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October 5, 2016

Fashion Review: Renovating Fashion’s House

PARIS — The Paris shows began in a building site — Yves Saint Laurent’s new headquarters on the Rue de Bellechasse — and they ended in […]
October 5, 2016

A Head-Shot Truck Comes to New York

On a recent afternoon in Hell’s Kitchen, a pink and orange Chevrolet Stepvan, pulled up to the curb. It looked suspiciously like a food truck peddling […]
October 5, 2016

Cultural Studies: The Rise of the ‘Bromosexual’ Friendship

A recent ad for the Bravo TV show “Shahs of Sunset” finds two of its male stars lazing on lounge chairs at the beach. Amid a […]
October 4, 2016

Rites of Passage: No. 1 in America

Rites of Passage By LEE CHILD Objectively I was one of the luckiest humans ever born. In 1954, Britain was a stable postwar liberal democracy, at […]
October 4, 2016

List of Five: Kevin Hart’s Fashion Sense Is No Joke

Kevin Hart is one of the most successful comedians on earth, but his sense of style is no joke. With a new stand-up concert movie, “What […]
October 3, 2016

Remembering Sonia Rykiel, in Fashion’s Own Words

PARIS — A little more than a month ago, Sonia Rykiel, she of the pyramid of red hair and the famous “poor boy” sweaters, died from […]
October 2, 2016

Fashion Review: At Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Metamorphosis

PARIS — When it was announced, back in July, that the design team of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, whose vision of Valentino-after-Valentino had propelled […]
October 2, 2016

A Fragrance Debut? First, It’s Lights, Camera, Action

Fashion perfumes originated in Belle Époque Paris, and for generations, it was their intoxicating scent that proved to be their most effective selling tool. A cloud […]
October 2, 2016

A Grandmother’s Influence: Chanel No. 5

PARIS — Tatiana Kombo, 25, grew up in a highly contemporary mix of cultures and countries, so it may seem surprising that she identifies with the […]
October 2, 2016

Roja Dove, a Master Tailor (of Scent)

LONDON — With his silken shirt, violet diamanté loafers and fingers and wrists laden with heavy gold jewelry, the master perfumer Roja Dove had the air […]