In arguing to keep Sean Combs in jail until his trial on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, prosecutors have portrayed him as a lavishly wealthy, well-connected music mogul who would be well positioned to flee. In court papers, prosecutors cited media reporting that estimated his wealth at close to …
Read More »Crowds at the Row’s Sample Sale Beg a Question: Can It Stay Cool?
What about the Row makes its take on a simple sweater that much better than a version by, say, the Gap? The Row, a luxury label founded in 2006 by Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, has become widely recognized — revered, even, by certain fashion writers — for its interpretations …
Read More »Not Just Any Old Warehouse
It wasn’t enough for Ricky Choi, the co-founder of the clothing company Nice Laundry, to make high-quality socks, underwear and lounge attire. He wanted to deliver those goods in sturdy, chic packages, something his customers would appreciate and remember. In its first years, Nice Laundry, a direct-to-consumer brand, hired a …
Read More »The Captain Jack Sparrow of Baking
Long hair, strong eyebrows, silver hoop earrings, a goatee and the occasional bandanna makes Dylan Bachelet’s style feel both unique and uncannily familiar. Though Mr. Bachelet, a talented 20-year-old contestant on the current season of “The Great British Baking Show,” did not initially get much screen time in the series …
Read More »Draw Sports Fans to an Art Museum? That’s the Goal.
As museums experiment with ways of attracting new visitors beyond a niche audience of art lovers, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has assembled an ambitious exhibition anchored in a subject with wide appeal: sports. Occupying over 13,000 square feet and the museum’s entire seventh floor, “Get in the …
Read More »These Scientists Tested Dolphin Breath. They Found Plastic.
Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been detected in the breath of dolphins. The findings, published on Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One, point to the ubiquitousness of …
Read More »Space: The Final Fashion Frontier
In its quest to shape the aesthetics of everything, the fashion world has extended its glossy, well-decorated tentacles into all sorts of unexpected areas: sports, film, hotels, furniture, publishing. And, as of Wednesday, space. The cosmos is not just the final frontier, apparently. It’s the final fashion frontier. Or so …
Read More »Kim Jones Leaving Fendi
The tectonic plates of the fashion world are shifting once again. On Friday, LVMH confirmed that Kim Jones would be stepping down from his post as women’s wear designer at Fendi after four years, but that he would remain as artistic director of Dior men’s wear, a job he has …
Read More »5 Cities. 13 Schools. 47 First-Day Looks.
No matter where they live, the beginning of a new school year is an opportunity for kids to show the world who they are and what they think looks cool right now. But how much does where you live play into personal style? To see if we could spot any …
Read More »Did a Small Dog Inspire the Next ‘It’ Bag?
Over the past year or so, a growing number of brands have embraced a new handbag shape. It’s neither bowler nor baguette; not a satchel or a saddle. Skinny and elongated, it has a figure similar to that of a hot dog bun — or a wiener dog. You could …
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