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☆ Why People Are Splurging on This $88 Lipstick
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The refillable metal compact, which includes a lip balm and a colored pigment, comes in just two nudes and two reds. Photo: Hanna TveiteFara Homidi calls herself a “mouth watcher.” The makeup artist has always loved observing people talk, smile, laugh. What she didn’t know was that her $88 sky-blue lip compact would become an immediate object of desire. The refillable metal compact, which includes a lip balm and a colored pigment, comes in just two nudes and two reds. But for now, all the hype is swirling around that one shiny blue lip compact.

Persons: Hanna Tveite Fara Homidi, Homidi, Charlotte Tilbury, Pat McGrath

☆ On Pageant Day, Miss Universe Faces Bankruptcy Court and a Leadership Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Thai trans media mogul Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, known as Anne JKN, is a household name in Thailand. Her company has owned Miss Universe since last year. Photo: Benjamin AskinaWhen Thai media mogul Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip fulfilled her lifelong dream of buying Miss Universe, it signaled a new chapter for the beleaguered pageant. Miss Universe, which bows tonight in El Salvador, had been limping along with dwindling relevance in recent years. Also known as Anne Jakrajutatip and Anne JKN, Jakrajutatip is the chief executive of Thai media conglomerate JKN Global, which owns television stations, content distribution networks, a beverage factory and other businesses.

Persons: Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, Anne JKN, Benjamin Askina, Anne Jakrajutatip Organizations: Miss Universe, Miss, JKN Locations: Thai, Thailand, El Salvador

☆ How Young Is Too Young for a Crop Top?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For mini Swifties and Alabama sorority girls-to-be, the Dallas boutique Dear Hannah Prep is a pink-and-green, balloon-filled wonderland. And crop tops. Lots and lots of crop tops. For many tweens—and their parents—crop tops are a cute, innocent way to express their burgeoning interest in fashion, and their body positivity. Despite, or perhaps because of, their divisiveness, crop tops for tweens have become big business.

Persons: Hannah, Barbie, St, Tropez, “ Slay Organizations: Dallas Locations: Alabama

☆ Kylie Jenner set to launch ‘accessible’ new clothing line
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Moving beyond cosmetics, skincare and even a Bratz doll line, the youngest Kardashian-Jenner sibling, Kylie Jenner, is expanding her business portfolio with a new clothing line, named Khy, launching November 1. “The whole line is really inspired by my personal wardrobe, and the different moods that I’m in,” Jenner told WSJ. (The biker glam pieces that make up its first collection are in partnership with the Berlin-based fashion brand Namilia.) Courtesy Khy“Kylie’s obviously very aware of what she likes,” Haider Ackermann, the fashion designer behind Jenner’s 2023 Met Gala gown, told WSJ. She’s always been seduced by it.”“Creatively I have such a strong vision of what I want to look like and what I want to do and what I want to wear,” Jenner told WSJ.

Persons: Kardashian, Jenner, Kylie Jenner, it’s, Kendall, ”, Kim, Cass Bird, Khy, ” Jenner, Martin Scorcese, Ed Ruscha, Jerry Lorenzo, Rory Satran, Kylie —, Kris Jenner, Jens, Emma Grede —, Kim Kardashian’s Skims, Kardashian’s, Price, ” Haider Ackermann, Jenner’s, she’s, She’s, “ Organizations: CNN, Givenchy Locations: Paris, Berlin

BAREFOOT AND WRAPPED in a robe in a hushed Paris hotel suite, 26-year-old entrepreneur and reality star Kylie Jenner is seated at her altar: a vanity. Her longtime hair and makeup artists—who are also her confidantes—hover around her like discreet, black-garbed hummingbirds, making imperceptible tweaks to her long dark hair and flawless skin. It’s several hours before she has to be at the Acne fashion show, but for Jenner, getting ready is half, if not the whole, point. But it’s bigger than that: Do glam, be glam, and you’re ready to conquer the world. No one has profited more from the concept of glam than Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the siblings and the creator of a cosmetics empire that has been valued at over $1 billion.

Persons: Kylie Jenner, —, Jenner, Kardashian, Lindsey Vonn, Kris Jenner, Robert Kardashian, Kourtney, Kim, Caitlin Jenner, Kendall, Kylie, there’s, Rob Locations: Iceland, Hulu

☆ Who Should Decide What Women Wear?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“Phantom Thread,” the 2017 movie about a midcentury male designer and his younger female muse, unfurls as a cautionary tale about control gone wrong. In an early scene, Reynolds Woodcock (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) fits a dress on Alma (Vicky Krieps) and remarks that she has no breasts. The film’s writer and director, Paul Thomas Anderson, portrayed the fictional Woodcock as an uncompromising perfectionist who didn’t care much about the humans wearing his creations. Anderson based his exacting couturier on an amalgamation of larger-than-life midcentury male designers, from Cristóbal Balenciaga to Charles James. “I would keep seeing pictures of these couture houses,” Anderson told the British Film Institute, “and it was always a man with dozens of women behind him, in lab coats, doing his work.”

Persons: Reynolds Woodcock, Daniel Day, Lewis, Alma, Vicky Krieps, Paul Thomas Anderson, Woodcock, Anderson, Balenciaga, Charles James, “, ” Anderson, ” Organizations: British Film Institute, “

☆ Were the 1990s Sexy? Designers in Milan Say Yes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“I don’t remember anything!`” joked Donatella Versace , discussing the 1990s at a preview of her spring runway show in Milan. Of course, she does, which is why next season’s collection was built around the year 1995—a time she described as a turning point for both the house of Versace and for fashion at large, when styles became “more minimalist” and “cleaner.”

Persons: ”, Donatella Versace, —, Versace Locations: Milan

☆ So Long ‘Naked Dress.’ Hello Real Clothes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Open Champ Coco Gauff’s Winning Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Dressing Like a 1950s Housewife Is Not Just for ‘Trad Wives’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Look closely among the droves of people in Lululemon leggings and Crocs next time you’re at the grocery store or the airport, and you might notice a curious sight: a woman dressed like a 1950s housewife. With her curled hair, full-skirted dress and high-heeled Mary-Jane shoes, she could be straight out of “I Love Lucy” or “Leave It to Beaver.” She might even be wearing an anachronistic frilly petticoat or apron. Wasn’t this a style that was left firmly in the past?

Persons: Mary, Jane, Lucy ” Locations: Beaver

☆ What the World’s Richest People Wear on Yachts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos in yacht mode. Photo: TheImageDirect.comOh, to be a fly on the wall of the yacht Christina O… First launched in 1943 as a Canadian warship, she was present at the Normandy landings before being purchased by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and beginning her life as a pleasure cruiser. Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra sipped cocktails on the boat’s whale-foreskin bar stools; Grace Kelly celebrated her 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier onboard. When Jackie Kennedy first started spending time on the boat in the 1960s in her silk headscarves, Valentino shift dresses and tailored capri pants, she burnished it as an epicenter of elegance.

Persons: Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Christina O …, Aristotle Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, Prince Rainier, Jackie Kennedy, Valentino Locations: Canadian, Normandy

☆ Jane Birkin Gave Women Over 40 Permission to Be Themselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Following the death of Jane Birkin on Sunday at age 76, Instagram was flooded with photos of the Brit-in-Paris singer in her photogenic 1960s and 1970s youth. She was a style icon everyone could agree on, be they designers such as Saint Laurent’s Anthony Vaccarello and Simon Porte Jacquemus to French President Emmanuel Macron . In numerous tributes, we were reminded of her risqué, girlish fashion moments: the lacy dress worn backward, the completely sheer gowns, the denim mini shorts and the straw basket she used as a handbag.

Persons: Jane Birkin, Saint Laurent’s Anthony Vaccarello, Simon Porte Jacquemus, Emmanuel Macron, lacy Organizations: Brit Locations: Paris

☆ Balenciaga Is Back After Ad Scandal: ‘Making Clothes Is My Armor’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS– It was unclear in December 2022 if the creative director Demna would weather the storm of controversy whipping around Balenciaga. The French luxury brand was pilloried for being exploitative after its holiday campaign showed images of children with teddy bears in bondage-evoking straps. One photo showed a court document upholding a Supreme Court decision condemning child pornography. Outraged influencers destroyed Balenciaga gear; Kim Kardashian waffled in her support for the label; sales dipped. The brand, owned by luxury conglomerate Kering, said any association was unintentional and apologized repeatedly.

Persons: influencers, Kim Kardashian Locations: Balenciaga

☆ His Girlfriend Wanted a $10,000 Birkin Handbag. He Spent 60 Hours Making Her a Replica.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alexander Sway once made a pine cone for fun. The Bellevue, Wash., real-estate agent stumbled upon a particularly beautiful specimen one day while on a walk, and was inspired to make a cardboard replica of it. He taught himself three-dimensional design and learned to use a 3-D printer and laser cutter at his local library. He turned the finished pine cone into a lampshade.

Persons: Alexander Sway Locations: Bellevue, Wash

☆ White Suit? Check. Aperol Spritz? Check. Meet the Coastal Nonna.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Coastal Grandmother, last year’s queen of TikTok trends, is cooling her heels in Ojai, reading an Elin Hilderbrand novel, when her girlfriend calls. “I just saw ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter,’ where the gals travel to Rome,” she says. “I have an idea: Let’s take a trip to Italy.” Picturing Aperol spritzes at the Hotel Il Pellicano, the Coastal Grandmother agrees immediately.

Persons: Elin Hilderbrand, “, ”, spritzes Organizations: ’ Locations: Ojai, Rome, Italy

☆ Martha Stewart on Becoming Sports Illustrated’s Oldest Swimsuit Cover Model
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Martha Stewart’s sex-symbol era began anew in her late 70s, when she posted a photo of herself on Instagram emerging from her East Hampton pool and called it a “thirst trap.” Since then, the CEO and mogul has reinvented herself from bumpkin to bombshell, more likely to attend gala events in luxe Hermès outfits and full makeup than to plant bulbs in khakis as she did in the 1980s. Today, she’s come full circle in her late-in-life glow-up by becoming the oldest woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. “Is it a sex symbol, or is it a symbol of healthy living?” asked Ms. Stewart, 81, today. “We can hardly say sex symbol nowadays, right? Overt sex is kind of frowned upon.”

☆ Chanel Takes Hollywood in a Return to Spectacle. Will It Pay Off?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chanel’s Los Angeles cruise fashion show was full of pink and sparkles. Photo: ChanelLOS ANGELES—After Tuesday’s Chanel cruise show at Paramount Studios, Dr. Birgit Scheuer Niro bopped to the beat of a live Snoop Dogg show in a pink-tweed midriff-baring suit, her blond hair in a high ponytail. “A real, real, real Beverly Hills housewife,” she said of her look—although in reality, she is a German physician based in Paris and specializing in breast-cancer screening. “It’s a serious profession, and my hobby is fashion,” said Dr. Scheuer Niro, a Chanel client important enough to receive a coveted invitation to the fashion show. “I always enjoy when I see other clients in the same outfit,” said the doctor, of a nearby client in the same pink Chanel cruise look.

☆ The Company Making Luxury Stretch Pants Feel Indispensable
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The women’s work-pants hall of fame has its first postpandemic inductee: High Sport’s “Kick” cropped knit pants. The independent New York and Los Angeles brand was launched in 2021, but its luxurious, smoothing, stretchy trousers already have a zealous following. For the fashionable and well-resourced women who whisper brand names to each other in line for desk salads, or at school pickups from Pasadena’s Polytechnic to Manhattan’s Spence, these cult pants are apparently worth their $860 price tag. They’re favorites of fashion-obsessive types like Laurel Pantin and Leandra Medine Cohen, who extol their virtues in their respective newsletters. (High Sport says it very rarely gifts influencers.)

☆ The Fashion Power Plays of the ‘Succession’ Women
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shiv Roy, in a houndstooth blazer and black turtleneck, conveys winning, self-possessed energy. Photo: David Russell/HBOMany strive to look as wealthy as the characters of “Succession”—just not the characters of “Succession.” When you’re as privileged as the fictional Roys and their cohort, fashion is often less about communicating opulence and more about appearing in control. Expensive clothing is a given; how you wear it is not. As brands and style-chasers clamor to define “Succession”-fueled style, from “stealth wealth” to “old money” to “low-key rich bitch,” the show’s characters mostly want to look powerful and inconspicuous enough to have a seat at the table. Ideally, at its head.

☆ Eileen Fisher Is Back. Her Fans Are Younger Than Ever.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Taylor Pierce wears Eileen Fisher. She is among the brand’s new cohort of younger customers. Fashion designer Eileen Fisher has earned die-hard fans for decades for her simple, refined clothing, as well as for her groundbreaking sustainability and management practices. Ms. Fisher, who has won pretty much every sustainability award in the fashion industry, today owns 60% of the Irvington, N.Y.-based company, with the remaining 40% owned by her employees. Despite those bona fides, Eileen Fisher has also, at times, been a punchline.

☆ For LSU and South Carolina, It’s the Final Four of Sideline Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

When Louisiana State University women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey strode from the court after yet another win last month, she peeled off her pink butterfly-bedazzled blazer. The move was more rock star than 60-year-old college coach, but it was in keeping with Ms. Mulkey’s razzle-dazzle. Ms. Mulkey, along with the University of South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, is leading the charge for a new wave of women’s college basketball coaches using fashion as a crucial part of their public image. Friday night, in the hotly anticipated Women’s Final Four, millions worldwide will be tuning in to watch the formidable face-offs of South Carolina vs. Iowa, and LSU vs. Virginia Tech. Many of them will also be paying close attention to what Ms. Staley and Ms. Mulkey, superstar, title-winning coaches who earn seven-figure salaries, are wearing.

☆ ‘Old Money’ Style, in This Economy?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Prep is back—kind of. This time around, however, it’s called the “old-money aesthetic,” and it describes a complicated and divisive trend that’s been proliferating on social media. On TikTok and YouTube videos and Pinterest mood boards, slideshows cycle through aspirational images: romantic 1980s and ’90s Ralph Lauren ads full of tweed and jodhpurs; country-club tennis matches; “Great Gatsby”-ish parties filled with white dresses and tuxes; Ivy League students on the quad in V-neck sweaters and chinos; “Talented Mr. Ripley”-style sailboat siestas; and neo-prep stills from “Gossip Girl”—the headband-filled early 2000s version. Beige cashmere is suddenly as buzzy as bra tops.

☆ On Oscars Carpet, the ‘Naked Dress’ Ruled
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Rihanna and red carpet host Ashley Graham in complementary revealing looks on Oscar night. Today’s Naked Dress trend, in full effect at the Oscars and its various celebrations Sunday, is in line with Saint Laurent’s prescient vision of glamorous nudity. On the Academy Awards’s red carpet, the Naked Dress continued its proud, chilly parade with looks such as Eva Longoria’s Zuhair Murad white lace gown and Ashley Graham’s fully sheer black tulle dress with cutouts. To the Vanity Fair Oscars party, Olivia Wilde wore a white Gabriela Hearst column cut away to reveal a leather bra. Rihanna’s custom Alaïa leather dress worn over a sheer jersey bodysuit was a provocative pregnancy twist on the look.

☆ The Return of the Dry-Clean-Only Wardrobe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS—With the frisson of a downturn in the air, designers at fashion week here better known for drama battened down the hatches, sending out streams of polished, functional blouses, jackets, skirts, pants and pumps. Above all, however, they sent coats. Some highlights: strictly cut propositions at Givenchy and Alexander McQueen, luxe puffers at Schiaparelli, and today’s belted, no-tricks camel-colored overcoats at Louis Vuitton. Liane Wiggins, head of womenswear at British retailer MatchesFashion, praised Paris Fashion Week’s notably beautiful coats in an interview and rated them the “number-one investment” for customers who, in a change from their usual habits, might be choosing between luxuries this year.

☆ Four Companies That May Show a Path for ‘Recession-Proof’ Fashion
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

At the fall/winter collections in Milan, where much of the world’s luxury fashion is marketed, money was on everyone’s minds. Will the luxury industry contract along with the economy—or will it manage to churn out clothing that is recession-proof? But in other ways, fashion is an island. With prices at luxury brands rising in recent years—some, like Chanel, eye-poppingly so—the resilience in demand makes fashion feel a world apart from economic anxieties. “We haven’t encountered any resistance yet” said one luxury executive that I spoke with about raising prices.

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