About five dozen people lost jobs when Stitch Fix ceased operations at the factory and mill in November, Mr. Ford said. Some of them, he added, had been working at the sites for decades. “All those skills would have been lost,” he said. By March, the facilities had reopened as Buck Mason Knitting Mills, and…
I was 15 the first time it happened. I was staring at the empty apartment and wondering what would happen if the police figured out what my dad had done. For years, my family had been living in a commercial building — illegal for residential use — above my father’s Pilates studio. He had opened…
Soy musulmán. Mi posible suegro, Bob, es cristiano evangélico. Yo quería pasar el resto de mi vida con su hija, Jillian, pero Bob tenía serias dudas sobre eso. “¿Y si ejerce su hombría musulmana contra ti?”, le preguntó a Jillian. Cuando Jillian me contó el comentario de su padre, pensé: “Casi ni tengo hombría. ¿Cómo…
Within hours of a fight breaking out on an Alabama riverfront this month, images and video clips from the brawl began to ricochet online. Then came the memes. After that, it wasn’t long until the merchandise started to appear. On Aug. 5, a group of white boaters attacked Dameion Pickett, a Black riverboat captain, after…
Building a brand in 2023 is a difficult feat. Many new contenders take to social media, our 21st century marketplace, to gain traction, spread awareness, and even sell products digitally (TikTok Shop is now a thing). However, that’s not the preferred means of connection for Veronica Beard. For the duo of Veronicas behind the label,…
At a recent work party in New York City, Brady Dunayer, a 28-year-old real estate banking analyst, bolted to the bar to order a drink. He was startled by what he received: His whiskey-based cocktail was served in a stemmed glass and garnished with a flower. The presentation, he thought, was “a little out of…
“LinkedIn Is Cool Now,” Businessweek declared this week. It’s also a dating app, according to Hypebae. Oh, and dating apps are for networking, The Wall Street Journal says. If you can’t tell, social networks are having a bit of an identity crisis. Facebook, once the center of the platform universe, has somehow become the place…
I was born in 1969 and I have feelings about generations. They include: “What leads millions of people to see ‘The Notebook’ so many times and then to complain about having done so?” (punching younger); “Why are we having a conversation about whether it’s OK to pull out your phone during a movie in a…
In this week’s Modern Love essay, “Putting All My Eggs in the Boyfriend Basket,” Deborah Way recounts the period in her life after college when she was “disoriented and dislocated.” After following her college boyfriend to a small town in Mexico, Ms. Way feels more despondent and lost than ever. But then a miracle occurs…
Leah Romero Welcome to Same Same But Different. As Gen Z and millennial fashion editors, respectively, we know a thing or two about shopping—for all ages, and especially our demographics. As we find the best products for you, we can’t help but do a little shopping for ourselves and build our personal (age-appropriate) wish lists.…