How to Be Cultured Menu Fashion According to the Japanese fashion designer Satoshi Kondo, the creative director of Issey Miyake: 1. Washi Paper “We introduced an original textile made with washi yarn in our spring 2024 collection that we created by cutting strips of washi and spinning them into thread,” says Kondo, 41. “I was…
The time of year known as awards season is ripe with opportunities for celebrities to make indelible memories. Sometimes it is with upset wins, other times it is with moving speeches. It can also be with unforgettable clothes. Of the many stars who have paraded down carpets at the Golden Globes, Grammys, Oscars and other…
Ina, Manhattan (Chelsea) A plethora of secondhand designer merchandise to choose from. All the items — dresses, suits, blouses, shirts, ties, clutches, shoes — are in top-notch condition. Plenty are unique or hard to find. Whether you are buying or simply browsing, the staff are most civilized. They keep their distance and remain friendly. An…
Fashion is sometimes talked about like a nightmare: one full of pain-inducing garments that bind and distort the body, beauty standards that distort the soul and a value system that skews to the grotesque. Rarely, however, has it been a designer — one of the industry’s favored sons — raising the subject. Yet there was…
The BET Awards, held on Monday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, honored achievements across cultural mediums: filmmaking, music, television. The ceremony — which featured appearances by superstars like Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey and Kendrick Lamar — and the red carpet before it also put the spotlight on style. Overall, the fashion was vibrant…
The fashion crowd in London is generally known for keeping cool. But on Tuesday, the editors and designers at a ceremony for one of the industry’s most prestigious local awards became palpably excited when Catherine, Princess of Wales, emerged to present this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Award for Design to Patrick McDowell, 29, a Liverpool-born…
The Cannes Film Festival is getting more covered-up — and just in time for the opening ceremony honoring the octogenarian Robert De Niro. Bella Hadid, newly blonde, is already in town, and stars expected include Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone. But anyone expecting one of the most reliable moves on the red carpet…
Some people go to the Met Gala for the self-promotion. Some go because it’s the ultimate game of dress-up. But Dwyane Wade, the N.B.A. Hall of Famer turned game-show host, brand ambassador and philanthropist, went for something else. He went for the market research. See, this week, Mr. Wade will assume yet another role: the…
🇳🇬NIGERIA’S ELECTRIC GRID IS SO BAD… GENERATORS HAVE A UNION Nigeria has 200 million people. Half of them don’t have reliable electricity. The national grid? It works about as well as a group project where nobody shows up. So instead, people run their homes, schools, businesses, and their dreams on diesel generators — which now…
🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRAN TO U.S.: NO NUKES? NO THANKS America’s like: “Shut it all down—no uranium, no nukes, not even a lab coat.” Iran’s like: “Yeah, no. That’s not happening.” The two sides meet again on Sunday in Oman, trying to work things out before Trump shows up in the Middle East With both stuck behind…
