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☆ Secrets to Buying—and Styling—the Best Distressed Leather Jacket
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ON AN OCTOBER AFTERNOON during Paris fashion week, model Gigi Hadid was spotted in a beat-up leather jacket. Did she pull it from the mother lode of vintage clothes in her famous-model mom’s closet? The pre-distressed bomber (above) came from reliable chain store Mango and can be yours for $600, according to the brand’s website. When that happened, people said the leather moto jacket is ‘back,’” mused Elaine Mellis, a San Francisco art advisor and a fan of well-worn hide. “People love to make them look ‘vintage.’ But good ones are vintage,” argued Mellis.

Persons: Gigi Hadid, ”, Elaine Mellis, they’ve, Saint Laurent, Prada Locations: Paris, San Francisco

Strategizing an outfit for a concert, the 40-year-old communications professor at UNC Wilmington had gotten as far as a black stretch-knit dress from Susana Monaco. “But in photos on Instagram, a plain black dress doesn’t pop,” she said. Jones strapped on a $188 leather belt with an etched silver buckle, debonairly looping it around her dress’s slinky fabric. In the ’80s and ’90s, branded Gucci and Chanel belt buckles served as signal flares for yuppie shoppers. And gutsy dressers are cinching and sculpting sweaters, dresses, shawls and blouses with no belt loops at all.

Persons: KELLY JONES, Susana Monaco, ”, Jones, Halston, Tiffany, Elsa Peretti, Gucci, Miranda Kerr, Jennifer Lopez Organizations: UNC Wilmington, “

☆ No More Backpacks at Work. Why Stylish Guys Are Embracing the Briefcase in 2023.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HAUL HANDSOMELY A photo illustration of the sort of modern cases cool guys favor. Photo: Getty Images (Rocques); Carl Friedrik (Briefcase)WHEN BRIAN CHUNG, 35, returned to the office this summer, he decided it was “finally time to upgrade” his plain black backpack. “My dad always carried a briefcase to the office. When I think of being an adult going to work, I think of him,” said Chung, the CEO of a media startup in Los Angeles. “I wanted to find my own version of that briefcase,” Chung said.

Persons: Carl Friedrik, BRIAN CHUNG, “, ”, Chung, lugged, ” Chung Locations: Los Angeles

☆ No More Backpacks at Work. Why Stylish Guys Are Embracing the Briefcase in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Carl Friedrik, BRIAN CHUNG, “, ”, Chung, lugged, ” Chung Locations: Los Angeles

☆ ‘It Feels Enough Like Lingerie to Be a Little Scandalous.’ The Return of the ’90s Slip Skirt.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CLAIRE DANES is a bona fide 1990s style icon. But as a teen, I wasn’t buying it. According to an entry in my 9th-grade journal, I found the grungy, oversize tartan flannels she wore as Angela on “My So-Called Life,” the decade’s must-watch high-school drama, to be “totally fake.” I scorned the look’s unearned angst and Danes’s instant fashion-darling status—that is, until she appeared on the Oscars red carpet in 1997. Then 17, the starlet swapped her sloppy, plaid pile-on for a blue, Narciso Rodriguez bias-cut silk skirt and matching cashmere T-shirt.

Persons: CLAIRE DANES, Angela, “, ”, Narciso Rodriguez

☆ Your Generation Invented These Looks. Gen Z Doesn’t Care.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Barbiecore? Mermaidcore? A Grown-Up’s Guide to Summer’s Viral Trends
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Barbiecore “ignites my soul,” makeup artist Victoria Lyn recently told her 5.3 million TikTok followers from her Pensacola, Fla., studio. For the uninitiated, Barbiecore is a pink-drenched fashion craze that pranced into the zeitgeist last year after hot-pink collections from Valentino and Versace appeared on celebrities and on-set images from Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” film (out July 21) emerged online. Lyn claimed the trend “is here to slay for the summer.” Considering #Barbiecore currently has over 350 million views on TikTok, her prediction might well come to pass.

Persons: Victoria Lyn, Valentino, Versace, Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie, Lyn Locations: Pensacola, Fla, TikTok

☆ Out the Door in Under 13 Minutes: The Ultimate Women’s Get-Dressed-Quick Guide
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Faran Krentcil | Photographs F. Martin Ramin The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I AM NOT a morning person—in fact, I’m barely an afternoon one. Having an internal clock with the same operating hours as a Berlin nightclub was fine during lockdown when I could roll onto a 9 a.m. Zoom in my pajama top that, on a laptop screen, looked enough like a blouse to fool colleagues. But 100% remote work has become a more distant memory than “Tiger King,” and recently, my work obligations have required me to schedule in-person morning meetings and interviews and to arrive suitably attired.

☆ How Fashion Got So Crazy: A Brief History of Dressing for ‘Likes’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

THE LOUD CROWD Guests in blinding-bright outfits at Copenhagen fashion week in 2021. Photo: Getty ImagesIN SEPTEMBER of 2009, Laurel Pantin, then 24, was late to a show during New York fashion week. “I’d been out the night before at the Alexander Wang party,” said Ms. Pantin, now a 37-year-old consultant and stylist in Los Angeles. When his site posted Ms. Pantin’s photo, she was flooded with messages from friends and acquaintances—many of whom had no connection to fashion at all. Ms. Pantin compared the effect of being photographed on the street to “being the heroine in a movie, except it’s your real life,” she said.

☆ ‘Gossip Girl’ for Grown-Ups? Why Chic Women Are Dressing Preppy Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

CHLOE LEE never thought she’d be grateful for her school uniform. “Now that I’m an adult, I realize how wrong I was,” the Chicago native said, laughing. One obvious draw: A few classic jackets and skirts that look good with everything can save you time by limiting wardrobe panics. And despite the look’s (literally) buttoned-up roots, it offers versatility, relaxed silhouettes and casual coolness. Or Bottega Veneta’s, where creative director Matthieu Blazy served up sophisticated prep via a blue leather skirt and two-tone collared shirt.

The sportswear staple known for its crisp collar and clean cut, has been revamped in ways that boggle the mind and energize the wardrobe. Witness the bounty of surreal white shirts in the resort 2023 collection from New York brand the Row, including the version shown at left, which would be standard if not for its detachable, puffy white shawl. “That was my Catholic school uniform!” said Megan Bugey, 46, an Austin, Texas, paralegal, of the shirt’s standard form. “But now, it’s trippy.”This season has seen an abundance of white collared shirts—and they’re anything but uniform. “I love the utility [button-up shirts] have in my wardrobe,” said New York stylist Pamela Shepard, 39, who owns “countless” iterations, including oversize and dip-dyed riffs from Ralph Lauren and J.Crew.

☆ Are Clothes Ever a Good Gift? A Timely Debate
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Faran Krentcil | Todd Plummer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For the recurring series, That’s Debatable, we take on a contentious issue of the day and present two spirited arguments—one in favor and the other emphatically opposed. THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, you might be tempted to purchase some hot new threads for your nearest and dearest (perhaps they love fashion; perhaps their fashion needs love). But is it ever really a good idea to gift garments? Some folks relish fashion presents, while others see clothes as so personal they can never be successfully bought by another. Here, two fashionistas with opposing perspectives duke it out.

LAST SEPTEMBER Adi Sigler, 28, wore track pants to a business meeting for the first time. Ms. Sigler felt uneasy—were her pants too laid-back for work? Her office wardrobe now includes a pile of track pants, which she often pairs with Isabel Marant tops and a black Lady Dior bag. Track pants, a gym staple roughly defined as loose athletic pants, have new legs thanks to a one-two punch of runway dominance at labels like Gucci and Max Mara and the rise of postpandemic “bleisure” (a sloshy portmanteau for “business leisure”) that embraces soft fabrics and slouchy silhouettes. Track pants sate the appetite for easy clothes that are still style-forward.

☆ It’s a Witch! It’s a Pilgrim! It’s a Y2K Raver! Why Square-Toe Shoes Are Back in Style.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Instead, she singles out a pair of square-toe shoes by French brand Courrèges. The digital-trend tracker Semrush notes a 2,500% jump in web searches for “square toed shoes for women” between July 2021 and July 2022. Meanwhile, the online shopping platform Lyst features over 24,500 square-toe women’s shoes including a faux-leather update of Ms. Cleveland’s Courrèges pair and other Judy Jetson-ish riffs from Dries Van Noten and Rupert Sanderson. The trend also points to ballet’s pointe shoes, which inspired recent versions by Sandy Liang, Mansur Gavriel and Khaite. Actress Selma Blair, meanwhile, says her square-toe loafers from Salvatore Ferragamo are “the grandma shoes that I love.” (She currently sports them with cuffed khakis in her new Gap campaign.)

☆ It’s a Witch! It’s a Pilgrim! It’s a Y2K Raver! Why Square-Toe Shoes Are Back in Style
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Faran Krentcil | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Instead, she singles out a pair of square-toe shoes by French brand Courrèges. The digital-trend tracker SEM Rush notes a 2,500% jump in web searches for “square toed shoes for women” between July 2021 and July 2022. Meanwhile, the online shopping platform Lyst features over 24,500 square-toe women’s shoes including a faux-leather update of Ms. Cleveland’s Courrèges pair and other Judy Jetson-ish riffs from Dries Van Noten and Rupert Sanderson. The trend also points to ballet’s pointe shoes, which inspired recent versions by Sandy Liang, Mansur Gavriel and Khaite. Actress Selma Blair, meanwhile, says her square-toe loafers from Salvatore Ferragamo are “the grandma shoes that I love.” (She currently sports them with cuffed khakis in her new Gap campaign.)

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