After a year of COVID lockdowns, optimism was the prevailing attitude of the fall 2021 collections, and it’s the defining characteristic of this year’s LVMH Prize semi-finalists too. “They’re resolutely turned towards the future,” said Delphine Arnault, the executive vice president of Louis Vuitton and founder of the prize, in an email exchange. A “constant … Read more
In Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, just 10 miles from the courtroom where former police officer Derek Chauvin is currently on trial for his involvement in the death of George Floyd, residents have once again taken to the streets to protest the killing of another young Black man by police. The victim has been identified as Daunte … Read more
Spring is always a universal sign of hope. But for the New York restaurant industry, pummeled brutally by the pandemic, it’s of particular resonance this year: whereas 2020 was marked by news of closures, for the first time in 13 months there are several openings to report. Across the city, new, buzzy eateries are popping … Read more
Great style can bring a smile to your face—bright colors, illustrated prints, and playful details in particular. Last week, as celebrities headed to virtual events, birthday parties, and hosting gigs, they kept their outfits exuberant. On Easter Sunday, Kendall Jenner posted an idyllic photo where she posed amid golf course greenery while wearing a pastel … Read more
Gucci gets a lot of love. Celebrities like Jared Leto go gaga for creative director Alessandro Michele’s vision of magpie glam. Tom Ford’s archival sexed-up Gucci pieces from when he revived the house from 1995 year to 2004 also have a viral appeal. But what about Gucci before the heavyweight designers were brought in? I … Read more
Shaina Mote grew up with a mother who rescued horses and a father who rescued trees. As an arborist, or “tree surgeon,” her dad’s job was to dig up, re-plant, and protect them from destruction; at one point, he stopped a developer from cutting down a 400-ton oak, apparently the largest tree on the planet. … Read more
For over a year, I’ve had two different hair colors taking up semi-permanent residence on my head. I bleached my naturally brown hair blonde shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, grieving a friend-breakup and desperate for some sort of aesthetic distraction; just months later, though, the closure of salons across the country made it impossible … Read more
I have a confession to make: it’s been less than a month since I cleared the two-week mark after the second Pfizer jab that rendered me CDC-approved to hang out with other vaccinated people, and I’m already so socially exhausted that I canceled plans to spend tonight lying motionless under my duvet watching The Comeback. … Read more
Photo: Courtesy of Balmain Over the past few days, we’ve seen the babetastic singer Maluma and Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing working on artistic endeavors on Instagram. Yesterday Rousteing posted a video on Instagram of himself intently coloring in an illustration with a collection of markers, asking his fans what their “fav colors” were. A black tank … Read more
At Angel Chen’s runway show in Shanghai, models crept out of a black-painted bamboo thicket. When we speak over Zoom shortly after, she smiles at the scene, describing them as “little creatures.” Covered in shaggy neon shearlings and voluminous down-filled coats, Chen’s models do have the appearance of super-human life forms. Toeing that line between … Read more