It seemed like a typical first day of class. In January, Matthew Prince, a public relations executive at Taco Bell who teaches at Chapman University in Southern California, was telling 80 students what to expect from his influencer marketing course as he walked them through the syllabus projected onto a screen at the front of…
When Manfred Thierry Mugler passed away last year, he was in the early stages of a new project. A collaboration with H&M—one that will bring the ultra-viral, outré brand to a wider audience—was one of the last things the iconic designer worked on with Casey Cadwallader, Mugler’s creative director. “It was so great that we…
Russel Davies and Wendy Wilkie were ready to start walking. After raising six children from previous relationships in a five-bedroom converted barn in the countryside outside Aberdeen, Scotland, all the empty rooms and open spaces began to feel superfluous. “We started thinking about what we wanted to do next,” said Mr. Davies, 64, the chief…
To the marketers trying to reboot milk as a sports drink for Generation Z, Yvonne Zapata seemed like the perfect ambassador. An exuberant 24-year-old marathoner from Brooklyn, she describes herself as a proud Latina runner. Her nickname is Miss Outside. The Milk Processor Education Program signed her to its 26.2 project, an ambitious effort to…
Chances are you haven’t received an invitation to the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey on May 6, but you can nonetheless join the merrymaking in the streets by splurging on a London getaway. Whether you want a classic English hotel in the heart of Mayfair or a bold newcomer at the reinvented…
When considering new investments for your wardrobe, there are quite a lot of hero items to consider. Do I drop half a paycheck on a new coat? Is it time to think about replacing those year-old boots? Or, do I turn my sights to a new bag? This season, the answer is the latter. Bottega…
We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Previous SlideUse Arrow Keys to NavigateNext Slide courtesy of brands View Gallery 10 Slides Per usual, this year’s Watches and Wonders was rife with exciting new styles. After all, the industry’s biggest watch show is known for offering attendees…
Raghavan Iyer, who as a young man left India for the United States clueless about how to cook even a simple potato curry and went on to teach America’s heartland how to prepare one of the world’s most complex cuisines, died on Friday in San Francisco. He was 61. The cause was pneumonia complicated by…
What is the price of great, commercially celebrated beauty? What pain and loss accompany it? And what happens to a young girl turned into an icon before even hitting puberty? These key questions are addressed in “Pretty Baby,” a thoughtful and moving documentary about Brooke Shields that premiered on Hulu on April 3. Ms. Shields…
While on hiatus last spring from his job as a writer and director for “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Mike Karnell went to Mercanteinfiera, a trade fair in Parma, Italy, where he had one mission: Find the lamps. There, he met an older Italian vendor who invited Mr. Karnell to visit his warehouses in Milan.…