Posts by Kevin Harson
Kate Spade’s New Target Collection Proves the ‘It’ Bag for Spring 2025 Will Be an Under-$50 Designer Purse
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. In this article View More Top Kate Spade x Target Bags to Buy Now View more + Calling all lovers of Kate Spade’s exuberant and feminine fashions! Just in time for spring, Kate Spade’s…
Read MoreHaim, Phoebe Dynevor, Charlotte Lawrence Attend Louis Vuitton Cocktail Party in L.A.
Louis Vuitton introduced its LV Sneakerina, a hybrid footwear design, at a cocktail party in Santa Monica at members club San Vicente Bungalows. A mix of music artists, actors and celebrity stylists turned up, including rock band Haim; “Bridgerton” actress Phoebe Dynevor; model and actress Devon Ross; actress-singer Ryan Destiny; Colombian-American actress Sasha Calle; singer-songwriter…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Social Media Star Haley Kalil Shares the Coachella Beauty Essentials and Festival Season Must-haves She Keeps in Her Purse
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Haley Kalil’s Coachella Essentials View more + Coachella is coming in hot with two whole weekends of music-filled fun in the Colorado Desert, beginning tomorrow, April 12. If people watching is your sport of…
Read More‘The Pitt’ Season Finale: TV’s New Favorite Doctors (Finally) Get a Break
Season one of The Pitt ends unexpectedly, yet inevitably. While a few cases still linger, the quiet, meditative first-season finale focuses less on medical drama and more on where its characters have ended up emotionally at the end of a harrowing shift. “9 P.M.” takes its time tying up loose ends while creating new character…
Read MoreThe Toughest Garden Tour Around Takes Place in Lotusland
In the sport of peeking behind the hedges, Montecito, Calif., is right up there with the Hamptons and Palm Beach, Fla. Twice a year its famed public garden Lotusland makes it possible to do so through its “Gardens in Paradise” fundraiser tour. Unlike most garden tours that are ramping up this spring, it takes more…
Read MoreTaking a Closer Look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’
In advance of next month’s unveiling of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the catalogue for the exhibition gives readers much to consider. The exhibition opens on May 10 and will run through Oct. 26 at the Upper East Side museum. Barnard College chair of African Studies Monica L.…
Read MoreCroatian Australian Model Lucy Markovic Dies at 27
SYDNEY — The fashion industry is mourning the death of 27-year-old Croatian Australian model Lucy Markovic, who died Friday following complications of a brain arteriovenous malformation. A serious condition where abnormal blood vessels in the brain become tangled, AVM can potentially cause bleeding or brain damage. Last month — in a since deleted, but widely…
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Punk Style and the DIY Movement That Rewrote Fashion Rules
Style tribes have inspired fashion trends for decades, many weaving in and out of fashion, some becoming iconic over time. On April 11, 1977, WWD’s page one story, “Watch Out for the New BP” (short for WWD’s “Beautiful People” in society coverage) noted that British punkers were more than scenic — they were the next…
Read MoreEverything We Know About ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Spike Lee’s Long-Awaited Reunion With Denzel Washington
It’s official: Spike Lee’s new film, Highest 2 Lowest will premiere May 19th at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie—a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime procedural/class parable morality play High and Low—reunites Lee with his longtime (and arguably greatest) collaborator, Denzel Washington, who’ll walk Cannes’ red carpet for what festival chief Thierry Fremaux points…
Read MoreThe Best Brooks Running Shoes to Put Your Best Foot Forward
If you run, there’s a good chance you’ve owned a pair of the best Brooks running shoes. Brooks shoes are consistently best-sellers at running stores, and our contacts in the biz tell us that it’s for a simple reason: Brooks shoes just work. We all run differently, have different feet, hit the ground in a…
Read MoreThe Best Mattress Toppers for a Serious Sleep Upgrade
If you’re shopping for one of the best mattress toppers, then chances are that either your mattress has seen better days or maybe you’ve got a new one that just isn’t cutting it. We take sleep seriously around here—big or small upgrades (see our GQ Sleep Awards 2025) are totally worth the investment. That’s why…
Read MoreTeens Want Sephora, Jean Paul Gaultier and CeraVe, Piper Sandler Survey Shows
Teen beauty spend is up — and not by a little. Findings from Piper Sandler’s biannual Taking Stock With Teens survey indicate female teen beauty spend reached double-digit growth of 10 percent year-over-year, with all categories seeing increases except for hair, which remained relatively flat. The report surveyed 6,455 teens across 43 states in the…
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