Gucci, one of the most storied names in global fashion, has a new designer at its helm: Sabato De Sarno. Mr. De Sarno, currently the fashion director of men’s and women’s ready-to-wear at Valentino, was unveiled on Saturday by the French luxury group Kering as the new creative director at its marquee brand. The move…
On a recent club night in Chicago, a high-pitched woman’s voice that sounded like a gobbling turkey — dropping acid — brought everyone to the dance floor. Some people swayed, twisting their hips and twirling their hair in a hypnotic lock step. Others pumped their fists and jumped up and down. One woman let out…
Pude comunicarme con gente que había pasado por cosas parecidas, pero lo más importante es que aprendí que muchas personas están dispuestas a tender la mano con amabilidad solo porque sí. Amigos de la universidad en Estados Unidos me financiaron la renta y dinero para comida y productos básicos durante un mes cuando no me…
ANTWERP, Belgium — The designer Azzedine Alaïa, who died in 2017, was famous not just for his exacting, unique approach to cloth and the body, but for his hospitality: He lived over his shop, and his industrial-size kitchen was pretty much everyone’s favorite place to eat. Guests who walked in for a preview often ended…
At the end of 2018, BuzzFeed sent Ms. McMahon a package containing branded swag. “They told me I was the number-one user this year with all my views,” she told New York Magazine. Ms. McMahon, now 23 and working for Netflix, felt guilty at the time that her work as a community member could have…
The Footwear News Achievement Awards, sometimes called the Oscars of shoes, shines a spotlight on the industry’s top designers. But when the singer Dua Lipa won for a Puma collection last November, her frequent collaborator Billy Walsh bolted at the sight of flashing cameras. “Billy Walsh’s five-seconds limit on the red carpet,” Ms. Lipa said,…
Despite the announcement M&M’s made this week — that the company would be taking “an indefinite pause” from its spokescandies in favor of the “beloved” actress Maya Rudolph — the truth is, they aren’t actually going anywhere. “Rest assured, the characters are our official long-term spokescandies,” a representative for the company wrote in an email.…
When Chris Belcher worked as a professional dominatrix known as Mistress Natalie, clients would frequently ask her, “What’s your real name?” “The clients who asked this question of me were usually the type who had tricked themselves into believing that we had a personal relationship — a romantic one, or a sexual one they wouldn’t…
Name: Tavia Bonetti Age: 29 Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia Now Lives: In a three-bedroom, one-level house in Pasadena, Calif., with her boyfriend, the rapper Matt Champion, and their pet snake. Claim to Fame: Ms. Bonetti is a model who started the athleisure and street wear brand Friends With Animals, which makes long lace skirts, bomber…
Courtesy of retailers Whether you’re a new mom or mom of multiples, there’s no doubt you made sacrifices the moment you were expecting. One of those sacrifices may be that you opted to solely use your diaper bag as your daily handbag. After all, leaving the house with little ones is a challenge in itself,…