The Modern Utility Jumpsuit everlane everlane.com $100.00 I am a tried and true Everlane fangirl. But if you’ve ever tried visiting one of their three brick and mortar shops (with a fourth location opening soon in Brooklyn, NY), you know all too well that a line is usually waiting out the door. Their eco-friendly, socially conscious clothes…
Image Gabrielle Homola has rediscovered black. “I’ve noticed a lot of other people have rediscovered it, too,” she said.CreditMarcy Swingle for The New York Times It was hot. So what. Gabrielle Homola ventured out last week on one of summer’s sultriest days dressed from shoulder to shin in densest black. “I’ve rediscovered the color,” Ms.…
LOS ANGELES — It’s never too early to start working on your brand. This dictum, at the heart of so much young entrepreneurship, is the guiding principle of the Unincorporated Life, a high-end fashion camp for kids, in Hollywood. Over the course of a week, students aged 6 to 18 learn how to build and…
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, even if you want them withheld. Letters may be edited. Millennials’ Revolt My co-worker seems to work more for their (I don’t want to specify gender) personal brand than for the company. This team member posts their whereabouts…
There are chickens, a garden and a whole new line of products. Image Of her life after fashion, Ann Demeulemeester feels “free,” she said.CreditJulien Mignot for The New York Times By Lou Stoppard KESSEL, Belgium — Six years ago, when Ann Demeulemeester walked away from the fashion label she founded in 1985 — a house…
Changes in retail spaces — say, new cash registers at the nearest big-box store — are met by most shoppers with a “huh,” if anything. But for some, even the most seemingly minor tweaks are noticed and documented online as part of modern American history. On Facebook and Reddit, private groups and public forums like…
Brittany Tomlinson hit record on her iPhone and cracked open a can of kombucha for the first time. She hated it. Then she loved it. Then she didn’t know how she felt. She still isn’t sure. “Low-key it’s kind of good, but it’s nasty,” Ms. Tomlinson said in an interview, continuing to waffle. However indecisive…
The oracles are screaming. They wave around their yield curves and their poll results and their images of ice and fire. Every headline is a forecast. Every stray observation supports a theory. Something is about to happen. (But when?) Many things are about to happen. (And here’s why!) Nobody is sure they know anything, but…
For die-hard shoppers, the recession in the late 2000s was defined by promotions: daily deals, flash-sale sites and steep discounts that went beyond half-off markdowns. At times, it felt like the whole world was on sale. A decade later, the promotional landscape looks a lot different. Today you can download Honey, a browser extension that…
Earlier this summer Taylor Swift and Stella McCartney were planning to debut a fashion collaboration, and the first look at it is finally here. The singer revealed on her Instagram this afternoon that the two created a Lover merchandise line together. “#StellaxTaylorSwift is coming soon ?,” Swift wrote in the post that showed her and…