LONDON — In an era of luxury e-tail dominated by digital-first brands, how can a website be given physical expression? From the Moda Operandi townhouse in London to the RealReal flagships in New York, and the FarFetch-owned chain Browns’ first international venture the Nomad 2.0 store in Los Angeles, which opened earlier this month, that…
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Advertisement Henri Bendel, the brand, died today. Sept. 14, 2018 Image The 1936 obituary of Henri Bendel in The New York Times. L Brands, an American fashion retailer that owns Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, announced today that it was closing all 23 Henri Bendel stores, including the Fifth Avenue Manhattan flagship, and…
Hello and happy London Fashion Week! Yup, it starts today — though I am heading off tomorrow. I needed two days at home to see my family and do my laundry before hitting the road until Oct 3. These weeks are so frenetic, everything turns into a blur. Because of that, you know that when…
Cartier is nothing if not short on gold, but the luxe look had always been reserved for jewelry and watches—until now. In preparation for the opening of the brand’s Precious Garage (a concept designed by artist Desi Santiago at its 5th Avenue Mansion), a regular, humdrum shipping container was coated in high-shine gold. First appearing…
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Every fashion-forward girl owned a Henri Bendel bag. Every Gossip Girl junkie (me!) wanted one— after all Serena and Blair loved shopping at this store throughout the series, even popping up in Blair’s Audrey Hepburn dreams. But after 123 years in business, the iconic luxury boutique is officially closing up shop, all 23 of its…
With weeks of “fashion week” and miles of runway, each season ends with a lot of trends to wade through. Happily, there are pros to help do some of the distilling and collecting work for you (so all you have to do is shop—yay!). The ace team behind Macy’s The Edit creates its It-List to…
It’s hard to miss Ashley Graham, but the opposite’s also true: when she doesn’t turn up at New York Fashion Week, we miss her. A lot. So it went this season, as the supermodel skipped out on all but Michael Kors. Why? Turns out she booked a big shoot (“Huge,” she winked) somewhere in St.…