Protective Clothing and Gear

March 15, 2023

NASA and Axiom Space Unveil Suit Redesign

NASA and Axiom Space have unveiled the first major spacesuit redesign in four decades. Astronauts are getting hip. Space is getting a new look — sort […]
March 2, 2022

Dior and Saint Laurent Face the Future

With wearable tech and reimagined classics. Vaquera comes to Paris. PARIS — A designer has to have a certain amount of gumption to not only title […]
April 6, 2021

Is This the Future of Face Masks?

Will.i.am and Honeywell introduce the first connected mask. Think sneakers meet smartphones. The story begins with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of the cloud computing company […]
July 12, 2020

Who Was That Masked Man?

In the end, the most surprising aspect of President Donald J. Trump’s decision to finally, months after his own advisers recommended it, bow to medical wisdom […]
June 3, 2020

The Most Important Word in the Hospitality Industry? ‘Clean’

In February, news from the Wynn Las Vegas included plans for Valentine’s Day (among the offerings: a “Lover’s Menu for Two”) and National Margarita Day (four […]
May 27, 2020

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Suit Is Like a Tuxedo for the Starship Enterprise

Michael Bay, the director of the 1998 cosmic disaster movie “Armageddon,” once gave an interview discussing the worst crisis in the making of the film. “Three […]
May 21, 2020

Bethenny Frankel’s Dark Journey to Find Medical Masks

It was late March, with the coronavirus starting to peak in New York and hospitals already running short on supplies, when Bethenny Frankel, the entrepreneur and […]
May 20, 2020

The Many Masks of Nancy Pelosi

Late last week, as she was leading the charge to push the Democrats’ $3 trillion pandemic relief package through the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi strode the […]
May 19, 2020

Will Mandatory Face Masks End the Burqa Bans?

While face coverings are fast becoming the norm to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, visible on city streets and public transportation everywhere, the global […]
May 15, 2020

The Hidden Language of Masks

When, early in the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic, production shortages of medical grade N95 masks turned obtaining them into a hunt for the grail, […]