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☆ Zendaya Is No Stranger to the Met Gala Red Carpet. But It’s Been a While.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“The designers must fight to the death to dress you,” Kelly Ripa told Zendaya, the 27-year-old actress, as they discussed her preparation for this year’s Met Gala on a recent episode of “Live With Kelly and Mark.”Zendaya gave a knowing smile. So it is of intense interest to red-carpet watchers that Zendaya will return to the Met Gala on Monday for the first time in five years, this time as a co-chair. “We call each other our fashion soul mates,” he told Vanessa Friedman in a recent interview. Zendaya’s willingness to take fashion risks has been on display at her past five Met Gala appearances, which have involved chain mail, parrots and a color-changing Cinderella dress with a pumpkin carriage purse. But ascending the steps has not exactly gotten easier with practice, she told Ms. Ripa: “It’s still terrifying.”

Persons: ” Kelly Ripa, Zendaya, Kelly, Mark, ” Zendaya, ”, Jessica Testa, Law Roach, Vanessa Friedman, Ripa, “ Organizations: The New York Times

☆ ‘Challengers’: Normcore Clothes on Sweaty Bodies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This week “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s film about love, lust and tennis, finally hit theaters after being delayed by the actor’s strike last fall. Starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist as racket prodigies reunited by fate and tournaments, with costumes by Jonathan Anderson (designer of Loewe, his own JW Anderson line and many Uniqlo collabs), it is a romp through competitions and clothes. Vanessa Friedman Aesthetics — clothes, colors, design — have always been important in Luca Guadagnino’s movies, but “Challengers” is the first time he has collaborated with a single fashion designer: Jonathan Anderson. Jessica Testa Well, it’s not often you see a major fashion designer step into a film costume designer role. VF I loved the whole pop-art aesthetic of the movie, but I can’t say any of the clothes screamed “JWA” to me.

Persons: ” Luca Guadagnino’s, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist, prodigies, Jonathan Anderson, Loewe, Anderson, Vanessa Friedman, Luca Guadagnino’s, ”, Jessica Testa, Guy Trebay JWA, Luca, Givenchy, Blake Edwards

☆ Dries Van Noten Announces Retirement
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a shock to the fashion world, Dries Van Noten announced that he was stepping down as creative director of the brand that bears his name. His fall 2024 men’s show, scheduled to take place in Paris in June, will be his last. “My dream was to have a voice in fashion,” Mr. Van Noten, 65, wrote in a letter sent to editors. Now, I want to shift my focus to all the things I never had time for.”Mr. Van Noten was an original member of the Antwerp Six, the group of Belgian designers who changed fashion when they arrived in Paris in the early 1980s. His last women’s show, held in late February in Paris, was an emotional, generous paean to style over fashion and the creativity of dressing oneself.

Persons: Van Noten, “, Mr, ” Mr, Van Noten’s Organizations: Antwerp Locations: Paris, Belgian

“Queen!”It was a Friday night in January, and Snoop Dogg had just rolled into a cocktail party hosted by Donna Langley, NBCUniversal’s chief content officer and studios chairwoman. His shouted greeting, paired with a jaunty deferential dance, seemed to leave her a bit embarrassed. “We’re here to celebrate filmmakers and films,” Langley told the room a few minutes later. Like it or not, this moment in Hollywood history is very much about her. Nolan started his acceptance speech for best director by saying, “Donna Langley — thank you for seeing the potential in this.”

Persons: Snoop Dogg, Donna Langley, “, ” Langley, Langley, Christopher Nolan, “ Oppenheimer, Nolan, “ Donna Langley —, ” Organizations: ”

ETImage “Barbie” is up for eight awards but is only the favorite for best original song. So while the Oscars have traditionally celebrated prestige films, Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster was undeniable, scoring eight Oscar nominations. Billie Eilish’s heart-wringing track “What Was I Made For?” won song of the year at the Grammys, and it is the front-runner in its Oscars category. And in 2003, Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York” scored 10 nominations but no trophies. The best potential parallel to “Barbie” may be Bradley Cooper’s 2018 remake of “A Star Is Born,” which was nominated for eight Oscars and walked away with only best song.

Persons: Barbie ”, “ Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s, Gerwig, Billie Eilish’s, ”, Ryan Gosling’s, I’m, Ken, It’s, Martin Scorsese’s “, York ”, Barbie, Bradley Cooper’s Organizations: Warner Bros, Mattel, York Locations: ”

☆ A Rising Star in Fashion Who Sees No Future in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a phone call in October, Carly Mark raised the idea for the first time: She needed to leave New York. But there was more: Ms. Mark said she could no longer sell clothes. A few weeks earlier, in September, Ms. Mark held a runway show for her five-year-old fashion brand, Puppets and Puppets. Puppets and Puppets may not be widely known, but Ms. Mark can draw an audience: celebrities with grit, writers with money, artists with modeling gigs. The installations tangoed with the clothes: elegant and screwy, sexy and goth, coated in cinematic references.

Persons: Carly Mark, Mark, Limp Organizations: Vogue, Madison Locations: New York

☆ The Cool Thing to Wear to the Big Game? Something Old.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The team store: A glorified souvenir shop at stadiums and arenas, where sports fans shop for official jerseys, snapback hats and a variety of magnets and key chains. “That is very out,” said Lily Shimbashi of Sportsish, a pop-culture newsletter and podcast aimed to female sports fans. It’s ugly.”For more and more fans, official game-day apparel has been replaced by less official, trendier gear sold online. items has nearly quadrupled in the last year, particularly in Missouri, home of the Kansas City Chiefs. The day after it was determined that Kansas City would play the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl, eBay searches for vintage 49ers T-shirts rose by more than 400 percent in the United States and Canada.

Persons: ”, Lily Shimbashi, “ Organizations: Mets, M, Google, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City, San Francisco 49ers, Super, eBay, 49ers Locations: Florida, Missouri, Kansas, United States, Canada

Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles welcomed people to the first Emmy Awards ceremony, which was held Jan. 25, 1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Before there was a Peak TV era, before there were performances from Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman or Julia Louis-Dreyfus, there was Judy Splinters. “Judy Splinters,” a children’s television show hosted by a 20-year-old ventriloquist named Shirley Dinsdale and her puppet — wait for it — Judy Splinters, was nominated for the so-called most popular program at the very first Emmy Awards. All nominated shows had to have been filmed in Los Angeles, and the award show itself was only broadcast on a local station in Los Angeles. “It was so brand-new,” Dinsdale told The Los Angeles Times in 1998.

Persons: Fletcher Bowron, Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman, Julia Louis, Dreyfus, Judy, Shirley Dinsdale, Dinsdale, John Leverence, —, ” Dinsdale, “, ” Leverence, ”, That’s Organizations: Hollywood Athletic Club, Television Academy, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, KTLA, Times, Lucky Locations: Los Angeles, Los

☆ Terry Richardson Accused of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

While Mr. Richardson was photographing Ms. Portillo topless, the model contends that the photographer began posing with her, touching her breasts and pressing his exposed penis up against her body; eventually Mr. Richardson “forcibly inserted his penis into her mouth, and ordered her to perform oral sex on him,” while she repeatedly said “no.” According to Ms. Portillo, the alleged assault was photographed by Mr. Richardson’s employees. The experience traumatized her, according to the lawsuit, and Ms. Portillo returned to Spain about a week later. That fall, some of the photographs of Ms. Portillo were included in an exhibition titled “Terry Richardson: Terryworld,” and in 2006 were published in a book, “Kibosh,” despite a 2005 cease-and-desist letter from Ms. Portillo, who claimed she was dropped by a Spanish modeling agency because of the explicit images. Ms. Portillo said she did not consent to the distribution or sale of Mr. Richardson’s photos. She had signed an undated release at his studio after the first photo shoot, but given her state of mind and that English wasn’t her first language, “did not know what she was signing,” according to the lawsuit.

Persons: Richardson, Portillo, Richardson “, ”, Ms, . Portillo, “, “ Terry Richardson, Guentert Organizations: Trump Model Management Locations: Spain, Spanish

☆ A New Getty Family Business
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Once, more than a decade ago, Rosetta Getty was asked by her daughter’s elementary schoolteacher, “Are we going to discuss the elephant in the room?”Ms. Getty didn’t know what she meant. “The fact that Violet basically acts like a boy and dresses like a boy,” the teacher said, according to Ms. Getty, who said she replied nonchalantly. “We don’t make a big deal about it,” Ms. Getty recalled saying, bracing for whatever came next. “She actually was cool about it,” Ms. Getty said in a recent interview for this article. The teacher told Ms. Getty she wouldn’t divide the class by gender for group projects or anything like that; Violet wouldn’t be forced to choose.

Persons: Rosetta Getty, “, Ms, Getty, Violet, nonchalantly, Violet wouldn’t, ”, Chateau Marmont Organizations: New York Times Locations: Los Angeles

☆ The Heart of ‘Priscilla’ Is for Sale
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is curious how some things never go out of style. Throughout the first act of the new movie “Priscilla,” when the titular heroine is still living in Germany with her parents, she wears one thing almost every day: a heart-shaped locket tied around her neck on a black ribbon. Then, as she is courted by Elvis Presley, the necklace reflects her infatuation: She argues with her parents about him, doodles his name and writes him letters, waits for him to call. In 1960, at age 14, Priscilla Presley wore it in a photograph while clutching an Elvis record. In her memoir, “Elvis and Me,” the basis for Sofia Coppola’s movie, Ms. Presley wrote of a gold locket that she cherished, originally given to her mother by her deceased biological father.

Persons: Priscilla, ”, Elvis Presley, doodles, Priscilla Presley, “ Elvis, Sofia Coppola’s, Presley Organizations: Urban Outfitters Locations: Germany

☆ Julia Fox Gets Dirty to Come Clean
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

How did Julia Fox go from unruly teenager, with her face plastered on missing persons fliers put up by her parents across New York City, to tabloid fixture, with her face plastered on Supreme ads? The story is messy, tense and sometimes tragic — and that covers only what she decided to include in “Down the Drain,” her car crash of a memoir of addiction, abuse and sex. Every new anecdote brings a fresh opportunity for disaster: Which character will be arrested or die or nearly die by the end of this chapter? “I had to censor a few things and obviously left out a bunch of stuff,” Ms. Fox said, sitting in a booth at Victoria, a Lower East Side bar that her publicity team had suggested. (Ms. Fox, 33, doesn’t often drink, she said; she writes in the book that has survived multiple drug overdoses and swore off opiates in 2019, the year a close friend died of an overdose.)

Persons: , Julia Fox, Fox, “, Ms Locations: New York City, “, Miami, New Orleans, Victoria

☆ The Mother of ‘Eclectic’ Interior Design
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Although Ms. Wearstler has been recognized for her decorating style, it can be hard to define. The word “eclectic” is often applied to Ms. Wearstler’s work; “that one drives me crazy,” she said. The Proper hotel in Downtown Los Angeles — a neighborhood that has struggled as the city’s homelessness crisis has accelerated — is a place to eat Iberian-inspired food on Mexican-made furniture. In suites like that, about half of the décor is vintage and half is new, a combination that is essential to Ms. Wearstler. It’s how I design.”Heart and SoulMs. Wearstler uses the word “soul” often.

Persons: Wald, —, Kelly, ”, Wearstler, Gwen Stefani, Bergdorf Goodman, Wearstler’s, “ Organizations: Santa, Hollywood Locations: Texas, Santa Monica, Downtown Los Angeles, Downtown

☆ That Ralph Lauren Feeling
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The clothes are secondary. Almost everyone acknowledges this, including Ralph Lauren himself, who has long been vocal about not considering himself a fashion designer. “I never liked fashion,” he told The New York Times in 2021. But how does Ralph Lauren build these worlds? It’s a question being pursued by several young American fashion founders, desperate to capture this formula (not to mention the revenue, $6.2 billion in the 2022 fiscal year, according to the company) and imbue their so-called lifestyle brands with nostalgia.

Persons: Ralph Lauren, “, ”, Mr, you’ve Organizations: New York Times

☆ A Fashion ‘Prodigy’ Makes a Big Debut. No Pressure.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Peter Do held up a pair of Helmut Lang jeans by their pockets, pulling them against his waist. I’d already reached out to feel the fabric, pinching it between my fingers, when Mr. Do said that he’d never washed them. Mr. Do felt attached to the jeans in the way people often do to denim that simply fits very well. This is essentially Mr. Do’s objective: He wants to reintroduce Helmut Lang, once considered among the coolest, cleverest, most modern labels in fashion, and not just “for the sake of doing it,” he said. “Even when I’m not at the brand anymore, I hope I built a strong enough foundation that it goes on.”

Persons: Peter Do, Helmut Lang, I’d, he’d, ”, “ I’m, Mr, I’m Locations: meatpacking, Manhattan

☆ The Most Famous Woman in Men’s Tennis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And here is where things can get complicated: In the tennis world, at least, Ms. Riddle’s exposure is still partly tied to her boyfriend’s success. Many fans who take selfies with Ms. Riddle know her from “Break Point,” the Netflix series that follows the highs and lows of several rising tennis stars. Mr. Fritz has since failed to advance past the third round of any Grand Slam tournament. As such, the “Break Point” crew hasn’t spent much time with the couple for the scheduled second season, Ms. Riddle said. After Carlos Alcaraz won his U.S. Open title in 2022, he signed high-profile deals with Calvin Klein and Louis Vuitton.

Persons: he’s, Ms, Barber, Fritz, Fritz’s, Riddle, Rafael Nadal, hasn’t, Emma Raducanu, Dior, Carlos Alcaraz, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton Organizations: Wimbledon, Netflix, U.S ., Nike, Rolex, Forbes, U.S Locations: Indian Wells, Calif

☆ The Big Business of Dressing Like a Little Girl
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’m wearing the shoes. Ms. Liang, who grew up in Queens, is part of a tradition of female designers subverting ultrafeminine clothes. “I’m a Sandy girl,” she said. Because of the brand’s nostalgic sensibility, Ms. Zauner said that she felt uniquely connected to its designer, too. The blurring between Sandy Liang, the brand, and Sandy Liang, the person, is partially by design.

Persons: “, ” Ms, Sugihara, Liang, Anna Sui, ’, Liang’s, Michelle Zauner, Sandy Liang, Zauner, ”, Ms, Dorian Booth, Merrell Locations: Queens, Japan, ., York

☆ Is the World Ready for Another Goop?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There was once an Instagram account called Sporty & Rich. But hobbies do not stay hobbies for long in the modern age. As her following grew, Ms. Oberg envisioned a print magazine. She envisioned a small line of merch: simple hoodies and tote bags and hats embroidered with “Sporty & Rich.” Then she began to envision a different life for herself — one of less hustle and more leisure. She moved to Los Angeles in 2018, and now her T-shirts are printed with phrases like “Health Is Wealth!” and “Drink More Water!”

Persons: Ralph Lauren —, Frank, Phoebe Philo’s, Barack Obama, Joe Namath, Emily Oberg, Oberg, ”, — Organizations: ”, tote Locations: Bedford, Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Los Angeles

☆ The Hot New Italian Player at Wimbledon: Gucci
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was the kind of bag you may spot in the overhead bin of an airplane’s first-class cabin. Except it was being carried onto Centre Court at Wimbledon by a 6-foot-2-inch redhead. Jannik Sinner, 21, the Italian tennis player ranked eighth in the world, broke from tradition Monday when he emerged on court with a custom-made duffel bag wrapped in Gucci’s “GG” monogram, its red and green straps slung over a shoulder. But that kind of sartorial energy has not yet come to tennis — especially not to Wimbledon, the most traditional of the four Grand Slam tournaments, with its strict all-white uniform requirements. (This is the first year that women playing at Wimbledon are allowed to wear nonwhite underwear, to ease anxiety around periods.)

Persons: Jannik Organizations: Court, Wimbledon Locations: Italian

☆ Jenna Lyons, Unlikely Housewife
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Lyons can’t deny that she is anxious, too. “Cast comes for Jenna Lyons in explosive trailer,” read the New York Post’s headline. Bravo allowed me to visit the “RHONY” set once during filming, in February, while the crew captured Ms. Lyons on a photo shoot for LoveSeen. “This can kind of be used anywhere,” said a field producer, Michael Maniglia. A few months later, I asked Ms. Lyons if she had any regrets about the way she had approached the show, which starts on July 16.

Persons: “, ‘, ’, Kline Crockett, Lyons can’t, Mr, Cohen, Lyons, Jenna Lyons, ”, Bravo, Michael Maniglia, ” Mr, Maniglia, rhapsodized, Ms Organizations: York

☆ Fashion’s Reluctant It Boy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

About two months ago, Eli Russell Linnetz moved into a house built in the mid-1980s by the actor Dennis Hopper. Mr. Linnetz had spent the last few years as a kind of Venice Beach Goldilocks, moving until he found a studio that felt just right. Walking across the property, toward a small white house where he now lives, Mr. Linnetz discovered gardenias blooming in the yard. One of his earliest renovation decisions was to tear up the studio’s floors and install plywood from the time it was built. Mr. Linnetz tends to fixate on small details in the service of telling a good story.

Persons: Eli Russell Linnetz, Dennis Hopper, Linnetz

☆ Should Making It in Fashion Be This Hard?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“I know that if she can find the financial footing, the rest is history,” Ms. Church said. “How many accomplishments do I have to collect, and how many co-signs and check marks does it take before people invest in helping me keep myself afloat?” Ms. Velez said, with an expletive or two. Then she realized she was unqualified for anything but fashion. “It’s a heavy, heavy, heavy burden for me, and a lot of the people that I love,” she said. “And I think that I could live a healthier, more sustainably paced life doing another thing.”

☆ ‘Succession’ Style, Episode 9: The Funeral
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article contains spoilers for Episode 9 of the final season of “Succession.”We knew it was coming: the funeral service for Logan Roy. After several episodes of planning and maneuvering, the Roy children finally have the chance to ceremonially mourn their father. The funeral guests wore black, and the Roy children stuck to the dress code. Because his immediate observation upon seeing Marcia at Logan’s funeral — “Marcia’s looking chic” — is something one of us would definitely say, if we didn’t already say it during her one (one!) Although we wouldn’t be so, uh, crude about it.

☆ Nothing Says Fashion in 2023 Like a Corset Hoodie
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Jessica Testa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There is a certain futility in making sense of fashion trends of late. Just try to follow the path from naked dressing to stealth wealth without taking the pink-drenched detours of cottagecore, balletcore and Barbiecore. Three years later, one consequence of this convergence has emerged: the corset hoodie. The garment is a fashion Frankenstein — cozy hoodie on top, restrictive corset on bottom — that is both a conjugation and rejection of its parent trends. The corset half was sheer with visible boning.

Michel Gaubert first crossed paths with Karl Lagerfeld when he worked at a record store on the Champs-Élysée. “All his life Karl was obsessed with music,” he recalled. All his life Karl was obsessed with music. Then one day Eric came and asked if I wanted to work with the Karl Lagerfeld brand. Karl said Diane de Beauvau-Craon [a French princess and a pal of Mr. Lagerfeld’s] would call me.

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