The energy was contagious. Celebrity hairstylist and newly-minted New York Times bestselling author Chris Appleton—whose debut memoir Your Roots Don’t Define You was released earlier this month—was eager for Addison Rae to take the stage. “I think she’s been killing it,” Appleton, who was joined by his 21-year-old daughter Kitty-Blu,...

It’s snowing in Berlin where the fall 2026 shows are underway. Black is still the go-to uniform for Berliners, but a few are opting to go against the norm in colorful ’fits. Follow along as photographer Maxine Stiller captures the best-dressed guests from the fall 2026 shows in the German...

Jason Kim Vaughn and Patrick Vaughn’s first date didn’t quite go as planned. It was 2014, and Patrick had asked Jason out after connecting on a dating app at Harvard, where Jason was on a gap year from his studies at the Graduate School of Design, and Patrick was in...

A lone couturier from Dubai, the Syrian-born Rami Al Ali held his sophomore couture week outing in a venue tucked away on the Rue du Mont Thabor, a tiny side street sandwiched between the Rue de Rivoli and the Rue Saint-Honoré that is best known for niche jewelry boutiques and...

January 2016, a decade ago this week, was the last time I drank. Not that I knew it was the last drink at the time. “Never again” was as much part of my vocabulary as “shall we get another?” (a rhetorical question). I didn’t really mean to stop drinking and...

Despite that fashion narrative, there was little insight into the choices behind the clothes, nor the messaging she hoped to project with her stylistic choices. The focus was on the garments themselves: their construction; their fit; the “straight”, “sharp” details; and how good the First Lady looked in the clothing.“I’d...

My first viewing of The Favourite was an occasion that will be forever burned into my memory, largely because it was such a perfect moviegoing experience. I was alone at the Alamo Drafthouse in downtown Brooklyn; at the movies during the workday, Don Draper-style (don’t tell my former employer… oh...

And we’re back: To a snow-laden Berlin for its fall 2026 fashion week, and, if the first day’s Ioannes show is anything to go by, to the 1990s. Hard-edged minimalism shaded black, brown, or ivory. Lean jackets and even leaner bootleg pants with seams snaking around the body. Coats in...

On Friday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey did morning drop-off for his two daughters, Frida Jade, five, and Estelle Bloom, six months. “One of the more stressful parts of my day is just figuring out how to carry all this crap into daycare along with two kids,” Frey, 44, told me...

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival comes to a close this weekend, but every screening has felt tinged with melancholy. This is the final year the festival—founded by the late Robert Redford—will be held in this small Utah ski town, which annually bursts with buyers, media, movie stars, filmmakers, and cheerful...