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Eileen Fisher went from industry outlier to godmother of a movement. Now, she is getting ready to pass the torch, starting with a new chief executive at her company. “Being a chief executive has never really been part of my…
Read MoreThe Existential Crossroads of Bathing Suit Shopping
It’s finally, truly, hotly swim season. Summer has the potential for relaxation and freedom, and swimming is one of the purest distillations of those things. But if your bathing suit isn’t what you want it to be, you’ll be focusing…
Read MoreMaking a List? Checking It Twice? Tips for Out-of-Practice Gift Givers.
It has been two years since the holidays felt “normal,” and you’re determined to make it special. You spend hours combing through your go-to department store, dodging Santa Clauses and unruly crowds to find the right gift. You open and…
Read MoreDisaster Prep Kits Get a Makeover
The climate crisis has spawned an unlikely new area of fashion entrepreneurship. By Whitney Bauck Before last year, Whitney McGuire hadn’t seriously considered stashing an emergency survival kit in her home. But as 2020’s record-breaking fire season descended on the…
Read MoreThe Strange Allure of Pool-Cleaning Videos
Some TikTok creators have become successful on the video platform by dancing, singing or performing everyday tasks. Miles Laflin has amassed 11 million followers by cleaning pools. Better known by his moniker, @thep00lguy, Mr. Laflin, a swimming pool engineer from…
Read MoreRun Out of Netflix Shows to Watch? Try These.
PARIS — The last year and a half of being stuck to the small screen for work and pleasure, desperate for any new piece of escapism be it blockbuster or art house or glossy series, has to have changed forever…
Read MoreThierry Mugler Returns to Paris With ‘Couturissime’
It’s been 20 years since Thierry Mugler, the enfant terrible of 1980s and ’90s Paris fashion who turned fashion shows into rock events, stepped down from his namesake company. But he didn’t retire. He designed costumes for Cirque du Soleil’s…
Read MoreA New Mash-Up at Dior: Go-Go Boots and Scuba Shoes
Fashion Week is back in full force, and there’s a lot to see. Blink (or scroll too fast on Instagram) and you’ll miss the details: tiny bags, tall shoes, feathered hats, leather capes and diamond dog collars. So as part…
Read MoreGeorge Malkemus, Who Pushed Manolos to New Heights, Dies at 67
George Malkemus, the steady, sunny Texan who helped turn the designs of an eccentric shoe designer named Manolo Blahnik into a global empire, and then attempted the same business alchemy with the actress Sarah Jessica Parker for her own shoe…
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