ELIZABETH PATON

January 4, 2024

The Man Who Destroys $3,000 Handbags on the Internet

Under the handle Tanner Leatherstein, Volkan Yilmaz rips, burns and slices apart luxury goods to show how much he thinks they are really worth. One video […]
December 15, 2023

Is Farfetch About to Go Bust?

For years, Farfetch was a tech darling that powered much of online luxury shopping. Now it is teetering on the brink of collapse. For more than […]
December 8, 2023

Mad for It: What Happened When Chanel Came to Manchester

The French fashion house took its Métiers d’Art show to the north of England and the home of soccer, Coronation Street and Northern soul. Manchester is […]
December 7, 2023

Who Is Meg Bellamy, Who Plays Kate Middleton in ‘The Crown'?

When Meg Bellamy got the call that would change her life — the one telling her that after months of auditions, it was she, among thousands […]
October 11, 2023

From LSD to I.P.O.

This may be a tale about the rise of a German sandal brand, but it is not a straightforward fashion story. After all, for a large […]
September 19, 2023

The London Lowdown

Cake bags, tube stop takeovers and word of a new top editor at British Vogue. Here is what we saw at London Fashion Week. Working in […]
September 15, 2023

London’s Buzziest Young Designer Is Sitting Out Fashion Week

Dilara Findikoglu had the kind of summer most emerging designers could only dream of. She dressed Margot Robbie in a racy strapless dress to the “Barbie” […]
May 22, 2023

The Castle Where Future Queens Drop the Royal Act

At Atlantic College, a school in a 12th-century castle clinging to the windy Welsh coastline, teenage royals take classes on world peace. The rolling green lawns […]
April 24, 2023

A Grim Anniversary for Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster

It was the deadliest accident in the history of the garment industry. Ten years later, has anything changed for factory workers? Shahida Begum said that when […]
April 20, 2023

Coach Has a New Sustainable Fashion Brand. Will Shoppers Go For It?

Coachtopia, a new sub-brand from the American fashion house, uses waste or recycled materials to make new products. Will it catch on? During an interview in […]