Just days after publishing his memoir, “Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans,” Paul Van Doren has died at age 90. Born in Depression-era Randolph, Mass., he moved to sunny Southern California in the 1960s, where he built a…
Read MoreWant to Party? You Might Need a ‘Vaccine Passport.’
You could hear the music from the sidewalk, high-spirited renditions of “Ice Ice Baby” and “MMMBop.” It was ’90s night at Rumi, a ballroom and event space in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, and millennials and Gen Zers lined up…
Read MoreElon Musk: Memelord or Meme Lifter?
Elon Musk — the Tesla chief executive, SpaceX founder and soon-to-be “Saturday Night Live” host — is an open admirer of memes. “Who controls the memes controls the universe,” Mr. Musk tweeted last summer. He has called the visual jokes…
Read MoreA Pact to Go to the Prom Leads to a Walk Down the Aisle
Amy Katherine Larko and Blake Falanga, best friends since seventh grade, made a pact in 2011, the beginning of senior year at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill. If neither was seeing anyone seriously they would go to the…
Read MoreRock Chic Beauty for Chanel Cruise 2022
In keeping with Chanel creative director Virginie Viard’s signature rock chic fashion aesthetic, the beauty look for the house’s cruise 2022 collection was highly graphic. Damien Boissinot created a hairstyle in which tresses were swept from a deep side parting…
Read MoreStreetwear Enthusiasts Flock to Supreme Milan Store Despite COVID-19 Restrictions
MILAN — About 150 cool kids in their teens and 20s gathered outside the Supreme store in Milan Thursday morning ahead of the official opening at 11 a.m. CET sharp. A sample of Italy’s streetwear community, many wearing their Nike x…
Read MoreA Marriage That Started With a Search for Justice
Jerome Dixon spent 21 years in prison for a murder he maintains he did not commit. Raha Lewis is a red carpet writer whose mother is a designer to the stars. A scholarly talk on racism brought them together, and…
Read MoreBritain’s Cat Deeley Breaks Into Design, With Help From Winser London
LONDON — Winser London has added another celebrity to its wall of fame, collaborating with British TV personality Cat Deeley on a capsule collection of chunky knitwear. The collection, Knit by Cat Deeley for Winser London, marks the celebrity’s first…
Read MoreIs Supreme’s New Shop in Milan the Coolest Retail Spot in Town?
MILAN — One of the most anticipated retail events of the year, the opening of the Supreme store in Milan, will certainly bring some cool factor to the city’s central Corso Garibaldi in the Brera district. The store, which is officially…
Read MoreVan Cleef & Arpels Brings Dreamy, Paris-themed Pop-up to California
Love is in the air at Van Cleef & Arpels. The French luxury jeweler and watchmaker has created an installation at South Coast Plaza — the shopping destination in Costa Mesa, Calif. (about 40 miles south of Los Angeles) —…
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