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☆ Does Gen X Have No Style?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

IF MEMES dictated a generation’s cultural currency, Gen X would be irrelevant. Across social and mainstream media, it is baby boomers, millennials and Gen Z who are mocked for their myriad sartorial missteps. Consider the savage TikTok attacks that GenZers wage on millennials’ love of side parts and skinny jeans or the pervasive “OK, boomer” taunt. How has Gen X (that includes me and anyone else born between 1965 and 1980) sidestepped meme-ification? Or is it that we, in 2023, have no distinct style at all?

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☆ How Rihanna Changed Maternity Style For Good
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Mother’s Day Gifts 2023: What Marie Kondo, Chloë Sevigny, Miranda Kerr and Other Mothers Are Giving and Receiving
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Photo: clockwise from top left: PRADA, KHIRY, ASSOULINE, OSEA, Misette’s Fete, HEREU, THE TREE CENTER PLANT SUPPLY CO., WITTUSBecause they field meltdowns with grace (or something akin to it), because they set calendar reminders for class registrations, because they manage to conjure acceptable answers for all of the many, many questions, mothers and maternal figures deserve acknowledgement every day, and especially on the one holiday reserved for them. Honoring these efforts with a gift can be challenging, so we turned to some high-profile women to find out what they’re giving—and coveting for themselves—this Mother’s Day. Read on for their ideas. AERIN LAUDERPhoto: Getty Images for AERINThe mother of two and founder and creative director of lifestyle brand Aerin has a keen sense for all things home, beauty and accessories. Aerin’s latest release is a collaboration with Pamela Munson: hand-embroidered flower-themed bags inspired by the brand’s signature scents.

The Brooklyn writer and brand consultant, 33, has lately been trying to cut down on her screen time, so she bought an analog watch—specifically a 1979 Rolex Lady-Datejust. “That I have one less reason to pull [my phone] out of my pocket is a relief,” she said. Ms. Baxter is among the many women who, as a form of self-care, are shunning techy time-tellers and opting for analog watches (old-school tickers that actually tick). It’s a move Deepika Chopra, a Los Angeles holistic psychologist, recommends to clients experiencing smartphone or social-media overload. Janet Ozzard, 58, felt a sense of freedom after ditching her digital tracker for Shinola’s mechanical Birdy watch earlier this year.

☆ Vintage Red-Carpet Looks Are Having a Moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

With awards season in full swing comes the red-carpet photo dump of picture-perfect celebrities: Hours have been spent on hair and makeup; limbs are dripping in six-figure jewels; and couture finery abounds. But on Instagram, a different, less fussy era of red-carpet dressing has begun to hold sway via accounts that serve as scrapbooks of what celebrities once wore. The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards as a new fashion touchstone, for example? A post last year on New York stylist and vintage fashion archivist Gabriel Held’s Instagram feed suggested as much, with a carousel of images featuring the likes of Molly Sims and Ashanti in various hip bone–baring, low-slung styles emblematic of the early aughts. “I feel like the Gen Z kids are at a point now where they’re kind of referencing the era that they were born in,” says Held.

☆ Bob Haircuts: Everything You Thought You Knew Is Wrong. Just Ask Hailey Bieber
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

OVER THE LAST YEAR, bobs have swept the starlet set. Hailey Bieber is a freshly shorn adopter; Zendaya got one in December, 2022; and Emily Ratajkowski went viral after wearing a short, wavy wig to a fashion show this month. What do all three women’s bobs have in common? Unfairly, the bob has acquired a bad rap as a high-maintenance hairstyle. Photographs of the glamorous 1920s-era actress depict a preternatural version of the chop: shiny, precise to a militaristic degree, nary a hair out of place.

☆ 3 Celebrity Manicurists Share Their Cutting-Edge Nail Designs and What Inspired Them
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Kim TruongLike a number of beauty-world talents, L.A.-based nail artist Kim Truong got a career boost from her relationship with the Kardashian-Jenners. “They started to recommend me to each other and personally request me for photo shoots,” says Truong, who counts both Kim and Kylie as regulars, along with Kerry Washington and Miranda Kerr. After her family moved to the U.S. from Vietnam, her mother became a nail technician and bought a salon, where Truong worked as a teen. When Truong was in college, she took a part-time job at a Hollywood nail salon to help pay her tuition and rent, and there she began to cross paths with people in the beauty industry. I really enjoyed seeing different nail art on the cast members of Euphoria season 2.

☆ Want Big-Skirt Energy? How to Master the Statement Look
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

A drenching is always amusing, but it’s her tutu that makes that scene indelible. The show’s costume designer, Patricia Field, was insistent on the garment, saying in an interview, “Whatever she’s wearing has to be completely original to last in time.”That iconic look embodies “big-skirt energy,” a mood dominating the resort and spring 2023 collections. A skirt needn’t literally be big to possess BSE. But whether maxi or midi, spangled or satin, printed or plain, it must project outsize attitude. And women are gravitating to that, reports Marc Rofsky, a buying director at e-commerce site Moda Operandi, who’s seen year-over-year, double-digit growth in skirts between October and January 2023.

☆ 39 Valentine’s Day Gifts That Add a Pop of Color to Beauty and Wellness Routines
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

There’s nothing wrong with Valentine standbys like flowers or chocolate—opt for an arrangement with staying power like the paper creations conjured by Livia Cetti of the Green Vase (we’re partial to the jet-black hollyhock) or a box of single-origin truffles courtesy of San Francisco’s Dandelion Chocolate. But to fulfill Valentine’s expectations in a less expected way, we suggest going the beauty and wellness route, particularly with products that span the color spectrum (yes, the classic reds and pinks but also canary yellow and rich amethyst and pea green too). From indulgent face creams to artful makeup palettes to a Pilates machine that tucks away, here’s a list of products that are sure to become objects of affection. Painter’s Palettes…for the FaceThanks to a bounty of TikTok and YouTube tutorials, creative experimentation with makeup is trending. So go for a painterly palette—Dior’s is a leopard-encased nod to the brand’s muse Mitzah Bricard, the ’50s-era fashion icon known for her love of all things leopard; makeup artist Jo Baker’s credit card–size versions for her new line, Bakeup, are slim but pack serious pigment payoff; and the colors in Isamaya’s rhinestone-studded, punk-rock Wild Star compact live up to its moniker.

☆ This Weighted Sleep Mask Is My Secret to Falling (and Staying) Asleep
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

The one item I have found to be up to the challenge is a sleep mask. I’m speaking instead of a weighted sleep mask, which takes the basic sleep mask and fuses it with a weighted blanket. Lunya Weighted Washable Silk Sleep Mask $88 at LunyaI first saw the Lunya weighted sleep mask where I so often see things that I feel compelled to buy: Instagram. I didn’t click purchase immediately though because, at $88, it felt like too much money to spend on a sleep mask. A weighted mask, on the other hand, turns out to be exactly what my head needs to power down for the night.

☆ Why Subtle, Logo-Free Handbags Will Reign in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Three versatile handbags that exude plenty of chic but no tacky flash. WHEN KRISSY JONES was choosing a handbag to put on her holiday wishlist, she thought of her friend’s enviable carryall: a Park tote from minimalist brand the Row. “It’s well-made, gets better with time—hers is five years old and looks incredible—and is inconspicuous,” said Ms. Jones, 34, the co-founder of New York’s Sky Ting yoga studio. A similar quest for quality, versatility and (crucially) anonymity is driving a new trend: the anti-It Bag. Today’s sleek, simple anti-It Bags, on the other hand, telegraph a less meretricious sort of chic.

☆ The ‘90s Blowout Is Back. Here’s How to Do the Big ’Do Right.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Topanga from “Boy Meets World.” Cher from “Clueless.” These are among the retro references name-checked in the blowout hair tutorials blowing up all over TikTok. (At last count, videos tagged #90sblowout had more than 84 million views on the app.) “[Social media] is really driving the trend,” explained Fekkai founder and CEO, Frédéric Fekkai, referencing Matilda Djerf (TikTok follower count: 1.3 million), an influencer whose signature fluffy blowout has become a frequent subject of viral posts. Jessica Gillin, a stylist at New York’s Jenna Perry Hair, sees her clients’ zeal for fluffy manes as just the latest expression of ’90s and Y2K nostalgia. “Big hair is femininity...it’s also power.”

☆ Do You Have to Wear an Underwire Bra to Work? Really?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

BRA-STRUCK Going back to the office—and back to bras—doesn’t mean you have to relinquish the comfort of sporting a soft bra (or none at all). BRAS ARE RARELY COMFORTABLE—which is why a lot of us relate to those memes depicting women rapturously ripping theirs off after an overly cinched day at work. During the pandemic, many women declared their home offices constriction-free zones, and consciously uncoupled from their bras. “When they did [wear them], they opted for wire-free, comfortable styles,” said Kristen Classi-Zummo, an intimates expert at market research firm NPD Group. At one retailer, Bare Necessities, sales of wireless bras doubled between 2020 and 2022.

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