It was 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 12, and Hilary Wagner was getting choked up. She and her fiancé, Tyler Train, were driving to Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach, Calif., where they’d be scouting the oceanside resort for their upcoming nuptials. Ms. Wagner’s tears might have been happy ones if she and Mr.…
On Tuesday evening, when Michelle Obama appeared on stage at the United Center in Chicago for the beginning of her 10-city, 11-stadium rock concert — oops, sorry, book tour, in an off-the-shoulder white sequined shirt that echoed the shirt in her cover photograph, plus high-waist white pants (both by Sally LaPointe), the reaction was unfettered…
In 1618, an aspiring alchemist in Constantinople named Avedis created his first copper alloy cymbals. In 2018, a few hundred products from his brand, Zildjian, one of the oldest companies in the world, are eligible for Amazon Prime shipping, just like Hanes underwear or Xerox copiers or Bounty paper towels or Chanel perfume or an…
I should have been at summer camp. Instead, I was sitting in a hair salon with my mom, grandmother and a hairdresser named James Brown (the perfect name for a hairdresser who tapped into the soul of his clients). As happy campers go, I was not one of them. “Can’t I just stay home?” I…
Jeff Rohrer was sitting at a crowded tequila bar in West Hollywood, Calif., three years ago when Joshua Ross walked in and joined a conversation already in progress. “This guy starts bragging about playing college football, and how he would have made it to the N.F.L. if he hadn’t been injured, same old boring war…
Hailey Baldwin has officially partnered with Pretty Little Thing to be its newest ambassador—and the star of its holiday campaign (the one Baldwin’s husband Justin Bieber called “so hot” on her Instagram). In the images, Baldwin models glitzy, dresses, jumpsuits, blazers, and more. And all the pieces are Hailey Baldwin-approved for any holiday party, naturally.…
On Monday, Reformation launched a collection of its best-selling denim in extended sizes 14-24. The denim was previously available only in sizes 0-12 (or waist sizes 23-31). Advertisement – Continue Reading Below The release comes after Reformation’s foray into extended sizing in March, a collaboration with model Ali Tate Cutler that carried sizes 0-22 and…
What’s cooler — New York or Los Angeles? It’s always fun to debate the merits of these cultural capitals. To further arguments in favor of their city, Los Angeles fans can now tout the arrival of these new shops and labels, and New Yorkers, chagrined or not, can add them to their must-see list the…
Here is what was on view on Election Day in Jonathan Adler’s company headquarters on Hudson Street in Manhattan: a bit of Brutalism; lots of organic modernism (of the sort once seen in 1960s-era Reform synagogues); a dash of Egyptian revival (but the ’70s version); scenes from the Memphis movement; references to pre-Columbian pottery, and…
Hip pack, bum bag, belt bag—whatever you may call it, fanny packs were the accessory of the ’80s. Admittedly, we were skeptical when the handsfree style hit the runway, but now we’re finally seeing them with new eyes. The new crop of classic belt bags are a chicer breed that won’t make you feel like…