VANESSA FRIEDMAN

June 28, 2023

Does ‘And Just Like That …’ Signal the End of Stealth Wealth?

So does the pop culture and fashion wheel turn. And just like that, stealth wealth, the aesthetic made viral by “Succession,” with its toxic billionaires in […]
June 23, 2023

Best-Dressed at the NBA Draft

Tailoring, bling and Louis Vuitton, oh my. The fact that the N.B.A. draft occurred smack in the middle of the Paris men’s wear shows was something […]
June 14, 2023

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Is Transforming A.I., One Leather Jacket at a Time

Jensen Huang, the C.E.O. of Nvidia, is transforming a black leather jacket into a symbol of the A.I. paradigm shift. There’s a new tech titan in […]
June 7, 2023

Prince Harry, Phone Hacking Avenger

He has his own supersuit for the trial. Since he and his wife, Meghan Markle, announced their decision in 2020 to step back as working royals […]
June 6, 2023

Would You Wear Apple’s New Vision Pro Headset?

Apple says its new Vision Pro headset will “shift the way we look at technology.” How about how we look? They talked about the optics. They […]
June 6, 2023

All Aboard the Most Extravagant Fashion Cruise

Chanel in Los Angeles, Dior in Mexico, Gucci in Seoul. Clothes are just a tiny part of the content. In 1964, John Cheever published a short […]
June 1, 2023

The Balenciaga Comeback Is Happening

At the Cannes Film Festival, the Met Gala and with a new collection. Is the world ready? Demna, the mononymic designer of Balenciaga, that former harbinger […]
May 24, 2023

The Strategic Fashioning of Casey DeSantis

With an eye to the Kennedys, and the Trumps. Sometimes, a wardrobe is a strategy. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has finally, officially, entered the presidential […]
May 23, 2023

Help! I Need a Guide to Shirt-Tucking Protocol.

Button-up shirts can be tucked, untucked, half-tucked or French tucked. A reader wonders where to begin. Lately I’ve seen an explosion of half-tucked button-up shirts. How […]
May 22, 2023

Help! I Need a Guide to Shirt-Tucking Protocol.

Button-up shirts can be tucked, untucked, half-tucked or French tucked. A reader wonders where to begin. Lately I’ve seen an explosion of half-tucked button-up shirts. How […]