LOS ANGELES — For six months, Disney has kept tens of thousands of theme park workers on furlough with full health-care benefits in hopes that a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel would appear. On Tuesday, Disney conceded that none was coming. The company’s theme park division said it would eliminate 28,000 jobs…
A special-edition pair of Crocs released in collaboration with the Latin pop star Bad Bunny went on sale on Tuesday at noon. Within 16 minutes, they were sold out. The Bad Bunny Crocs, adorned with glow-in-the-dark versions of the brand’s proprietary Jibbitz charms and Bad Bunny’s logo, were the latest in a series of highly…
A new scientific report confirms that cats and dogs can be infected by the novel coronavirus, and that neither animal is likely to get sick. Cats, however, do develop a strong, protective immune response, which may make them worth studying when it comes to human vaccines. There is still no evidence to suggest that pets…
A wariness of spam calls and phishing scams has stymied coronavirus contact-tracing efforts around the country to the extent that elected leaders are pleading with their constituents to pick up their phones. The mayor of the District of Columbia even channeled Lionel Richie in an attempt to get people to listen. “Hello? Yes, it’s you…
Examining Museum Fashion Collections The Incredible Whiteness of the Museum Fashion Collection Getty Images (portraits), Nicholas Alan Cope (Pierre Balmain’s dress), via The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute (garments) In the small group of high-culture institutions that venerate the art of fashion, Black designers have been largely overlooked. Sept. 29, 2020 It would have…
On Aug. 8, 1974, Lillian Brown, a longtime makeup artist for presidents, was urgently summoned to the White House, where she saw President Richard M. Nixon sobbing. Engulfed by the Watergate scandal, he was about to go on national television and announce that he was resigning. If he didn’t stop crying, she knew, his makeup…
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Maria Grazia Chiuri wants us to heal. The creative director reflected on moving through a world battling with COVID-19, and explored how fashion fits into our new reality. “We are traversing a period of crisis that is radically transforming behaviors, habits and rituals,” the brand stated in its press release. “Our spirits have changed, as…
For fashion fans growing up in the ’90s, Helmut Lang was it. The New York–based Austrian designer was largely credited with defining the style of the decade. He emphasized minimalism by tapering his silhouettes and nixing the frills and embellishments that characterized the designs of his contemporaries. He pioneered the use of denim, metals, and…
Headliner Vestry The original plan was to open a year ago, then construction delays and the pandemic altered that schedule. Now, Shaun Hergatt, the highly regarded Australian chef who has made a 20-year career of high-end cooking in New York, is finally opening his own restaurant. Because of pandemic restrictions, it won’t be exactly as…