Mattel, the company that conquered the doll world by dividing it into idealized Barbies and Kens, is introducing a new line of gender-neutral dolls for boys, girls and children in between. The new line, introduced on Wednesday and called Creatable World, is intended to reflect our culture “as the world continues to celebrate the positive…
The Federal Trade Commission sued the company behind the dating site Match.com on Wednesday, saying it had used fake advertisements in an attempt to swindle hundreds of thousands of consumers into buying subscriptions. According to the complaint against Match Group Inc., which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of…
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We love an outrageous runway look, but personal style happens off the catwalk. ELLE.com’s resident photographer Tyler Joe is on the streets of Paris Fashion Week capturing the best outfits, courtesy of models off duty, top influencers, and fashion industry leaders (including our very own editors). Get inspired ahead.
If Karla Welch could style everyone, she would. “I never want you to open up your closet and think ‘I don’t know what to wear. I wish I had a stylist. I wish I knew what to buy…Well, wish no more,” Welch said in a video announcing her newest endeavor, Wishi. “I’m your stylist.” The…
Leon Dame has officially delivered the runway version of a Rorschach test. No matter what you see in the model’s walk at Margiela’s spring 2020 show at Paris Fashion Week, it’s certainly… a lot. It all started on Wednesday when the 20-year-old German model closed out the show, clad in a military-inspired look and ready…
ImageDior, spring 2020CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times PARIS — On a rainy morning here, the day after Greta Thunberg issued her end-of-days clarion call at the United Nations, another young woman made an environmental statement of her own that was impossible to ignore. It took place on the windswept sidelines of the Hippodrome…
ImageLil’ Kim once referred to herself as a “Black Barbie dressed in Bulgari.” She is one of many celebrities that are part of the move in trend toward highly stylized appearances.CreditJamie Mccarthy/Getty Images They call themselves dolls. These are cosmetic surgery patients who document their desires and results on Instagram, but only, most say, for…
A pair of tartan-patterned pole dance pumps, a tiny pleated schoolgirl skirt and a leather merry widow — they emerged one by one from a nondescript cardboard carton, the raffish trappings of the sex trade. “I wonder what kind of mark this would leave?” Nelson Santos, the acting director of curatorial programs at the Leslie-Lohman…
Hugh Mackie represents a dying breed in the five boroughs: bikers. Photographs by Daniel Weiss Text by Austin Considine ImageHugh Mackie owns one of the last motorcycle garages in Manhattan. At 61, he still rides around the five boroughs on his motorcycle, though these days he prefers his bicycle.CreditDaniel Weiss for The New York Times…