What Your Cashmere Price Tag Actually Buys

Cashmere

What Your Cashmere Price Tag Actually Buys

We went to the mills of Northern Italy to find out why one sweater costs $295 and another costs $29 — and what you get for the difference.

Field Watches

Eight Contradictions That Define the Field Watch

From the spec that created a genre to the skeleton that rejects minimalism, these tensions explain why the field watch feels so right on the wrist.

Fall Fashion

Fall's Biggest Print Is Deer—and Pencil Skirts Are Going Flowy

From Target shelves to campus coffee shops, the season's trends are a mash-up of nostalgia and new proportions.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Can Apple Cider Vinegar Make Your Hair Shinier? The Evidence, the Risks, and the Right Ratio

Trichologists and dermatologists explain how ACV clarifies buildup, soothes scalps, and boosts shine — and where it can go wrong if you skip the dilution.

Minimalist Makeup

The Minimalist Makeup Bag: Six Essentials That Replace a Dozen

A streamlined kit built on multipurpose essentials saves time, cuts waste, and works for daily wear and special occasions.

Men's Haircuts

Tyler Durden's 'Warrior Cut' Is Back — Here's Who It Suits

The messy, textured haircut from Fight Club is trending again — here's what it is, who it flatters, and how to ask for it.

Bangalore Watch Company

The Pocket Watch That Stops the Clock on Modern India

Bangalore Watch Company's first pocket watch, the Forty-Seven, looks past India's contemporary triumphs to the austere, optimistic years that made them possible.

Engagement Rings

The Ring That Outlasts Her Changing Style Starts With a 100-Year-Old Setting

Buying for a partner who rebuilds her wardrobe every season means keeping the core fixed, the details flexible, and the stone shape older than any current trend.

Guyanese Diaspora

At the Guyanese Nurses' Ball, the Pledge Is Forgotten but the Party Preaches

Nurses from Guyana and the diaspora gather in New York to dance, reconnect, and argue over what the profession—and the celebration—really means.

Met Gala

In Nine Sections, Galliano’s Met Retrospective Moves From Dior’s Firing to a Confrontation With His Antisemitism

Anna Wintour’s advocacy, a 2023 pause, a Zara archive deal, and a doll-inspired show all shaped this exhibition—one that makes the antisemitic comments a central part of its story.

Activewear

The Scrunched Seam: How a Piece of Cinched Fabric Outlifted Every Gimmick in Athletic Wear

A closer look at the design mechanics, material trade-offs, and rising popularity of scrunch butt leggings, grounded in what's actually on the market.

Plaid Skirts

Plaid Skirts Return: Why the Old Schoolyard Basic Is Now the Season's Sharpest Layer

From Catholic-school uniforms to the runways, the plaid skirt has become the fall staple fashion girls rely on — here are five specific ways to wear it now.

Volumizing Mousse

Volumizing Mousses That Give Fine Hair Real Lift

Celebrity stylists name the five mousses that add fullness to fine and thinning hair without the weight of gels or creams.

Grand Seiko

Fifty Grand Seikos, No Two Alike: Inside the Hand-Engraved Hisen

Grand Seiko's Hisen SBGZ011 pairs a free-hand-engraved platinum case with a 9R02 Spring Drive movement that carries an 84-hour power reserve and a torque-return system found nowhere else in the catalog.

Baggy Jeans

Baggy Jeans, Polished: Five Outfits That Balance the Volume

Stylist Amaia Anderson explains how tailored pieces, sharp shoes, and one well-chosen accessory turn the loosest denim into a look for work, weekends, and game days.

Bridal Fashion

The Bridal Edit Returns in a Fabric That Actually Makes Sense for Summer

Parke's Summer Friday drop brings back its wedding-ready mocknecks and pointelle pieces in lightweight Heritage terry, plus a new robe style that wasn't in the April restock.

Winter Skincare

10 Winter Skincare Moves That Actually Lock In Moisture

Cold air and indoor heating strip your skin's moisture — these ten specific fixes keep it sealed in.

Parke

Parke's Polka Dot Drop Sold Out in 5 Minutes — The Preorder Restock Opens Saturday at 10 a.m. ET

The sold-out collection gets a preorder second chance starting Saturday at 10 a.m. ET, with the window open through Monday and delivery expected in mid-to-late October.

Fashion

The Met's Galliano Reckoning: Genius, Ruin, and the Long Road Back to the Runway

With the first solo retrospective for a living designer since 2017, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is staging the most complex conversation yet about John Galliano's career—one that refuses to separate the couturier from the scandal.

Brand Strategy

Marvis's Cult Brand Success Beyond Italy Comes from Selective Prestige, Not Mass Shelves

The GM discusses sensory promises across continents, a hands-off investor, an AI lag with a Gen Z focus, skipping low-Gini markets, and why the physical shelf is 'most overrated.'

1980s

Eight Photographs That Prove Family Confidence Was the 1980s' Greatest Accessory

A torch run, a punk-band father, a camo uniform, an immigrant's waiter life, matching hair, a car crew, a movie-poster dad, and a perfect angle — eight photographs that turn familial pride into a visual loudspeaker.

Hair Care

How e.l.f.'s Under-$10 Hair Line Became My Long-Distance Stylist

After moving from New York City to the suburbs, one beauty writer put the entire e.l.f. hair collection to work between rare salon visits.

Spray Tanning

Body & Sol Tanning Repeats as Long Island's Best Spray Tan

The Aquebogue salon takes the readers' vote again, with custom Norvell tans that double as a skin treatment.

Chain and Fusee

Ferdinand Berthoud’s New FB 2TV Turns a Decade of Chain-and-Fusee Craft Inside Out

Ten years after relaunching the 18th-century watchmaker’s name, Ferdinand Berthoud unveils the Chronomètre FB 2TV, which flips its signature chain-and-fusee mechanism to the dial side, adds a flying tourbillon and zero-reset seconds, and opens a new collection built on mechanical expression.

Capsule Wardrobe

Capsule Wardrobes Only Work if You Count What You Already Own

Before you buy a single neutral, audit your closet, check the math on a 25-to-50-piece target, and shop secondhand for timeless cuts that actually fit your life.

Seiko

Seiko Rebuilds Its 1913 Laurel — in Fired Enamel and Layered Urushi

Two new Presage Craftsmanship references rework Japan's first wristwatch as hand-built white enamel and black lacquer, at €1,430 and €1,640.

Petite Fashion

8 Leggings Petites Can Wear Without Hemming

From 7/8 lengths to crop cuts, these leggings are designed to fit under 5'5" without bunching or dragging.

SOUTH2 WEST8

The Fly-Fishing Label That Hooked Both Supreme and Palace

SOUTH2 WEST8 turned an esoteric Japanese angling method into the most quietly influential outerwear brand in streetwear, one technical vest at a time.

Red Light Therapy

Red Light Hair Devices Compared: HigherDose, CurrentBody, LaDoura, and Capillus

For anyone weighing at-home red light therapy for hair growth, here’s how four devices stack up on price, coverage, and convenience.

Zwift

The Zwift Watch That Won't Sync

We went hands-on with the 37mm Swiss mechanical, from a Mallorca foyer to the wrist. It has a Tron ring, a lightning second hand, and no Bluetooth — so how does it capture the Zwift experience? And who actually buys this 100-piece run?

Graphic Tees

Graphic Tees Are Fall's Most Underrated Layer — Six Looks That Skip the Jeans

With A-list endorsements from Zendaya to Taylor Swift, the graphic tee has evolved. Here are six outfit formulas for turning it into a fall staple without a single pair of denim.

Watch Collecting

How to Tell a Well-Made Watch from a Fancy One

Independent watchmaker Peter Speake, HSNY's librarians, and a round of new independents give the specifics on care, provenance, and purchase.

Bell & Ross

Time, Lifted: How the Bell & Ross Helipad Turned a Seconds Hand Into a Rotor

A helicopter hovers over a landing pad and tells the time — that's the trick behind the BR-03 Helipad, a 41mm ceramic limited edition with no complication to speak of.

Hailey Bieber

The $1 Billion Sleight of Hand Behind Hailey Bieber's Effortless Look

Chasing the Strawberry Glaze Skin Smoothie and the Rhode phone case reveals how a celebrity built a fortune by selling the illusion of being just like you.

TAG Heuer

The Seconds Hand Is Gone. The Carrera Team Ikuzawa Is All the More Legible for It.

TAG Heuer and Team Ikuzawa strip the chronograph back to its essentials—a white dial, red accents, and a 39mm Glassbox case—to create a reference that is as much about design heritage as it is about timekeeping.

Victoria Beer

The Cobija Jacket: Victoria Beer and Carín León Turn a Family Blanket Into a Limited-Edition Prize

A collaboration with designer Brenda Equihua transforms the iconic Mexican cobija into a wearable heritage piece—and one fan will win it along with a trip to see León live.

Fashion Marketing

Marc Jacobs' Serialized Chase: 8 Scenes from a Handbag Swap to a Microdrama Wave

A handbag exchange ignites a two-day chase through Bookmarc's deadline, Jeremy O. Harris's narration, white sage and a lost notebook, the Fall 2026 collection, the Marc Platform question, Kristin Patrick's Flip the Script strategy, and a microdrama wave from Maybelline, P&G, and Crocs.

Stüssy

Stüssy's Faded Tees Are a Masterclass in Letting the Sun Do the Work

The California label's latest resist-dye treatments turn t-shirts into one-of-a-kind artifacts, and the secret lies in a surfboard-shaping history that can't be faked.

Fall Fashion

9 Fall Transition Finds That Bridge the Season Gap

From a $17 pull-on skirt to a classic trench, these eight categories of staples carry you from hot afternoons to cool evenings.

Suit Direct

Suit Direct names Murphy CEO as Gül's turnaround set for expansion

The menswear retailer promotes its former finance chief on 1 August, credits the outgoing boss with steering a rapid change, and targets ten new stores this year.

Winter Skincare

9 Winter Beauty Products That Fix What Heavy Moisturizers Miss

Self-tanners, lip balms, setting sprays, and hair masks — these nine picks address the winter beauty issues a heavy moisturizer alone can't solve.

Met Gala

6 Met Gala Theme Looks to Steal From the Meta Watch Party

At the Mark Hotel, over fifty creators demonstrated how to wear the theme in real life—these six looks point the way.

Fall Decor

7 Fall Decor Ideas From a Cozy Ranch-Style Home

Designer Tamara Honey shows how a single olive sofa, repeated walnut, and a relaxed, outdoorsy mindset create an autumn home that feels cozy without feeling cluttered.

Louis Vuitton Menswear

7 Ways Louis Vuitton Redefined Luxury With Surf and Speed

From an 8-meter wave turning a Paris campus into a beach to a 400-horsepower air-cooled coupé with a key hidden in a necklace, this collection pairs coastal leisure with high-octane engineering.

Braid Tutorial

The Sectioning Trick That Gives Layered Braids Their Sculptural Lift

A two-stage paneling system turns a standard Dutch braid into a stacked, dimensional style that photographs cleanly from every angle.

Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner's Alo Splendor Bra Is a Wire-Thin Gamble on Fit and Photo-Ready Style

An examination of the bra's construction and campaign: how a plunging silhouette, airbrush fabric, and monochrome backdrop turn a high-stakes fit into an everyday staple.

Habit Formation

Habit Formation: Why It Takes 18 to 254 Days and How to Track It

A plain-spoken look at what the science says about building lasting habits — from Charles Duhigg's cue-routine-reward loop to James Clear's four-step model — plus the free tracker that keeps you honest.

Architecture

9 Unorthodox Choices in a 1/7-Acre Island Retreat

From a barge-delivered crew to a salvaged hearth, these are the touches that make a tiny lake rock feel like home.

Beard Trimmers

The $17 Razor Won't Save You — These Beard Trimmers Will

From the $35 carry-on companion to the $100 detail blade, the trimmer that lasts is the one built for your beard's actual routine.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman’s ‘Feelings First’ Approach: Inside Her New Romance and the Sting That’s Rocking Keith Urban

In a candid British Vogue interview, the Oscar winner talks about leading with her heart while reports link her to Michael Reinstein and suggest her ex is feeling the loss.

Sneaker Drops

7 Sneaker Drops That Balance Collabs and Understated Releases

From Willy Chavarria's fourth adidas outing to JJJJound's quiet 740 revival, this week's best releases reward those who look past the obvious.

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence's Jorts Break the Summer Shorts Impasse

The actor's raw-hemmed denim shorts—worn with a vintage Playboy shirt and black flip-flops—land squarely between Daisy Dukes and knee-length cargo, and they might be the most practical cut in summer fashion.

Denim Styling

The Going-Out Top Is Back, Thanks to Hilary Duff — Jeans Are the Perfect Sidekick

From lace bodysuits to backless tops, the right pair of jeans can make going-out tops feel brand new for 2026.

Music

Katseye's New Film Catches a Group Holding Together While Two Members Step Away

The documentary 'Wild Hearts' tracks a pop group navigating early fame, harsh reviews, and a health crisis just before releasing its most personal EP yet.

Brooks Nader

Brooks Nader's Unbuttoned Bumble Look Is a Masterclass in Office Siren Styling

The Love Thy Nader star trades the beach for the boardroom with a sharply tailored campaign look that rewrites the rules of corporate dressing.

Haircuts for Thinning Hair

The Paradox of 'More Hair': Why Short Cuts Win When Strands Thin

The instinct to grow hair out to hide thinning often backfires, but a carefully calibrated cut can redistribute weight and density to make every strand count.

New York Fashion Week

Signet Buys New York Fashion Week, Ending WME's Two-Year Search

The 3 August deal moves NYFW and NYFW: The Shows to a new owner promising expanded programming, with the CFDA staying on to run the official calendar.

Cargo Pants

8 Cargo Pants, From Herringbone to Corduroy, That Redefine the Pocket

Italian tailoring, ripstop workwear, and a Yeezy GAP Balenciaga oddity—these eight pairs argue extra pockets aren't just utility, they're a design language.

Harvey Nichols

Frasers Buys Harvey Nichols as Retail Crime Act Kicks In

A week of retail upheaval: Frasers Group snaps up Harvey Nichols in a pre-pack, and a new law targets shop theft.

Polka Dots

Five Fall Styling Moves That Keep Polka Dots From Turning Retro

Polka dots have outlasted the typical trend cycle; five specific methods of wearing them in cold weather show why.

Nike

The Two-Shoe System Nike Built for HYROX Athletes

The Hybrid Fly and Hybrid RN split the job between race day and training, each carrying different foam, plate, and traction tech for distinct phases of competition.

Skincare

The $9 Serum That Made an Editor Ask If I'd Had Botox

The Ordinary's new caffeine-and-escin face serum has already stacked hundreds of five-star reviews by doing something deceptively simple — making skin look like it slept ten hours.

Wardrobe Basics

The Zestier Basic: Why Your Wardrobe Staples Need One Deliberate Twist

Forget the perfect white tee—fashion's sharpest dressers are reaching for the asymmetric tank, the heather-gray jean, the quarter-sleeve baseball top in sky blue instead.

K-Pop

NMIXX's Lily Morrow Is Building the Most Literary Career in K-Pop

The 23-year-old singer-songwriter survived the 2009 Marysville bushfires and auditioned for K-pop Star 4 at 12. Now she reads 17 books a year, threads Greek mythology into pop songs, runs a 26-episode fan book club, and treats fandom as a two-way street—refusing to stay on the surface.

Copenhagen Fashion

9 Objects That Explain Aiayu's Spring 2027

Maria Høgh Heilmann's Danish label built the season around Bolivian llama wool, Indian cotton, and an oilskin bomber rooted in decades of hard-wearing workwear—released in three drops so each material story lands on its own.

Strength Training

The Five-Rep Window: What Actually Drives Muscle Growth

Forget rep schemes and tempo tricks — the science of hypertrophy comes down to one variable most lifters get wrong.

Celebrity Family

Suri Steps Into Her Own Name, Her Own Stage, Her Own Light

After legally dropping Cruise for Noelle, Tom Cruise's 20-year-old daughter is building a life on Pittsburgh stages and Carnegie Mellon hallways — and her father's silence says everything.

Gap Coupons

Gap's August Savings Stack: How Loyalty Tiers, GapCash Windows, and Shipping Thresholds Actually Work

The retailer's discount structure rewards frequency more than flash — here's how the moving parts fit together this month.

Seiko

Seiko's Initial D Chronograph Is a Love Letter to Keisuke Takahashi's RX-7

A yellow-dialed, rotary-nodding limited edition that hides its best references in the sub-dials.

NBA Fashion

How Celebrity Arrivals Turned NBA Arenas Into Fashion Runways, 2024–2026

Chrome Hearts custom denim. Head-to-toe Stella McCartney. Power pumps and a lucky orange clutch. These courtside arrivals were not just attendance—they were events, statements, and declarations. From 2024 to 2026, NBA arenas became stages where the entrance mattered as much as the game.

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Johnson Is Already Living in the Granny Tote — and Fall Hasn't Even Started

The actor's $3,450 Valentino Nellcôte tote has become her summer workhorse, and it signals the coziest bag trend heading into autumn.

Hugo Boss

German consumer giants tighten belts as Middle East pressure mounts

Hugo Boss and Beiersdorf both report falling sales but point to margin gains and cost discipline as evidence their turnaround plans are taking hold.

Western Wear

9 Tecovas Western Gifts From $85 Snap Shirts to $375 Handcrafted Boots

Three pearl-snap shirts, a cattleman straw hat, a leather travel kit, penny loafers, and three tiers of cowboy boots—the Tecovas catalog, ranked by price.