I started dating a new guy two months ago. Things have been going very well. I also have $5,000 in credit card debt that I am working hard to pay down. The subject came up when he asked me why I always use a debit card. (I don’t want to add a penny to my…
The babydoll dress swept through the spring 2023 runways like no other silhouette. From Loewe’s dynamic striped wonders to Versace’s Courtney Love-esque little nothings, loose-fitting, pint-sizes dresses with major volume quickly became the garment on everyone’s minds. And then, there was M3GAN, 2023’s lifelike AI doll horror heroine who proudly sports a pale pink silk…
While there’s no doubt that ballet flats are everywhere right now, the definition of what constitutes a ballet flat is somewhat elastic. Here are some helpful parameters to keep in mind when looking for a pair of your own: They are roughly the shape of ballet slippers with a round toe. (This seems obvious, but…
SEOUL — When the news emerged on Tuesday that Jeremy Scott had stepped down as the creative director of the Italian designer label Moschino after 10 years, he was busy settling into his latest destination: South Korea. Via video call on Tuesday, Mr. Scott — in Seoul for Wednesday’s unveiling of Re:Style, his sustainable fashion…
Pearls of Wisdom Every birthday, my Filipino grandmother gave me pearls: necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings. Always tissue-wrapped and labeled with her fine handwriting. Pearls are what she believed a woman should be: polished, elegant. When I was in my punk-rock teens, her gifts drove me crazy — then guilty. “Please, grandma, save your money!” She…
Hours before the cast of the HBO drama “Succession” gathered for the premiere of its fourth and final season, the news broke: Rupert Murdoch, 92, the chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News, announced in his own tabloid that he was engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, a former police chaplain of…
It’s official: the -cores are dead, and with their timely demise comes a resurgence of preppy, minimalist dressing that focuses on well-made pieces meant to stand the test of time (and trends). And Tommy Hilfiger, the American designer famous for pioneering the ’80s and ’90s prep aesthetic, knows a thing or two about timeless, perpetually…
As cliché as it sounds, warm weather does feel like a breath of fresh air. After months of darkness, the moment the sun shines well into the evening, it’s all about outfit planning for balmy nights spent sitting outside at dinner with a drink and friends. To create actual looks this spring, update your closet…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Of all the things to re-enter the fashion chat for spring, an 18th-century accoutrement that has zero real-world practicality was probably not on anyone’s bingo card. Nevertheless, panniers, or hooped petticoats undergirding the hips, and their 16th- and 17th-century relatives, farthingales,…
A few years after Demi Raven and Janet Galore were introduced by a mutual friend and fell in love, they starting looking for a home where they could live together. But for artists with careers in technology, it was clear that a cookie-cutter house would not suffice. “We spent some time thinking about what kind…