During a recent conversation with veteran Spanish makeup artist Natalia Belda, I realized I had it all wrong about a certain beauty rule: that brown eyeliner subtracts years and softens features. Without dismissing brown—or the eye-brightening theories surrounding it—Belda offered another, more nuanced approach to choosing an eye pencil shade...

Pieter Mulier is the new chief creative officer at Versace, the company announced today. The Belgian designer joins from a successful turn at Alaïa, where he was appointed in 2021, as the first creative director of the house since Azzedine Alaïa’s death in 2017.Mulier’s appointment will be effective from July...

OK, let’s jump on that viral TikTok trend and turn back the calendar to 2016. Below you will find some of the highlights of the fall 2016 collections presented in the four fashion capitals. Among the season’s viral moments were Lady Gaga opening Marc Jacobs and Rihanna wearing the red...

Between the Taylor Swift effect, BTS fever, and the rise (and rise) of Heated Rivalry, fandoms are having a moment—making it the perfect time to dig into Jenny Tinghui Zhang’s alternately heartrending and thrilling new novel, Superfan (Flatiron Books).In Superfan, a lonely UT Austin student named Minnie becomes obsessed with...

Call to mind some of the most stunning wedding photographs you’ve ever seen: cascading flowers, radiant smiles, a few well-earned tears, maybe candlelight flickering against silk and tulle. Now imagine the same with some of those teary eyes angled down toward glowing screens, while others frame the bride with their...

As things continue to heat up, and businesses strike and celebrities speak out, bigger brands and conglomerates are left in a tougher spot than they may have anticipated, as consumers assess whether they align with their own views and values. One can’t help but think back to 2020 — the last...

When Saks Global filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, it raised uncomfortable questions about the viability of the American department store. Can a retail model built on volume and variety survive in an era of Amazon Prime and direct-to-consumer brands? And if department stores disappear, what happens to...

When Simon Porte Jacquemus teased the announcement of his first-ever brand ambassador, attention turned to the obvious candidates from his A-list inner circle, like Dua Lipa or Blackpink’s Jennie. But when the announcement arrived, the designer had swapped celebrity for something far less replicable: his personal history. The brand’s first...

Ciao, Milano! This February, the Winter Olympics touch down in Italy’s fashion capital, setting the stage for a collision of style and sport. On the ice and the slopes, American athletes will once again be outfitted by Ralph Lauren, but what about everyone else? If there were ever a moment...

Are you in the mood to liven up your look? There’s nothing like a stroke of liner in a fun color for an unexpected eye makeup moment—and the best eyeliner shades are an easy way to achieve that. But where do you begin with a rainbow spectrum of shades to...