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Fashion, Beauty & Style
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The Grid and the Body: How Yves Saint Laurent Turned a Mondrian Painting Into a Dress
In August 1965 a Paris couture show sent out a handful of shift dresses built to hide their seams inside a painter's grid — and made a career-long argument about where fashion ends and art begins.
Skin cycling isn't a vibe, it's a math problem for your face
The four-night rotation that ate TikTok in 2022 came from one dermatologist's actual patients, not a trend forecast. Here's where it started and what each night is really doing.
Inside Fashion Week's Set-Design Economy, From Louis Vuitton to Miu Miu
Houses now budget runway sets as art installations meant to outlast a single show, from Es Devlin's inverted theater staging for Louis Vuitton in Avignon to artist-built commissions at Miu Miu and Dior.
LVMH First Half 2026: 38.6 Billion Euros and Growth That Accelerated
6 billion euros revenue, +2% organic growth accelerating to +3% in Q2. What the luxury recovery means for the rest of 2026.
Giorgio Armani 1934 To 2025: The House Without Its Founder
Giorgio Armani died September 4, 2025, leaving his foundation-and-family succession to run the house without its founder. What the will decided.
Pearls, Tulle and the Long Shadow of the Nursery: Simone Rocha's Dollhouse History
Simone Rocha's pearls, tulle and Irish references, from Central Saint Martins to the 2021 Jil Sander collaboration. A critical profile.
Why Fashion and Architecture Keep Borrowing Each Other's Lines
From Chanel's proportions to Koolhaas for Prada and Ando for Armani: why fashion and architecture keep borrowing each other's lines.
Who Predicts Fashion Two Years Out: Inside the Trend-Forecasting Industry
WGSN, Pantone and the colour institutes: how fashion's 24-month forecasting trade works — and why forecasts participate in their own fulfilment.
Milan and Paris menswear: June 2026's defining moments
Rugby shirts, soft tailoring and Rowen Rose's breakout: the spring 2027 menswear season's defining moments, June 19-28.
Brows and the Erased Brow: The Cycling Fashion of the Bare Lid Line
From the pencilled 1920s line to bleached runway brows: the eyebrow's documented cycles, from Dietrich to Shields to Prada's blank stare.
P&G's $3.8 Billion Thorne Deal Shows Where Beauty Is Heading Next
8B cash, per Reuters, shows beauty's next battleground: science-backed wellness.
FDA Advisers Vote to Ease Rules on Peptides Marketed for Skin and Aging
FDA advisers voted on July 23-24, 2026 to ease compounding rules for six of seven peptides marketed in the beauty and wellness space.
The scene that grew old together: forty years on the goth dancefloor
The scene that grew old together: how goth's founding generation stayed, what Whitby and the club elders built, and how the dark wardrobe ages.
When Fashion Groups Start Selling Their Buildings, Watch Fifth Avenue
Kering's reported talks to sell a stake in its $963M Fifth Avenue property revealed how NYC luxury retail became a real-estate story first. Analysis.
Designer Exit Statements: What They Say and What They Mean
Gratitude, honor, no questions: what designer exit statements from Celine, Dior and Versace really say, and how the industry reads the subtext.
Families plan to spend 858 dollars on back-to-school shopping
29 on clothing. How to time school clothes shopping and beat rising prices.
A Year Into the Post-Wintour Vogue, the Media Map Has Been Redrawn
A year into Chloé Malle's Vogue succession, the media map is redrawn: internal heirs, digital pedigrees, separated business lines. What the trade watche…
Uniqlo's July Lounge Drop Tested the Post-Volume Basics Formula
Uniqlo's July 2026 loungewear collection lands mid-basics spec war. What the drop says about fabric weight, replacement purchases and quality drift.
Linen Care: Washing, Storing, and Loving the Wrinkles
Cold gentle washes, low-heat drying, no bleach, breathable storage: linen care that softens for decades, plus shrinkage and scratchiness answers.
Hermès grew 6 percent in the first half — the anatomy of a price that never discounts
2bn H1 2026 revenue on July 29 and a ~41% operating margin. What its no-discount model and 2026 price rises mean for bag buyers.
Hermès Posts €8.2 Billion for the Half — Growth Other Houses Envy
2 billion in H1 2026 revenue on July 29, up 6% at constant rates with Q2 accelerating to 7% — why scarcity keeps outperforming scale.
The Set Designer Does the Talking: Scenography as Fashion's Loudest Voice
Es Devlin's Louis Vuitton stages, Chanel's supermarket, Fendi's Trevi Fountain: how runway scenography speaks for the collection.
Gucci's Slower Decline Sparks a Kering Rally in July
4 billion euros, beating consensus, per Reuters, as Kering returned to growth. Why stabilization counts as a win.
After the Founder: How Houses Survive the Genius They Were Named For
Chanel's 36-year interregnum, Dior's named successions, Balenciaga's closure: the three patterns by which fashion houses survive the founder's exit.
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