Leather flip flops Gianvito Rossi net-a-porter.com $545.00 If you were worried about the return of the ’90s strappy sandal, you might want to avert your eyes because lip flops are officially back. But the modern iteration of the controversial footwear is a lot fancier than we remember. These aren’t the high school Havaianas ELLE.com first…
John Derian’s second home in Provincetown, Mass. — built for a local sea captain in 1789 and purchased by Derian, the interior designer and home goods retailer, in 2007 — can resemble, at times, a particularly thoughtful cabinet of curiosities. A 19th-century flower drying rack from Denmark now displays Derian’s shirts and jackets; silvery, lightly…
Image Chanel haute couture, fall 2019CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times PARIS — Something unexpected has happened at the Paris couture — the tippy tippy top of the European fashion pyramid and the beating heart of its identity. Steadily, quietly, seemingly overnight (though obviously not) it has become defined by women: not those to…
When the fashion world talks about investment bags, it’s usually a covert way of telling you, the buyer, that if you spend a ton of money on something you think (or at least hope!) you’ll wear more than a few times, it’s okay. Cost-per-wear (another term us fashion folks love) allows you to break down…
As the sun broke through clouds, spotlighting the formal gardens and splashing fountains at her 10,000-square-foot Georgian Revival house in Oyster Bay Cove, N.Y., Constance Cincotta recalled how she had never planned to leave her city life. “I was living in Brooklyn, and had no interest in Long Island,” said Ms. Cincotta, 58, the owner…
Image A photograph from Susan Meiselas’s Carnival Strippers series, now on display in Arles, France. Ms. Meiselas was to be presented with the first Women in Motion photography prize at the Rencontres d’Arles photography fair.CreditSusan Meiselas/Magnum Photos Susan Meiselas, the much-lauded Magnum photographer perhaps best known for her arresting 1979 shot of a Nicaraguan revolutionary…
Paris Couture Week is where designers (and Celine Dion) get wild. Iris Van Herpen brought her signature futurism to a stunned crowd, Giambattista Valli’s gargantuan evening wear is bound to be seen on a red carpet, and Christian Dior brought down the house. Literally. There was a model wearing a house down the runway. Click…
There is no such thing as “too extra” when Haute Couture season rolls around each year, so when Dior’s held its autumn/winter 2019 Dior Couture show, the brand brought its House of Dior to life—literally. Set against a floral backdrop at 30 Avenue Montaigne, the luxury house’s design atelier in Paris, the show opened with…
Forget all of those summer bags you just bought (just for a moment!), because this Ruffino Prosecco Six-Pack purse is the only one you need to sip through the warm weather. The bubbly brand partnered with Stickbaby, a Brooklyn-based clothing and accessories label. The result? An adorable handbag filled with prosecco! What could be better?…
Taylor Swift has more than 119 million followers on Instagram. Scooter Braun, who manages Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato, has just over 3 million. That number appears to be dropping. It all started on Sunday morning, when Mr. Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, announced that it had acquired the Big Machine Label Group, which…