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Of Barneys’ Bankruptcy, Pride and the Fall

Image Barneys on Madison Avenue, in 2014.CreditAndrew Renneisen/The New York Times It has been striking, over the last few weeks, to watch the almost gleeful flow of reports and speculation about the maybe-probably-now-confirmed bankruptcy of Barneys New York, the fabled department store. Starting in mid-July, when Reuters broke the news that a rent hike at…

Square-Toed Shoes Are Getting Square-ier

Courtesy It’s hip to be square this season, because every designer is cashing in on this shape of shoe. We’ve seen versions of this ’90s style over the years, but the newest versions are somehow… square-ier? Leading the pack is Bottega Veneta under the new creative vision of Daniel Lee. His first collection of accessories…

Shirts for Lifelong New Yorkers and Those Who Would Like to Pass for One

Image Kevin Fallon opened Fantasy Explosion to sell decades-old T-shirts from niche corners of the city. CreditKevin Hagen for The New York Times Recently, in the basement of my mom’s house upstate, I discovered two boxes full of clothes that somehow got diverted from me back in 1997. They were full of gems — old merch…

Wait, People Pay for Tinder?

“Tinder’s definitely not a game,” said Elie Seidman, the company’s chief executive, in a recent interview. “At the core, it’s about human connection.” If you squint, though, the app doesn’t look so different from the countless mobile games on the market. Tinder has a clear objective and explicit rules. At any time of day, there…

Amazon Fashion Launches ‘The Drop’ With The Fashion Guitar’s Charlotte Groeneveld

Chose your fighter: Amazon’s Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe service or The Drop, a collection curated by your favorite influencers? Well, it may just have to be both because today, August 6, Amazon is releasing its newest collection for The Drop curated by The Fashion Guitar blogger herself, Charlotte Groeneveld. The Drop Women’s Spearmint Green…

The Model Alliance Calls on Victoria’s Secret to Do More to Protect Models From Abuse

Dimitrios KambourisGetty Images The Model Alliance made a big statement to Victoria’s Secret today, publishing an open letter imploring the company to take an active stand in protecting models from exploitation and abuse. In a letter addressed to the company’s CEO John Mehas and co-signed by Time’s Up and dozens of models, the organization wrote:…