon as Luca de Meo took on the CEO role at Kering in September, he was convinced that luxury’s next chapter should include a strong dialogue between cultures. With a particular emphasis on Europe and China, this quickly evolved into the idea of a creative residency to support Chinese design talent through the Kering ecosystem.Fast forward to...

Ours was a green card wedding. That was the bit. I wore white but not a dress. He wore black, but he only ever wears black. And it was less a wedding than an early dinner at an Uzbek restaurant in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, with 20-odd friends. We were in our mid-30s, wildly in love but staunchly pragmatic...

The partner slateThe most obvious way to ride the Knicks wave is as an official sponsor. This provides a direct line to the team, and a way to show up in the stadium in a way that other brands don’t have access to.Kith founder Ronnie Fieg bet early on his hometown team’s merch. Fieg’s first collection for the...

I sit in an arcade overrun with unaccompanied minors, setting up a private party for my grandmother’s 80th birthday. I arrange a tower of SusieCakes my diabetic family has no business eating and welcome aunties I haven’t seen in years. In a whisper, I ask my mother why we aren’t gathered at a restaurant; you know, something more...

Has the time for a French pedicure revival arrived? Kylie Jenner surely thinks so. Earlier today, the beauty entrepreneur shared photos from a recent trip to Turks and Caicos—including a shot of her retro pedi.Unlike French manicures, which have long maintained their reputation as a nail art classic, French pedicures—defined by the same pinkish base and white tip—have...