Posts by Kevin Harson
Goop Continues Fashion Momentum With G. Label April Collection
Last fall, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop business restructured to focus on three growth pillars — fashion, beauty and food — after appointing Sofía Menassé as its new design director for its G. Label fashion brand in June. During a preview of the brand’s upcoming spring essentials collection drop, launching Friday for Goop subscribers and on Sunday…
Read MoreDior’s ‘Designer of Dreams’ Retrospective Lands in Seoul
SEOUL — Dior’s blockbuster retrospective may have traveled through several cities in the last nine years, but fans of the couture house can enjoy a whole new experience in the latest edition in Seoul. The exhibition, which debuted at Les Arts Décoratifs museum in Paris for the brand’s 70th anniversary, encapsulates Dior’s history of dressing women…
Read MoreSpring Fashion Blooms at NYC’s Historic Easter Parade
New York City’s annual Easter parade has become more than a stroll down Fifth Avenue for ladies and gentlemen in perfectly tailored spring suits and dresses. Over the years the parade has grown from watching the show in one’s carriage to a fantastical showing of DIY (do-it-yourself) towering bonnets, hats, baskets and delightful spring fashion…
Read MoreExotic Skin Conservation and Commerce CAN Co-exist
There are many misconceptions about exotic leather — notably the python, crocodile, and alligator skins that are transformed into the fashion industry’s most luxe handbags and leather goods. But when sourced and harvested legally and responsibly, these animals are valuable renewable natural resources that support the conservation of the species and their delicate habitats. They…
Read MoreThe Cathartic Ecstasy of ‘Gay Guy Music Video Night’
“Heaven is a place on Earth,” Belinda Carlisle famously sang in 1987. And she’s right: Heaven does exist on this planet—but it’s not a gorgeous beach, a scenic mountain top, or the crispiest Diet Coke known to man. Heaven is actually wherever Gay Guy Music Video Night is happening. For the unfamiliar, Gay Guy Music…
Read MoreBottega Veneta Taps Chinese Poet Yu Xiuhua for Shanghai Performance and Installation
After staging a performance with Patti Smith in Milan, Bottega Veneta has tapped the Chinese poet Yu Xiuhua to collaborate on a poetry installation and performance in Shanghai. The poetry installation, located at Shanghai’s Rowing Club, features 19,000 editions of Yu’s poetry collection “Yao Yao Huang Huang De Ren Jian,” or “In Such a Staggering…
Read MoreMario Grauso Has Joined the Investment Firm That Owns Bally and Club Monaco
Seasoned fashion and retail executive Mario Grauso has joined investment firm Regent as operating partner of its fashion and luxury group, a new role. Grauso confirmed the appointment exclusively to WWD, and said he would report directly to Michael Reinstein, Regent’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Having served as a strategic adviser to Michael over…
Read More15 Presentable Drawstring Pants Way More Stylish Than Sweats
Men’s elastic waist pants—y’know, those once-cursed hybrid trousers with adjustable drawstrings at the waist—were never especially stylish. Even five years ago, the category was rife with joggers, PJ bottoms, and funky khakis with ‘hidden comfort’ benefits. Unserious pants, if you will, and certainly not the preserve of anybody dignified enough to appreciate the difference between…
Read MoreLouis Vuitton Is Heading to Avignon for Its Cruise 2026 Show
GOTHIC TOUCH: Nicolas Ghesquière is to parade his cruise 2026 collection for Louis Vuitton on May 22 at the Palais des Papes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Avignon, France. The marvel of Gothic architecture is a classified historic monument and will host a fashion show for the first time. In keeping with its tradition…
Read MoreHow the Detroit Pistons Went From a Nightmare Season to the NBA Playoffs
At the end of last NBA season, with the Detroit Pistons marred by a league-record 28-game losing streak, having won just 14 of their 82 games, star player Cade Cunningham’s days were constantly overcast. “Losing that much, it makes the sky feel grayer than it is,” Cunningham told GQ. The Pistons were dreadful. A punch…
Read MoreCostume Designer Jacqueline Durran on ‘Pride & Prejudice’ 20 Years Later: ‘It Feels Like a Different Era of Filmmaking’
“People tell me how it’s their favorite film to watch on a Sunday afternoon when it’s raining. I’m so thrilled that it’s got that place in people’s hearts,” Jacqueline Durran said, reminiscing on the lasting relevance of the 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s venerated novel “Pride & Prejudice.” The two-time Oscar-winner served as the…
Read MoreEverything We Know About Skylrk, Justin Bieber’s Mysterious New Clothing Brand
If you’ve been relatively plugged into the celebrity happenings of Instagram over the past month, you may have noticed that Justin Bieber has been posting. The singer, long one of the most idiosyncratic dressers in Hollywood, has been teasing his new clothing brand, Skylrk, which has been in the works since at least 2023. What…
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