Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. “An accidental activist.” That’s how Phillip Lim describes himself. Later, he amends this: “I just call myself activated.” But the “accidental” part, at least, could apply to much of Lim’s life trajectory. He also considers himself to be “an accidental designer,”…
On a recent evening, a padel club here was full, as friends played under floodlights. One devotee, Patricio Guzman, started during the pandemic. Mr. Guzman, 38, never played tennis, but now plays padel four times a week — sometimes five, if he competes in a tournament. “I’m addicted to it,” he said. Several players had…
First came Fendi, then came Arnaldo Pomodoro. The famed Italian sculptor was born just a year after the historic Italian fashion house that has taken inspiration from his work over a decade-long relationship. Now Fendi is celebrating the interplay between the two with Arnaldo Pomodoro: The Great Theatre of Civilizations, an exhibition of the artist’s…
She knew what she was in for: the talking over her, the bluster, the alternate version of history, the controversy. She was as prepared as possible. And she was dressed for the arena. When Kaitlan Collins interviewed Donald J. Trump in his first appearance on CNN since 2016, moderating the Republican town hall on Wednesday,…
“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. When Ana Ros became the head chef at Hisa Franko, a restaurant in the Slovenian countryside, she had no experience cooking professionally or running a restaurant. She had never gone to culinary school, nor had she dreamed of being a chef as…
Palm Springs conjures many images in the popular imagination: California oasis, Old Hollywood hide-out, golf and tennis hot spot, midcentury modern pilgrimage site. But long before Richard Neutra’s airy, glassy Kaufmann House or John Lautner’s concrete-domed Elrod House, there was Welwood Murray’s rickety wooden bathhouse. That two-room shack, built over a hot spring in the…
On April 4, 2022, Sally LaPointe, designer, co-founder and creative director of her namesake company, LaPointe, a ready-to-wear, monochromatic color-driven luxury fashion brand, took on an additional role — host. Ms. LaPointe, 38, clad in black, stood out instantly, perhaps almost purposefully, in her one-bedroom apartment, on Broome Street in SoHo, as everything was dripping…
From the designer’s perspective, the upsides are clear: H&M offers intense exposure, including press coverage and a robust marketing budget. Prince and Nicki Minaj performed at a party celebrating Versace’s collaboration in 2011. Sofia Coppola directed a commercial for Marni’s collection in 2012, as did Baz Luhrmann for Erdem in 2017. It can also be…
Heather Armstrong, the breakout star behind the website Dooce, who was hailed as the queen of the so-called mommy bloggers for giving millions of readers intimate daily glimpses of her odyssey through parenthood and marriage, as well as her harrowing struggles with depression, died on Tuesday at her home in Salt Lake City. She was…
The fans had already been lining the sidewalk for hours when Jennie Kim stepped out of her car. On an otherwise calm street in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong district, the Blackpink singer, rapper, and all-around style icon celebrated the launch of her new capsule collection with Calvin Klein. She was aptly dressed in a monochrome lilac look,…