For Loonen, the timing at which it entered the marker also played a hand. “Had we launched when I had the idea, it would’ve been pushing an educational boulder up a hill,” Sieg says. “But I think consumer awareness around these issues has grown dramatically over the past couple of years, in...

Earlier this year, when LVMH began unwinding parts of its global DFS business, including the sale of key assets to China Duty Free Group, the move was widely viewed as a corporate restructuring. Inside the travel retail industry, however, it was interpreted as something more consequential: a sign that the airport-centric, duty-free...

A few years ago, I briefly had a job ghostwriting obituaries for trans women who were victims of violent hate crimes. I will never forget reading about Josie Berrios, a trans woman burned alive by her boyfriend. Berrios should have lived far longer than 28 years. In the nine years since her...

From Ralph Lauren’s master class in American eclecticism and the return of skinny jeans (!) at Prada to Dior Men’s day-after party boys and Michael Rider’s expansive, energetic Celine, the spring 2027 men’s season has reached its conclusion (that is, until September, when the brands that show their collections co-ed-style rev up).It...

Aurora James, Lake BellPhoto: Jojo KorshImagine your most interesting friends gathered around a room, gossiping over cocktails and promising to hex each other’s exes in exchange for a home cooked meal or intel about a secret family cookie recipe. That’s exactly what unfolded at a so-called Auction of Nothing, hosted on a...

Today, France and Sweden faced off in the World Cup. Les Bleus, led by Kylian Mbappé, won the knockout match at Met Life stadium in New Jersey, advancing to play Paraguay on July 4 in Philadelphia and sending Sweden home.All the competitive, patriotic spirit swirling around the World Cup got us thinking...

Dua Lipa has returned from her Italian honeymoon, and she’s already back to work.After galavanting through Positano, Tuscany, and Basilicata with her newly minted husband, Callum Turner, the singer has returned Stateside—New York City, specifically—where she immediately headed to Electric Lady Studios, wired headphones dangling from her phone. (Surely the vancza to...

Just as people are left- or right-handed, some brands tend more toward fall, others to spring. Arnar Már Jónsson and Luke Stevens’s Ranra tends to the former. “Primarily our focus is always on outerwear and dressing for colder climates,” observed Stevens, “and we really wanted to strip all of that back this...

Nike full-year revenues were down 2% in constant currency for fiscal 2026 to $46.4 billion, the brand said on Tuesday. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, sales were down 1% year-on-year to $11 billion. Full-year results beat analyst expectations of about $46.27 billion, reflecting steps towards Nike’s much-needed turnaround. Shares fell...

You can always count on John Alexander Skelton to have uncovered a fascinating corner of British history you were previously unaware of to spark his collections. This season, that was a single (and singular) figure: Anna Maria Garthwaite, an 18th-century silk designer who eschewed the prevailing trends of geometric patterns in favor...