Fashion and Apparel

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 […]
April 5, 2021

Lena Dunham and the Spanx Liberation Movement

The actor-writer-director-controversy creator is back with a new project: a plus-size clothing line. The whole body positivity thing? She has thoughts. In the 10 or so […]
April 5, 2021

Lena Dunham and the Spanx Liberation Movement

The actor-writer-director-controversy creator is back with a new project: a plus-size clothing line. The whole body positivity thing? She has thoughts. In the 10 or so […]
March 31, 2021

Prabal Gurung on Anti-Asian Violence, Discrimination and the Duties of Success

The Nepalese-American designer on mistreatment by investors, how he’s kept his business alive and his fears for his mom. Prabal Gurung, the Nepalese-American designer, has been […]
March 29, 2021

Guess Withdraws Look-alike Telfar Bag

Copycatting has social media consequences. After the BeyHive and the Rihanna Navy — the Telfar tribe? For decades product plagiarism has been seen as the price […]
March 24, 2021

The Biggest Influencers of the Pandemic May Not Be Who You Assume

Forget Instagram. Cherchez the costume designers. It’s time they got their due. When Ruth E. Carter received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last […]
March 23, 2021

Addison Rae and the Beauty of 78.5 Million Followers

Topper The Beauty of 78.5 Million Followers How social media stars like Addison Rae gave the cosmetics industry a makeover. March 23, 2021 A little over […]
March 21, 2021

Elsa Peretti, Star Designer of Elegant Jewelry, Dies at 80

Celebrities wore Ms. Peretti’s creations on the red carpet and in the movies. Some years her merchandise represented 10 percent or more of Tiffany’s sales. Elsa […]
March 19, 2021

Barefoot Dreams Blankets America

How one $180 microfiber blanket and its spinoffs came to to swaddle a nation. The first time Amanda John glimpsed a Barefoot Dreams blanket, she was […]
March 19, 2021

The Dress Promised Me Something the Doctors Couldn’t

My obsessive online shopping wasn’t really about the clothes. The dress was black with shiny buttons at the wrists and an oversized bow in the back. […]