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Men at the Golden Globes Give Shiv Roy from 'Succession'

Men at the Golden Globes Give Shiv Roy from 'Succession'

There were two types of men on the red carpet: penguins and Shivs.

Jan 8, 2024

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3 min read

Privacy Is the Ultimate Luxury

Privacy Is the Ultimate Luxury

When will more brands figure out how to capitalize on this?

Jan 5, 2024

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3 min read

10 Fashion Predictions for 2024

10 Fashion Predictions for 2024

Plus, a review of how last year's predictions fared.

LockSimple

Dec 20, 2023

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3 min read

When Wearing Historic Clothing Does — and Doesn’t — Make Sense

When Wearing Historic Clothing Does — and Doesn’t — Make Sense

Kim Kardashian shouldn't have worn Marilyn Monroe's dress to the Met Gala in 2022. But in some instances, wearing historic fashion makes sense, argues veteran conservator Sarah Scaturro.

Dec 19, 2023

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3 min read

The Tyranny of Getting Ready

The Tyranny of Getting Ready

What does getting ready cost us?

Dec 15, 2023

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3 min read

The Biggest Fashion Story of 2023

The Biggest Fashion Story of 2023

The luxury industry is at an inflection point, says journalist Dana Thomas, who authored the seminal Y2K book on how the industry works, Deluxe.

Dec 12, 2023

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3 min read

Chanel Shows in Manchester, Asks Regular Folk to Keep Off Balconies

Chanel Shows in Manchester, Asks Regular Folk to Keep Off Balconies

Yet another city street succumbs to a luxury brand's all-important marketing event.

Dec 8, 2023

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3 min read

Kim Kardashian Turned Ubiquity Into $4 Billion

Kim Kardashian Turned Ubiquity Into $4 Billion

Kardashian was everywhere in 2023 — for a reason.

Dec 5, 2023

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3 min read

Do People Gift These Things?

Do People Gift These Things?

A tour of some luxury goods I found in holiday gift guides.

LockSimple

Nov 29, 2023

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3 min read

Retail Confessions, Bridal Edition: Monique Lhuillier

Retail Confessions, Bridal Edition: Monique Lhuillier

"Sometimes when a lot of people are trying dresses on, things just get stinky."

LockSimple

Nov 21, 2023

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3 min read

So, You Want to Be a Fashion Journalist...

So, You Want to Be a Fashion Journalist...

Sustainable fashion journalist and author Alden Wicker and I discuss the highs and lows of this crazy, rapidly changing business.

Nov 17, 2023

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3 min read

Internet Aghast at Vogue's Lauren Sanchez Profile

Internet Aghast at Vogue's Lauren Sanchez Profile

The response to anything Vogue has published may not have been this blistering since Anna Wintour first put Kim Kardashian on the cover.

Nov 15, 2023

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7 min read

The Met's 'Sleeping Beauties' Isn't About Disney

The Met's 'Sleeping Beauties' Isn't About Disney

Historic dresses get the old dust-off.

Nov 9, 2023

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3 min read

Shopping Content Won't Save 'Vogue' or Condé Nast

Shopping Content Won't Save 'Vogue' or Condé Nast

Exclusive reporting on what's going on at British Vogue as Edward Enninful prepares to exit.

LockSimple

Nov 8, 2023

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3 min read

Heads Explode Over Phoebe Philo's Prices

Heads Explode Over Phoebe Philo's Prices

"Love that people will be dishing out thousands of dollars to look like a ceramicist married to a hedge fund manager."

Nov 2, 2023

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3 min read

Why Does the Fashion Industry Give Creatives Like Kanye West a Pass?

Why Does the Fashion Industry Give Creatives Like Kanye West a Pass?

Soaring profits have long excused wildly inappropriate behavior.

LockSimple

Oct 31, 2023

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3 min read

Why Britney Spears Refused to Thrash Her Hair

Why Britney Spears Refused to Thrash Her Hair

"Everyone who was making money off me wanted me to move my hair, and I knew it — and so I did everything but that," she writes in her memoir.

Oct 26, 2023

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3 min read

Retail Confessions: The Nordstrom and Gucci Vet Who Has Seen It All

Retail Confessions: The Nordstrom and Gucci Vet Who Has Seen It All

"When we were doing the opening of the New York store for Nordstrom, one client wanted an Uber Copter to take her into the city from the airport."

LockSimple

Oct 24, 2023

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3 min read

In the Era of 'It' Shoes, Suffering Is a Given

In the Era of 'It' Shoes, Suffering Is a Given

Lately, the primal urgency to own something simply because it is fabulous seems to exist mostly for shoes. No matter how uncomfortable they are.

Oct 19, 2023

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3 min read

Victoria Beckham Is the True Star of the Netflix 'Beckham' Doc

Victoria Beckham Is the True Star of the Netflix 'Beckham' Doc

Warning: we're going to have to talk about soccer.

LockSimple

Oct 17, 2023

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3 min read

Sad Beige Kids' Clothes Aren't Going Anywhere

Sad Beige Kids' Clothes Aren't Going Anywhere

The stealth wealth trend comes for children.

LockSimple

Oct 12, 2023

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3 min read

Pharrell's at Louis Vuitton, But Where's the Hip-Hop Met Gala?

Pharrell's at Louis Vuitton, But Where's the Hip-Hop Met Gala?

Fashion's road to embracing hip-hop has been a bumpy one, as the new book Fashion Killa by Sowmya Krishnamurthy explains.

Oct 10, 2023

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3 min read

A Bedbug Infestation, A Late Kardashian, and More from Paris Fashion Week

A Bedbug Infestation, A Late Kardashian, and More from Paris Fashion Week

Plus: Is Demna the "David Guetta of fashion"?

LockSimple

Oct 5, 2023

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3 min read

Retail Confessions: Louis Vuitton, Part I

Retail Confessions: Louis Vuitton, Part I

"Guys would come in to buy push presents. They would buy a Never Full [handbag] or a diaper bag for their wife. They would also buy anything mini for the baby."

LockSimple

Oct 4, 2023

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3 min read

Travis Kelce: Fashion Influencer

Travis Kelce: Fashion Influencer

Like it or not, the zeitgeist has spoken.

Oct 2, 2023

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3 min read

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