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☆ How do celebrities get their hands on museum-quality gowns?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But today, as more and more celebrities choose to wear vintage, the all-important stretch of red carpet has started to look more like a museum hallway. Kendall Jenner's vintage dress for the 2024 Met Gala. Mugler — the luxury French fashion house responsible for dressing Zendaya in a 30 kilogram full metal robot suit from 1995. Although interest in vintage fashion is rising amongst celebrity clients, not everyone is qualified to physically handle these pieces. John Shearer/WireImage/Getty ImagesFashion’s rat raceBut if these one-of-a-kind pieces are so fragile, and the method of their conservation so exact, how do celebrities even get their hands on them?

Persons: CNN —, Miley Cyrus, Laverne Cox, Olivia Rodrigo, Bob Mackie, ”, Vanessa Friedman, Cardi, Margot Robbie, Jennifer Lawrence, Mugler, Givenchy —, That’s, Kim Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe’s, Emily Ratajkowski, Versace, Zendaya, Givenchy, Kendall Jenner, Kendall Jenner's, Jamie McCarthy, Renée Zellweger, Jean Dessès, Julia Roberts, “ Erin Brockovich, Erin Walsh, Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez, Sarah Jessica Parker, WWD, Wiktor, ” Adrian Corsin, Law Roach, Jean, Jacques Urcun, Marion Bourdée, Adrian, Julie Ann Clauss, Tom Ford, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Carolina Herrera, “, John Shearer, Kylie, ” Jenner, Thierry Mugler, Couturissime, ” Bourdée, Kylie Jenner, Ripley’s, ” Mugler, won’t, Walsh, ” Erin Walsh, Valentino, Karwai Tang, We’re, Kendall, ” Corsin, hasn’t Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Givenchy, London, Publishing, Brooklyn, International Council of Museums, , New York, Hollywood, SAG, Vogue Locations: Zendaya, London, France, LA, Mugler, New York, “, , New

☆ The Playwright Who Fearlessly Reimagines America
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Imani Perry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rather than sink into discouragement, Parks absorbed the insult, turning it into part of her origin story. “I appreciated the note,” she said wryly, “because it planted a little seed in my subconscious: I gotta learn to spell. Dressed in purple-and-lavender-striped fingerless gloves, fur-lined boots and a black Comme des Garçons jacket, she looked every bit the iconoclastic downtown New Yorker. At 60, Parks carries herself with the energy of someone half her age, her presence a combination of gravitas and lightness, wisdom and childlike exuberance. One of America’s most celebrated playwrights — a recipient of the MacArthur “genius grant,” a Guggenheim fellowship and a Pulitzer Prize — she is in the midst of a renaissance.

Persons: Parks, “, ”, I’m, —, MacArthur Organizations: Parks, Guggenheim Locations: discouragement, New York, New Yorker

☆ Paris waiters compete in race to get a coffee and croissant across the capital
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“I tried holding the tray, it’s pretty heavy!” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told journalists shortly before the race started. Waiters start the Course des Cafes race on March 24, 2024. The “Course des Garçons de Café” (cafe waiters race) was first launched in 1914 to highlight the cafés and restaurants of the French capital, according to French historian Laurent Bihl. Throughout the years, it found popularity not only in Paris but across France in cities such as Nice, Belfort and Calais. Back on the streets of Paris, the quickest entrants completed Sunday’s Course des Cafés race – the name of the revived version has been shortened, dropping the ‘garçons’ – in less than 14 minutes.

Persons: Paris, “, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Dimitar Dilkoff, ’ It’s, ”, Ariel Weil, Pierre Rabadan, Nicolas Bonnet Oulaldj, Café, Laurent Bihl, Pauline Van Wymeersch, Samy Lamrous Organizations: Paris CNN, Paris Mayor, France, Getty, Paralympic Games, Petit Pont, La Contrescarpe Locations: Paris, AFP, France, Nice, Belfort, Calais, Hong Kong, Yokohama, La

Tokyo, Japan CNN —Tokyo Fashion Week concluded perhaps its most successful edition since the Covid-19 pandemic, with more international guests and buyers returning to Japan’s capital for the Fall-Winter 2024 edition. Up-and-coming labels were joined on the program by mainstays of Japanese fashion, like Mikio Sakabe. “Every person in Japan has their own style.”Scroll down for some of the best street style looks from Tokyo Fashion Week. Moeri Karasawa/CNNAttendee Bunta Shimizu wearing a colorful outfit at Tokyo Fashion Week on Thursday. Matt Jelonek/Getty ImagesGuests in eye-catching looks on the fourth day of Tokyo Fashion Week.

Persons: —, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, Hanae Mori, Yu Masui, “, ”, Christopher Kane, Uniqlo, Natsumi Maso, Ryu Kobayashi, Soga Takahashi, Moeri Karasawa, CNN Ryu Kobayashi, Marc Jacobs, ” Kobayashi, Bunta Shimizu, Matt Jelonek, Ui, Yves Saint Laurent, Daisuke Fujii’s, Himari Semans, Daisuke Fujii, Sena, Karasawa, CNN Daikokudou Nero, Justin Shin, Yu, Ashley Williams, Reishito, Bill Whitten Organizations: Japan CNN, Tokyo, Tokyo Fashion, CNN Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Russia, “, Osaka, Himari

☆ How Many Tribeca Pediatrics Does a City Need?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Steven Kurutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 1994, Dr. Michel Cohen, a 35-year-old Moroccan-French émigré, opened Tribeca Pediatrics in a storefront on Harrison Street in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood. Dr. Cohen had tousled brown hair and wore thick-framed eyeglasses and clothes by brands such as Commes des Garcons, Paul Smith and A.P.C. He rode around the neighborhood on a bicycle and made house calls to newborns and their vulnerable parents, as if TriBeCa were a quaint village and he a country doctor. Rather than a sterile medical building, Tribeca Pediatrics’s street-level office was actually the front half of Dr. Cohen’s loft apartment, where he lived with his artist wife, Jeannie Weissglass, and three young daughters, who would run in and out while he saw patients. Cheery and bright, with vintage wallpaper from Secondhand Rose and toys in the waiting area, the practice was “low intervention,” the phrase Dr. Cohen used to describe his approach to medicine.

Persons: Michel Cohen, Cohen, Garcons, Paul Smith, Jeannie Weissglass Organizations: Tribeca Pediatrics, TriBeCa Locations: French, Manhattan’s TriBeCa, Tribeca

☆ 22 Looks That Did the Most at the Grammys
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The music industry’s biggest stars attended the 66th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in attire as varied as their songs and albums. (Ms. McKee complemented her red dress with a nest of fiery hair.) Several of the night’s most memorable looks reminded viewers that there’s nothing wrong with replaying old hits. The Grammy Awards are known to be a fashion playground, and this year’s event was no exception. But the following 22 looks (three of which belonged to the members of boygenius) stood out more than most, for better or worse.

Persons: Miley Cyrus, Gracie Abrams, Paris Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Bonnie McKee, McKee, Laverne Cox, Olivia Rodrigo Locations: Los Angeles, Dua

☆ Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of 1991 sexual assault in second suit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala - Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between - Arrivals - New York City, U.S. - 01/05/17 - Sean "Diddy" Combs. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 23 (Reuters) - Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a university student in 1991 in a lawsuit filed in a New York court on Thursday, the second suit of its kind filed against the hip hop mogul in the past week. The lawsuit alleges Combs intentionally drugged and sexually assaulted Joi Dickerson-Neal, who was a Syracuse University student visiting New York City at the time of the alleged incident in January 1991. Combs is also accused of videotaping the alleged crime and distributing the tape to others in the music industry. A spokesperson for Combs said Dickerson-Neal's story is "made up and not credible," and that the rapper never assaulted her.

Persons: Rei Kawakubo, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Lucas Jackson, drugging, Joi Dickerson, Neal, videotaping, Dickerson, Cassandra Ventura, Sean John, Ismail Shakil, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, REUTERS, New York, Syracuse University, New, Bad Boy Records, Thomson Locations: York City, U.S, New York, New, New York City, Ottawa

☆ In the Catskills, Seasonal Farmhouse Dinners With House-Made Beer
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Wei Tchou | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’m a big fan of Augustinus Bader’s The Light Cream and then Merit’s Great Skin Instant Glow Serum, which is very subtle. At the end of the day, I use a gel cleanser from Oskia called the Renaissance Cleansing Gel. I love using a muslin cloth for a deep cleanse. I’m a real bath girl, and there’s an Aesop Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser that I love; it has the best smell. When I was pregnant I discovered the brand Mutha, and I think their Body Butter and Body Oil are the best.

Persons: Rose, Lom’s Cleanser, Augustinus Bader, you’ve, I’ve Locations: Oskia, London, There’s, Kérastase, Diptyque

☆ ‘I’ve always made fun of the rules.’ John Waters has only ever been himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Marie Lodi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“I could keep all the money,” Waters once told culture website Flavorwire of the screenings. During a press preview for the exhibition, Waters revealed that one item he wished they had procured was Divine’s “cheater” — drag terminology for a prosthetic vulva with fake pubic hair. Whether it’s subverting a four-figure tub of moisturizer or Hollywood, Waters has always been true to himself. “I’ve always made fun of the rules of the world that I live in. That’s how you can have fun, by breaking some of them.”One rule Waters isn’t breaking, however, is his daily writing schedule.

Persons: CNN —, John Waters, Jenny He, Dara Jaffe, Greg Gorman, Waters, Glenn Milstead, Mink, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Mary Vivian Pearce, Lawrence Irvine, Prince, Puke, William S, that’s, ”, Kathleen Turner, “, ” Jaffe, Charles White, ” Waters, Marjorie Taylor Greene, That’s, he’s, —, you've, ” Chris Pizzello, thusfar, Divine, Ricki Lake, Traci Turnblad, Traci, Amber Von Tussle’s, Van Smith, Isabelle Huppert — Waters, “ I’ve, There’s Organizations: CNN, Academy Museum Foundation, Hollywood, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, NYU, Warner Bros, Burroughs, Academy Museum, Wesleyan University, Charles White / Academy Museum Foundation, New York Times, Maybelline Locations: Los Angeles, American, Lutherville , Maryland, Baltimore, Sleaze, LA, Middletown , Connecticut, Cape Cod, Waters, Hollywood, Seattle

☆ The Sorcerer of Costumes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Rhonda Garelick | More About Rhonda Garelick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“My go-to look is Japanese, Comme des Garçons or Yohji Yamamoto,” she said. “African weaving tools,” she explained, “they have very strong energy.”Ms. Zakowska’s dedication to research was evident in the shelves lined with fashion history books and in the giant mood boards covered with vintage magazine clippings, fabric swatches and photographs. She has collaborated and toured with Roman Paska, the renowned puppet artist and director, whom she met in college and is her life partner. And she has worked steadily in theater and film, including many collaborations with John Turturro, her close friend and former Yale roommate. “Working with Donna always makes my performance better,” Mr. Turturro said.

Persons: “, Yohji Yamamoto, ”, Ms, Zakowska, Barnard, Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, Woody Allen, Roman Paska, John Turturro, Donna, Mr, Turturro Organizations: Beaux, Arts, Yale School of, Apple, Yale Locations: New York, Indonesia, Paris

☆ Tired of Converse? Try These Cooler Canvas Sneakers Instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Nathan Taylor Pemberton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

FRESH CANVAS Three great styles. From left: Asahi Sneakers, $165, us.OfficineGenerale.com; Shoes Like Pottery by Moonstar Sneakers, $81, GoodWeaver.jp; Novesta Sneakers, $99, AlexMill.com Photo: Joel Arbaje/The Wall Street JournalMAY TO OCTOBER is canvas-shoe season for guys. When it’s warm out, simple sneakers made of light cloth and vulcanized (hardened) rubber take on an air of inevitability. So ubiquitous are Converse Chuck Taylors that the iconic, century-old kicks can appear to be the only canvas option on the menu. Their trademark five-pointed stars (or, in trendier neighborhoods, hearts from Converse’s popular Comme des Garçons Play collab) dominate sidewalks across America.

Persons: Joel Arbaje, Taylors Organizations: Asahi, Converse Locations: trendier, America

☆ Chloë Sevigny Sold Her Old Clothes, and People Came in Droves
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( John Ortved | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For a certain kind of fashion fiend, it was a dream: shop the actress Chloë Sevigny’s closet, with her present. Ms. Sevigny, lauded as a fashion influencer and enthusiast, held a sale on Mother’s Day in a studio space in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Customers had the chance to buy items from Ms. Sevigny’s own wardrobe, Academy New York, pieces she had designed with Opening Ceremony, and costumes from various roles. “I decided to properly care for or store some things in Los Angeles,” said Ms. Sevigny, who wore a black Comme des Garçons shirtdress and Manolo Blahnik slides. “And then there was a lot left over and I was like, you know what, I’m 48, I’m a mother, there’s a lot of stuff I don’t want to wear anymore.

☆ So You Want to Smell Like a Skunk. Why Offbeat Perfume Is Trending
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Amber Kallor | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“YOU SMELL interesting,” is the best compliment you can give Katya Roelse. “I don’t think perfume is just about smelling good, it’s about being provocative and starting a conversation,” said the 47-year-old professor in Newark, Del. Some of her favorite fragrances include whiffs of brown tape like Comme des Garçons’s eponymous eau and potato like DSH Perfume’s Starry Nightshade. Unlike mass fragrances that rely on celebrities and sex to drive sales, new niche scents entice olfactory sophisticates with eyebrow-raising names (like Dead Dinosaur) and unusual notes (like tar). Some people care “more about their pleasure than emulating a celebrity,” said New York perfumer Frank Voelkl, who’s had a hand in such hyped scents as Ariana Grande’s Ari.

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