A 'Dose of Poison Against Nostalgia': Duran Lantink Rebuilt Gaultier's Codes in Couture
Duran Lantink's July 8, 2026 guest collection for Jean Paul Gaultier rebuilt stripes, cones and spirals as tech couture — 'poison against nostalgia'.
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The aesthetic outlived the app: where internet beauty goes next
TikTok's legal crisis proved internet aesthetics outlive their platforms. How cottagecore, clean girl and the rest survive — and where internet beauty…
The Potter Who Dresses the Country: Grayson Perry, Claire and the Argument of a Garment
Grayson Perry: the 2003 Turner Prize accepted as Claire, ceramics and tapestries that read British class through what the country wears.
e.l.f. Just Raised Its Outlook Again: rhode Is Doing the Heavy Lifting
f. 4 million, with rhode outperforming. What the results mean for makeup shelves.
LVMH Returns Fashion to Growth in Q2 2026 as Jewellery Leads the Rebound
LVMH fashion sales grew 1% in Q2 2026, its first growth in seven quarters, while jewellery jumped 11%. What LVMH first half 2026 results mean for shoppers.
Thierry Mugler's dark couture: insects, armour and the Thunderdome years, 1984 to 1997
Thierry Mugler 1984–1997: stadium spectacles, insect couture, chrome armour and the Thunderdome aesthetics that became dark fashion's high-end reference.
Standing vs. Seated: What the Death of the Front Row Actually Means
Standing rooms, livestreams, and the fading front row: what runway layout choices say about who fashion shows are really for.
The Launch After-Party: Who Stays When the Room Empties
Inside the launch after-party: who stays when the room empties, why the list shrinks to a dozen, and the unrecorded room where the industry settles up.
Timing purchases by the retail calendar
The retail calendar explained: January white sales, July furniture, Memorial Day appliances and coat clearance - what to buy in which month, and why.
Accessories That Outlast The Trend Cycle
Accessories that outlast the trend cycle: the seven permanent shapes — tote, fine chain, silk scarf and more — and how to buy each only once.
The $2 Wage Rise Against the $9.99 Price Floor: Summer 2026 in One Number
99 tee didn't move. The wage-price standoff of summer 2026, in one number.
LVMH's Second Quarter Rose 3% — and America Is Carrying the Group
LVMH's Q2 2026 sales rose 3% on July 27, lifted by 6% US growth. Where the recovery is real, where it isn't, and what it means for prices.
Shein's US revenue fell 14.3 percent — the tariff bill arrived at ultra-fast fashion
04bn and a $99m Q1 loss. What tariffs mean for ultra-cheap fashion.
How online returns actually work — and what the law requires
The FTC's shipping rule, where the federal floor ends, and the three-step escalation that works when a refund stalls. Returns mechanics, minus the folklore.
how to read a sunscreen label without getting played
SPF 100 isn't twice SPF 50, "waterproof" is banned, and "reef-safe" means nothing legally — the FDA's actual rules, decoded into a five-step label checklist.
What the Bauhaus color wheel still explains about dressing well
Johannes Itten's 1921 Color Star wasn't built for a closet, but its seven contrasts still explain why some color pairings read as decided and others read as accidental.
What the SPF Number on Your Sunscreen Actually Means
The number on the bottle isn't a multiplier or a timer — it's a filtration rate, and understanding it changes how you shop and reapply.
How RAIN RFID Tags Let a Stockroom Count Itself
A passive tag with no battery, read from meters away, is why apparel retailers can now count a backroom in minutes instead of a day — and why the same chip is turning up in blockchain pilots and returns fraud checks.
How WGSN Built a Trend-Forecasting Business Beyond Fashion
Founded in 1998 to sell fashion trend calls, WGSN has since added food and drink forecasting, consumer-insight publishing and daily brand data — a diversification the company's own launch record traces sector by sector.
Inside the Met Gala's Money Machine: How Sponsorship Really Works
A $100,000 ticket and a $350,000 table look like party expenses. On the books, and on brands' marketing ledgers, they are something else entirely.
How New York's Biggest Design Prize Actually Pays Out
The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund used to crown one winner and send everyone else home empty-handed. Here's how the math changed, and what it means for the ten designers competing this year.
Fall 2026's Colors, Decoded: What Pantone and the Runways Agree On
A look at Pantone's ten-hue Autumn/Winter 2026 New York Fashion Week forecast against what actually showed up on the fall 2026 runways — plus a clearly labeled, just-for-fun astrology-season read of the palette.
How an independent goth label actually gets funded
Before a single piece hangs on a rack, an alternative label has to solve a money problem that has nothing to do with taste — and the scene has built its own quiet workarounds.
What "dermatologist tested" on a beauty label actually promises
The phrase sounds like a checked fact. Here is what the FDA and FTC actually require before a brand can print it.
FDA approves first new sunscreen filter in 20 years
S. since 2006, and it works differently from the chemical and mineral filters already on shelves.
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