Posts by Kevin Harson
15 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…
Read MoreHow Luxury Watches Suddenly Became More Fun Than Ever
This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. Sign up here. So, imagine you’re standing at a horse’s butt. That’s where the new Hermès Arceau Rocabar de Rire—one of 2025’s finest and most painstakingly constructed watches—places you. There’s a handsome steed depicted on…
Read MorePrada Acquires Versace: A New Chapter in Luxury Fashion?
The $1.4 billion acquisition of Versace marks a significant change in the industry as the Prada Group enters new territory by adding a designer label with a bold and flamboyant brand identity to its portfolio. The path leading to the deal has been complex. Capri Holdings, previously Michael Kors Holdings, initially intended to create a…
Read MoreValentino Revenues Dipped 3% in 2024
Underlining luxury’s current lull, Valentino said its 2024 revenues decreased 3 percent to 1.31 billion euros amidst “a challenging and complex landscape.” At constant exchange rates, the decrease stood at 2 percent, while the Roman fashion house trumpeted that its direct retail, including e-commerce, improved 5 percent last year and represented 70 percent of revenues.…
Read MoreVestiaire Collective Brings Clothing Waste Home in Latest Campaign
PARIS — Luxury resale platform Vestiaire Collective is wrapping up its three-year campaign to tackle textile waste, which has included a ban on fast-fashion brands. In November 2023, Vestiaire blacklisted 30 fashion brands including H&M, Mango, Uniqlo and Zara from being bought, sold or listed on its platform, and continued adding brands such ultra-fast-fashion players…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Zendaya Looms Large in Louis Vuitton’s Resort Campaign
BIG TIME: Larger-than-life celebrity reaches a new zenith in Louis Vuitton‘s resort 2025 campaign, where a Godzilla-scale Zendaya lords over idyllic Italian beach scapes. The images break in select print titles on Sunday, and will be broadcast on Vuitton’s social-media channels from May 16. Photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin captured Zendaya, who is…
Read MoreDermocosmetics: On Skin Care’s Final Frontier
Dermocosmetics is forging the future of skin care, as topicals, aesthetic services and medicine converge like never before. “That is the revolution happening within beauty,” said Myriam Cohen-Welgryn, president of L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty. A confluence of factors is driving the rise of dermocosmetics, most notably the realization that beauty is more than skin deep — literally.…
Read MoreBCEO Talks: Kecia Steelman, CEO of Ulta Beauty
She may only be three months into the top job at Ulta Beauty, but chief executive officer Kecia Steelman is quickly garnering a reputation in the industry as a fast, intentional and strategic decision maker, who has wasted no time making her mark on the retailer. Already, she has made sweeping changes to the C-suite…
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