Shopping and Retail

December 29, 2016

Scouting Report: Last-Minute New Year’s Eve Looks

Hitting the Racks Need a last-minute New Year’s Eve look? Head to the Armarium pop-up at the Plaza Hotel before the clock strikes 12. There, fashion […]
December 29, 2016

Critical Shopper: A Men’s Wear Store Made for Men

Critical Shopper By JON CARAMANICA The fact that men’s interest in fashion is now taken as a given, not a rare treat, cuts both ways. On […]
December 14, 2016

Leggings in a Kaleidoscope of Patterns, for Almost Every Occasion

In pursuit of the perfect legging print, Zara Tisch has baked and photographed chocolate chip cookies, used a tweezer to set crystals in a skull shape, […]
December 14, 2016

The Year in Style 2016: Kylie Jenner and the Year of the Drop

The Year in Style 2016 By ELIZABETH PATON Last Friday, on a sunny December morning, chaos descended upon a glossy shopping mall in the Canoga Park […]
December 1, 2016

Critic’s Notebook: We Need a Miracle on 34th Street

It was the week before Thanksgiving when Dante Ferretti had his first holiday nightmare. Waking in a panic in his bed at the Lowell hotel, the […]
December 1, 2016

Scouting Report: Fair Hopping, Parties and Shopping at Art Basel Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach Edition This weekend promises a marathon for Art Basel Miami Beach snowbirds of fair hopping, parties … and shopping! Prep for the […]
November 29, 2016

On the Runway: The World’s Biggest Handbag Hall

On the Runway By ELIZABETH PATON LONDON — The death of the It bag may have been greatly exaggerated. After years of department store footwear expansion, […]
November 17, 2016

Scouting Report: Openings All Over Town: Coach, Moncler, Canada Goose and More

Openings and Events Baby, it’s getting cold outside! On Thursday, Moncler and Canada Goose will open United States flagships where you’ll find the Moncler Gamme Bleu […]
November 10, 2016

Clicks to Bricks: Online Retailers Find the Lure of a Store

Online shopping gets all the attention these days. But sometimes, there’s still no beating a physical store. The British designer Lee Broom came to that realization […]
November 5, 2016

The Case for Shopping in Real Life

When I was 6, my aunt took me shopping at Hutzler’s, the fancy department store in my hometown, Baltimore. Although it was the mid-1970s, ladies with […]