Clapping, whispering, cameras snapping, questionable music: These are the sounds of a classic fashion show. Bursts of laughter? Those are less common. Yet several were heard last Saturday night, rolling around the 19th-century Parisian theater where the great and storied house of Cristóbal Balenciaga skipped the traditional catwalk and screened a special 10-minute episode of…
I’ve recently started watching YouTube videos about creating capsule wardrobes. Several of the presenters mention the “rule of three” (colors), but they don’t do a good job explaining the concept. For instance: I wear my glasses all day, every day, and they have brown frames. Does that mean brown is always one of my three…
Since joining the ELLE team as fashion market editor in 2015, Justine Carreon has become one of the most prominent voices in the style-sphere. Her distinctly modern aesthetic has made her a go-to authority for all things fashion. Carreon’s sartorial sensibility is rooted in her bicoastal lifestyle, inspired by weekends spent surfing or hiking, evenings…
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited. Raising the Stakes I work at a high-end grocery store chain acquired by the largest global online retailer. I’ve been feeling underwhelmed by my impact, careerwise, on the…
“Three years ago, that wasn’t happening,” Kevin Trotman, an associate product manager of global collaborations at New Balance, said in an interview. “It just speaks volumes to Salehe and our other partners — people are very excited about it because they trust him. He’s proven himself to the point where it’s like, OK, this is…
Stitch Fix keeps getting smarter. Launched in 2011 as a personal styling service, the company recently expanded into e-commerce, introducing a “personalized mall” called Freestyle that suggests individual products for users who’d rather avoid the hassle of snail mail. But the company has also made clever investments in the fashion industry writ large—as evidenced by…
Ruby would be so proud. Mimi Keene, who plays the mean girl-turned-moral center on Netflix’s beloved teen drama Sex Education, might not be lavishing in the fan attention like her fictional counterpart would, but there are still some perks of moving from Sex Ed‘s shallow sidelines to the main story. For this year’s Paris Fashion…
Dimitrios KambourisGetty Images When you think of New York fashion, many things may come to mind. Between its fleeting runway trends, uptown vs. downtown sartorial dichotomy, and stale Sex and the City references, the moral of the story is always that the city is a character itself. It’s the reason why being a “real” New…
As the events industry tries to gain its footing this year after a disastrous 2020, conventions are facing smaller crowds and stricter safety protocols. At New York Comic Con, which opened Thursday at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, attendees celebrated the return of face-to-face gatherings. But this year, masks at the pop culture event…
For too long, fashion has been a singular effort. One creative genius was backed by their atelier, and as the face of the brand, they could be as powerful as the brand’s history itself. While we’re still continuing along the path of individualist ideology, the walls are crumbling down. For the better. This goes beyond…